depressing car pics

[unclben]

I guess this forum is supposed be for showing off your car, but this particular thread is to mourn my car. Friday, I hit a road alligator at 70 mph. Luckily, nothing major was damaged. Still, I'm out $1000. I guess this has to count for my 'mod of the year'. :(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v618/unclben/cars/roadalligator_side.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v618/unclben/cars/roadalligator_front.jpg

Also, thank $DEITY for packing tape, and for my dentist who was nice enough to give a roll to a man in need.

[Kapoosh1]

That really sucks!

[haunter]

road aligator?

[DECwakeboarder]

road aligator?

The hell is a road alligator? Such a shame though.

[dnace]

alligator sitting in the road

[Hornswoggler]

you live in florida or something??? I haven't seen any gators in this neck of the woods.

[EvoIX_MR2006]

Wow man, thats rough. You going through insurance to fix it or are you just going to pay out of pocket?

[RacerX11]

Road Alligator = blown big rig truck tire carcass

[haunter]

ah, thats what I was thinking but I havent ever heard them called that

[Hinshaw]

Road Alligator = blown big rig truck tire carcass

damn it, I Was going to start watching for real Alligators in the road

[unclben]

alligator sitting in the roadSmartass. :)

you live in florida or something??? I haven't seen any gators in this neck of the woods.I live in Germantown, but I hit the 'alligator' on I-80 in Iowa. Big sumbitch, too. The guy in front of me spun it so it laid straight across my lane. There was no way around it without going into the median, which was not something I was eager to do.

Wow man, thats rough. You going through insurance to fix it or are you just going to pay out of pocket?I'm not going through insurance. The cost to fix it is less than my deductible. It also took out my washer fluid resevoir, partially unrolled my fender in the front wheel well, popped off just about every fastener going down that side of the car, and left rubber all over my left rear rim (like shoe streaks on a bball court).

[Hinshaw]

I hate driving I-80 in Iowa...

Its always the worst going West on I-80 too, going East is always so easy...err

[digitalseance]

I nailed a bigin' on I-85 just outside atlanta, crushed a fog light and left a 4" wide streak down the drivers side for almost a foot and a half...

they suck...

[kaptain]

man that sucks, get a new lip when you get the bumper fixed =)

[ghey]

spray some NOS on it to treat the area

[BWG]

Nozzz fixes everything

[scrapin_frame]

hit one in my eclipse.. took it down the center of the car.. ripped wires out of the oil filter housing, dented the oil pan, and tore the exhaust bushings.. other than that, no real damage

[Temp_Me96]

Do you people not pay attention while driving down the road or something? LOL! Maybe I have just got lucky but I hav enever even got close to hitting one of those. Luck I guess.

[scrapin_frame]

mine was while texting.. i glanced back up from my phone and there it was.. it was too late to dodge it

[unclben]

Do you people not pay attention while driving down the road or something? LOL! Maybe I have just got lucky but I hav enever even got close to hitting one of those. Luck I guess.I was boxed on all sides and I had no way of knowing it was there until the car in front of me swerved.

My choices were:
1) pull right and slam into a Kenworth
2) stay in my lane and try to minimize the impact area
3) pull left into the grass/mud/etc.

As much as #2 sucked, neither #1 nor #3 was a better option.