Re: Hit a Deer :-(

["funkymcfly" <danielpwillis@xxxx>]

Considering the speed you were going your car got off lightly! Even 30mph can be nasty with an animal like a deer. Someone here at work hit a deer with their Alfa GTV and it needed extensive work (new bonnet, and some straightening of the bulkhead at the front of the chassis)... a tribute to good engineering, even after 20 years eh!

More happy to hear you're alright than the car though... 

Dan
Vin#5284

--- In doc-uk@xxxx, Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx> wrote:
> Hiya
> 
> Yep, I took the DeLorean home for its weekly run this evening, and a dopey animal jumped in front of me. Nothing I could do.
> There was an almighty bang, and I pulled over a few hundred yards further down the road. Luckily I was only going 30-40mph,
> and it was only about the size of a labrador, but it still shook me up.
> 
> Anyway, I blew the left front indicator bulb, and broke the bayonet on the fitting, and my front grill came off (I had to run
> back to pick it up). The molding on the left side broke off, but it's only cosmetic there and I should be able to glue it back
> on.
> 
> ...and as far as I can see so far, that's the limit of the damage - but I've yet to see it in daylight, just the light of the
> petrol station where I bought a new bulb. Thank god for those impact absorbers! I'm also glad I hadn't got around to painting
> the fascia!
> 
> (The deer was killed instantly, and there was no blood)
> 
> Martin