Damn Big Bunnies...
Well, last Tuesday night, as we were coming home at 9:15 in the evening, we hit a deer with our brand-new car. It was standing on the side of the road, just waiting for the right moment to jump right in front of us.
Luckily, it didn't hit the front, but we winged it pretty hard on the drivers side. The left headlight wasn't hit, but a circle of plastic popped out from the impact. The front bumper, left front panel, drivers door and left back panel are all pretty wrinkled. The door makes a yoink sound every time we open it. Took it to the body shop on Wednesday morning, and got the parts ordered. Decided to wait until we were past the 4th of July weekend, otherwise it'd just be sitting there while we're paying for a rental car. So we just brought it in today. Driving a Mazda 6 rental car until it's finished.
On the holiday, we went to a neighbors house for a get-together. Another neighbor told us about these ultra-sonic whistles you can put on your car. When you're over a certain speed, they emit a high-pitched whistle that the deer can hear. They either freeze or run off. They're pretty cheap, and somewhat controversial (some folks apparently think they don't work), and we ordered one. Hopefully it'll help. I guess we're pretty lucky -- we've been driving that road for 4 years and this was our first deer collision. We hope it's okay. I figure if no bones were broken, it'll be fine -- just bruised all to hell.
I call them big bunnies, because they essentially are. They eat salad, have large black eyes and enormous floppy ears, they boing like Tigger on springs when on the run and show you their fluffy white cottontails, they're not very bright, they have a reputation for being gentle, but can fight like hell when properly motivated....
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What did you do with the "bunny" you hit? I hear they're pretty good if you turn them into sausage.
:-)