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Old 05-15-2011, 01:29 PM
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Default I ran over my first bunny today!!!!! :-(

I felt horrible. Today on my way to work I was the first one to show up to work. As I was approaching the main gate of my work site, a fricken "gang" of rabits came out of some bushes on a curb. I tried not to run over any, but one went under my xD. I looked in my rearview mirror and there the little bunny was, spinning on its back lol, like when break dancers do the spins on their back on the floor. Hahaha that was funny, but I felt bad. I had never run over any living thing. Has anyone killed anything else with their xD before? What was it,and how did u feel after u did it?
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bunny on a freeway at night. you'll never forget hearing the thunk thunk thunk underneath your car.
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Later today we clean the general areas on the compound so I'm gonna go pick up the dead bunny.
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We didnt hit one but we swerved to miss a skunk and it sprayed our car!!!! luckily it was just our winter beater!
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I remember running over a rabbit when I was driving to work. I couldn't avoid it because I was driving on a two lane road with a center divider so I didn't really have a choice but to kill it.
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Old 05-15-2011, 10:09 PM
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you risk yours and others' lives by trying to avoid hitting small animals like rabbits, cats, and squirrels... but if a big dog or deer pops in front of my car, I'm slamming on those brakes O.O
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I ran over a rabbit last Wednesday, it was lucky though as it only grazed the dead center of my car. Good thing it didn't jump, wasn't in the path of my tires, and that I'm not rolling slammed. The rabbit lived.
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I hit a dog once and felt kinda bad until I saw the damage to my bumper.
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ive never hit anything living, but ive been following suvs before and they just roll over dead animals like its no big deal and leaves you little to no time to react with 1-2 car lengths and oncoming traffic... i luckily havnt ruined anything yet, but with the low of my car... most things that go in (medium sized dog/ large armadillo), dont go out the same (random blood/guts/shell spray) and require undercarriage cleaning :/
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possum on freeway at 65 MPH. And i was p!$$ed off at it... It tore my driver side splash guard in half (from it hitting and the splash guard hitting the spinning wheel). I was glad it died when I saw the aftermath of my car. then I rolled that xD on a winter night...
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I ran over a guy's bike .. I was ____*d- at him for leaving a scratch on my turbo volvo haha .. but never a bunny or ducks or squirrels ... thats like murder in my books lol
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Originally Posted by JJGeneral1
possum on freeway at 65 MPH. And i was p!$$ed off at it... It tore my driver side splash guard in half (from it hitting and the splash guard hitting the spinning wheel). I was glad it died when I saw the aftermath of my car. then I rolled that xD on a winter night...
and u still have that xd u rolled?
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nope. it was totaled. I have a 2010 one i got january 6th, 2010. As of today, it has 43,185 miles on it (soon to be about 50 more on the drive home from work).
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I had a javelina hit a truck and then it came into my lane and did $400 damage to my front end. I also killed 1-2 javelinas one night coming around a corner and they ran right out. That time it didn't do as much damage and it was the same fender. Also almost took out a deer one night. slammed on my brakes and brushed up against it. Next day my husband asked if I hit anything and you could set the fur imprint and a few hairs. Mr XD is a magnet
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Originally Posted by JJGeneral1
nope. it was totaled. I have a 2010 one i got january 6th, 2010. As of today, it has 43,185 miles on it (soon to be about 50 more on the drive home from work).
dang bro thats alot of miles. mine is 08 and i barely reached 30k.
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just topped 44,000 yesterday. I drive 100 mile round trip to work 5 days a week.
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Originally Posted by JJGeneral1
just topped 44,000 yesterday. I drive 100 mile round trip to work 5 days a week.
I drive about the same now. im gonna reach that really quick.
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I hit my 1st one in my rs 2.0 last night...
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