R56 Totaled my Cooper this am - did well
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I would have swerved, too. I have come within 6 inches of hitting a deer and her baby, and on separate instances, come too close to hitting racoons, birds, prairie dogs, snapping turtles and opposums. My husband always freaks out when I hit the breaks for animals, saying I should just keep going they'll get of the way, but I constantly see a shoulder of dead animals that would say otherwise if their innards hadn't become their outtards!
I'm the one that makes the turn around to try to get the turtle off the road, and with arms flailing, just as I'm getting close, some stupid lady on her cell phone in an SUV hits it and sends it sailing. (Happened on more than one occasion, different lady each time). Then I'm reduced to tears as I hear the poor thing screaming and watching it die. I just look at it this way: they were here first, we invaded their habitat.
My husband and I were going to a Cubs game, and a deer came from out of nowhere and the car in front of us hit it, never saw it coming. The deer flew onto the side of the road; the guy in the car didn't even stop. The side of his car was creamed, there is no way he couldn't have felt the impact. He didn't even bother to look at the side of his car, or where he was missing a third of his front bumper.
I'm the one that makes the turn around to try to get the turtle off the road, and with arms flailing, just as I'm getting close, some stupid lady on her cell phone in an SUV hits it and sends it sailing. (Happened on more than one occasion, different lady each time). Then I'm reduced to tears as I hear the poor thing screaming and watching it die. I just look at it this way: they were here first, we invaded their habitat.
My husband and I were going to a Cubs game, and a deer came from out of nowhere and the car in front of us hit it, never saw it coming. The deer flew onto the side of the road; the guy in the car didn't even stop. The side of his car was creamed, there is no way he couldn't have felt the impact. He didn't even bother to look at the side of his car, or where he was missing a third of his front bumper.
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5 star rating front, rear and side
identical to this, fits gfriends 5'8 13 y/o daughter in back seat without complaints... and sorry guys its faster than my Mini with its own 4cyl turbo motor...
identical to this, fits gfriends 5'8 13 y/o daughter in back seat without complaints... and sorry guys its faster than my Mini with its own 4cyl turbo motor...
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while driving down a county rd don't you think I would have noticed a child standing by the roadside? the deer must have been running at 60mph through the woods and made the suicide leap across the road, was it chasing the child? or would rather hear "good news for the tree"? hey what if there were a child molester about to attack the kid and I hit the molester? ****in ponderous.
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Wow Glad to see your healty...I might be moving back to NH here in a few months and I might need those tires. Hopefully the job interview goes well and I can get back up there from Florida.
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No sir you are very incorrect. There have been countless mini cooper roll overs with the roof still intact thanks to strong *** steel-whatever pillars. The deer cannot be heavier than the mini, impossible. The end
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looks worse without the tree.. inside only the secret compartment above glove box wouldn't open.
and again as far as the deer goes, we all have personal decisions to make and I'm more than comfortable with mine. Not to get too personal here with you all but I'm the guy that picks up an injured hawk on hiway to drive 90 miles to vet college/hospital, make donation and returned to get him 6 months later to let go where I found. Never drive by a stray dog and yes, just spent 10K on surgery/chemo on my 13 y/o cat. I don't really care to read "you're crazy" comments, I'm 45 y/old and not looking for advice on becoming your kind of man.. just hope if your dog ever gets loose in the road and its me, not someone more concerned about a car or its deductible that comes across him 1st! (remember I'd pick him up and find his home!)
not preaching, I did ask not to hear comments about the deer in beginning!
Cheers all, happy motoring & drive safe
and again as far as the deer goes, we all have personal decisions to make and I'm more than comfortable with mine. Not to get too personal here with you all but I'm the guy that picks up an injured hawk on hiway to drive 90 miles to vet college/hospital, make donation and returned to get him 6 months later to let go where I found. Never drive by a stray dog and yes, just spent 10K on surgery/chemo on my 13 y/o cat. I don't really care to read "you're crazy" comments, I'm 45 y/old and not looking for advice on becoming your kind of man.. just hope if your dog ever gets loose in the road and its me, not someone more concerned about a car or its deductible that comes across him 1st! (remember I'd pick him up and find his home!)
not preaching, I did ask not to hear comments about the deer in beginning!
Cheers all, happy motoring & drive safe
My wife found a stray cat that needed about $13000 worth of help. She had 8 months of a good home and love before she passed on. Don't regret in the slightest the money I spent.
Glad that you're OK and kinda kewl that the MINI (the car my brother-n-law says I will die in if he hits me in his JEEP) did it's job on impact.
Just a friendly warning(by a non-mod), there are a few of you here heading for an infraction, and heading this thread to a lock. This is far past respectful.
Last edited by Agarwaen; Jun 1, 2011 at 04:51 PM. Reason: Typo.
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not slighting the Mini, its just time for a change. I have been from a couple 1 ton pick ups, to Taruses, Turbo Tbird (back in 87, totaled that one 2), Maximas, Entrepid and so on, going to try a larger car this go around. My plan was always to keep the mini as a track car and simply get something new to drive. such is life..
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You also have to figure into the equation the weight of the car and the weight of the deer annnnnd the speed at which they are both traveling. The impact is not simply "the car weighs more".
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I've heard that there are more white tail deer in the U.S. now than there were when the Pilgrims arrived (due to the demise of their natural predators). I'm no hunter but I'm glad the hunters are out there thinning the herd. I'd rather see Bambi on some hunter's table than on my hood.
To the OP. Glad you're well. Good luck on your new car purchase. It is a beaut
Minis can't be for everyone.
