The Official "I can't believe I hit that" post
Straight as an arrow
iTrader: (4)
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 1,017
From: Denial
Car Info: The Fit is gone!
No hits, but a few close calls...
Before I started driving to school I had to ride my bike. This one morning I was riding along on the sidewalk when this squirrel jumps out right infront of me. I grab onto the brakes and lock the tires up when it runs infront of me. I had to swerve and went into the fence. Another time on my old bike with bad brakes I was coming down an overpass when this girl walks out infront of me, but its too late for me to stop in time, so I run into her. Luckily she had one of those poofy jackets on.
Once when my family and our friends were camping we went over to the go-carts for a race. In the middle of the race a goat comes onto the track out of seemingly nowhere, making my friend swerve into the guard rail and pee her pants. I felt bad for her, but it was hilarious.
Once when my family and our friends were camping we went over to the go-carts for a race. In the middle of the race a goat comes onto the track out of seemingly nowhere, making my friend swerve into the guard rail and pee her pants. I felt bad for her, but it was hilarious.
Guest
Posts: n/a
This one was self-inflicted...
Back when I was young and stupid(I'm just older, now
) my friend and I had downed a couple of six-packs and were chucking bottles at road signs(in the country you could get away with that).
Since I was driving, my friend was bombardier. I wanted a shot, too. So with an empty in hand, we headed for this old, arched concrete railroad bridge. It is in the middle of an s-curve so it was tough to carry the necessary speed in my '76 Capri with skinny tires. But we had successfully hit it before.
Anyway, with my arm hanging out the window and sufficient speed to clear the glass cascading on the road, I gave it a fling. Normally, the sound of broken glass is heard and we'd 'hi-five'. This time, all we heard was a "tink, tink, tink". We looked at each other(time slows way down in those situations) and I slammed on the brakes--just in time to see the beer bottle fall in front of the hood of the car. If we hadn't stopped when we did, the bottle would have nailed us square in the windshield! The tinkling sound was the bottle skimming along the flat underside of the bridge.
When I got home I picked a piece of glass off the front bumper. I guess when the bottle hit, some of it flew far enough to land back on the car. The broken windshield would have been pretty hard to explain to my dad.TC
) my friend and I had downed a couple of six-packs and were chucking bottles at road signs(in the country you could get away with that).Since I was driving, my friend was bombardier. I wanted a shot, too. So with an empty in hand, we headed for this old, arched concrete railroad bridge. It is in the middle of an s-curve so it was tough to carry the necessary speed in my '76 Capri with skinny tires. But we had successfully hit it before.
Anyway, with my arm hanging out the window and sufficient speed to clear the glass cascading on the road, I gave it a fling. Normally, the sound of broken glass is heard and we'd 'hi-five'. This time, all we heard was a "tink, tink, tink". We looked at each other(time slows way down in those situations) and I slammed on the brakes--just in time to see the beer bottle fall in front of the hood of the car. If we hadn't stopped when we did, the bottle would have nailed us square in the windshield! The tinkling sound was the bottle skimming along the flat underside of the bridge.
When I got home I picked a piece of glass off the front bumper. I guess when the bottle hit, some of it flew far enough to land back on the car. The broken windshield would have been pretty hard to explain to my dad.TC
Guest
Posts: n/a
I hit a bird sitting in the middle of my "fun" road, at first I thought that it somehow got away then I saw a bunch of feathers fly out from the back of my car. i thought birds where faster than that? I also hit a squarel on the highway I didn't run it over, and it spun around a bunch of times then got up and ran away. That was cool to see
Guest
Posts: n/a
i spun a u turn in some farmers driveway........late at night......almost pegged some stupid beef cattle that was wandering around his yard......missed the cow and instead got about 10 lbs of it's POOH that the bull had just left behind. needless to say.....it was a sh*tty job cleaning it up!!!!!
last year i was screaming down a backroad in my old Gen1 MR2 and a bat hit the windshield......it wasn't till about a week later that i realized (due to the horrible dead smell) that the bat had actually hit the B pillar and fallen into the car dead. that was gross when i finally found the bat.
later, riggs
last year i was screaming down a backroad in my old Gen1 MR2 and a bat hit the windshield......it wasn't till about a week later that i realized (due to the horrible dead smell) that the bat had actually hit the B pillar and fallen into the car dead. that was gross when i finally found the bat.
later, riggs
Guest
Posts: n/a
My friend was driving late one night when a racoon ran in front of him and he swerved to miss it and got in a ditch and rolled a volvo like three times. un fortunatly he lost the end of his left pinky finger cuz he had his hand on the roof when he rolled the car, thankfully it was a volvo, there freakn tanks. dang animals are out to get us any way they can.
Note to self: dont swerve, just hit it.
Note to self: dont swerve, just hit it.
Registered User
iTrader: (1)
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 18
From: Nashua, NH
Car Info: 2005 Impreza WRX STi
Nailed a PED at college. Came to a four way light, wanted to turn right. Looked right, couldn't really see around a bus stop shelter, looked left, gave gas and started the turn and THUNK! I looked back to see a college girl in running gear on my hood with the deer in the headlight look! OOOPS. She slid off the hood and took off running again!! With much more fervour!
My friend hit me in the shoulder and said that was one way to pick up college chicks!!
My friend hit me in the shoulder and said that was one way to pick up college chicks!!
just happend 5 min ago 
. My brother was goign to wash his expedition so i backed out my car so it wouldnt get wet, in the process of backing out and going forward to straighten myself out i hit the edge of a a stair going leading to my house. Its a poor desigen rightin the middle of the drive way and it serves no perpose since no one ever uses that door anway. My bumper has a hole where the edge slided right throught it! Im so mad my stupid brother saw everything and didnt bother to yell stop! The acciedent accourd at about 3mph. Looks like i need to get a new bumper, can anyone help?
. My brother was goign to wash his expedition so i backed out my car so it wouldnt get wet, in the process of backing out and going forward to straighten myself out i hit the edge of a a stair going leading to my house. Its a poor desigen rightin the middle of the drive way and it serves no perpose since no one ever uses that door anway. My bumper has a hole where the edge slided right throught it! Im so mad my stupid brother saw everything and didnt bother to yell stop! The acciedent accourd at about 3mph. Looks like i need to get a new bumper, can anyone help?
Registered User
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 63
From: BFE, TN
Car Info: 2002 Subaru WRX
I was in the Navy and stationed in Yokosuka, Japan. My ship was in dry-dock for a six-month overhaul so I decided to fix my little blue 1974 Honda cvcc.
I worked on that thing for so long and I was so proud of myself when the car was done and I had no left over parts and it actually ran and looked so much better. I had done a complete engine rebuild (something I had never done before) and rebuilt the suspension and got a new transmission, tires, lights, radio, the works. I was so impressed when it was done that I decided to go to the club and celebrate before driving home.
Well, needless to say, I was a little trashed when I left and decided to take the back roads home. I was about two klicks from my house, it was dark and the beer goggles were pretty foggy. I go around this corner, and BLAM! this huge oak tree runs right out in front of my car! My baby is trashed, it's late and I decide to walk home.
The next morning the police show up and ask me about my car. I ride with them to the scene of the accident and say, "yes, that's my car". The people who owned the oak tree decided to not press charges because the tree wasn't damaged and I had to pay a tow truck to take my baby away. I've never driven while intoxicated since.
I worked on that thing for so long and I was so proud of myself when the car was done and I had no left over parts and it actually ran and looked so much better. I had done a complete engine rebuild (something I had never done before) and rebuilt the suspension and got a new transmission, tires, lights, radio, the works. I was so impressed when it was done that I decided to go to the club and celebrate before driving home.
Well, needless to say, I was a little trashed when I left and decided to take the back roads home. I was about two klicks from my house, it was dark and the beer goggles were pretty foggy. I go around this corner, and BLAM! this huge oak tree runs right out in front of my car! My baby is trashed, it's late and I decide to walk home.
The next morning the police show up and ask me about my car. I ride with them to the scene of the accident and say, "yes, that's my car". The people who owned the oak tree decided to not press charges because the tree wasn't damaged and I had to pay a tow truck to take my baby away. I've never driven while intoxicated since.
Registered User
iTrader: (2)
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 1,636
From: Mantana, where the men are men and so are the women
Car Info: '03 red legacy
last summer i ran over two squirrel within 5 minutes of each other. it was kinda wierd. after the first one i though, whoa, i just hit a squirrel - that is tough. then 5 minutes later it happened again and i burst out laughing.
Guest
Posts: n/a
I drifted sideways into a 90-gallon plastic trash can in front of some dude's house while driving an 80s Oldsmobile 98.
it had a big-a$$ V8 and would spin at the slightest hint of pedal pressure in the snow. man that was fun.
oh, by the way, after I knocking the stuffing out of the trash can, we hauled a$$ sideways out of their - fishtailing down the street. lol.
it had a big-a$$ V8 and would spin at the slightest hint of pedal pressure in the snow. man that was fun.
oh, by the way, after I knocking the stuffing out of the trash can, we hauled a$$ sideways out of their - fishtailing down the street. lol.
Guest
Posts: n/a
white-tail deer @ 55mph in an 84 S10 Tahoe
yellow labrador @ 55mph in the tahoe (same road)
numerous rabbits, raccoons, opossums, mice, squirrels, etc.
Got a bird @ 80mph in the Mustang the other day. Splat, not pretty on the windshield.
Got hit myself by a hydroplaning SUV on the interstate a few months back. F**kers ran off after the fact too.
By the way, if anybody wants a new 03 WRX, Kelly subaru in Chattanooga seems to be having a hard time moving the 3 or 4 WRXs they have left on the lot. I am sure they would be willing to negotiate to get rid of them and get the 04 models in.
-CLD_FSN
yellow labrador @ 55mph in the tahoe (same road)
numerous rabbits, raccoons, opossums, mice, squirrels, etc.
Got a bird @ 80mph in the Mustang the other day. Splat, not pretty on the windshield.
Got hit myself by a hydroplaning SUV on the interstate a few months back. F**kers ran off after the fact too.
By the way, if anybody wants a new 03 WRX, Kelly subaru in Chattanooga seems to be having a hard time moving the 3 or 4 WRXs they have left on the lot. I am sure they would be willing to negotiate to get rid of them and get the 04 models in.
-CLD_FSN
Last edited by CLD_FSN; Jun 11, 2003 at 08:37 PM.
Registered User
iTrader: (5)
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 1,661
From: location location
Car Info: 98 Impreza Outback Sport
Originally posted by Sites5
I just recently hit a Jersey barrier. My car didn't like it too much. I did about 7 grand worth of damage to my car. Thank God for insurance. Covered all my aftermarket stuff.
I just recently hit a Jersey barrier. My car didn't like it too much. I did about 7 grand worth of damage to my car. Thank God for insurance. Covered all my aftermarket stuff.