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Hit a pheasant
« on: 25 October 2008, 21:33:02 »
I was driving home earlier and hit a pheasant at about 70mph, when I got home I checked for damage and my front passenger side foglight is smashed!  So now I am fed up ad I now need a new foglight, my coolant keeps going down and I think my rocker gaskets might be leaking again :(

Any ideas how much I am looking at for a replacement foglight?  And is it easy to change?


Cheers,

Richard
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Re: Hit a pheasant
« Reply #1 on: 25 October 2008, 21:35:43 »
I got one from a scrappy last month for a fiver,takes around 5 minutes to change :y
btw,hope you chucked the pheasant in the boot and took it home for sunday lunch. ;)
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Re: Hit a pheasant
« Reply #2 on: 25 October 2008, 21:39:07 »
if your losing coolant it could have done the rad too
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« Reply #3 on: 25 October 2008, 21:45:39 »
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I got one from a scrappy last month for a fiver,takes around 5 minutes to change :y
btw,hope you chucked the pheasant in the boot and took it home for sunday lunch. ;)

You're not allowed to, it's against the law, but the person behind you can, as daft as it sounds
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Re: Hit a pheasant
« Reply #4 on: 25 October 2008, 21:50:06 »
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I got one from a scrappy last month for a fiver,takes around 5 minutes to change :y
btw,hope you chucked the pheasant in the boot and took it home for sunday lunch. ;)

You're not allowed to, it's against the law, but the person behind you can, as daft as it sounds

I took one the home that I hit with my Carlton, it got funneled through the headlight unit and minced through the bulb holder fitting.  No fanicied it for lunch though.   I have the pics, but too gory to post. :-/
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Re: Hit a pheasant
« Reply #5 on: 26 October 2008, 10:07:02 »
Roadkill - good eating!! ;)
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Re: Hit a pheasant
« Reply #6 on: 26 October 2008, 10:55:29 »
Last time I hit one it came home with me by default. The brake disc had plucked it (well, one side) and almost cooked it too. :y



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« Reply #7 on: 26 October 2008, 12:10:34 »
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Last time I hit one it came home with me by default. The brake disc had plucked it (well, one side) and almost cooked it too. :y



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Bet Mrs Kevin Wood was a happy bunny when you dumped that on the kitchen table.

I would have played games and put it in a Tesco bag, and said it was on offer  ::)
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Re: Hit a pheasant
« Reply #8 on: 26 October 2008, 16:33:22 »
A friend of mine in Basingstoke has 2 Buzzards which were injured & cannot fly, in a cage in her back garden & goes out collecting roadkill to feed them on. She has a supply of Tesco bags in her car that she refers to as 'Bodybags' ;)
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« Reply #9 on: 26 October 2008, 16:46:07 »
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Last time I hit one it came home with me by default. The brake disc had plucked it (well, one side) and almost cooked it too. :y



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Well that's been pheasantly plucked :D
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A friend of mine in Basingstoke has 2 Buzzards which were injured & cannot fly, in a cage in her back garden & goes out collecting roadkill to feed them on. She has a supply of Tesco bags in her car that she refers to as 'Bodybags' ;)

There was a deer on the A339 last night. :'( Ought to keep them fed for a few days.

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« Reply #11 on: 27 October 2008, 11:07:45 »
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Last time I hit one it came home with me by default. The brake disc had plucked it (well, one side) and almost cooked it too. :y



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Well that's been pheasantly plucked :D


It was over quickly. Never found its' head. I suspect its' body went below the top wishbone and its' head above. :'(

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Re: Hit a pheasant
« Reply #12 on: 27 October 2008, 12:03:49 »
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I was driving home earlier and hit a pheasant at about 70mph, when I got home I checked for damage and my front passenger side foglight is smashed!  So now I am fed up ad I now need a new foglight, my coolant keeps going down and I think my rocker gaskets might be leaking again :(

Any ideas how much I am looking at for a replacement foglight?  And is it easy to change?


Cheers,

Richard

Think I have one if..........if I have then its yours for fee.
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Re: Hit a pheasant
« Reply #13 on: 27 October 2008, 15:43:36 »
Cheers guys, glad there wasnt any major damage!  Mark, I will hold out for a few days then if you think you have got one.  :y Dont ever use them anyway really bloody things.

Cheers,

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« Reply #14 on: 27 October 2008, 16:12:34 »
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A friend of mine in Basingstoke has 2 Buzzards which were injured & cannot fly, in a cage in her back garden & goes out collecting roadkill to feed them on. She has a supply of Tesco bags in her car that she refers to as 'Bodybags' ;)

There was a deer on the A339 last night. :'( Ought to keep them fed for a few days.


Kevin
I remember the occassion of her wedding anniversary party a few years ago when a deer had been hastily butchered at the roadside,bundled into the back of her car, roasted & served up cold in the buffet & in pies. Yes she keeps a suitable knife in the car just in case!
There's a deer on the A340 this morning, a few years ago one hit my neighbours Volvo on the same road & wrote the car off
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