GRIPES

[Jerry_Atrick]

Hobart.. mainly

 

[Marty_d]

Ah yes IMAS. I was thinking of the Australian Maritime College which is up north.

[red750]

@Jerry_Atrick   You might find this interesting.

 

https://transport.vic.gov.au/news-and-resources/news/free-weekend-travel-across-victoria-this-summer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jerry_Atrick]

Hit a deer last night on the drive home from London. Bugger!

 

Did it on the A303, wgucg us a dual lane carriageway (where I hit it), travelling at c. 70mph. 

 

Deer went under the car as far as I could tell. I thought I hit it middle on, bit it was slighlty left of centre (or its inertia took it that way as it was coming right to left). 

 

As it was in the A303 in a live road, the police had to come first to cordon off the lane. They they recovered it, but I have to do the insurance stuff this morning and have it recovered and hopefully repaired. Airbags didn't deploy, so hopefully not a write off (getting value for a like for like replacement is almost impossible). 

 

On the positive, car did astonishingly well; driver unharmed, buut radiator and no doubt some of the undercarriage is stuffed. Would say a minimum of £3k damage:

 

 

Edited December 4, 2025 by Jerry_Atrick

[onetrack]

That'd give ya the shz. 😄 

 

Deer couldn't have been too sizeable? When I read the first line, I expected to see a Mini totalled.

[pmccarthy]

Thank goodness you weren’t on the bike.

[Marty_d]

Did you at least bring home a haunch of venison?

[red750]

1 hour ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

wgucg us

???

[onetrack]

That's exactly what he said, as the deer went under.

[Jerry_Atrick]

2 hours ago, onetrack said:

That'd give ya the shz. 😄 

 

Deer couldn't have been too sizeable? When I read the first line, I expected to see a Mini totalled.

The insurance company want to total it.. I am discussing it with them now.. It wasn't a huge deer, no... 

 

2 hours ago, pmccarthy said:

Thank goodness you weren’t on the bike.

Agree.. Although I still should have taken the bl@@dy motorway!

 

2 hours ago, Marty_d said:

Did you at least bring home a haunch of venison?

More burger or stew than haunch (in one piece)... 

 

2 hours ago, red750 said:

???

No idea! Should probably have been "Was on..", but sometimes I wonder if it is me or the Bluetooth conenction from the keyboard getting signals mixed.

[red750]

I interpreted it as 'which is'. 

[pmccarthy]

Did you say 'deer oh deer'?

[Jerry_Atrick]

 

Have heard that one at least 100 times this morning alone...

 

[facthunter]

What sort of car is that?. Nev

[Marty_d]

Mini by the looks of it 

[Jerry_Atrick]

Yep mini countryman 

[facthunter]

IF it's damaged to1/2 its market value it's usually written Off.    Nev

[Jerry_Atrick]

Darn. I love that car

Edited December 5, 2025 by Jerry_Atrick

[facthunter]

They are regarded as  ( a bit unreliable) and the value is adjusted accordingly. The MARKET DECIDES. . Nev

[Jerry_Atrick]

This one has been totally reliable.. but yes, the market decides. Still worth  about £9k  on the 2nd hand market

[facthunter]

I think BMW makes them. How old is it? Nev

[Jerry_Atrick]

It's a 2017 model. We bought it with 1,000 miles on the clock. We realised that its on condition service schedule was a joke, so I change the oil every 5k miles and service it every 10k miles regardless, and it has been a treat. 

 

The enterntainment/sat nav unit was flakey, but a software update developed by an independent maintenance company fixed it. 

 

Mini, like Bentley, is owned now by BMW, but still produced in the UK (Oxford, I think). 

 

It has great handling, and for the weight of the thing, is quite nippy in sport mode (which does make a decent different). 

 

If it get's written off, our funds are sapped a bit by the house, but will try and fins something from behind the sofa cushions to get one of their electric (not hybrid) ones. Though, it will take some time.

[facthunter]

THEY look cute.. Nev