dave870 Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 We went down to TAIL OF THE DRAGON N C this past weekend .Had a great weekend coming back wife was driving 40 mins from house .Cat comes out of nowhere we hit it .I jump out to look at my car all the inserts are busted out of the front bumper so i go down the road picking up my plastic inserts and underneath plastic drive home get under car bumper cover under inserts is cracked on both sides can believe a cat can do this much damage !!! Its just plastic but iam heart broken called the insurance company they wanted to know if i knew the owners of the cat and did it have a collar are you mucking kidding me ,It was Dark at night no houses around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywickedshelby Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Sorry to hear about the car........RIP cat...... A friend of mine hit a Javalena pig in his SS last year in Terlingua......Im pretty sure all it did was bust his splitter! That must have been one hell of a cat to do all that damage! so......how was the TAIL OF THE DRAGON? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NordicShelby Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 I hit some tread from a Semi tire and thought for sure my entire front end was destroyed....amazingly there was not even a scratch. I bet the cat jumped right before impact. I bet the phone rep was a cat lover.....now if it was a DOG I could understand wanting to find the owner...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2+2 Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Forget the cat. Is your hood scoop OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXSGT Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 The only reason why I would be looking for a collar is for where to send the repair bills to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGT/SC2873 Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 reason they asked about the collar and/or id of owner was to help you by going after them...it is called subrogation. If successful, they can collect back your damages and to include your deductible. May have seemed like a stupid question at the time, but you would be amazed how much subrogation money is collected each year this way. JMO Glad she didn't lose control in the process. Bet the cat won't do that again. Sorry, not a big cat fan....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave870 Posted May 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Tail of the dragon was great .also did clingmans dome in the smokies great view .We went down with mustang mafia out of ky great time had 26 cars on the dragon 3 were shelbys sweet!! Cat was dead as a door nail when i got out of the car id say when it hit the intercooler it was all over for it .Hood scoop still great cat never got above the license .plate THANK GOODNESS Yea my buddy hit a coon out in new mexico going over a 100+ never left a scratch on his 2012 GT 500 Some times your the bug sometimes your the windshield i guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachman Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 I hit a "pit bull" at 50 mph and it crushed the radiator, intercooler front end was damaged beyond repair. $10,000.00 in repairs. Lucky the Allstate adjuster was a mustang owner. Trying to expain the Revan Racing Shelby radiator and intercooler cost and Ford halogen lights wasn't easy. Hope all goes well with your repair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karashemshek Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Damn Cat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilmor Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Sorry to see this - hope you get it fixed up ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordRocks1 Posted May 10, 2012 Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 Sorry to hear the bad news, any pics of the damage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve.Madrid Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Sorry to hear that. I hit a fox one night but was going maybe 35mph. All I saw was a small animal and a bushy tail. Had some 'fox' on the front plastic but luckily no damage. Think it went under the car and limped off. Didn't see it behind me. Still can't believe a cat did all that to you. Hope you get it sorted out easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffIsHereToo Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Forget the cat. Is your hood scoop OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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