Badger culling
MrsPitta was driving me home from a nice italian restaurant at dusk one summer's evening, along a road that we often travel, when a mahoosive fat badger waddled out from behind a bush. It crawled across the road with not a rush in the world, and intersected perfectly with the front of my car.

Doing a good 60mph, my little Polo whacked the badger side on, and actually lifted up and went over the top of it. We saw the steering wheel jolt, and the car dropped back down.

After the 'oh shiiit' and 'do you think I killed it' from MrsP, the burst into tears, and we crawled my car along into the next town and pulled over under a streetlamp to survey the damage. I was thinking that the grill might be cracked, maybe a headlight.... when we got out, the whole front end was demolished!

Total repair bill was £2300, including a new radiator, A/C system, bonnet, bumper, lights, trim etc etc.

I'm now an ardent supporter of badger culling - as it cost me my insurance excess. Now when we go to this restaurant, I always have to drive home too...
(harrypitta friends with the chilli saucerer, Fri 23 Dec 2011, 10:42, 4 replies)

Alternatively,
culling motorists would also solve the problem.

Same result, different approach.
( 100% Cock Raw like carrots., Fri 23 Dec 2011, 12:41, closed)

My mate's brother
has written off two cars by hitting a badger crossing the road. Tough little bastards, they are.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 23 Dec 2011, 16:05, closed)

The same badger?
I'd be getting a little paranoid if I were he (I don't mean the badger...)
( snee held his breath since, Sat 24 Dec 2011, 13:56, closed)

Need a tougher car
The humble Toyota Carina E, it seems, is immune to the effects of using badgers as brakes.

Driving down a hill (about here if you're interested) one night when THREE badgers trotted out into the road; a mother and two cubs.

THUD!

I skid to a halt, get out and survey the scene. One big badger in the middle of the road. One cub at the roadside, blood coming from its nose. The third scampered round in circles a few times then fucked off into the woods.

The damage to the car? A couple of hairs stuck under a screw beneath the bumper, and a smell of burning fur coming from the exhaust.
( eXOBeX, Sat 24 Dec 2011, 1:06, closed)