AlexSXI
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driving home from work earlier, a fox runs out and i slam on the breaks for some silly reason, being wet wheels lock and i spin into a bushy area on the side of the road 
got the car home as was only 2miles away, when i got home i surveyed what i can in the dark and the only obvious damage is below the door on the bit where the paint is all bobbly, like where the skirts go  i dont know the proper name  hopefully thats the only damage but i will look in the light 2morrow anyone know if its fixable? 
[Edited on 21-01-2009 by AlexSXI]
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sand-eel
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reverse to make sure 
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alan-g-w
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I ran over a fox and killed it from the middle of its body back, felt it going under the two driver's side wheels. Ended up having to drag itself off the road using its only two working (front) legs. Pretty sure it would have died.
I didn't even try to stop, was wet and a narrow road going about 45mph - am I fuck going to slam on the brakes if an oversized rat runs out in front of me. Old car as well though, wasn't bothered what happened to it.
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AlexSXI
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just inexperience i suppose that i slammed on, i dunno, maybe i though that if i hit it id've lost control anyway 
more worried about the damage now, looking at pics of other cars on here, would it be possible to buy skirts to cover it up?
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alan-g-w
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Take it you mean the sills? As in the bit at the bottom of the door?
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AlexSXI
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yeah, think thats the name, with the bobbly paint 
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Corsa Matt
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Sounds like you are talking about the sill. Yes that is fixable.
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AlexSXI
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a few shoddy pic's 
the door still opens alright, just annoying as fook!
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Sean-B
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gsi skirts would cover that up nicely
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mattfiesta
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my mate hit two foxes (one sniffing the others arse lol) a couple of weeks back in his bmw at about 80, it ripped his front bumper clean off lol
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evans_corsab
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not that bad , id say you could knock that out 
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Haimsey
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I might be stating the obvious, but is that not the sill thats bent That surely isnt good, let alone a case of covering it up :s
Marcy Marc 
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AlexSXI
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yeah thought of skirts straight away or repair it,
mattfiesta: maybe that's why i instantly reacted by hitting the break, in my mind i probably thought it could do some front end damage,
and haimsey, i've thought about that 2 isn't it connected the the main body/chassis which would make it an mot failure
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mattfiesta
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put skirts on then, mot testers cant remove them to check lol
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Jakey
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Yes you could probably cover them with skirts but i wouldn't trust driving a car with structural damage.
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Pawi
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Have the same on mine... and in my case skirts NOT cover it... its a bad part of the car to repair!
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Whittie
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That must of shat you up! What are you going to do with it now?
I bet you've never had a dog stuck in your wheel arch 
[Edited on 21-01-2009 by Whittie]
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Haimsey
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Alex
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craig_s
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cars can be fixed or replaced,lives can't.i would happily write my car off to spare an animal,looks like you might have to get that section cut out and replaced then sprayed.
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mattk
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quote:
Originally posted by craig_s
i would happily write my car off to spare an animal
Like fuck I would!
a family member maybe but not an animal
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AlexSXI
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yeah i don't think i'd do it again to save the little scummer!
i only hit the bush/fence at around 15/20mph!
dog in wheelarch, poor thing!
didnt really shake me compared to the last 1, spun, rolled 3 times and ended upside down in a ditch, poor arden blue 1, that wasn't because of an animal btw 
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Neo
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fox in the wheelarch on the m3 was interesting.....then got pulled and asked what was all over the side of my car....
I replied blood....policeman didn't find it funny
Hit a kitten and cracked the bumper and a duck and cracked bumper and wripped off my splitter
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BluKoo
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So you see something foxy, its wet, and you end up in a bush. Sounds like a good night to me...
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AlexSXI
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LMFAO!  ^
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jungle
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i hit a cat once it died! it was next door's so i swiftly chucked it over there fence
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