Bloody pheasants...

[scouter2]

Hit a suicidal pheasant yesterday as I was driving at 70mph on the A417 dual carriageway... Couldn't swerve to avoid because of other traffic and did not have time to stop safely.

I was quite surprissed to see the damage it has caused to my new Scout :( The foglight has been pushed all the way in, and the xenon light washer appears to have snapped off.

Looks like it might be an expensive roadkill

[streety]

Fugginell dude!!:(

[Harry_vRS]

same happened to me - the fog light will pop back in no problems.

[scouter2]

same happened to me - the fog light will pop back in no problems.

I've tried but I can't find a way of getting my hand round the back of it to push it back. The fog-light well rim is missing and I can't work out what has happened to the washer jet, so it will have to go to the dealers.

[Jamzo]

This thread might help

[Ch]

Ha Ha Ha

Read the thread title and thought that you were a disgruntled Toff...

Hard lines on the roadkill

[mluton]

Gutted for you mate, hope you get it sorted soon

[bahnstormer vrs]

I think, at least, you might have broken some of the retaining clips for the foglight so a new one will be required, and similarly for your lamp washer. i'd suggest you get your dealer to look at it.

Mind you; lucky it was only a pheasant!

I hit a montjac deer at motorway speed in my Fabia a couple of years ago. It wiped out the front bumper, headlamp, foglight and power steering pump and cost over £1,500 plus VAT to repair. :eek: My Insurers coughed up for that.

[fat_boz]

I have had them on the 'alternate route' to the 417 down the back roads to Cheltenham... theyre everywhere with the whol e frantic "oh my G*d oh my G*d - im gonna get killed" look on their faces.

[VRStu]

First thing to do is remove the bumper to asses the damage behind. The parts behind the foglight are quite significant so you'll need to take a look.

[Muppit!]

Did you stop and give it a good plucking?

Pheasant pie. Luvley jubbley.

[sms]

problem is you cant actually legally pick up the pheasent if you hit it, gotta be the lucky b@stard behind.

I hit one 3 years ago in a sprinter van, knocked the road angel and tomtom off the windscreen and put a dent through the glass with a big enough hole to stick my finger through. the blowers were still blowing glass out a few weeks later even after vacumming it everyday. did go and look for the pheasent but couldnt find it.

[scouter2]

Well, it isn't too bad in the end, £190 all inc (2 hours labour). Now just have to wait for the parts...

On the plus side I discovered (thanks to their cleaning) that the left armrest on top of the jumbo box slides forward, not sure I would ever have noticed it by myself! (I did take me a few minutes to work out what was different about my driving position though )

[soldatov]

So its a £190 pheasant then !!! not bad, a top resturant in London or Paris might charge that, then I expect you would have rather that was the case than your car being hit. Glad its ok now though.

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[auroan]

I did something similar in my A4 (the black sline not the current one)

On the M1, outside lane with a VW Passat hanging of my behind and I see this pheasent up ahead dancing in and out of the lane.

It wanders back into the central reservation, then just as I come level it decides to play chicken. I couldn't go anywhere and it got sucked under the car.

Best bit was seeing the Passat's windscreen get cover in bird bits, blood and feathers. The Passat had to make a dive for the hard shoulder as his wipers couldn't clear the goo.

[surfdude]

I had one hit me on the shoulder on my motorbike a couple of years ago. Flew out from a hedge in front of me. Didn't realise how big the f***ers were - felt like having a christmas turkey thrown at me. :eek:

....somehow, I managed to stay on!

Completely understand how it could do some serious damage to a car.

[ishj]

felt like having a christmas turkey thrown at me. :eek:

....somehow, I managed to stay on!

i think i will give christmas at urs a miss, flying turkeys and all!!