jshimer23

well it was a fairly big dog. hitting it would've definitely damaged the front bumper, possibly headlight, maybe hood....and worst of all, i had my top down, what if it woulda flipped up into the car.!!!!!

if to do again, i would've done the same thing, but maybe take a different emergency action. as freq eluded to, the maneuver i performed wouldn't have upset the car as it did, if i would've had good tires on.....plus i'd rather scrape up my car then kill poor fido. that's someone's best friend. now if it were a squirrel (or any other smaller animal)......DIE BITCH DIIIIIE!

mikes2k

All the more reason animal lovers should leash their animals! Our neighborhood has at least 3 large dogs that roam around..it makes me so sad to see this.

Clayman

Boy, that sucks! I feel for you having to make that kind of choice. I very rarely swerve to avoid animals in the road (squirrels, rabbits, coons, etc), but they are all smaller than a dog. My first instinct would have been to swerve too. Although, if I would have wrecked my car as a result, I would have been chewing on that dog owner's ass!

jshimer23

oh trust me, i was cursing both the dog and owner to no end. I just wish the dog would've stayed put so i could've gotten a look at his tag. I would've looooooooved to be able to return the dog and then give the owner a piece of my mind. Oh well, a car is just a car. The dog got out safe and so did I. I guess that's what really matters.

what really stinks is that the money i'm going to have to use to fix this was money set aside to install gears....grrrr, i hate spending mod money on things other then mods.