At least it wasn't a sheep or deer :)

[Matra et Alpine]

Out checking the route notes for upcoming rally and stupid bloody chicken walked out in front of me

Ach well at least I'm reducing the CO2 emissions from farms !!!!

No damage to car, other than lots of feathers stuck to the bottom

[cmcpokey]

that sucks.. time to break out the power washer, ehh?

[Matra et Alpine]

Originally Posted by cmcpokey

that sucks.. time to break out the power washer, ehh?

Winds, rain and SNOW predicted for Sunday, so may as well let nature clean it on the event

[Rockefella]

Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine

Winds, rain and SNOW predicted for Sunday, so may as well let nature clean it on the event

That's exactly what we got over the past 24 hrs.

[Mr.Tiv]

Originally Posted by Rockefella

That's exactly what we got over the past 24 hrs.

Yeah. It sucks.

For some reason, I find that video extremely entertaining.

[Kitdy]

Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine

Ach well at least I'm reducing the CO2 emissions from farms !!!!

Spoken like a true Scot... ACH!

Matra, you ever see the video of the WRC car hit the sheep? I saw it once years ago while my old man was watching some rallying and I have looked for it since - any idea where I can catch it?

[Matra et Alpine]

Originally Posted by Kitdy

Matra, you ever see the video of the WRC car hit the sheep?

Don't remember sheep ... will think about it and see if I do tomorrow ( I usually dream about sheep anyway )

Loeb and the cow in Argentina was always a good one .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqIgze3nsuk

[Kitdy]

Oh man, poor cow, but I had to laugh. That is too funny. The one with the sheep was too key. The car stopped DEAD in it's tracks and the sheep went airborne a short while. Man I remember it cracking the hell out of me seeing it again in slow mo!

[NSXType-R]

Well, my math teacher said that it isn't worth stopping for small animals (i.e. dogs, cats, squirrels, the occasional chicken ), because it isn't worth swerving onto oncoming traffic or the car next to you or pedestrians. And I think it's a very fair idea. However, he also said that there's a limit to that rule- for anything with four legs higher than your windshield, try your best to avoid (i.e. a cow, moose, deer, etc).

[cmcpokey]

Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine

Winds, rain and SNOW predicted for Sunday, so may as well let nature clean it on the event

sorry, i'm living in florida, so i keep thinking it almost summer in the rest of the world.

[Clivey]

Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine

Don't remember sheep ... will think about it and see if I do tomorrow ( I usually dream about sheep anyway )

FFS! That's just wrong!

Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine

Loeb and the cow in Argentina was always a good one .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqIgze3nsuk

What was the damage to the car afterwards? Are there any pictures circulating?

When my dad had his last Vectra, we were travelling on an A-class road doing about 80mph when we saw a bird fly out of the trees at the side of the road and land in the middle of our lane not far in front of us. Dad braked and managed to hit it doing 50mph. Luckily there was no damage to the car (we expected some from the sound it made), but I think the bird was decapitated by the front splitter.

How fast were you going when you hit the chicken? An RX-8's lower than a Vectra, and a chicken bigger than whatever it was we hit so I'd expect the potential for damage to be greater.

[drakkie]

Originally Posted by Clivey

FFS! That's just wrong!



What was the damage to the car afterwards? Are there any pictures circulating?

When my dad had his last Vectra, we were travelling on an A-class road doing about 80mph when we saw a bird fly out of the trees at the side of the road and land in the middle of our lane not far in front of us. Dad braked and managed to hit it doing 50mph. Luckily there was no damage to the car (we expected some from the sound it made), but I think the bird was decapitated by the front splitter.

How fast were you going when you hit the chicken? An RX-8's lower than a Vectra, and a chicken bigger than whatever it was we hit so I'd expect the potential for damage to be greater.

We had this with a rabbit once. He ran onto the motorway and kept still, gazing around... My dad speeded up and after we hit it, put it in a plastic bag in the back. We had some plastic bent and broken, but nothing serious... I must say it tasted good !

[jediali]

Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine

Winds, rain and SNOW predicted for Sunday, so may as well let nature clean it on the event

they said that for aberdeen too..but we have had scorching weather (if a little wingy ) lately

[IWantAnAudiRS6]

Animals really are stupid... I nearly ran over a squirrel the other day that saw me, stopped dead, and decided to stay where it was... it's not like I was speeding, 5mph in a car park isn't hard to escape from! So I moved my wheels and just drove over the top of it. A shame the person behind me wasn't so humane.

[Viper007]

Could have been a lot worse, good thing it wasn't something bigger like an elephant. An elephant now that would suck.