Bonneville murders

[hammerheart]

Well it's official. I've now only ever owned one car that was never used in the (unintentional) slaying of wildlife. The Bonneville is not it.

Last night at around 10:15, while driving down some country roads, I ran over a raccoon that wandered right into the middle of the road...

I only saw him right before it happened and there was no time to do anything about it. He glanced up at me at the last second as if to say, "Why?"

Though I feel bad for the critter, I also worry that his little skull may have caused some harm to something on the Bonneville.

What are everyone else's stories regarding their run ins with mother nature?


Also, no using the emote.

[sonoma_zr2]

I ran over a deer or some other large mammal while barreling down a lonely interstate in Montana a few years back either going to or coming from a WCBF meet. All it did was rip the rear O2 sensor and shield and wiring from the car and caught the rear bumper cover and tore it a little by the right exhaust tip. It was at night and the person who was trying to keep up with me said he was trying to figure out what was going on. He said by the light movement it looked like literally ran over something. He moved to the other lane and managed to miss it.

I never got a check engine light from the missing O2 because I had a Intense PCM and they turned off the rear O2 I stopped, got a wire cutter out of the tool kit, and cut the dangling appendage off and continued on with the trip.

[JG2000SE]

Once, driving down a state highway at night in a 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse, doing about 50mph, I hit something that sounded HUGE! I never even saw it as it went under the passenger side tires. Pulled over a mile or two later to inspect and there was blood splattered on the passenger side door, I thought it must have been a huge dog or something. Drove past the next day and there was a small raccoon in the road no bigger than a rabbit, couldn't believe it.

Also had a deer actually jump in to and dent the fender of my 1988 Iroc-Z Camaro, I was totally stopped, so pissed off

[human]

I ran over a raccoon in my '84 Buick Century and the only damage it did was to rip the plastic air dam/stone deflector below the front bumper loose. I re-attached it as best I could but driving through a heavy rainstorm a few months later pulled it loose again, so I just took it off. The car didn't seem to suffer any ill effects from its absence.

[GreenNYellow67]

Two years ago when driving my 67 Mustang late on a Friday night to a Goodguys show in Columbus, OH I hit a racoon on HWY 53 comming out of Tiffin. The thing about this was that I saw a small racoon in the road at the last second and swerved to avoid hitting it, but when I did that I hit the bigger racoon that had just started to cross the road I as made the move to avoid the smaller one.

[hammerheart]

With all the raccoons we seem to have all killed, I think someone's car here should be nicknamed Davy Crockett.

[petraman]

You were asking for it...

[mrvids]

A few years back I told my Mom to leave her LeSabre at my house so it didn't get dinged up in the airport parking lot. I only live three miles from the airport and could save her the $30 parking fee as well. Leave the car at my house I assured her. So a guy in a '70 Cadillac convertible pulls in my driveway and drops off my Mom. (I was thinking maybe she has a boyfriend now.) She said she hit a deer about 1.5 miles from my house and was afraid to try and drive it any further. So I took her to the airport and then drove her car to my house and started getting estimates while she was away on vacation. It was a $5200 repair bill!
Not only that but neither the guy in the Caddy nor myself could find the deer she whacked!.
It pushed the radiator within an inch or two from the motor, cracked the drivers side front fender and left parts of it's fur embedded in the plastic, and bent the bumper, hood and some other support pieces. But we saved the $30 parking bill!

[00Beast]

I've hit a bunch of stuff, ran over a BIG coon one night, hit a skunk, that sucked getting the smell off, killed a few birds with the windshield and millions of bugs, lol.

I don't feel bad for hitting animals. Natural Selection at its finest.

[1oldman]

I've hit a bunch of stuff, ran over a BIG coon one night, hit a skunk, that sucked getting the smell off, killed a few birds with the windshield and millions of bugs, lol.

I don't feel bad for hitting animals. Natural Selection at its finest.

I sure hope you wouldn't feel that way if an elk decided to join you in the drivers seat. - BC

[douellette88]

When i had my 76 chevy caprice...yeah, BIG boat of a car lol. I ran over a 4x4 going about 50-55 mph lol, i didnt notice it in time to go around it so i hit it. felt like hitting a big bump, but didnt do any damage to my car =D lol, i still laugh about it to this day

[swampthing]

hit a couple of squirrels, an armadillo, and at least one 4x4 post (in the truck)

but the most memorable was the small florida deer that did all of this




he didn't make if obviously, went rode home with some road workers in a cooler

[hammerheart]

When i had my 76 chevy caprice...yeah, BIG boat of a car lol. I ran over a 4x4 going about 50-55 mph lol, i didnt notice it in time to go around it so i hit it. felt like hitting a big bump, but didnt do any damage to my car =D lol, i still laugh about it to this day

Until I read the post after yours I was confused about the 4x4 part. "Really, you ran over a Bronco II or something?" This is what happens when I read before I've had my coffee.

Big car indeed. lol

[sandrock]

Snakes. And the occasional game of "splat the can", so long as the lanes are clear.

[swampthing]

Snakes. And the occasional game of "splat the can", so long as the lanes are clear.

Agreed, nothing makes my day more then a can/bottle that blows up when ran over.

[nos4blood70]

One time, I caught a pigeon on my windshield as it was trying to fly across a highway width wise. Got some feathers stuck in my windshield wipers but that's about it. I think the bird lived.

[hammerheart]

I used to own a 1988 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham. Big boat of a car. One day I was chasing seagulls around an empty parking lot with it. It was all good and fun since as slow as that thing was there was no way I'd actually hit anything. So I had my fun frightening the birds a bit and decided to leave.

I pulled out of the parking lot and onto the 35 mph zone, reached into the back seat, opened a cooler, grabbed a Stewart's Key Lime soda, popped the lid, started to take a swig. At that exact swig-taking moment, a seagull swooped down from out of sight, got clobbered right at the front right headlight area, rolled up the acre and a half of hood, and got caught in the windshield wiper trap. It slowly slid down the trap and off the car. I inhaled a little of the soda and almost went into hysterics laughing so hard.

That had to be the most comical roadkill ever and its timing was enough to make me think it was done on a dare from the other seagulls.

[Sadden]

Deer , Elk , Moose
Ive been in vehicles that have hit em all , they ALL write off the vehicles here.
You americans have some pansy deer i hate to say....

Nearly hit a black bear yesterday in the Western Star.

[CMNTMXR57]

I don't feel the least bit sorry for Racoons! Those little F****** should all die.

[J Wikoff]

Buick Somerset = Some large bird flew up out of the ditch. Its talons left scratches up the hood and it took out the passenger side wiper. Never saw it after I hit it.

Bonneville = Hit a sparrow with a fog light. No damage. Maybe a squirrel or two.

G8 = One squirrel so far, no damage.

I've been riding in an old Impala wagon and an Explorer when my parents each hit a deer. Messed up a front corner pretty good with each, though the Impala took it pretty well.