How bizarre is that?(wow) The second beaver I have ever seen and I punt it with my new car!
It was a dark & rainy night here in North Carolina, temp in the 40s, I guess beavers don't have to hibernate here. Anyway, I am coming home from the grocery store, no hurry, an easy 40mph in a large radius sweeper when suddenly there it is lumbering in the middle of my lane. I bet it weighed 50 pounds! I darted to the other lane as hard as I could, but the limited traction only got me halfway and I hit it with the right front. The thing was nearly invisible on a wet road, on a moonless night! It did not go under the car at all and there was so much energy absorbed by the bumper, it may have survived. There was no place to pull over and I did not want to face an angry beaver anyway.
It does not drive any differently or have any shakes. The damage appears to be totally confined to the bumper although it ripped out the fasteners in the front of the wheelwell. If I had center punched this thing and rolled it under the car I would probably ended up in the ditch.
So, how much is a front bumper?
-enganear
