I hit my first armadillo today

I've hit damn near every critter that has ever though about going near a road, deer, cats, dogs, squirrels, possums, coons, snakes, turtles, and even a cow, but this was a first.

That damn thing was SOLID, I thought I was gonna rip the damn front suspension out from under the truck, it launched the left front up about a foot and damn near jerked the wheel out of my hands when it came down.

7/27/2008 8:54:35 PM

possum in a half shell. things don't mess around.

just be glad it's not west texas, then you get armadillos the size of goats and huge tumbleweeds. tumbleweeds are actually kinda cool to hit though, i never realized they're brittle and shatter on impact.

7/27/2008 9:08:38 PM

I've hit an owl before just after dusk, he made his last swoop a good one, even though it was into my windshield and cracking the shit out of it.

7/27/2008 9:37:43 PM

haha! that's pretty damn impressive to get an owl. i must say i've only got one squirrel and one bird to my name. i'm one of those idiots slamming on brakes and swerving for the ditch to avoid animals. i do however aim for snakes and attempt to cut them in half by hitting the brakes just before impact, but the only good snake to me is a dead one. thanks, but i'll take the increase in mice, rats, bugs, or whatever.

i think my scariest close encounter was with a gigantic moose on a dark two lane coming through the grand tetons in wyoming. dumb bastard was just standing in the middle of the road in a blind curve. i came to a screeching hault within a foot of it and it didn't even flinch. just casually turned its head, and wandered off down the other lane. in its partial defense, the stupid things are blind as bats though. would have been a bad night, the torso easily cleared the hood line of an suv so i would have just cleared the legs out and the rest would have come crashing through the windshield.

who was it that posted pics of a deer they supposedly cut in half hauling ass on a bike a few years ago (no jeff, not you )? i think it was one of redneck350's friends, but i can't remember his screen name off hand....

7/27/2008 10:05:08 PM

i've hit a buzzard before and had it land in the back of the truck, that was a stinkin sum bitch

7/27/2008 10:13:13 PM

was in drivers ed, the girl driving ran over a large turtle in the road.

the instructor kept saying "turtle!" growing in intensity until they ran over it.

could have swerved to avoid it. she was just a bad driver and was kicked out of the program. that's pretty bad.

7/28/2008 12:13:43 AM

hit a kid on a dirtbike once. winner?

7/28/2008 1:16:47 AM

^^ turtle,turtle

7/28/2008 7:03:58 AM

i hit a car full of black people, winner?

7/28/2008 8:11:00 AM

2* Birds (*Technically just one. The other bird just fell out of the sky and landed on my hood when driving on the highway. )

1 Bat (Old country road, fucker came outa no where)

1 Squirrel

1 dead Deer - It was already dead laying in the middle of my lane on the highway. I was doing ~75mph looking for deer on the side of the road. I went right over on top of him, didn't have a chance to brake or swirve or anything. One helluva speedbump. ahahha gg

^did you kill them? if not, FAIL

[Edited on July 28, 2008 at 9:01 AM. Reason : ]

7/28/2008 9:00:29 AM

I almost hit an owl with a snake in it's claws. It swooped out of the ditch on the side of the road and dragged that snake about 1' above my Jeep with the top down. It would have sucked if the owl dropped a pissed off snake on my passenger seat.

7/28/2008 9:08:41 AM

haha. i've had a snake fall out of a tree into the boat when i was fishing one time. not fun. it was a promptly bludgeoned to death with a fire extinguisher.

7/28/2008 9:14:24 AM

I was under my car, on my back, working with a torch in a driveway once when I looked up and saw a snake coming up the driveway right towards me. A little one, but still. I decided he was fine if he changed course and went somewhere else, so I threw a little heat his way to scare him off. Didnt work! He came at me with a vengance then so I grilled his ass right there on the driveway with a propane torch.

7/28/2008 10:50:25 AM

^If you didnt eat him Bear Grylls style, [FAIL].

7/28/2008 11:18:26 AM

Cue BMW vs.Deer picture (old) but cool



[Edited on July 28, 2008 at 3:25 PM. Reason : .]

7/28/2008 3:24:51 PM

i love how after being totalled, they still used the special screw in tow hook

7/28/2008 3:27:12 PM

^^Wasn't that a fox?

7/28/2008 3:35:14 PM

from all the posts I have read, they all say a "small" deer @ 140mph

more pics:
http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=528939

imagine the SA's look on their face when that guy/girl bought his car in.

"uhhh yeah I think I hit something, and the car isn't running the same".

All things aside, that is absolutely amazing that the car looks like it could still be fixed and run. Hitting anything at 140mph has gotta hurt.

[Edited on July 28, 2008 at 9:47 PM. Reason : .]

7/28/2008 9:44:33 PM

it was just trying to keep warm

8/13/2008 1:13:31 PM

1 bird. Small songbird, not sure what kind, came out of nowhere, bounced off my windshield and left a nice bloody smear.
1 squirrel. Shit happens.
1 possum. Darted out into the street and under my car, got it with the left rear wheel, for a second I was scared to death I'd run over somebody's cat. Quite relieved to see it was just a possum. It was still alive (it actually scurried off), but it was obviously mangled and I'm pretty sure it expired soon after.

8/13/2008 2:32:58 PM

Somebody hit a goose the other day and it's neck must have snapped. It's body was spasming and it's head was looking around limply. It didn't seem too excited.

8/13/2008 2:34:20 PM

Amazingly I've never hit any organic matter (aside from bugs).

I've hit plenty of inorganic objects though. I've clipped a recliner on I-40 once in my old car, a large piece of metal off a dump truck got lodged in hood scoop, and drove over someone's transmission guts as it was strewn about in front of me.

8/13/2008 3:09:47 PM

http://break.com/index/chicks-never-over-react.html

8/13/2008 3:24:38 PM

Took out a bird today.
It flew beside the car, then decided to commit suicide and turned in front of the car, and dove.
Nailed it with the front grill, and watched it tumble across the ground behind the car.

8/13/2008 3:40:10 PM

PETA would absolutely shit if they read this thread.

8/14/2008 7:59:52 PM

I have managed to get:

3 possums, one of which while driving my moms mustang when I was in high school, that was a nice little speed bump.

1 Cat the damn thing just ran right out in front of the jeep no time to stop.

2 Squirrel's they are pretty tricky

1 Rabbit even harder to hit than a squirrel

1 Seagull in the parking lot of my high school...I almost got suspended because of the damn bird...guess it was because I was hauling ass through the parking lot to hit it.

8/14/2008 9:49:06 PM

one deer
couple of birds
one dog (felt bad about that one)
one raccoon (in fucking chapel hill)
one possum
countless frogs

8/15/2008 3:41:37 AM

Oh dude, big nasty frogs make the sickest noise when you run them over.

I still remember hitting a massive frog with my drivers side front tire when the window was down and it sounded like I ran over a huge water balloon. [SPLAT]

It was fucking sick dude.

8/15/2008 6:00:47 AM

I came about 2 feet away from hitting a bald eagle with the Ram a few months ago

8/15/2008 9:27:33 PM

I hit a possum at around 110mph in the vette.. def ripped the bottom lip thing off and cracked the front fender..

the funny part is it was around a slight curve (very, very slight) but I didn't see him until I was right up on him..he jumps up, gives the deer in headlights look while standing straight up and then SPLAT

8/15/2008 9:49:31 PM

haha I just got a mental image

8/16/2008 1:57:31 AM