Dead bird on intercooler - PICS
 

I was having a nice little blast home from Ayr beach with my girlfriend.

Two pigeons were sitting in the middle of the road playing chicken with me and these were the results:

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You can guess where one of the pigeons ended up:

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:Whatever_

Looks like I need a new hood scoop. Does anyone know how much they are for a hawkeye?

i wouldn't replace the whole scoop for the sake of one fin.

It really looks bad when you see the scoop in the light. Its one of these things that would annoy me if I didnt change it.

:eek: Did you take the insurance details from the other pigeon. Scoops aren't very cheep. :D

It was a hit and run.......... literally and his mate flew off :lol1:

Good job it wasn't a kamikaze pigeon or else I would have been a lot worse off earlier in the day!

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._4157851_n.jpg

All joking aside its a bit of a gutter,scoops sell for about £80 painted is the bonnet ok??

Just out of interest, that's a dove, not a pidgeon... lol

Ian it must be all that power you have now.

Its a pigeon, believe me :lol1:

Haha, more power to come after I plumb in my FMIC, fit my GT headers & Harvey up pipe and have my AVCR mapped by Andy F on Tuesday!

I was driving at a rather spirited pace right enough!

I'm sure its last thoughts were not pleasant!

It could have been worse. Lucky it wasn't a Burberry donned Chav knowing what Ayr beach is like :D

EFA ;)

forget SIAL, its now PIS lol

gutted for you mate

I could still smell some of it burning on my intake manifold :(

Good job the engine bay is under going a make over and a spring clean.

Lucky it was the scoop and not the windscreen,
pigeon strike is not pretty at er... spirited miles per hour
Have often wondered how many people get various objects in their scoops as
they are rather large lol

B

I thought your model was a hawk eye, not a dove eye

Jesus christ cant believe that has gone straight through the scoop like that ;(

yep, could have been worse
http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A7x9QV....fv=I4gDU8dNV-o

I have seen that vid before and it was the first thing I thought of right after I hit the bird!

I bet my windscreen excess is cheaper than buying a new scoop and having it painted though :lol1:

i always thought that the scoobs had a good suction when on boost lol :lol:

It could have been a lot worse. Having smashed a laminated screen on a hen pheasant and being concerned about having bent the screen pillar I now treat all birds with a degree of caution.

Roast pigeon breast is a bit of a delicacy but you need so many of them to make a meal:)

:lol::luxhello:

I could imagine it was quite easily done. I have had ny car 24 hours and have almost had a bird and an bmw m3 in my scoop.

Didnt know Hawks ate pidgeons:D
Try Jap Performance Parts for a scoop:thumb:

You do now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBSn8...2D4E6C81EF5ECA

such is nature.

could of been worse mate,my work pal used to own a clio williams lowered 80mm all round and on his way to the quarry where we work he hit a badger at about 50mph,it took the front bumper off,smashed his rad to bits went under the car and ripped his fuel pump off :lol1:

serves him right for driving a french piece of **** i suppose

:lol:

As one pidgeon said to the other:

I thought you said 'Watch out for that coop'.