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Old 06-03-2006 | 10:34 PM
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Thumbs down ****ing Racoons!!!

I am sooo pissed. Coming home at night i did not have quick reaction time to move out of the way and avoid hitting a dead ****ing racoon on the road. Not to mention my car is lowered on Tein Basics.

I get home to inspect the undercarriage and i see pieces of coon meat and blood under my car. My o2 sensor wire looks streched and has blood on it too as it it dragged the dead animal. I also hear a louder exhaust noise(exhaust leak) and a rattle which i would supose it's a loose 02 sensor on my test pipe.



This is the second or third time i runo ver a dead animal. Anybody else have a problem with animals on the road? Jeeeebus..
Old 06-03-2006 | 10:38 PM
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Try clipping the top of a dead armadillo. Those really make a thud going under.
Old 06-03-2006 | 10:43 PM
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holly crap... i just got back from a poker game... and almost hit a damn racoon too.... that think seemed like it was gonna attack me car


those eyes are scary man
Old 06-04-2006 | 07:13 AM
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Try clipping the top of a dead armadillo. Those really make a thud going under.
lol, happens all the time
Old 06-04-2006 | 08:35 AM
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yea, one time i was goinf 110 on the highway and a racoon dashed right in front of me. I swerved car and felt a bit of a bump under me, and i was like "oh ****", when i checked it later didnt see anything, no blood or anything, but it was a pretty hard bump. Who knows *shrugs*
Old 06-04-2006 | 08:43 AM
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I hit a racoon like two weeks ago. Cracked my grille and front bumper. Sucks. $1,200 estimate.
Old 06-04-2006 | 08:50 AM
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Dude, I know your pain. I hit one a month ago at around 80 and it cracked my front bumper, grill. Broke all the plastic behind the pass side where it hit and broke the radiator where it locks into the core support. I am still pissed.

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Old 06-04-2006 | 08:53 AM
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Raccoons must suck, but hitting a fox is even worse. I guess if we leave out the deer i hit in my I30, because that was a lot worse too!
Old 06-04-2006 | 11:33 AM
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i hit a racoon b4 with my moms car . i hate that sound.
Old 06-04-2006 | 11:38 AM
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Well i just scraped off dried blood, coon meat, and fur off my undercarriage.
Old 06-04-2006 | 01:26 PM
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At least it's not a Kangaroo that weighs about three times my body weight and jumps through the front window on the hwy.
Old 06-04-2006 | 05:52 PM
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That sucks I had my share of raccoon damage.
Old 06-04-2006 | 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by tienlo
At least it's not a Kangaroo that weighs about three times my body weight and jumps through the front window on the hwy.
+1 Hit one of those before, good thing the car had a pushbar/brushguard on it.
Old 06-04-2006 | 07:00 PM
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Kangaroos are like rats over there in australia!
Old 06-04-2006 | 08:25 PM
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I haven't hit anything bigger than a squirrel yet in my Z.

At Zdayz we hit a rabbit in a Z32. I didn't even hear a bump, nor did it damage anything.

Ahh well. Good luck getting er patched up. Hopefully those wheels are ok.
Old 06-04-2006 | 08:32 PM
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i hit a squirrel before with my Z, nothing happend to my car and i dont really care what happend to the squirrel. i hate them. f'ing squirrels.
Old 06-04-2006 | 08:37 PM
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that's why you have a DD Sixto
Old 06-05-2006 | 12:05 AM
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thats everyone. i hit a running rabit. no damage i was lucky.
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