Horses and Camaros just don't mix.... - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

topgun1 · 05-30-2010, 02:08 PM

Holly and I went out to eat last night in Winston-Salem for my early birthday dinner (man, that was good food!) and she wanted to take a little drive through downtown afterwards. So I thought it was a great idea, clear night, relaxing dinner, dessert, top it off with a little cruise through town.

We see all these people on the sides of the road, with flashing cameras and it ends up being the NC School of the Arts graduation ceremony commencement so there are tons of people around, restaurants are packed, people are eating and mingling outside. So the ride starts off fun, lots of people oohing over the car, pointing, thumbs up and giving me hand motions to rev it up, so that was cool. it was like I was in a parade!

Then we notice that there is a horse-drawn carriage up ahead and we thought that was nice, haven't had that downtown before. But while at a light, I start to see the horse guide on the street have trouble with the horse. She wanted it to turn around but he wouldn't so it was resisting. All the masses of people and noise were definitely startling the horse. So we get up to the next light, it turns green, I start to proceed and get just barely past the intersection and the horse starts to do a u-turn and the guide asks me to stop my car, so I do. But then the horse really gets anxious and scared and starts to turn back straight towards my car! He's bucking! of course the people in the carriage are getting pretty nervous at this time. Now, I have nowhere to go, the horse is coming at me, behind me are the cars going through the intersection. She asks me to back up and I can't. The horse starts getting closer and acting wilder within just a few feet of the car and my heart starts to race and I'm just cringing thinking the worst.

I'm imagining this horse raring up on his back legs like a stallion and coming down with a vengeance on on my car bucking wildly and destroying the hood of my car with his hooves!

thank God it doesn't happen, she gives up on trying to turn the horse around and turns him around to go straight in the oncoming lane. We let out the biggest sigh of relief! Holly said she couldn't imagine what would have happened if that horse came down on my car, and I said you wouldn't have wanted to see it!

So we went on our way, my nerves calmed down and all was good. One thing for certain though, with the horses downtown now, I don't believe I'll be parking on the street anymore!

guiLT · 05-30-2010, 02:11 PM

I was starting to get nervous....!!

Glad there was a happy ending!

Blade · 05-30-2010, 02:14 PM

That story scared the crap out of me half way through. I woulda ignored the guide and gunned it out of dodge around the horse if there was space.

topgun1 · 05-30-2010, 02:18 PM

I would if I could, but the horse and carriage were across both lanes, man I was so nervous and picturing this horse pummeling the car in front of all these people!

SSMickey · 05-30-2010, 02:24 PM

Must of been a Mustang!

Sorry, couldn't resist.

topgun1 · 05-30-2010, 02:25 PM

man, that was good! in some ways you may actually be correct

2010 SSRS · 05-30-2010, 02:29 PM

wow, that must have been scary

jonm38 · 05-30-2010, 02:54 PM

Was it a Wild Mustang?

v6sonoma · 05-30-2010, 02:54 PM

Obviously it was a Ford fan. lol

R Kern · 05-30-2010, 03:02 PM

Dude, you should live in Amish and Mennonite areas like I do, as horse and buggies are a daily obstacle. I've had a few close calls like that, so I try to stay well clear of them, including their 'road apples'.

LazyYoYo · 05-30-2010, 03:11 PM

i think there would have been a new glue factory candidate if it would have come down on the hood....IMO

StuntmanMike · 05-30-2010, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SSMickey

Must of been a Mustang!

Must "of?"

mfr1950 · 05-30-2010, 07:30 PM

For a second there,I thought you were going to say you had to drive through a couple of piles of horse s**t.... Glad everything worked out... My grandfather who was from the Asheville aera trained horses all his life would have calmed the animal down in a hurry!!!

unkbd · 05-30-2010, 08:39 PM

I passed some horses on a country road today, and one of them had a similar reaction. I have dealt with this on other occasions in other vehicles, I was going slow and just idling past them like always but I was in the Camaro today and obviously it became an issue..... must be the exhaust note. Just a guess.

05-30-2010, 02:08 PM	#1
topgun1 Drives: 10 SIM 2SS/RS LS3 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Winston-Salem, NC Posts: 1,939 View My Garage	Horses and Camaros just don't mix.... Holly and I went out to eat last night in Winston-Salem for my early birthday dinner (man, that was good food!) and she wanted to take a little drive through downtown afterwards. So I thought it was a great idea, clear night, relaxing dinner, dessert, top it off with a little cruise through town. We see all these people on the sides of the road, with flashing cameras and it ends up being the NC School of the Arts graduation ceremony commencement so there are tons of people around, restaurants are packed, people are eating and mingling outside. So the ride starts off fun, lots of people oohing over the car, pointing, thumbs up and giving me hand motions to rev it up, so that was cool. it was like I was in a parade! Then we notice that there is a horse-drawn carriage up ahead and we thought that was nice, haven't had that downtown before. But while at a light, I start to see the horse guide on the street have trouble with the horse. She wanted it to turn around but he wouldn't so it was resisting. All the masses of people and noise were definitely startling the horse. So we get up to the next light, it turns green, I start to proceed and get just barely past the intersection and the horse starts to do a u-turn and the guide asks me to stop my car, so I do. But then the horse really gets anxious and scared and starts to turn back straight towards my car! He's bucking! of course the people in the carriage are getting pretty nervous at this time. Now, I have nowhere to go, the horse is coming at me, behind me are the cars going through the intersection. She asks me to back up and I can't. The horse starts getting closer and acting wilder within just a few feet of the car and my heart starts to race and I'm just cringing thinking the worst. I'm imagining this horse raring up on his back legs like a stallion and coming down with a vengeance on on my car bucking wildly and destroying the hood of my car with his hooves! thank God it doesn't happen, she gives up on trying to turn the horse around and turns him around to go straight in the oncoming lane. We let out the biggest sigh of relief! Holly said she couldn't imagine what would have happened if that horse came down on my car, and I said you wouldn't have wanted to see it! So we went on our way, my nerves calmed down and all was good. One thing for certain though, with the horses downtown now, I don't believe I'll be parking on the street anymore! __________________ 5th Gen Camaros of the Carolinas SIM, 2SS/RS LS3 5/7/11 453.9 RWHP 427.5 RWTQ VMS Stage 2.5 Comp Cams kit, Cold Air Inductions intake, ADM race scoop, DT 1 3/4" headers, Solo cats, 3" Magnaflow catback, Pypes cutouts, HP tune, H&R SuperSport springs, Eibach sways/spacers, TexasSpeed UD pulley, LSR tensioner pulley, Barton shifter, skip shift eliminator, powder-coated calipers, R1 concept rotors, StopTech pads, Granatelli wires, Lloyds mats, tint, AAC afterburner taillamps, AAC scanner/sidemarkers, SRP pedals, custom engine cover, black bowties, Ridergraphix hood spears....

05-30-2010, 02:11 PM	#2
guiLT Tampa Gulf Coast Family Drives: 2001 Maxima Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 6,585 View My Garage	I was starting to get nervous....!! Glad there was a happy ending! __________________

05-30-2010, 02:14 PM	#3
Blade Drives: 2016 Camaro 2SS BVM Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Charlotte Posts: 4,689 View My Garage	That story scared the crap out of me half way through. I woulda ignored the guide and gunned it out of dodge around the horse if there was space. __________________ Formerly owner of: 2012 2SS/RS Build Thread - Totaled by red light runner 2010 LT/RS Build Thread - Traded in for 2012 2SS 2007 Acura TSX 1992 Oldsmobile Achieva V6 1992 Mercury Sable

05-30-2010, 02:18 PM	#4
topgun1 Drives: 10 SIM 2SS/RS LS3 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Winston-Salem, NC Posts: 1,939 View My Garage	I would if I could, but the horse and carriage were across both lanes, man I was so nervous and picturing this horse pummeling the car in front of all these people! __________________ 5th Gen Camaros of the Carolinas SIM, 2SS/RS LS3 5/7/11 453.9 RWHP 427.5 RWTQ VMS Stage 2.5 Comp Cams kit, Cold Air Inductions intake, ADM race scoop, DT 1 3/4" headers, Solo cats, 3" Magnaflow catback, Pypes cutouts, HP tune, H&R SuperSport springs, Eibach sways/spacers, TexasSpeed UD pulley, LSR tensioner pulley, Barton shifter, skip shift eliminator, powder-coated calipers, R1 concept rotors, StopTech pads, Granatelli wires, Lloyds mats, tint, AAC afterburner taillamps, AAC scanner/sidemarkers, SRP pedals, custom engine cover, black bowties, Ridergraphix hood spears....

05-30-2010, 02:24 PM	#5
SSMickey Drives: 2010 IBM 2SS Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Columbia S.C. Posts: 1,455 View My Garage	Must of been a Mustang! Sorry, couldn't resist. __________________ ProCharger P1X, Vengeance Racing Kaotic Cam, ARH Headers and Exhaust with Borla ATAK mufflers, MGW Shifter, MTI Drop Springs, Forgeline RB3C Wheels, 3.91 gears, Night Owl LED Control System

05-30-2010, 02:25 PM	#6
topgun1 Drives: 10 SIM 2SS/RS LS3 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Winston-Salem, NC Posts: 1,939 View My Garage	man, that was good! in some ways you may actually be correct __________________ 5th Gen Camaros of the Carolinas SIM, 2SS/RS LS3 5/7/11 453.9 RWHP 427.5 RWTQ VMS Stage 2.5 Comp Cams kit, Cold Air Inductions intake, ADM race scoop, DT 1 3/4" headers, Solo cats, 3" Magnaflow catback, Pypes cutouts, HP tune, H&R SuperSport springs, Eibach sways/spacers, TexasSpeed UD pulley, LSR tensioner pulley, Barton shifter, skip shift eliminator, powder-coated calipers, R1 concept rotors, StopTech pads, Granatelli wires, Lloyds mats, tint, AAC afterburner taillamps, AAC scanner/sidemarkers, SRP pedals, custom engine cover, black bowties, Ridergraphix hood spears....

05-30-2010, 02:29 PM	#7
2010 SSRS Drives: 3 V8 Camaros Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Ocean State Posts: 111,186 View My Garage	wow, that must have been scary __________________ Jannetty Racing JRE Street Package

05-30-2010, 02:54 PM	#8
jonm38 Drives: 2016 Siliverado LT. Camaro SS Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Brooksville, Florida Posts: 627	Was it a Wild Mustang? __________________ *Just Cruising!* USN - 1990 - 1994 2010 Camaro 2SS Red Jewel

05-30-2010, 02:54 PM	#9
v6sonoma Drives: 2010 SS RS Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Providence, RI Posts: 8,108 View My Garage	Obviously it was a Ford fan. lol __________________ Mods: BBK Intake, BBK LT's and High Flow Cats, Corsa Cat-back exhaust, Hurst short throw shifter, SLP skip-shift eliminator. 7/1/09 Placed order for IOM/IO int/ SS/RS 6M 9/26/09 Took delivery!

05-30-2010, 03:02 PM	#10
R Kern NFRNO SS Drives: 2010 IOM SS/RS M6 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: New Holland, Pa. Posts: 650 View My Garage	Dude, you should live in Amish and Mennonite areas like I do, as horse and buggies are a daily obstacle. I've had a few close calls like that, so I try to stay well clear of them, including their 'road apples'.

05-30-2010, 03:11 PM	#11
LazyYoYo Yep, that just happened. Drives: Norma Jean, '10 Black 1SS/RS Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Mid Missouri Posts: 245	i think there would have been a new glue factory candidate if it would have come down on the hood....IMO __________________ K&N CAI Doug Thorley Shortys Solo High Flow Cats Flowmaster American Thunder Catback BMR Stage 1 JRE Tune

05-30-2010, 07:30 PM	#13
mfr1950 Drives: 2011 challengerR/T , 2010 Ram R/T Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Lafayette Indiana Posts: 1,186	For a second there,I thought you were going to say you had to drive through a couple of piles of horse s**t.... Glad everything worked out... My grandfather who was from the Asheville aera trained horses all his life would have calmed the animal down in a hurry!!!

05-30-2010, 08:39 PM	#14
unkbd Drives: 2010 IBM 2SS/RS Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: WI Posts: 268 View My Garage	I passed some horses on a country road today, and one of them had a similar reaction. I have dealt with this on other occasions in other vehicles, I was going slow and just idling past them like always but I was in the Camaro today and obviously it became an issue..... must be the exhaust note. Just a guess. __________________

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