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05-24-2010, 10:25 PM
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Tampa Gulf Coast Family
Drives: Sold c7, in the market! Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: San Jose, CA
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curb vs camaro
In Florida we have these bird, they are some kind of crane, that always just cross the road even if a car is literally right in front of them. and it is against the law to hit one, even if you have no where to go and you accidental hit one you can get a really hefty ticket. so anyways i was driving my camaro home after a really long day, and it was around 4:00 so the roads were pretty busy. and one of these birds jumped right in front of my car. so what i was going to do was slam on the brakes, but i was way to close to the bird, and i would have hit the bird and gotten rear ended. so i decided to swerve to the side of the road. what happened next is that i hit a curb straight on at around 40 miles an hour.
the outcome? a little bit of a dent on the front bumper (not even noticeable), and 3 bent rims. i had bought the road hazard warranty but when i went to my dealership to try and get the rims replace, they said i had to pay for them because i curb is not considered part of the road, meaning its not a road hazard. so i went to another dealership and told them that i hit a pothole, and they decided to replace just one wheel which cost around $900. |
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05-24-2010, 10:27 PM
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That Guy
Drives: really good Join Date: May 2009
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How much would the ticket have been for hitting the bird?
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05-24-2010, 10:31 PM
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Drives: 2010 RS Inferno Orange Metallic Join Date: Mar 2010
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amen hit the bird
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05-24-2010, 10:33 PM
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I would have crushed that bird taken the rear end and blamed it's death on the car behind me for pushing me into it. Stupid birds! Poor car. :(
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05-24-2010, 10:41 PM
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Drives: 2010 Black Camaro 2ss/rs Join Date: May 2010
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Sorry, I live in Florida also, but that bird would have been leveled in the cement.
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05-24-2010, 10:42 PM
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Tampa Gulf Coast Family
Drives: Sold c7, in the market! Join Date: Mar 2010
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well they are called sandhill cranes, and the ticket for hitting one is $400+
last year there was a guy who had to spend a night in jail for hitting one. the birds are usually in groups of 2, and hitting one of them is worse than hitting both of them. |
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05-24-2010, 10:43 PM
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Tampa Gulf Coast Family
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and my father said next time "DESTROY" the bird.
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05-24-2010, 10:45 PM
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2010 Camaro SS/RS - Black
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are they extinct? no... just saying.
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05-24-2010, 10:45 PM
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Bird 1
Camaro 0
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05-24-2010, 10:46 PM
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Drives: 2010 Black Camaro 2ss/rs Join Date: May 2010
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05-24-2010, 10:46 PM
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Drives: 2006 Dodge Charger / 2SS IOM Join Date: Dec 2008
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ebay would of been ur friend when looking for another wheel, u could of got one for 250 on there
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05-24-2010, 10:56 PM
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Tampa Gulf Coast Family
Drives: Sold c7, in the market! Join Date: Mar 2010
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i have done a lot of research. and i know that my cheapest option it to just get my rims straightened, its about $100-130 a rim. and now i only have to fix just 2, so it should be fine.
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05-24-2010, 10:57 PM
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Tampa Gulf Coast Family
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05-24-2010, 11:05 PM
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camaro vs. curb - curb wins every time.
camaro vs. bird - bird looses EVERY time |
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