i bought a brand new 05 sti in 06, got a reckless driving ticket and ins went out of the roof!!, sold it and bought my 02 protege 5, quite the down grade i must say, sorry lol. but after a fully built motor and a nice boost kit, im quite happy... about 2 years ago i met my beautiful girlfriend lol.... bla bla bla.. long story short she didnt like her car and so we decided to go to mazda and just "look" at some mazda wagons, her not knowing much about cars i said lets go look at the ms3 hahhahaha.. so 5 hours later we had a brand new ms3 in our garage, i think 23 miles on the odo... next morning shes driving to work and hits a cow... poor car was only alive 39 miles... sorry for the retarded story just thought id share..
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lol, how the hell did she hit a cow. is it totalled? pics? I mean, can you really just happen to miss a cow in the road.
i know hitting a deer is considered a not at fault accident, so i can imagine a cow to be much different. does the MS3 have some kind of replacement plan for just that instance?
Oh, and hows the girl?
i know hitting a deer is considered a not at fault accident, so i can imagine a cow to be much different. does the MS3 have some kind of replacement plan for just that instance?
Oh, and hows the girl?
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(crazy)a cow? sorry man!
the road she was on is really hilly up and down for about 3 miles....and weve had some really weird rainy weather out here in sacramento, ive always tought her to just hit whatever is in front of her instead of swerving, unless of course its a person.. she was ok broken nose from air bag but no magor injuries, and yes the car is totaled out but our insurance is covering it... its not at fault though so thats good. shes a chp officer so i know she can drive! haha 
Metallic36
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LOL That's what I was thinking.. a cow?! Man, I bet the impact of that sucked.. poor cow.
Metallic36
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drgnzadiel101
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so just hit whatever is in front of you with your car? what retarded logic is that? its not a ******* bulldozer or snow plow wtf???
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^^^^^^^^steering wheel musta locked up............
I know out here in NC we have bears and deer that regularly run out into the roads, if you swerve to miss them and wreck in a ditch or something the State Troopers will say you are 100% at fault if there is no evidence of a deer or whatnot.
So they always say to hit what's in the road, don't swerve.
Fiji Mazda3
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Bingo. You're better off going straight, hitting the brakes and hitting the object in front of you. You swerve, you run the risk of running into someone coming the other way, which would be a lot worse.
racerx43269
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im all for running s*** over... well kinda... its that way in cali and kansas... being that im from the sacramento area... where was she like in galt or something? or BFE? lol... I hit a rabbit at about a hundred and it demolished my frount mount and a portion of my a/c condensor adn radiator... insurance ended up getting me a new bumper adn replacing all that good stuff... i dont feel bad for the cow anyways... stupid thing shouldnt have been there... sorry to hear bout the car tho...
ganzhimself
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I've seen the consequences of swerving to miss an animal in the road, and it ain't pretty. Hit the brakes and keep the car going straight and hope for the best. If you're lucky, the dumb animal gets out of the way before you hit it. And honestly, having to deal with the insurance company on a comprehensive clame rather than a collision claim is much easier.
susamafone
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ive learned to hit whatever comes my way. i swerved to miss a dog in the middle of a turn. learned alot after $3600
