And so it happened...
Driving from Iowa to Atlanta a couple of weeks ago, I was passing someone in the interstate and ran over something big and dead in the road. I couldn't swerve to miss it - and thought my car would clear it no problem.
It didn't.
As soon as I drove over it I heard it hit-- Ka-klunk.
Crap.
I waited for the thump-thump of a flat tire or something on the car's dash to tell me I totally screwed up my car, but nothing happened.
I then got really sick and forgot all about the "dead thing in the road". Fast forward a week and as I was walking out of work, I noticed something dangling from the bottom of my car. Upon further (really far actually) looking, I realized it was something DEAD under my car.
ICK!
I went to the car wash (with an under carriage cleaning option) and tried to wash the "thing" off.
Yeah, not so much.
Dead thing 1, me 0.
I went to a local Honda dealer and they actually laughed me off the lot- they weren't gonna touch it.
Dead thing 2, me 0.
So I called MY dealer (about 15 miles away) and they told me to bring the car in this morning.
I was not so much worried about the dead animal part on my car; I was more worried about the damage it might have done when I hit it.
Ok, I was worried about the dead animal part too- It is 90 degrees here right now- I DID NOT want my car smelling like animal carcass! EW EW EW!
When I got to the dealership, we all had a good laugh and I asked them if I could take a picture of whatever it it when they get the car up on the lift.
When I walked out there, I saw THIS:
Yes- That is a
DEER RIB
hanging out of my car frame!!! It was so wedged in there, the poor mechanic was pulling so hard, the whole car was moving.
I am serious.
You can't see how wrapped up the hide and bone is in the frame. Thank goodness it didn't puncture a tire or the oil line or something.
The cool thing is, no damage to the not-even-two-month-old car. It is fully removed and they even washed my car for me.
AND, my AWESOME dealership did not even charge me for the service call. I love them!!
SO SO SO glad it is off my car!
SO GLAD!! :-)
So that was my Saturday, how was yours?
