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Bit of a fright...


scottishpedro

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I was driving home from my sister's last night, sitting at around 50 on a country road. From no where this camacazie dear runs in front of the car.... A new experience for me, and not a pleasant one. You should have seen the poor thing fly, it went for some distance, and thankfully was hit hard enough for a quick death.

 

Inspected the car this morning, and the front end is amazingly intact. Fortunately missed the expensive headlights. There is a fairly minor dent on the bonnet; there is a mobile dent remover here in Dundee that has done a great job for me in the past, hopefully he can save me again, although the bonnet is double skinned which might make things trickier. The bumper took a fair whack, it is slightly distorted next to the number plate. Time will tell whether this is something I can live with or not... unless anyone has a spare gun metal front bumper they want rid of!

 

Anyway, could have been worse!

 

Pedro.

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Much worse!

 

At 50 I'd expect the car to be wrecked! Must have been a roe deer was it?

 

I had to have dents on the bonnet repaired by the bodyshop due to the double skin.

 

I'd remove the bumper and have a look behind, the bumper is urethane and will try to return to it's original shape. No telling whats behind it until you have a look!

 

Very lucky escape.

 

 

 

 

Oh and I recommend Gliptone for cleaning the skidmarks from the leather! Just discard the trousers! :lol:

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venison steaks for dinner then?

 

Seriously though, a colleague of my brother in law was killed in an incident with a deer. It ran across the motorway - he hit it, got out of his car and was run over and killed! I also know someone who's car was badly damaged by a cow on the bonnet! You're lucky it wasn't a big one.

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I've encountered deer here a fair bit. When in the Highlands and it's cold they come right down to the roads. Even the huge Stags are by the road.

 

I have fairly quick animal reactions as Max and a few others on the hoon will testify!

 

 

I remember a mate of mine hit a big deer in an escort van. He lobbed it in the back and sold it to a buthcher to pay for repairs to the van! :lol:

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We have a pheasant breeder nearby and they do a lot of shoots where I live - they are so thick and just when they've run across the road they change their mind and run back again! They are just big enough to do some damage if you hit one. Pain in the the backside!

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I hit a fox at 80mph a few years back, luckily in a courtesy car :teeth: There wasnt alot left of the fox. :blush:

 

 

Also as stew said, you should check for damage behind the bumper as they do tend to return to there original mould, If not use a hairdryer/heat gun to pop and dents out :thumbs:

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I hit a fox at 80mph a few years back, luckily in a courtesy car :teeth: There wasnt alot left of the fox. :blush:

 

 

Also as stew said, you should check for damage behind the bumper as they do tend to return to there original mould, If not use a hairdryer/heat gun to pop and dents out :thumbs:

 

Is using a hairdrier to fix a plastic warp a possible job for someone like me? (i.e. little skill/knowledge about bodywork)

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Pheasants are a pain. I can encounter 3-4 on my drive to work then another 3-4 on the way home! All in the middle of the road usually looking at you!

 

And people ask why I don't take the Zed! :wacko:

 

Hit one at Keldy forest a couple of months ago on the way back from a nice weekend.... Had a lovely Sunday stew with boiled rice..... :lol::lol::lol:

 

Especially since da Z was unmarked.... :p

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I hit a fox at 80mph a few years back, luckily in a courtesy car :teeth: There wasnt alot left of the fox. :blush:

 

 

Also as stew said, you should check for damage behind the bumper as they do tend to return to there original mould, If not use a hairdryer/heat gun to pop and dents out :thumbs:

 

Is using a hairdrier to fix a plastic warp a possible job for someone like me? (i.e. little skill/knowledge about bodywork)

Hairdryer thing really works. I went round to my dads once and his Rav4 had the corner of his plastic bumper pushed in. He knew nothing (mum looked sheepish) Next time I went round it was gone. He said he had sorted it with the hairdryer. I didn`t believe him at 1st. Well worth a try I say. :thumbs:

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