Hey all-

Tonight was pretty crazy. I met up with a few friends at my house. There were two cars, a black Golf, and my Max. Anyway, we got really bored, and had no where to go (it was about midnight) so we decided to just take a thrill ride through one of the local twisty, 2-lane roads. When we got there, man, it was pure thrills. I ate up every turn, and if I didn't have 3 passengers in the car, I would've gone a lot quicker through them. There were some close calls though, but I just focused on the road ahead of me, and not the emptiness beside me (a ditch on the passenger side). I've been through this road once before with one friend, but its a bit different with 3 passengers. Didn't feel as nimble.

Anyway, we see one car from the opposite side, so I slow down a bit, and then once he passes, I accelerate again. I was going about 35-45ish (I don't remember exactly, but I know I didn't acclerate too hard) when all of a sudden I see a small animal (looked a bit larger than a big cat) take a dare and cross the street. BAM! I hit it and then we hear it kind of thudding on the bottom of the car. At that point I was totally shocked...I didn't believe what I just did. My friends then started talking about what kind of animal it was, and if it was somehow caught under my car. We felt some weird unevenness in the ride and we were just wondering...

We decided to turn back, to see where it was, but we couldn't find it. So the we U-turned again, back onto the side of the road that we were originally on. I went slow, watching for any signs of the animal. All of a sudden we see one laying on the right side of the road, and it was on its side. One of my friends on the passenger side said, "oh man, you flattened that thing..." He concluded that it was a small deer (I guess I should have acknowledged that deer sign a bit more). At that point I took the rest of the road very cautiously. Then...I see a racoon try to take a dare too. Luckily, it was much more ahead of me than the deer was, so I just slowed down. My friend wanted me to hit that one too though, haha.

Anyway, when we got to a larger road with stoplights, I got out of the car to check the damage. To my surprise, there wasn't ANY. Hopefully tomorrow I don't find anything new, but I double checked before this post, and nothing.

So I'm relieved about my car...but I feel HORRIBLE about hitting the deer. I've never killed anything in my life, and man, I just feel like it was punishment for having so much dangerous fun on the twisties. Just kind of seeing the deer laying there helpless made me wonder though. How did it actually get on the side of the road when I know for sure I hit it almost head on? Was it still alive after I hit it and could it have possible just crawled or limped to the side of the road and fall over?

anyway, I'm pretty exhuasted from that trip. Any comments and hypotheses would be great.

edit:

Cliff Notes: I hit a deer. And almost hit a racoon.

 

I'm not a hunter but a deer wandered into our office park and it was injured, maybe from a car or something. The bldg. mgmt. called the township and they shot it. Then they gutted it and took it to a butcher shop. One guy gave me some steaks and a roast to try out--it's still in my freezer but one of these days I'll try it. I'm not sure what all the laws are but in NY I'm pretty sure you have to report dogs and cats getting hit by a car.

 

I ran over a groundhog once. I swear you could hear it screaming. It twitched and hopped all over the road until another car hit it again. Poor thing...

 

i don't know if there is a deer small enough to not damage your car. they are at least as high as your front bumper when they are born so not sure what it was.

 

I ran over Bambi going to the track one morning. Had blood and guts all over my rear axle.

 

I hit a dead deer once at 80 mph - I tried to get my tires to go on either side, but it was big and the bottom of my car nailed it and it exploded when I hit it. I went to the car wash, but later there were cats under my car eating the meat stuck in the exhaust (probably cooked just right). It was pretty gross.

 

 

If your gonna go, what better way then by a Maxima?? The deer probably thought it was growing up to be killed by a bullet or an arrow, but intstead!!!!, he's put to a quick and painless end by the beautiful front end of a Maxima!! wow, thats touching isn't it.. idk, I swear i'm not smokin crack though!!
ha ha
Peace-out

BTW: Relax about the deer man, there were probably 50 more standing in the tree's right behind it!!

 

As a huge animal person, and the proud daddy to two of the cutest cats around (yeah, all parents say that about their kids, I know ), I hope I never hit an animal.

The worst part is knowing that I'd have to go back to see if it's dead, because they can't call 911 to get medical assistance, but have to suffer with whatever happened to them.

I'm not even suggesting that this is what happened, but man, to use your car as a weapon to intentionally hit an animal? F*ck that's sick!!

Sorry about the deer Bro, that sucks. Poor thing.

Your friendly neighbourhood animal lover,

Blaxxxima (Mike)

 

 

I saw that on the weekend, and while I felt sorry for the bird, I guess I couldn't help but break out laughing. It's just such a classic pose... I'm sure he died a glorious death...

I'll try and be more compassionate next time... heh

 

man you guys are sick! or at least have sick stories i mean.
cats eating meat off your car?? blood and guts on the axle? the steaks? well that might be good eats

and i thought you said it was a small animal..how small do deer get?!
maybe that little deer you saw wasnt the animal?
i ran over a dead deer once, passing this jacked up old school car on the left lane at 80 when all of a sudden BOOOMFFFF
that huge ***** was lying flat on the fast lane and i went over it ... DOH

 

I've had my share of animal experiences. One was GOING DOWN the drag strip.

The other was in my mom's car a few years ago.

Camry v6 vs. Bambi

 

Sweet sig, never cease to amaze me..

 

I think the deer I hit was REALLY small...just a baby. Aw man, now I feel even worse.

Thanks for all of your empathy tho.

 

The rule is that you must eat the first animal you run over

DPW

 

Dude you guys are freekin hilarious!

I hit a Raccoon in my old 95 Civic SI (lowered 2.25") and dragged the poor lad for 1 mile. Then I stopped, and backed up in the middle of the road to let him out and the little guy was still alive! I got out and grabbed my maglight to pound the furry mess on the head and the dang thing hissed and tried to bite me! So I jumped back in the SI and left. While looking in my rear view I saw a car nail him again, but this one wasnt lowered so it just made that crunch crunch sound.

Needless to say, the coon stained my $550 Tanabe Exhaust.

 

Congratulations...no empathy here...the animals deserved it...seen the commercial about the two squirrels hi-fiving each other after making a car go off the road...those things know what they are doing.

 

how baby WAS the deer!? that you would think its a small animal. (ie raccoon, beaver, grondhog) i guess small has different meanings to different people in different areas
a baby deer would be small animal in places where moose and buffalo walk around right?

 

That is such a funny commercial. but the thing is the squirrels arent messing with maximas, messing with maximas is almost gaurenteed death for the animal, rest assure that they were trying to end it, again like others have said, with a bang!

my friend hunts for squirells in his truck or his moms expidition, not all the time though, my sister was getting a ride to school and he floored it and swerved to the squirrel, didnt hit it though, but it scared the **** out of my sister, we just laughed out ***'s off, she takes the bus now on, mission acclomplished, oh i rode the bus the last 2 days of school, my driver was power braking and racing other busses at stoplights, i gave him a pat on the back and said keep it up, good work.
I didnt expect that he would do a thing, except he was holding out for a quite a while (25seconds or so) that thing jumped, then i gave some kids a lesson on why to never do that, they didnt listen, im just gonna sit and wait. crap off topic
MrGone

 

i hit a damn skunk with my max...i felt really bad but then i was like wait, it's a skunk and i hate them. my car smelled a lil bit on the outside for a few days...but, i rid the world of one more of those smelly pointless creatures.

i would feel bad too if i hit a deer or most animals, but it's not like you did it on purpose, and it's good you don't have any damage to your car.

 

Yeah, but that was a Chevy wagon (I think) and a MAX, with the right driver, would have pulled out of that skid. LOL.

 

hehe, i still think mine was a better excuse, the "animals know that going head to head with a maxima means certian death" or something along those lines. i too think it was a chevy wagon.
sleepy time
MrGone

 

Are you expecting to hit another animal any soon? (based on your subject line)

 

one time i was driving one of my buddies home from school on this 2 lane st in my dads 91 max. i can see up ahead that the car in the left lane next to me has slowed down alot but still hasnt stoped. anyway i slow down too for caution sake(30-35mph) at the instant i meet the car and then this dog jumps into my lane. wtf! i hit the brakes but too late.....the dog hit the side of my car and went spinning, like 2 or 3 360's. I was scared sh**less. i stoped and tried to look for him but as i came back i saw him running off sideways kinda back across the street. it sucked that day.

 

once nailed a dog out in the middle of the desert. It was dark and this thing was walking in my lane, facing the same way I was. I had a toyota 4x4 at that time, and since I didn't want to kill myself by veering off into the desert, I fought the urge to swerve, and just nailed the poor guy. I'm sure my skid plat hit him. At 70 mph, the doggy didn't know what hit him.... he probably thinks he's still walking down the road! Another good reason for packing heat too, is if you see an animal that's hurt, you can send him on his way w/out him suffering more.

 

Even baby deer are big, big enough to at least tweek the plastic shields under the car.

 

I've concluded that I think I hit something smaller. I think that deer on the road was just hit by something else...or takin' a nap. lol.

I'm thinking it was more like a racoon...but then again, now that I think about it, that must have been some huge racoon.

Anyway, I double checked my car today very carefully...all around the suspension, inside the engine bay, etc. nothing, not even a blood stain. Theories?

 

that sounds almost like when i hit a cat. i was doin 35 on the hill side at 2 am when this cat runs into the road. it all happenned so fast that i couldnt react in time. there was a thump that came from my front left side. im like, "OH ****, I JUST KILLED A KITTEN!" and made a U-turn to check it out just in-case it was still alive. i scoured the road 2-3 times and couldnt find a thing. i guess i didn't hit it, but got damn close.

 

Turd,
Sometimes you're better off hitting the animal than making evasive manuvers (sp?). If you try to avoid an animal you could wreck your car and hurt yourself and/or others. Of course, moose are a different story.

 

I ran over a cat. Didnt feel bad. Because it didnt die..lol it just got up and ran off. talk about 9 lives

 

I went on that same road again tonight. This time I went with my friend in his stock 2k Civic. He had 3 passengers, I had one.

Surprisingly, he got through the twisties VERY well. He's been on this road more times than I have, but just being behind him helped me learn a little bit more about my car, and driving in general. Overall it was very fun. BTW, we caught up to a 2000 Altima, and it was funny because at a point we were all in a caravan, and all of a sudden the Altima swirves, and to my surprise, a possum standing still in the MIDDLE of the road. LOL, none of us hit it though.

Anyway, we got through the 20 minute second of twists and extreme turns, and we stopped on the side of the road. My friend's stock tires wreaked of burnt rubber. I talked to him, and he said "yeah, I was screeching the tires almost the whole way through."

Now I know what a performance tire is. One of that DOESN'T squeal a bit on the harshest turns, and doesn't even get warm. That's mine! Potenza RE730s....for performance, nothing can beat it.

 

I almost hit a moose last weekend. I missed it by maybe 10 feet or less. That was close. Hitting a deer at 75 or so mph was going to hurt.

SuDZ

 

Well.. i didnt hit anything but I figured I would put my 2 cents in.

So it was about 9 in the morning nad i'm heading to work. I'm right in front of my work, and I see this huge round thing in the middle of the street. So i passed it and it as a turtle, I did a u turn and parked my car so that it wouldn't get hit.I have a turtle at home so thats another reason why i didn't want it toget run over. So, I went over and picked it up and put it back to its home (they were building a hotel across the street and that may have been why he was moving). So i put the turle back, and he was about the size of a 16" rim. He was a big grumpy snapper.

Two days later, i'm driving to work and see this big brown thing in the middle of the road again, yup.. this time he wasn't moving. It looks as if he got ran over with a semi.

So much for all the effort..

 

I swerved to miss a squirrel on a residential street. I actually nailed his tail. I look in my rear view and I see him hopping about. So I stopped and got out (unsure what I intended to do) and started walking over to it. It was doing that pi$$ed squirrel chatter thing.

Then all of a sudden he sees me coming toward him. He freaked out and came after me. yeah.. nice picture huh? I was about 20 ft from him and I had no idea what to do. I really didnt want to run from a little squirrel, but I didnt want rabies either.

He got about 6ft from me, just as I was making my decision to go ahead and run or not, and he figured out I was 200x larger than him and made a 90 degree turn and took off. Whew.. I was so relieved.

I still have the mental picture of me turning to run. If he had not turned that very second... how embarrassing. Well, he definately got me back for it.