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You Know those Dark Country Roads...Early Morning...you come around a curve and there it is...a dead Coon...Now I know what a basket ball would sound like under a C5....LOL....
Years ago I had a hound walk out in front of me in my '74. After contact, I eventually had to come to a stop, back up.....and go around it. That being said I never had the bowling ball effect like you but I know the feeling.
I hit a deer carcass once in my 95 Impala SS. Whole car jumped up. Luckily there's a jack point tied to the frame under the engine that looks kinda like a cow cutter. Otherwise I probably would have knocked the damn oil pan off the car.
It wasn't fun picking meat and fur out from under the car either.
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I see more and more road kill around here - especially armadillos. I am extra watchful when I drive my Vette so I don't end up with a damaged front end.
Anyone know how to install a bush pusher / bull bar / whatever you want to call it on a corvette without it looking like absolute garbage?
I would love two solid steel bars, inch in diameter, across the width of the front bumper. Mount them right to the frame, even better if they have a bit of dampening on the mount.
I do a lot of miles on road trips, and I haven't hit a deer yet, but my luck will run out eventually. I remind myself of this every time I see a deer on the side of the road looking at me, or a dead one. There but for the grace of luck and fast reflexes go I.
Would look absolutely terrible, though. Unless someone knows a way to make it not look terrible, or at least fairly easy to remove and reinstall, so it only looks bad during my road trips when I don't care.
The number one reason I don't follow pick up trucks or other high-profile vehicles when I'm driving. What road kill or road debris they easily clear can cause thousands in damages to a Corvette.
Going home one night in my Eagle Talon TsiAWD I ran over a live skunk that the car in front of me just clipped. I had no where to go but over it. I could feel it being dragged under my floorboards. Car smelled for weeks dispite me hosing the underneath when I got home. It smelled so bad that my Dad woke me up early the next morning and made me get it out of his driveway. That was like 24 years ago but I still have the car.
Anyone know how to install a bush pusher / bull bar / whatever you want to call it on a corvette without it looking like absolute garbage?
I would love two solid steel bars, inch in diameter, across the width of the front bumper. Mount them right to the frame, even better if they have a bit of dampening on the mount.
I do a lot of miles on road trips, and I haven't hit a deer yet, but my luck will run out eventually. I remind myself of this every time I see a deer on the side of the road looking at me, or a dead one. There but for the grace of luck and fast reflexes go I.
Would look absolutely terrible, though. Unless someone knows a way to make it not look terrible, or at least fairly easy to remove and reinstall, so it only looks bad during my road trips when I don't care.
Going home one night in my Eagle Talon TsiAWD I ran over a live skunk that the car in front of me just clipped. I had no where to go but over it. I could feel it being dragged under my floorboards. Car smelled for weeks dispite me hosing the underneath when I got home. It smelled so bad that my Dad woke me up early the next morning and made me get it out of his driveway. That was like 24 years ago but I still have the car.
A good friend tells a similar story of what happened to him and another soldier that were attending flight training at Ft Rucker, Alabama before heading off to Vietnam. They had swapped cars one night so my friend could go out on a date with his girlfriend who came to town to see him.
The next morning his buddy came and got him and said he needed to apologize because he had backed over a garbage can the previous night and was very sorry. They both looked the car over and he saw a minor dent in his rear bumper. Then his buddy asked, "by the way, where is my car?"
My friend pointed to the far side of the parking lot and said, "well I guess we're even. Last night I ran over a skunk with your car!" He said his buddy had to park it on the far side of the parking lot for a couple of weeks and he had to drive him around for about a week as his buddy couldn't be in the car for more than a few minutes before he would gag.
About a year ago I turned a corner and a cat ran out right in front of me. Bump bump thump. Damn. Pulled over, looked everywhere, couldn't find the poor thing anywhere... horrible feeling.
The number one reason I don't follow pick up trucks or other high-profile vehicles when I'm driving. What road kill or road debris they easily clear can cause thousands in damages to a Corvette.
I Hate Road Kill...
