Jezz Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Nearly had a very 'friday 13th' moment tonight. My supras been in hybernation for a few months, but leaving work tonight i thought i'd take her home for the evening to give her a run, as the roads werent to bad. So i checked all vital fluids, fired her up and off i went. Ten miles down the road, i was just thinking to myself.....HOLY SHITE i forgot how stupidly fast she was, rounded a bend on a country road, and there, coming straight at me in a very scary 'bad horror film' type way was.........A FCKING BULL!!!! Couldnt believe my eyes!! Slammed on the anchors and swerved but the stupid bull corrected itself so it was aiming at me again! Swerved, skidded, and must have missed it by millimetres!! After stopping to calm down a bit as this really shook me up, i carried on. A few hundred yards further on i started to notice bits of car all over the road, then saw a van absolutely smashed to pieces and a very puzzled looking driver. He hadnt been so lucky and apparently hit it full on at 50mph! So how come the bull was still running?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARTIN R Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Chef was going to wipe its arse and remove horns, someone had asked for the steak to be rare!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 So how come the bull was still running?! Cos they are built like tanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Glad you're ok mate..wild life on roads it always weird. I had a huge owl stare me down the other night - seriously...just sat in the middle of the road. As approached it did the whole Linda Blair thing and just stared at me as I struggled not to hit the daft thing and drive by it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steviekid Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 So how come the bull was still running?! Hope you went to find it's owner, some of them are worth a fortune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letmeshowyou Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 most importantly - did it have protected no claims?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black cat Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 was the van red??? this could explain things........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_M Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Random animals on the road can be lethal! Could've been very messy if you'd hit the Wierdest one I've come accross was down in Somerset. Just done a delivery to a pub in the middle of nowhere and heading back towards the motorway when a van coming the other way gave me a flash and thumbs down. Slowed down a little being cautious, rounded a corner and there, sitting in the middle of the road looking at me was...... A KANGAROO!!!!! BTW (thread hi-jack) How's the winter project coming on Jez? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannhauser Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Random animals on the road can be lethal! Could've been very messy if you'd hit the Wierdest one I've come accross was down in Somerset. Just done a delivery to a pub in the middle of nowhere and heading back towards the motorway when a van coming the other way gave me a flash and thumbs down. Slowed down a little being cautious, rounded a corner and there, sitting in the middle of the road looking at me was...... A KANGAROO!!!!! Wall a' be damned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannhauser Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Glad you're ok mate..wild life on roads it always weird. I had a huge owl stare me down the other night - seriously...just sat in the middle of the road. As approached it did the whole Linda Blair thing and just stared at me as I struggled not to hit the daft thing and drive by it! What - it masturbated with a crucifix then projectile vomited on the car? That must have been scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz1 Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 What - it masturbated with a crucifix then projectile vomited on the car? That must have been scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 What - it masturbated with a crucifix then projectile vomited on the car? That must have been scary. I'll be sending you a dry cleaning bill as I've just wet myself laughing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethr Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Random story featuring car / cow interface (and a speed trap one for good measure) -- remember to duck if you ever hit one with a low car like a Supra.... In 1970 Mike Hailwood brought his yellow Iso Grifo to South Africa as his personal transport for the Springbok Series which included the Nine Hour at Kyalami. Cape Town and Johannesburg are about 900 miles apart and in those days there were no speed limits in South Africa on the open roads. Speed limits in cities and towns were and are between 30 and 40 mph. One day Mike left Cape Town to head to Jo'burg, a trip usually completed in 10 and half hours. The town of Beaufort West, in the middle of the desolate Karroo (not unlike parts of Arizona and Nevada) is 300 miles from Cape Town. As Mike drove out of the town on the outskirts he noticed a big black limo, a man with a gold chain around his neck (the Mayor), a traffic chief and others in the group. He then saw two black line across the road and being a motor cycle and car racer with quick reflexes realised that this was the official launch of Beaufort West's one and only Gatsometer. Mike got the revs up and as he got over the lines he got wheelspin and he told me with great glee that as he looked in the rear view mirror he saw the Gatso lines arcing trough the air like snakes in their final death throes! The spinning rear wheels had completely severed the lines! On a subsequent trip Mike was not so lucky. He and British driver, Peter Gethin, were also travelling from Cape Town to Jo'burg and they passed through the small town of Parys in the Orange Free State, about 70 miles south of Jo'burg. The name Parys means Paris in the Afrikaans language, one helluva stretch of the imagination! As Mike left the town in the Grifo he accelerated to about 100 mph up a hill and wrong place, wrong time three cows were crossing the road just over the brow. Mike hit the middle one smack dead centre and the large animal literally decapitated the Iso. The A-posts were severed flush with the fenders and the roof was peeled back like a tin can. Luckily Mike and Peter managed to duck but their foreheads were cut by flying glass. The poor moo was stone dead. Nicked from http://www.gt40s.com/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Number=27823 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezz Posted January 14, 2006 Author Share Posted January 14, 2006 How's the winter project coming on Jez? Still sourcing bits and umming and aarring. Dont plan on having it done til march so plenty of time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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