Crown Vic vs. Black Angus

[Sevensecondsuv]

My mom hit a 1200 pound black angus cow last night in her 99 mercury. I guess the thing was just standing in the middle of the road and she didn't see it until it was too late. She was going about 55 mph when she hit the brakes. She walked away unscathed. Good thing she was driving a tank.







It looks like the cow rolled over the entire roof and came off the rear passenger side quater panel as the rear window is blown out and there is a dent and blood and cow hair behind the rear passenger side door. There is also some cow hair and blood on the roof and trunk lid, but they aren't dented.

Hopefully I'll get to buy it back from the insurance company. New front and rear windsheilds, junkyard hood, headlight and grille, and take a knife to the airbags. Then it will be ready for round two. The car is much too young to die yet. It only has 170,000 miles on it (still runs perfect).

 

[NcRanger]

now pics of the cow? hope everyone is alright that looks like a tough hit

 

[Sevensecondsuv]

Yeah the cow actually survived, for now at least. We know the farmer pretty well (he's our neighbor) and he thinks the cow will be alright. No need to tenderize the beef from that one!

 

[Mutant Pony]

I worked at a salvage yard years ago. We got in a 4x4 full size Blazer that hit a cow full speed. It was a foggy morning and the cow was standing in a thick patch. There was not a usable part left on it. The transfer case was crushed, The trans was broke in two, The motor had a mount ripped out of the side of the block complete with a big chunk of block, The frame was bent about 6 different ways. The bending of the frame Caused the leaf spring mounted front end to be twisted to the point that it broke, The driveshaft being pushed back destroyed the rear end.
Your mom was really lucky!

 

[Legion]

i would say how do you not see a 1200 pound monster in the middle of the road, but its black and it was night. lol

glad shes fine.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Gotta love them Panther platform cars...

It looks like it fared pretty well.

I wonder what woulda happend to a 500 or Fusion....

later,
Dustin

 

[ozzy85]

Step on a beer can, it'll give ya an idea. I've seen what happens when a horse lands on the roof of a Sherrif car, not nice.

 

[chittybangbang]

I think your mom should buy a couple of lottery tickets today.

 

[Sevensecondsuv]

She's definately going to be getting another panther. I'll try to make sure the next one has the PI package though, they make for much sportier cars.

 

[Shoeboy]

A friend of mine had a 1993 Crown Vic with 360 000km on it. It was still running strong when he was t-boned (sorta), right on the passenger side rear tire on his brand new rear axel, with brand new brakes and gears. It pissed me off, the rest of the car was in good shape (or as good as it coul be) after being hit at 120km/h. My friend walked away, and the other guy nearly killed himself, and the beer can analagy works quite well with the Neon/SX2.0. It annoyed me because I was going to use the rear axel for my swap on the Ranger (yes, I know its not an exact fit, but nothing on my truck is anywhere near close to being). The only damage to his car was where the car hit his and where the axel ripped the bracket and part of the frame off the driver side when it shifted the axel over about 6 inchs. Just how it hit, the air bags didn't deflate either. The best part, was the car still drove and the insurance company wasn't picking up the car for about a week, so we had fun distroying it..."Lets see waht happens when when we get it up to 100km and shift it into reverse while stepping on the gas the whole time!!! *Whaaaaaaa of the engine redlining, bzzzzzzzz of the transmission jumping, and crack, crack, crack, of the transmission trying to engage at a lower speed, and then the ever funny, rrrrrrrrr of the tires finally spinning backwords followed by the sudden stop of the transmission jamming and the tincking of parts on the bottom of the pan*. We had to drag it back to his place (about 1 km downhill), the Ranger was put to work, the insurance company had no clue what we did, the car was a write off anyways, why not have some fun? Smart...No. Fun...Most fun of my life.

 

[ZMan]

heh ya that care fared real well.

 

[Shoeboy]

Looking at thoes pictures again, it looked like your mom litterally scared the shit out of the cow. Glad to hear she's ok.

 

[89blacklx]

I have a friend who hit a horse in a z-24 cavalier hatchback, it was not a good site at all. It destroyed his car but he was ok. He walked back to the farm which was an amish farm and told them "I Think I Hit Your Horse". It was a big horse like a Draft horse, so you could imagine what it looked like when a car that hit a horse that probably wieghs as much as the car does.

 

[Sevensecondsuv]

Looking at thoes pictures again, it looked like your mom litterally scared the shit out of the cow. Glad to hear she's ok.

Yep. Sure did.

 

[Sevensecondsuv]

That car would be so easy and cheap to fix. All it really needs is glass, a hood, grille, and headlight, maybe a mirror. It still runs and drives fine. It's just too bad that I have absolutely no good reason to own a third car and don't have the $1000 it would take to buy it back and fix it.