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| RocDoc |
Deep ImpactA couple of nights ago I had a little car crash. I was driving the family home from Boston (that's the original Boston in Lincolnshire) along a very straight road. Round those parts the roads have no street lights at all ... it was very black. Doing about 50mph when suddenly two animals walked straight infront of the car. I thought they were pigs but could have been deer ... anyway, the front of the car was smashed in - see photo. Luckily, no one was hurt, only shaken up a little bit. The insurance company is on the case. The car (which happens to be my wifes car) might be a write-off given the damage to the front end.Went back the next morning to try and identify the road kill and guess what ... couldn't find any sign of anything ... no pigs, deer ...nothing ... only the broken remains of the car body work. It's a bit spooky ... Pete 
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| Dampfmaschine |
Could have been worse - at least it was the wifes car | ||||
| RocDoc |
Aye ... male drivers eh ... 
Pete |
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| Bugsy |
Your family wasn't hurt, nothing else matters!
Cars are easily replaceable. Are there wild boars in the area? They can take a tremendous hit and walk away from it. Phil |
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| johnreid |
THe only Boars around here are found at Office Christmas Parties   I see some terrible Deer accidents on a regular basis though, I saw one total a car, but it got up and ran off. I bet they often die shortly later from internal injuries.
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| RocDoc |
No wild boars in Lincolnshire ... at least I don't think so. I think these little pigs may have escaped from a farm or small holding. Yep, there was no sign of them the next day ... no blood, fur ... nothing.
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| madeinenglang |
deer, wild boar, foxes and badgers |
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| Bugsy |
Perhaps some sort of wierd mutant sheep escaped from Jame's farm? 
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| Ross |
I have seen lots of deer where I live But not one fox ever! I have seen worse damage caused by an animal! Glad your ok and safe-ish! Ross |
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| RocDoc |
Thanks Ross.
Yeah ... the roads round Boston way are home to lots of strange Fenland animals ... Pete |
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| Les |
Glad to hear you are ok. | ||||
| metalhead100 |
Oh man...
Have I been there,.... I was doing 75 MPH when i hit a deer head on in a ford Taurus last winter... Destroyed the car and the airbag burnt my arm! Scary as H^%#^@^$@ Jim |
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| gd9704 |
I feel your pain.
Back when my wife and I were DINKs (Dual income, no children) I bought a new Lincoln LS. Six weeks later I had a run-in with 2 deer that wiped out every panel on the passenger side of the car. It was never quite right again... 
Glad no one got hurt. 
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| IndianaRog |
Pete, glad you are OK...but looking at that car makes me have to ask...where is the engine? I see a radiator, but it's either a rear powered vehicle or an exceptionally slimline power plant!!!
By the way, I grew up 40 miles from the OTHER Boston...didn't know it's namesake was from Lincolnshire. Rog |
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| Lozza1 |
Bugsy
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| madeinenglang |
Perhaps some sort of wierd sheep escaped from James farm?
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| RocDoc |
Hi Rog, The engine is in the front of the car and behind the radiator. It's a small 1400cc transverse mounted across the front wheels. Makes the front very compact (and almost impossible for Mr Average to service). This type or arrangement was first used in the original Mini. Boston in the US is named after Boston in Lincolnshire. This is where the Pilgrim Fathers first tried to leave the UK for Holland (then for the States) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim_Fathers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts (see History) Pete |
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| Atticman |
eeek, glad you are OK Pete- I did that a couple of years ago- returning from hols, deer stepped out in front of my car, I swerved a bit to miss it, and hit its partner behind  .
Still costly with the excess but luckily I had protected no claims. Someone may have pinched the dead animal for some food "from your grill to our grill" as the restaurent in Australia claims
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| IndianaRog |
Wow Pete, I really didn't think there was an engine behind that radiator!!
Also interesting that Boston, Mass (near where I grew up), traces it's roots to Boston, Lincolnshire. Learn something new everyday! |
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| Kev&Mel |
Glad you and the family are ok . If it was a deer I expect someone else stopped and picked up the free venison after you had left .
I have heard that some poachers put food near the roads to encourage the deers so they get run over , they just got to pick up the bodies . Saves hunting them 
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| igy569 |
I am told there is an Uxbridge, Oxford, Northbridge, Smithfield, Webster, and MANY other names of towns around here that have an English counterparts that they were named after.
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| James |
That's one word for us
Well, actually it's three 
Pleased to hear nobody was hurt mate
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