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07-20-2005, 01:24 PM
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Near Miss!
Thought I'd go for a quick spin up the road before I put the car in the garage tonight, so I went for a quick burn to Tintern [digressing for a sec if you're ever in this neck of the woods it's worth visiting Tintern to see the abbey etc.]
The road from Chepstow to Tintern is quite quick and twisty, so I was giving it some and enjoying myself when a deer stepped out in front of me
A few years ago I hit a deer and it wiped out the whole of the front of the car, the windscreen, and dented the roof, and I had visions of the same thing happening again but luckily the deer carried on strolling across the road so I was able to swerve to the left and go around it.
Could have been a very different end to the evening!
The road from Chepstow to Tintern is quite quick and twisty, so I was giving it some and enjoying myself when a deer stepped out in front of me
A few years ago I hit a deer and it wiped out the whole of the front of the car, the windscreen, and dented the roof, and I had visions of the same thing happening again but luckily the deer carried on strolling across the road so I was able to swerve to the left and go around it.
Could have been a very different end to the evening!
07-20-2005, 01:29 PM
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I never drive in the North West Highlands at night because of this - very serious hazard up there 
Hit one a stag in a Saab 9-5 a few years ago - smashed headlight and large dent in the bonnet. Would have been curtains in the S2000 though.
Hit one a stag in a Saab 9-5 a few years ago - smashed headlight and large dent in the bonnet. Would have been curtains in the S2000 though.
07-20-2005, 01:30 PM
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James - changing the subject for a second, how about this for coincidence - your profile states you're in Stafford, well so was I today! Never been there before, seems like a nice place.
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07-20-2005, 02:39 PM
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[QUOTE=alex.stanley,Jul 20 2005, 09:30 PM] James - changing the subject for a second, how about this for coincidence - your profile states you're in Stafford, well so was I today!
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Originally Posted by James_N,Jul 20 2005, 10:39 PM
ah really, im about 5 mins from the town centre, although if you managed to find your way around, your better than me, ive lived here all my life and still dont know my way around 
where abouts were you around today then?
was gonna say i saw an S today too, but from the quick glimpse i got, it was an older model (01-03 maybe) silverstone so it wouldnt of been you.
where abouts were you around today then?
was gonna say i saw an S today too, but from the quick glimpse i got, it was an older model (01-03 maybe) silverstone so it wouldnt of been you.
Wasn't in the S - caught the train in the end but thought it was quite pleasant walking through the town centre
