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MattyH16valver
25-10-2008, 13:34
Decided to have a confrontation with a badger last week, had a look to assess the damage earlier...looks like a new inner mud gaurd and not sure what to do bout the crack in the bumper...chipped the wing too :roll: Guess my car was never stay mint using it as an everyday car. :(
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Beaniemoo
25-10-2008, 13:46
Damn thats made a mess of the bumper hasn't it! Always suprises me how much damage natures cute and fluffys do when they get hit. Bumpers are pretty abundant especially in blue so i'd source another one rather than try to repair that one.
Jamie.
25-10-2008, 14:01
How fast were you going when you hit Badger?
Mark One
25-10-2008, 14:01
can't beleive the damage they can cause.

Having said that I hit one in a 205 and it only broke the number plate :)
MattyH16valver
25-10-2008, 14:29
How fast were you going when you hit Badger?

Must have been about 40-50 mph....i'd just left my house driving on a country road to go to the gf's so my brakes were cold so i could'nt stop quick enough...would have ok if the brakes were hot..
LEIGH-ANNE
25-10-2008, 15:44
I thought this thread was gona be sumthin to do with coops LOL


Me and Adam went out for a drive a while bk and nearly hit bambi, dread to think of that mess! :(
MatrixGuy
25-10-2008, 16:07
Shvt!! sorry to hear mate :(

hope you get it fixed soon.
Daz.
25-10-2008, 18:08
uh oh another brand new bumper from renault time!
MattyH16valver
25-10-2008, 18:13
uh oh another brand new bumper from renault time!
Lol...could well be mate...not sure if its repairable as its cracked the moulded bump strip too :roll: Ah well....i'll get her bk to her former glory...don;t worry bout that. :wink: Prob looking to sell start of next year...need to start saving for a house :(
franksvalver
25-10-2008, 18:51
Great thing about using the landy for a daily drive. I hit a stag on a large single carriageway road at 50-60 and i only broke a headlight glass and a plastic fin on the grille :lol:
MattyH16valver
25-10-2008, 18:56
My bro hit a munt jack deer in our hybrid we had and that totally mangled the front bumper and the radiator....ended up smeared all on the exhaust and all u could smell was cooking deer for the next month! :lol:
Coops
26-10-2008, 18:41
real poor mate, poor badger :(
talkingfish
27-10-2008, 11:33
what about the badger???? dead????
Rich
27-10-2008, 13:29
what about the badger???? dead????
or severe headache :lol:
MattyH16valver
27-10-2008, 19:06
what about the badger???? dead????

I actually don't know, I think it must have scampered off as it was'nt too be seen the next morning. I suppose it could have crawled into the field and died :( . Apparantly ur supposed to ring badger watch to inform them so they can go out and hunt down the local dens to check for young uns :shock:
Coops
27-10-2008, 22:34
main reason to tell badgerwatch mate is to remove the corpse to prevent alerting nasty ass farmers of a sett in the vacinity. they have a habit of smokin them out and shooting them
kneesparks
28-10-2008, 16:33
Think there a bumper on Fleabay at mo m8, go have a nose. My m8 had a Pug 306 and hit a Fox at around 60ish ooh that made a mess around £630 of a mess! Took the spot light out the bumper the wash bottle the inner wing and rad! So you got off lightly buddy