Hitting a racoon at 45mph is bad m'kay - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Crashdummy · 02-26-2017, 03:09 AM

In November, on my way back from an Epic 6,249 mile road trip (Sheboygan, WI, to Portland OR, then down the PHC to LA and then over to the SEMA show, then back to shoebottom) I hit a furry 14lb bowling ball.

This will not buff out......

At least I did recover the Decepticon emblem

When the INS adjuster was here, he was saying this would all be easy to replace and not cost that much. lol
A 20 min estimate turn in to him being here 3.5 hours. lol Evidently they have/had no experience with the RS 1.0, cause once he phoned it all in they were all in a tither.

If it was not for the pics of the remnants of the coon, they were trying to insinuate that I hit a curb or a parking block.

Anyhow, new bumper cover and grill and misc other parts are on the way. They are having me send out the front spoiler to have a repair attempted. IDk how that's going to look, anything less then perfect, it will be rejected.

In the mean time, since the font bumper is off, time to install a Mishmoto Oil Cooler and the Greedy Air Intake Snorkle that's sitting on the shelf.

Laterz

humfrz · 02-26-2017, 03:21 AM

Poor raccoon ........

humfrz

Crashdummy · 02-26-2017, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by humfrz

Poor raccoon ........

humfrz

It made the choice, it chose wrong.

Edibrac · 02-26-2017, 10:25 AM

I hit my Coon at almost 30. Scooped him up into the bumper. Took out the bumper and condenser on his way in. Scarred the crap out of me when I was looking at the damage and he moved. So now there is a really confused raccoon in the bumper. Had to cut the rest of those plastic slats so he could get out. Then he ran off into the woods without saying goodbye.

thomasmryan · 02-26-2017, 11:01 AM

opossums move a bit faster but I always aim for their eyes. bunnys go thump thump.

Tcoat · 02-26-2017, 12:16 PM

Hit a duck doing 70 with my Lancer once. It was standing in the middle of the road but I had loads of room to get around it. It decided to take off. Right where I was going around it. Was very messy!

weederr33 · 02-26-2017, 01:23 PM

Almost hit a little bunny rabbit last night.

humfrz · 02-26-2017, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Crashdummy

It made the choice, it chose wrong.

The raccoon heard that the FR-S was slow ...... so, it thought it could make it ......

humfrz

JD001 · 02-26-2017, 02:22 PM

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Hit a duck doing 70 with my Lancer once. It was standing in the middle of the road but I had loads of room to get around it. It decided to take off. Right where I was going around it. Was very messy!

It should have ducked!! Expensive lesson!!

7 skulls · 02-26-2017, 04:43 PM

Had the car about 3 weeks, went for a night drive with my brother in his 06 honda civic Si. I was leading on the way out of town, left flowing sweeper followed by a blind right and a bunny rabbit. Time slowed down. I watched him freeze and turn into the light. Too close to dodge, all I could think was bugs going though my grill. Then thump and it was over. I pulled into an intersection a mile later and got out to survey the damage. My bro pulls up. "Did you see that dead rabbit on the road?" "Yeah, pull your car around and give me some light." No damage. Sometimes they jump when startled. If this one had jumped, he'd have came up the hood at me.

jeepmor · 02-26-2017, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Edibrac

Then he ran off into the woods without saying goodbye.

Or leaving his insurance info.

Tcoat · 02-26-2017, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Edibrac

I hit my Coon at almost 30. Scooped him up into the bumper. Took out the bumper and condenser on his way in. Scarred the crap out of me when I was looking at the damage and he moved. So now there is a really confused raccoon in the bumper. Had to cut the rest of those plastic slats so he could get out. Then he ran off into the woods without saying goodbye.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-SURVIVED.html

Edibrac · 02-27-2017, 12:48 AM

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-SURVIVED.html

I can't imagine hitting something and just driving another 600 miles without a care in the world.

Crashdummy · 02-27-2017, 01:18 AM

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I hit my Coon at almost 30. Scooped him up into the bumper. Took out the bumper and condenser on his way in. Scarred the crap out of me when I was looking at the damage and he moved. So now there is a really confused raccoon in the bumper. Had to cut the rest of those plastic slats so he could get out. Then he ran off into the woods without saying goodbye.

Same here! He was in there up into the pass side by the fog light. lol I was using the grill to get it out, you can see the teeth marks on the grill!.
I drove with it in there, when it fell out, I ran its ass over.

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Edibrac Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Drives: 15 Series.Blue Location: U.S. Posts: 22 Thanks: 3 Thanked 21 Times in 8 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I hit my Coon at almost 30. Scooped him up into the bumper. Took out the bumper and condenser on his way in. Scarred the crap out of me when I was looking at the damage and he moved. So now there is a really confused raccoon in the bumper. Had to cut the rest of those plastic slats so he could get out. Then he ran off into the woods without saying goodbye.

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7 skulls Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Drives: 2014 scion frs Location: Newfoundland Posts: 241 Thanks: 283 Thanked 247 Times in 122 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Had the car about 3 weeks, went for a night drive with my brother in his 06 honda civic Si. I was leading on the way out of town, left flowing sweeper followed by a blind right and a bunny rabbit. Time slowed down. I watched him freeze and turn into the light. Too close to dodge, all I could think was bugs going though my grill. Then thump and it was over. I pulled into an intersection a mile later and got out to survey the damage. My bro pulls up. "Did you see that dead rabbit on the road?" "Yeah, pull your car around and give me some light." No damage. Sometimes they jump when startled. If this one had jumped, he'd have came up the hood at me.

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