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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 04:24 AM
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UK RX8 vs wildlife - 0/0 draw

So I've been an owner of a nice 04 plate rx8 for about the past month - I live in the shetland islands which has quite a lot of agriculture, and to make a long story short yesterday I hit a particularly fat lamb and did this:

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Really quite pissed off, but came here to try to get advice on costs for fixing this as well as general maintenance stuff

Nice little pre-wildlife photo:

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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 06:07 AM
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Originally Posted by ChrisShetland
So I've been an owner of a nice 04 plate rx8 for about the past month - I live in the shetland islands which has quite a lot of agriculture, and to make a long story short yesterday I hit a particularly fat lamb and did this:


Really quite pissed off, but came here to try to get advice on costs for fixing this as well as general maintenance stuff

Nice little pre-wildlife photo:
Did you at least have lamb chops for dinner?

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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 06:12 AM
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MGB? I have one too

I don't know much about autobody but it looks fixable you might need to remove the bird form the oil cooler first tho
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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 06:29 AM
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Did you at least have lamb chops for dinner?
'Friad not, actually the farmer was pretty pissed about the whole thing - he should sort out his fences so there aren't sheep on the road but there we go...

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MGB? I have one too

I don't know much about autobody but it looks fixable you might need to remove the bird form the oil cooler first tho
Ha yeah, didn't even notice the bird beforehand - maybe it was riding around on the sheep's back :P
The MGB needs a bit of work, it's basically mechanically sound but sounds like a tractor, I haven't had a chance to get it in the garage yet and find out just what's wrong with it.

I'm taking the RX8 away to a friend's body shop tomorrow - so at least the labor rate won't be too bad. Given what they cost second hand in the UK though (Bought this one having just had a full new exhaust and, upgraded starter motor etc for £3k/$4.5k) the cost of new body panels particularly from mazda themselves is just frightening!

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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 06:36 AM
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Ha yeah, the MGB needs a bit of work, it's basically mechanically sound but sounds like a tractor, I haven't had a chance to get it in the garage yet and find out just what's wrong with it.

I'm taking the RX8 away to a friend's body shop tomorrow - so at least the labor rate won't be too bad. Given what they cost second hand in the UK though (Bought this one having just had a full new exhaust and, upgraded starter motor etc for £3k/$4.5k) the cost of new body panels particularly from mazda themselves is just frightening!
Thats because it has a tractor engine in it or rather the tractor has the B's engine in it
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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 08:23 AM
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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 08:31 AM
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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 08:52 AM
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The Sheep Tornado, that's a classic.
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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 01:20 PM
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LMFAO

But, to the OP... dang that sucks. I hope you get it fixed.
It doesn't look too bad though, I'm sure the body shop could repair that.
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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 01:30 PM
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new zealand lamb- ***** delicious
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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 10:28 PM
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I never eaten lamb before...lol
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Old Jul 22, 2013 | 08:12 AM
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I have
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Old Jul 22, 2013 | 08:12 AM
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pics of the lamb in question?
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