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Imagine cruising in your brand new, 2007 BMW 320D Touring at 230 kph (~143 mph) along the pristine asphalt of the Autobahn, listening to the finest in German techno. All of a sudden from the roadside, a flash of fur streaks across the road and you feel a mild thump, accompanied by a spray of rouge across the bottom of the passenger side windscreen. All of the warning lights explode across your instrument panel. If you are the fellow who drives this particular BMW, you don't have to imagine anything, because this scenario played itself out recently and the fox who did the streaking did not live to tell his tale. Excuse our discretion, but the gallery for this one is below the fold...
We're betting that from the outside, it only looks like the bimmers' signature kidney shaped grill insert and bumper cover are damaged. Opening that hood reveals that the fox managed to plough through the grill opening, then simultaneously destroy the radiator mount, and pass through the radiator and destroy the intake system. Messy. We're betting the insurance company doesn't total this one, so we feel bad for the garage that gets the work. Hopefully they have a carnage seperator in the bottom of their work pit. If you have a weak stomach, viewing these in high resolution is less than advisable.
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Id pay 20 dollars to here the explanation of this to the insurance company.
wow, impressive/gross
Surprised that this doesn't happen more often....
It sure does with aircraft-
This is a C-130 that hit a good size bird (if you think the Bimmer driver got a big surprise, check out this guy)
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Just google "bird strike photos". Some pretty wild stuff.
This must not have been the most clever fox in the woods, but hey now it's the most clever fox in a BMW engine bay.
MOZILLA!
BMW, "The Ultimate Small Animial Eating Machine"
Had a friend who did much the same...only it was a Coyote versus his Mustang GT (at speed) while crossing the King Ranch in South Texas.
The dam leg bone when clear though the radiator stranding the Mustang almost 50 miles from the nearest assistance.
Wow! Fox carnage. I have seen carnage from birds being blasted by a vehicle, but, wow. I wonder if Mr. Google has photos of bimmers striking other, larger mammals.
It's lunchtime on the east coast you jerks!
Awesome
Jesus Mary and Joseph
Good thing i wasnt eating lunch yet.
I was about to make a crack about how these newfangled BMWs are wimps that throw up warning lights about the simplest things, but then I saw how impressive the fox's attack was.
Looks like Polar is half-way to a BBQ!
YEEE-HAW!
Brings a whole new meaning to the term "Kidney Punch."
Mmmmmmm foxschnitzel
Has anyone else seen the pics of a trailblazer that hit a jumping deer that's being emailed about?
The roof severs the deer clean in two, with the bottom half busting through the windshield. Needless to say, the interior is now a deep rouge color not offered by the factory. I couldn' imagine what happened to the driver cuz it appears they took it right in the face.
Wile E. Coyote, eat your heart out!
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Life lesson kids!
Sometimes you're the fox, and sometimes you're the bumper.
Good timing. I just was about to eat some pizza. *pukes*
Don't be the fox.
For some reason this was my first thought:
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instead of an air dam, they need a fox dam. channel those tasty little buggers right on up into the engine bay.
when you get to your destination...kebabs for everyone!
Cool, I found my new desktop wallpaper. Think you're going to kill your day by hanging out in my cube? Let's see what the late Mr. Fox has to say about that!
What, this fox have dragon envy? In other news, Porsche to resume placing their engines only in the back.
And they say speed doesn't kill...
You say poor car, but I say FREE FUR!
This heart-warming thought brought to you by PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals)...No! Not the O.T.H.E.R. peta!!!
Actually, penetration like that would make most dragons envious.
Lol Pwned! If I was the driver, I'd be pissed and decide that the fox deserved it.
@Adplusone: That King Ranch area is a dangerous stretch of road. Seen many dead animals on the side of the road. I even had to dodge a javelina once. My grand parents even picked up a baby deer who's mother had been hit and took care of it till it was old enough.
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Driver:
Oh, for fox sake.
Poor Basil never made it to the second "Boom!"
That has nothing on this Deer vs. Trailblazer series I recently saw...
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It's extremely NSFL.
Damn, poor little fucker just got inhaled.....dayum.
@Rust-MyEnemy: You: Leave, now.
I hit a deer in my old vehicle a couple of years ago, and the shop guys that were doing the repair estimate (after asking me if I had a weak stomach) proceeded to show me hi-res photos of another deer collision--one where the deer had jumped from an overpass and gone through the windshield of a minivan, thus field-dressing itself quite neatly into the passenger seat.
Impressive.
Nothing like a little arterial spray
To ruin your day.
@CaffiendCA:
Those would be the photos I was referencing earlier.
@Dr.Danger: Yeah! Ma, git my rotisserie.
Is this some kind of project with Vee Dubb, Audi and BMW?
I mean come on a BMW Fox, what will those zany Germans think of next
Try to explain to that fox how buying the diesel was the environmentally conscious choice!
Now, if this happened in England, they'd ban BMWs....
I did this to a deer, while driving a 1998 Freightliner Century. The results were...graphic. I'd never seen a deer splash before. The largest chunks of the deer reamins were about cat sized.
@JayP71: Er, I meant remains.
Hey, I'm eating a meatball sub and it looks nothing like that.
The biggest thing I've hit was a bird. I was driving a GM medium-duty truck (12-ton truck). I saw feathers and a fine mist - that's it.
@LTDScott: Actually For Fox Ache would have been better
I hit a small animal in my BMW at about 80mph. It took out half of my front fender and my fog light. I didn't feel like a lot of damage when it happened, but I was very angry when I saw what happened. No animal remains though, it was weird.
Stupid animals and their getting in my way. Don't they know about evolution, it was soooo millions of years ago.
Everyone was doing it
Copper: "Tod? Tod? Where'd ya go, Tod? Why don't you answer me, Tod?"
BMW:
Narrator: "We didn't set out to be a get-away car. Or to be a work of art. We didn't set out to make fox-burgers...
Now that you have that nice pelt...
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