Bird strike @ 80 MPH
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have had a windshield bird strike but not in the vette; it's a real attention-getter! once in our topless jeep (before the current vette) we had a bird whack the passenger windshield post---glad it wasn't my head! 
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Glad all the bird did was bounce off the windshield. 
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Bird Strike
I know the feeling. I was driving on the Autobahn in excess of 125 MPH and a bird hit the to of the windshield right in front of me. Made a sound like a shotgun going off and I had about a 6" crack in the windshield. Scared the bejeezus out of me!
Damn I miss drivin the autobahn!
Damn I miss drivin the autobahn!
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Originally Posted by doje
Anyone ever see what happend when a fast moving Porsche hits a bird (chicken in this case)?
Did some loose a buckt of KFC out the back of a truck? 
I didn't think chickens could fly 
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Originally Posted by MyVetteDream
What the heck happened? Did some loose a buckt of KFC out the back of a truck? I didn't think chickens could fly
Did some loose a buckt of KFC out the back of a truck? I didn't think chickens could fly 
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I had a good one once. Had a CB antenna on top of my pickup. One of the thin wire ones, not the fat fiberglas ones. Intercepted a flying bird at about 70 MPH. What's the chances of that happening. The antenna must be all of 1/8" thick. Didn't get to see what became of the bird, but I'm betting it had to be cut in half.
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I hit a small bird once as well about 3 years ago in my C5 and it did crack my windshield. I was traveling on I-72 here in IL. It scared the crap out of me!! 
The sound was like someone hitting the car as hard as they could with a baseball bat!
The sound was like someone hitting the car as hard as they could with a baseball bat!
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I have the explination. The bird came out of the forest hearing a loud drone noise. He see's an object coming at his way at 80 MPH and says, i better get out of the way. He realizes it's a vette, and says: "I should go in for a closer look at this baby" RIP my ricer-hating bird