flatfour0

Hit a big bird in my STI 8 on way home from work. Cracked my off side head lamp. Not good.Going to dealer 2mo to find out how much for a new one. Bet it won't be cheap.
Made a very load bang when i hit it. I was shaw it had mad a big mess of the front of my car.
Blood and feathers all over the front and side of car not nice.
Feel bad for the bird two.

Phil

Not to Pi** you off but I believe these are hard to get at the moment

flatfour0

I can live with it. Its only cracked. But will have to get it done at some point. Have to see what dearler says 2mo!!
Cheers

Phil

Good Luck

Gav

SU3ARU

Surprised you didn't catch it in the scoop

TON3

Was she pissed, my m8's missus is a fat old mousse she'd do some feckin damage if u hit her!

TON3

She also has a habit of wearing feathered garments!

AvalancheS8

"Hit a big bird in my STI 8 on way home from work"

That'll be a blow for Sesame Street.

Seriously though, I had a Phesant or some other game bird fly out of a bush in front of me while I was doing about 80 once in my old Corrado, gives you a real fright ! It hit the left hand side of the windscreen and stoved in it by about an inch - let's hear it for Windscreen cover - £50 for a £500 screen. The windscreen fitter asked if I had gone back and picked it up for my dinner !!

Steve001

iTrader: (7)

just a thought, can the RAC window repair peeps help (if a small crack)? as advertised on TV.

BTW Mods this is advice and NOT an advert for RAC

[Edited by Steve001 - 8/14/2003 9:34:06 AM]

supertouring

Had a bird **** on my windscreen once, not taking her out again!

flatfour0

New headlamp £149+ VAT. And half hour fitting. Not as bad as i thought.

Scooby96

bollocks - get a morette headlight conversion instead - £600ish me thinks

flatfour0

Do they do 1 for the 8. Also dealer told me that there are headlamp covers for 8 now. £33 plus vat. Don no what they look like. Thay did not have a pic. Just price!

pottsy

Hit a pheasant at nearly 100 once in a 306 (obviously I was on a private road at the time ;-)) smashed the whole front bumper!

Jase

I hit a black bird (or something) on my STi8 on the way into work, luckily it mostly hit the piller in the middle of the air intake under the number plate. Luckily, as I had just changed out of fourth at maximum revs!!! It could have made a large expensive dent! The worst bit was getting the remains out, made a visit to Wickes and had to buy some plastic disposable gloves - besides being warm it had a distinct cooked smell about it. Poor bird, but at least it was quick, very quick.

flatfour0

Forgot, I also hit bird in my my97 classic. I did not no i had hit it till i got home. Its head was stuck in the grill under the front indicator. It was jammed it there very tight. I had to pull it very hard to get it out and its head came off. Really messy. Took ages to get the blood and guts off the car.
No Damage to the car. Just the poor bird.

AvalancheS8

Ooh,yuk!

Listy

Hit a Fox once on route to Maidstone in my Mark 3 RS Turbo.... What a bloody mess that was. I hit hit square on the front doing 80 plus.. Ripped the front Splitter clean off and dragged it uner the car.... Trashed the front bumper and totalled the grill...

My missus was going mad... Silly cow even made me scoop the frigging thing off the road onto the pavement cos she reckoned it wasn't right to leave the poor thing there.... I just picked it up by the tail and lifted... What was attached came with it.... what wasn't stayed in situ...