Have you ever hit an animal with your sports car?

EazyD · 07-01-2011, 02:24 PM

My Z tried to hug a little birdie yesterday..... I stopped a half mile down the road to see if there was a bird stuck in my grille. This was the only evidence! 4 or 5 feathers stuck in there... it looked like my Z had eyelashes!

28/365! by eazyd, on Flickr

Have any of you hit an animal with your sports car?

kenchan · 07-01-2011, 02:30 PM

yah, my Z sped up when she saw a stupid bird in the middle of the road.

cossie1600 · 07-01-2011, 02:43 PM

my car rolled down the driveway once and slide into my friend's mustang

Cmike2780 · 07-01-2011, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by EazyD

My Z tried to hug a little birdie yesterday..... I stopped a half mile down the road to see if there was a bird stuck in my grille. This was the only evidence! 4 or 5 feathers stuck in there... it looked like my Z had eyelashes!

28/365! by eazyd, on Flickr

Have any of you hit an animal with your sports car?

Haha...I actually hit a bird while driving on a parkway in mid flight a few days ago. It just kind of skimmed off the glass and top of the roof. Luckily it on only left a small scuff mark on the roof (came of with some polish).

kenchan · 07-01-2011, 02:46 PM

not in my Z but one of my earlier cars a bird smashed into the side mirror and it was a mess to clean the passenger side window.... ewww...

EazyD · 07-01-2011, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

not in my Z but one of my earlier cars a bird smashed into the side mirror and it was a mess to clean the passenger side window.... ewww...

That sounds like a sticky situation

Baer383 · 07-01-2011, 10:10 PM

I ran over a dogs head with my Harley.

onzedge · 07-01-2011, 10:15 PM

I used to hit numerous bats in my 1967 Datsun roadster when I lived back in Virginia in 1979 - 1981. A couple of time I found them wedged in the grill and once one got caught in the slipstream over the windshield and hit me on top of my head, taking my hat off. Bats give me the creeps.

The worst was when a buddy of mine and I were driving up 101 toward Humboldt County in 1978 in his brand new Spitfire 1500 that Daddy bought for him. (We had our own reasons for that particular road trip).

Somewhere north of Garberville we were on a 2 lane part of the road (very windy throught the ancient redwood forests) and it was about 2 AM. Suddenly, the car felt like it was launching into the air and we heard this huge thud/crunch noise. So he pulled over immediately and we got out to find the entire passenger side covered in guts/blood, etc. Inside the wheel wells was more of the same gore.

We then backtracked to find out if we had killed somebody and found a deer carcass with fresh tire tracks on it. Someone must of hit it before and Brad (my buddy) was not paying close enough attention, I suppose, and we ran over it again. Amazingly, the Spitfire was unscathed, something I would have thought impossible.

These ae my only "hitting animals in sprts cars" stories. Thank you for reading.

shadoquad · 07-01-2011, 02:51 PM

I try very hard to miss animals. I once swerved to avoid a raccoon on a highway off-ramp in a Fiero, then it did a 180 and ran back towards me, and I then had to swerve back to avoid it.

I also once had to stop for a 7-pt buck on a military base in a Miata. He just stood and stared, like "what's that little thing gonna do to me?"

And I once screeched to a halt in front of a flock of birds that were picking at garbage in the road. I crept up, I assumed they'd all flown away, so after a minute I accelerated, and *bump* added feathers to my grill.

theDreamer · 07-01-2011, 02:51 PM

Almost, damn squirrel got in front of my lambo.

kenchan · 07-01-2011, 02:55 PM

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Almost, damn squirrel got in front of my lambo.

hahahaha!

i call those RC-mice because its tail looks like a RC car antenna and has super handling left/right.

ive run over a couple of those as well.

shadoquad · 07-01-2011, 02:57 PM

Rooskey · 07-09-2011, 12:24 AM

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I'll never forget that! What are the odds

anthonyy · 11-07-2011, 05:05 PM

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lol perfect .gif.

No way that is real...

Trips · 07-01-2011, 03:21 PM

Let me see! I've ran over two Squirrels one Jack Rabbit and a Road Runner. Lol

Canyon Carving sometimes involves taking out little critters to stupid to stay off the road.

07-01-2011, 02:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
EazyD A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 1,211 Drives: 2010 6MT Sport pkg. Rep Power: 26	Have you ever hit an animal with your sports car? My Z tried to hug a little birdie yesterday..... I stopped a half mile down the road to see if there was a bird stuck in my grille. This was the only evidence! 4 or 5 feathers stuck in there... it looked like my Z had eyelashes! 28/365! by eazyd, on Flickr Have any of you hit an animal with your sports car? __________________ Pearl White 2010 370Z Sport, Stillen CBE, tint, K&N drop-in filters, GT-R start button, Kenwood DNX-6980 with backup cam, LED bulbs, Raceseng shift knob.

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Baer383 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Lawrenceville,Ga Posts: 4,293 Drives: My foot up your azz Rep Power: 30	I ran over a dogs head with my Harley. __________________ 2013 ZL1 754 rwhp 747 rwtq

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onzedge A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Battle Lake MN Age: 64 Posts: 183,964 Drives: 370Z 240Z Rep Power: 2684737	I used to hit numerous bats in my 1967 Datsun roadster when I lived back in Virginia in 1979 - 1981. A couple of time I found them wedged in the grill and once one got caught in the slipstream over the windshield and hit me on top of my head, taking my hat off. Bats give me the creeps. The worst was when a buddy of mine and I were driving up 101 toward Humboldt County in 1978 in his brand new Spitfire 1500 that Daddy bought for him. (We had our own reasons for that particular road trip). Somewhere north of Garberville we were on a 2 lane part of the road (very windy throught the ancient redwood forests) and it was about 2 AM. Suddenly, the car felt like it was launching into the air and we heard this huge thud/crunch noise. So he pulled over immediately and we got out to find the entire passenger side covered in guts/blood, etc. Inside the wheel wells was more of the same gore. We then backtracked to find out if we had killed somebody and found a deer carcass with fresh tire tracks on it. Someone must of hit it before and Brad (my buddy) was not paying close enough attention, I suppose, and we ran over it again. Amazingly, the Spitfire was unscathed, something I would have thought impossible. These ae my only "hitting animals in sprts cars" stories. Thank you for reading. __________________ Koni\|Swift\|Michelin\|Motordyne\|Berk\|RJM Performance\|Gates\|SPL\|Motul\|Technafit\|Ate Super Blue\|Hawk Tommy Kaira\|Momo\|Optima\|Hella\|Hotchkis\|Red Line\|ZSpeed\|Stillen\|B&M\|H&R

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theDreamer A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 30,879 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 4211	Almost, damn squirrel got in front of my lambo. __________________ theDreamer's Z // Fast Intentions // Uprev // GTM // HKS // TEIN theDreamer's Silvia // URAS // GREDDY Houston Zs // Facebook // Twitter // Instagram

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Trips Administrator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Disneyland, Ca Posts: 8,732 Drives: 🔰 Rep Power: 10	Let me see! I've ran over two Squirrels one Jack Rabbit and a Road Runner. Lol Canyon Carving sometimes involves taking out little critters to stupid to stay off the road. __________________

07-01-2011, 02:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	yah, my Z sped up when she saw a stupid bird in the middle of the road.

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cossie1600 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: californee way Posts: 5,380 Drives: 370, Leaf Rep Power: 31	my car rolled down the driveway once and slide into my friend's mustang

07-01-2011, 02:46 PM	#5 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	not in my Z but one of my earlier cars a bird smashed into the side mirror and it was a mess to clean the passenger side window.... ewww...

07-01-2011, 02:51 PM	#9 (permalink)
shadoquad A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: . Posts: 42,608 Drives: . Rep Power: 3887	I try very hard to miss animals. I once swerved to avoid a raccoon on a highway off-ramp in a Fiero, then it did a 180 and ran back towards me, and I then had to swerve back to avoid it. I also once had to stop for a 7-pt buck on a military base in a Miata. He just stood and stared, like "what's that little thing gonna do to me?" And I once screeched to a halt in front of a flock of birds that were picking at garbage in the road. I crept up, I assumed they'd all flown away, so after a minute I accelerated, and bump added feathers to my grill.

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