What have you run over or hit with your car?

Falcon Freak · 08-02-2006, 09:25 PM

The duck thread got me thinking about my altercations with various wildlife

I collected a galah driving to Bathurst in 1998
I ran over a cat in 2002

Fortunately neither of them made any damage to the cars or left their internals splattered on the cars.

FF

NB - Looks like I am due to hit something this year!

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fiery · 08-02-2006, 09:28 PM

Does it count (or even matter) when you dont actually know what you hit...
I ran something large and dark over on the way home Monday night...
it was really late and I do know it was hit by a truck about 2 minutes after me.. so No I wasnt going back to look at what it was.

only a little bit of damage but hey as others say.. it will buff out

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347Stroker · 08-02-2006, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by fiery

Does it count (or even matter) when you dont actually know what you hit...
I ran something large and dark over on the way home Monday night...
it was really late and I do know it was hit by a truck about 2 minutes after me.. so No I wasnt going back to look at what it was.

only a little bit of damage but hey as others say.. it will buff out

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I wondered where that indigenous australian fella had gone from up the road.....it was you.....you heartless cow..... :the_finge

TIKFD6 · 08-02-2006, 09:35 PM

I had a Sulfur crested ИИИИy hit my passenger side mirror in my EA, after i hot my power pole.
I had a Phesent hit my barina GSi and bust the fog light.
I hit a crow in my XGXR6.

And the best one was when the Pit wall at Winton jumped out in front of my in the ED.

Feathers · 08-02-2006, 09:35 PM

Not me, but my Dad hit a guy on a bike 20 years ago when he was an interstate truckie. Killed him.
Wasn't his fault, and there were several witnesses who made statements saying that they saw him trying to avoid the guy, and there was nothing else he could have done to avoid it.
The local cops knew the guy (town drunk), and they agreed with the witnesses.

LUXO_8 · 08-02-2006, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by 347Stroker

I wondered where that indigenous australian fella had gone from up the road.....it was you.....you heartless cow..... :the_finge

LOL i was thinking the same thing

ive been fair lucky with the amount of kms i do...... ive only hit a dog......

bob^ · 08-02-2006, 09:37 PM

I had 3 people in the back of my car the other day. That sits it about 50mm or so off the ground...
Anyway this possum ran out infront of the car, so I hit the brakes, as I'm not one to hit animals if I can avoid it safely. The possum stopped in the middle of the road, on the lines, so I started driving off again when the stupid thing ran back out infront of the car. All you could hear was BANG BANG BANG on the floor of the car.
Turned around to see if it was still alive, and the thing was no where to be seen...

fiery · 08-02-2006, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by 347Stroker

I wondered where that indigenous australian fella had gone from up the road.....it was you.....you heartless cow..... :the_finge

moo to you too.. thats so harsh... I cant believe you would say something that nasty... oh hang on.. yes I can... :thebirds: :monkes:

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AUIII XR8 MAN · 08-02-2006, 09:43 PM

Lets see i've hit......
How many brids??????,
Dogs,
Cats,
Rabbits,
Lizards,
Snakes &
a Kangaroo
Yes i live in a country area so hitting wild life form time to time is part of driving on country roads.

**Peuty** · 08-02-2006, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by 347Stroker

I wondered where that indigenous australian fella had gone from up the road.....it was you.....you heartless cow..... :the_finge

Don't laugh guys, I actually did run one over outside my local one night.....

347Stroker · 08-02-2006, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Peuty

Don't laugh guys, I actually did run one over outside my local one night.....

Was he "on walkabout" or just lookin for his other thong?

EvilChief · 08-02-2006, 09:44 PM

3 kangeroos in the space of 1 hour driving back from mtisa at 2am

hit a wally about a year later on a back street home

and some stupid power pole jumped out on me ...

does hitting dirt count for anything?

Falcon Freak · 08-02-2006, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by EvilChief

and some stupid power pole jumped out on me ...

Those power poles are nasty things. Wish they'd keep off the roads.

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FF

TIKFD6 · 08-02-2006, 09:53 PM

Oh, i forgot this one.
I was driving an Army Mack accross the Barkley Tablelands near the QLD/NT border, and i had a big 6' Red Roo jump out in front of me.
Needless for me to say, i was doing 100km/hr and there wasnt much left of him.

Falcon_Phill · 08-02-2006, 09:53 PM

Just a bird. It just sat there, seen me coming, doing about 60. then 'thwomp' and it hit my roof, then over onto the boot, then that was it.

FGX-351 · 08-02-2006, 09:53 PM

toads:P

Gabbs · 08-02-2006, 09:54 PM

I havn't had a good run with trolleys. Hit one with my eb falcon while reversing and the thing went flying down the car park and flipped. I sure showed that trolley whos boss. Went home and checked the bumper as well and it had a tiny mark on the grey bumper. Other time I reversed the ba into a trolley. Left a little indent in the bumper. All these incidents would have been avoided if people put the damn trolleys in the bays.

Paull · 08-02-2006, 10:05 PM

A bloody great roo in my ZH at 120, not happy. It made a real mess of the front end but, as my said said:
Fairlane - 1
Kangaroo - 0

Bill M · 08-02-2006, 10:11 PM

I was a passenger in a VE Valiant that hit a wardrobe that fell off a trailer in front! Minor scratches on the Val, the wardrobe?....
Cheers
Bill

**Peuty** · 08-02-2006, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by 347Stroker

Was he "on walkabout" or just lookin for his other thong?

Hahaha, he was on the prowl...so to speak.

Crime rate was low that night.

Brute6 · 08-02-2006, 10:15 PM

I've found the odd cat or 10 under my tyres on the occasion...... I'm not a cat lover..... :evil3:

Feathers · 08-02-2006, 10:18 PM

Oh, I did hit a possum coming home from Star City one night (I think it was a possum), wasn't fun with a car load of hysterical girls screaming and crying at me.
Didn't stop.

We also had a bus hoist fall off the back of my Dad's ute down a fairly steep hill near Tempe. Almost a ton of steel, huge bang, blocked the road for ages until we could get a tow truck to come and collect it.
Lucky I was in front of my Dad, or I would have copped it, and I wouldn't be here now.

347Stroker · 08-02-2006, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Peuty

Hahaha, he was on the prowl...so to speak.

Crime rate was low that night.

lol...you have the same thoughts on them as me...

BA Bakes · 08-02-2006, 10:59 PM

I hit a fox one night on the Hume highway at 110km/h with the front corner of the bumper of the ol' EF. Only i tiny split in the bumper.
Have also collected a roo's head with the diff one night. I couldn't avoid it, so went of the top.

Venomous · 08-02-2006, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by gabbs19

I havn't had a good run with trolleys. Hit one with my eb falcon while reversing and the thing went flying down the car park and flipped. I sure showed that trolley whos boss.

Hey mate, thats awesome, bloody funny. Lol, you've made my night!

LUXO_8 · 08-02-2006, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by gabbs19

I havn't had a good run with trolleys. Hit one with my eb falcon while reversing and the thing went flying down the car park and flipped. I sure showed that trolley whos boss. Went home and checked the bumper as well and it had a tiny mark on the grey bumper. Other time I reversed the ba into a trolley. Left a little indent in the bumper. All these incidents would have been avoided if people put the damn trolleys in the bays.

perhaps you should watch behind you as you reverse.....what if it was a little tike

Psycho Chicken · 08-02-2006, 11:26 PM

Had a bird dive smack bang into the windscreen. Idiot.

Haven't hit the neighbour's cat.....yet.

347Stroker · 08-02-2006, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Psycho Chicken

Haven't hit the neighbour's cat.....yet.

Is that through lack of trying???

**Captain Stubing** · 08-02-2006, 11:40 PM

I caught a couple of roo's with an XC GXL, broke the grille!

I also copped a ИИИИatoo on my shin while riding on the highway from Augathella to Tambo (Central Qld). Luckily I had MX boots on... not so lucky for the ИИИИatoo.

Collected more roos in EA Falcons, koala in an XF (he survived) and split a pack of 27 emus on a trailbike on a highway.

I don't think I've ever scored a dog or cat, though...?

NC 5ltr · 09-02-2006, 12:10 AM

oooooooooo let me think.........seagulls,someone threw chips on the road and there was a floke of em so floored it,they all got away unscathed..............kangaroo in me feroza good thing it had a bull bar it put a dent in a solid bloody bull bar............. run a few bluetongues over unfortunatly as well as a few snakes............dodged a wombat(wipes sweat of brow) and a few pigeons and magpies.