A&Q about Lotus
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I was 2 minutes from a friends when a deer jumped out in front of me and I slammed the brakes at 40 mph... cold tires and wet roads this is what happened.
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Recipe for Disaster........
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Did you even hit the deer?
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Did you atleast kill the thing?
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Sorry to hear of the damage, but on the plus side you lived to tell the tale. Could have been a lot worse. My fear is having a deer land into the softtop and become stuck.
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Some small consolation, but realize that hundreds - if not thousands - of people are seriously injured and killed in deer accidents each year.
That's why I'm glad to be a hunter and try to save the Lotus community (any myself) one deer at a time in Georgia...
-Markus
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Missed the deer completely, myself and my passanger were fine. I actually restarted the car and drove home..PISSED
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bummer...glad you missed the deer, b/c if you hit that fraking thing, the damage could've been a lot worse. think - hitting a 300 lb (guessing) object in a 1,900 lb vehicle.
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We might need to start installing these on our cars. They are deer whistles that keep them away from us.
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damn, that damage is from going off-road? I take it the grass was uneven?
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Originally Posted by cpforyou
We might need to start installing these on our cars. They are deer whistles that keep them away from us.
I've read that these things are useless and have absolutely no effect on a deer jumping into the road.
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My Mom hit a pony that had got loose and was running right down the center line in her direction. It’s head ended up in the back set (intact) with it's ass was sticking out of the windshield. They used a forklift to remove it from the car. It pushed the wind shield frame into Mom's head...before she opened the door and bailed. Fortunately, the impact slowed the car to a crawl(Mom was only going about 30 case it was in a small rural town) so she didn’t go ******* and elbows down the road too far The car drifted to a stop into a small tree with the pony sticking out of it. She called me at work and told me. I thought she was joking. It made the front page of the local paper. I can’t find my copy any more or else I’d scan the photo. This was back in 92. Mom recovered fine from it. Got some stitches above her eye that’s all. A lot of local people wrote to the paper and complained about the photo. Seems they pitted the deer. That pissed Mom off
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Originally Posted by fishtaco
My Mom hit a pony that had got loose and was running right down the center line in her direction. It’s head ended up in the back set (intact) with it's ass was sticking out of the windshield. They used a forklift to remove it from the car. It pushed the wind shield frame into Mom's head...before she opened the door and bailed. Fortunately, the impact slowed the car to a crawl(Mom was only going about 30 case it was in a small rural town) so she didn’t go ******* and elbows down the road too far The car drifted to a stop into a small tree with the pony sticking out of it. She called me at work and told me. I thought she was joking. It made the front page of the local paper. I can’t find my copy any more or else I’d scan the photo. This was back in 92. Mom recovered fine from it. Got some stitches above her eye that’s all. A lot of local people wrote to the paper and complained about the photo. Seems they pitted the deer. That pissed Mom off
How did the pony turn into a deer?
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Good catch. It didn't. I pick up my (new to me) Elise tomorrow. Guess I'm a little preoccupied
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I like to hope that if I'm going 30mph...and a pony is jogging down the centerline towards me...that I will 1. Spot said animal in a timely fashion and 2. have the lightning reactions necessary to swerve/brake and avoid such a collision.
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It was a fast pony maybe
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damn sorry to see this, good that u r okay, those tires should really be used just for the summer time and/or at da track.
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Ivan1,
Is the woman in your avatar not wearing panties? Is the little black spot on the bottom edge of the photo on her body the beginning of her bush? It looks like it could also be her belly button, but it seems a little low to be that.
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Originally Posted by Shiftlock
I've read that these things are useless and have absolutely no effect on a deer jumping into the road.
This deer whistle works.
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Originally Posted by 05EliseNM
Ivan1,
Is the woman in your avatar not wearing panties? Is the little black spot on the bottom edge of the photo on her body the beginning of her bush? It looks like it could also be her belly button, but it seems a little low to be that.
Nice catch. You too Ivan.