If the bast**d hadn't have died on Impact I would have stamped on its fekin head, this is the second time I have had panel damage which wasnt my fault in 3 months, getting a bit ragged off with it now!

 

Stamped on it's head? I would have hoped you WOULD put it out of it's misery, good to see you're a bird lover

Seriously, I know what you mean, I've had two "Pheasant incidents", one caused a broken headlight, the other no damage but a car covered in blood, guts and feathers.

My eldest has had a cat run in front of him, resultant collision cracked the plastic front bumper on his 53 plate Ibiza, previously immaculate.

What do you do? Pheasants: wild birds, no redress. Cats: allegedly wild animals, no redress

Alcazar

 

the poor bird

 

I hit one on the bike. took it on my chest/shoulder, hurt for weeks. Bloody thing seemed to live through it too.

5t.

 

know how you both deel. dunno if either of you two have seen what happened to my impreza sport after something small (dunno if it was a cat/dog/fox etc) ran out in front of me and i swerved to avoid. £4500 of car later i realised i was only tp f&t should have run the **** over and payed for a new front bumper...

andy

 

Sorry to hear about that, Rallying1. I had a munjack deer amble out in front of me at 5.00 one morning. Broke the bumper and damaged a driving light. Worst thing is that you can't claim on insurance without losing some protection of NCD -- or at least I couldn't. Managed to save a bit on repairs by shopping around.

 

nasty mate

 

Believe it or not those animals have as much right to exist on this planet as you or I! The fact that you have lost a few quid in repairs hardly makes up for the fact that they have lost their lives!
If you had hit a small child and he/she was still alive, would you have stamped on their head for denting your beloved motor? Just consider yourself lucky that on this occasion it was an animal and not a kid!
JohnD unashamed animal lover (quite fond of my Scoob, too!)

 

Go hug a tree mate

 

 

I'd certainly rather hug a tree than you mate. I see people with similar outlooks to you everyday in my work, it's becoming a sad world of selfish attitudes.
JohnD

 

you wont hug me?

Never mind I will ask one of my children who hasnt dented my scooby to hug me instead

 

I think most people can differentiate between a small child and a bloody pheasant FFS

 

Look at the bright side, you get a really nice gourmet dinner.

 

indeed! roasted in tinfoil for 1/2hr some roast spuds and peas, happy days

 

Slap it on the TMIC. She be cooked to perfection when you get her home.

 

That's EXACTLY what happened to the one I hit that cracked the headlight. It was the wife's Xantia, and when I took the light out, there was a perfectly done pheasant haunch, stuck to the radiator.

Pity it'd been there a week by then

Alcazar

 

here here! the poor bird, was on this planet long before Subaru's although comparision with child taking it a little too far

 

Bloody hell, didn't know pheasants lived for that long.....no wonder it didn't see the bright blue Subaru bearing down on it before it was too late!

 

Gotta say that if an animal of some sort makes a mess of my car, I will personally take pleasure in putting it out of its misery, if it isn't already...

And I know the difference between a child and a bird

 

I bet that wouldnt have bothered Bernard Matthew

 

lol

 

Best way to stop this happening is not hit them

 

The only point of bl**dy pheasants and bl**dy grouse is so Range Rover owning, gun totting, green welly wearing, Barbour jacket, "society" people can meet to blast the b*ggery out of them.

I hate the bl**dy stupid things. There's no point to them. Same goes for grouse and pheasants too!


J.