cadillacjeff7777 Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 Well, I am irritated. I live out in the country and am constantly dodging these suicide rabbits that dart up from the ditch and run across the road. This morning I missed two and even missed the third one but it reversed direction at the last moment and I got him. He must have knocked his skull against the front of the car pretty hard at 50mph as the fascia/bumper cover on the lower driver's side around the driving light is now broken. Ugh... $300 fascia and $410 worth of painting... 2008 DTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHE Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 How big are those rabbits? Kevin '93 Fleetwood Brougham '05 Deville '04 Deville 2013 Silverado Z71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Jim Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 Jeff... That sucks... Is it Jack rabbits or cotton tails?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac Jim Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 Was it a VW Golf? -- Click Here for CaddyInfo page on "How To" Read Your OBD Codes-- Click Here for my personal page to download my OBD code list as an Excel file, plus other Cadillac data -- See my CaddyInfo car blogs: 2011 CTS-V, 1997 ETC Yes, I was Jims_97_ETC before I changed cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadillacjeff7777 Posted October 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 Attached is a pic of the damage...Downgraded to >100K so that I can upload it here. 2008 DTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BodybyFisher Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 That is a shame Jeff, hard to believe a rabbit could do this. For future reference consider opening a photobucket.com account and just linking your photos here, no more worries about the size of your photos, Pre-1995 - DTC codes OBD1 >> 1996 and newer - DTC codes OBD2 >> https://www.obd-codes.com/trouble_codes/gm/obd_codes.htm How to check for codes Caddyinfo How To Technical Archive >> http://www.caddyinfo.com/wordpress/cadillac-how-to-faq/ Cadillac History & Specifications Year by Year http://www.motorera.com/cadillac/index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac Jim Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 I can't tell much from just a photo but the dent looks like it's just in the bumper cover. If so, it's a pull-out and touch-up job. -- Click Here for CaddyInfo page on "How To" Read Your OBD Codes-- Click Here for my personal page to download my OBD code list as an Excel file, plus other Cadillac data -- See my CaddyInfo car blogs: 2011 CTS-V, 1997 ETC Yes, I was Jims_97_ETC before I changed cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadillacjeff7777 Posted October 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 That is a shame Jeff, hard to believe a rabbit could do this. For future reference consider opening a photobucket.com account and just linking your photos here, no more worries about the size of your photos, And I have one. Just forgot about it. Usually I ftp it to one of my servers and link off of a domain but couldn't get FTP to answer... 2008 DTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadillacjeff7777 Posted October 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 I can't tell much from just a photo but the dent looks like it's just in the bumper cover. If so, it's a pull-out and touch-up job. Nope, not dented. Cracked plastic. 2008 DTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BodybyFisher Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 That is some crack for a rabbit, they must be some big rabbits in OK... Pre-1995 - DTC codes OBD1 >> 1996 and newer - DTC codes OBD2 >> https://www.obd-codes.com/trouble_codes/gm/obd_codes.htm How to check for codes Caddyinfo How To Technical Archive >> http://www.caddyinfo.com/wordpress/cadillac-how-to-faq/ Cadillac History & Specifications Year by Year http://www.motorera.com/cadillac/index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadillac Jim Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 Yeah, I see the cracked silver plastic in the big photo. Ouch. -- Click Here for CaddyInfo page on "How To" Read Your OBD Codes-- Click Here for my personal page to download my OBD code list as an Excel file, plus other Cadillac data -- See my CaddyInfo car blogs: 2011 CTS-V, 1997 ETC Yes, I was Jims_97_ETC before I changed cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfangd Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 at higher speeds even the smallest do damage. I almost hit 2 deer tuesday morning in my bus. I was booking and just barely noticed 3 at the last second. I swear I nicked the last one but didnt look back. that would have been interesting. Deer, skunks, and everything else have been outrageous this year. Your damage looks pretty minor luckily. no way to repair it? GM FAN FOREVER Nice, clean, luxury= fine automobile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprucegoose Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 Wow, that's too bad! I feel your pain, having had many animal incidents myself... Ironically, tonight I was giving a free ride to a squirrel I caught in a live trap (according to my daughters direction) and had to swerve to miss a huge possum and then 2 deer about a mile further up! Crazy around here lately, especially with deer. I've hit several of them already, including one on the motorcycle years ago. Lucky to have survived that one! I once did plaster a rabbit, while driving my '79 VW Rabbit, and it totally wiped out my front spoiler and fog light! '09 Cadillac CTS-4 3.6 direct injection, 128 K mi. '15 Chevy Tahoe LTZ, 5.3i V8, 125 K mi '70 Firebird Formula 400, Bored+.04, RAIII heads, M21 4spd., in-process restoration! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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