Disaster strikes!!

[nathan_harding]

Right a lesson for all do not mix pheasants, a dual carrigeway and a Seat Ibiza.

Happily driving down to "santa pod" today for the gti spring fest when a pheasant decided to swoop across the dual carridgeway with out the "green man" being lit (sorry you've got to laugh you'd cry else!!)

Anyway despite heavy braking and our speed of 75mph avoidance wasnt an option and the inevitable happened.........................................

Damage to the roof

Pilots View:

Birds View:

The force smashed the interior light and broke the sunvisor clip:

The taxi home:

SOOO the pheasant.....well the ibiza fought back:

Soo to top the story off no santa pod and the bird even bent the aerial:

 

[grq]

Awwww thats awful mate, tis a shame, nothing you can do about these things though.

At least you're looking on the brightside

 

[Harry's cupra]

Thats a hard bird!

 

[Timthebrief]

That is some bird strike. I hope your insurer is sympathetic as the claim form is going to end up in the funny file.

I lost part of the LC's grill to a pheasant 18 months ago which ended up costing £100 or so to replace plus I still find stray feathers in the engine bay even now. I must admit I'd never really appreciated how solid the little bug*ers are until then.

Sorry for your ruined day and car but look on the bright side, at least you weren't at 500 ft flying a Tornado!

 

[nathan_harding]

Thanks Guys

Cheers guys! The rear view mirror flying into your face hurts too lol! Thank god me and mark were wearing sunglasses as they are covered in glass dust!!

Going to set the fixing marathon rolling tomz.....

 

[Triple D]

Gutted for you mate, looks real nasty. When Ed and John told me, they though you were joking untill you sent them the pics. You missed a great day unfortunately, with the fastest diesel being moi, with a 14.6 against mike obd, with a pretty strong headwind too.

Anyway, im sure you'll come to the next one, hope everything gets sorted quickly with the car. At least none of you were seriously hurt though eh.

 

[Fez boy]

Ouch!!!

Nasty

I hope you get it sorted soon M8

 

[smoothuk]

i hope you picked it up and took it home for dinner...lol...sorry, na unlucky mate, gutted for ya....

 

[Fez boy]

Thats a hard bird!

I bet it has bird flu

Off topic: Good time Spaniels

 

[Triple D]

I bet it has bird flu

Off topic: Good time Spaniels

Cheers chap, hopefully next time it wont be windy, and will beable to get a better time.

 

[T. Spark]

Yes, was a fun morning to say the least, it wasnt a joke... tho I can assure you both me and Nath found something a joke 2day... didnt we nath

I had to dare the traffic to get loads of pics of the dead thingy! and he posts up one damn pick, it was like half a mile down the bleedin' road aswell!

Oh, on a side note, can someone find me linkies to all the DUB sites that attended? Got a few peeps as was walking back down after taking the pics, b funny to let them see why I was, and what had happened!

 

[Mozz]

Ouch! Never would have thought a pheasant could cause that much damage. Seems Seats are just cursed this year. At least you guys weren't hurt.

Something tells me we're going to have to arrange another trip to Santa Pod now. Just for you guys, of course

 

[Nath.]

Think Yourself Lucky I Now Have Two Less People In My Family Due To A Pheasent.........may They Rest In Peace

 

[nathan_harding]

Sorry to hear that mate!

Sorry to hear that mate! We were very lucky!!

 

[Cupra Kid]

Sorry to see that Nath, hope you and Mark are ok and that it wont take to much to sort the ibiza. Bloody birds, i got one stuck head first in my old Polo's grill, when i pulled it out its head came off.


I think the sheffield crew are cursed, we cant seem to keep a straight car between us! Anyone want to run a pool as to whose gonna bend theirs next?

 

[Brummy]

blimey dood... !!
its Sparky,.. he's cursed i tell thee CURSED!!..
seriously tho' good that there was no injuries from the glass etc... (sod the bird.. it was prolly a Kamikaze anyway)..hope you get it all sorted 'Rapido'...

 

[muddyboots]

Bloody birds, i got one stuck head first in my old Polo's grill, when i pulled it out its head came off.

Ewww....bloody indeed !

Nathan -> Sorry to see that - at least no-one was hurt though. I had a very near miss a couple of years ago - was tanking it down an autobahn in Germany on holiday, around 130mph, when a pidgeon flew straight across and just missed the top of my Ibiza's screen, must have been millimetres away from hitting. I dread to think what would have happened if we'd hit it at that speed.
I recall making an odd gurgling "agghhh" sound of fear as I saw it flying across towards us; we slowed down a bit after that !
Good job you were wearing glasses; we had a screen go when I was a bit younger, and there were fine, razor-sharp shards everywhere in the car, like needles.

 

[nathan_harding]

and there were fine, razor-sharp shards everywhere in the car, like needles.

tell me about it i keep finding cuts lol

 

[T. Spark]

Brummy - It isnt me, ner ner its actually Ed... tho ive racked up another one he wasnt part of, so think we are even now!

Muddy - Yup, its all inside his car, and im randomly finding glass in my pockets still.

Lucky it was a nice morning, as me and nath had nothing else to do than sit on the side of the pavement and wait for a phonecall or txt....... from the AA.

Couldnt really sit on the amount of class around the car!!

I didnt mind too much had a few of Naths uni "girl" m8s worring over me

Oh, and maybe Nath

 

[Brummy]

sparky, you ALWAYS come out smelling of roses dont ya!!