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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ OT: Porsche vs. Bird
Posted by: Headrage Jun 22 2005, 11:14 AM
How fast do these cars go?
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Posted by: Headrage Jun 22 2005, 11:14 AM
Another
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Posted by: Headrage Jun 22 2005, 11:15 AM
Last.
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Posted by: redshift Jun 22 2005, 11:19 AM
one of the hazzards of playing chicken
Posted by: Mark Henry Jun 22 2005, 11:25 AM
What was the last thing to go thru that chicken's mind???
It's asshole 
Chicken a la Porsche
Posted by: ArtechnikA Jun 22 2005, 11:38 AM
that Euro plate and the spotless garage suggest that photo was not taken in the US.
it's a little known fact that the European swallow can travel up to 200 mph, as they are not migratory...
with a fast enough bird, that car couldda been parked.
hitting a 5-lb bird at even 100 mph would be unpleasant.
Posted by: Scott Schroeder Jun 22 2005, 11:44 AM
Is that an African or European swallow?
Was it unladen?
Posted by: SLITS Jun 22 2005, 11:45 AM
Obviously the bird was trying to answer the phone.
Posted by: Jeroen Jun 22 2005, 12:41 PM
German car
word is that the car was going about 140mph at impact...
Posted by: ArtechnikA Jun 22 2005, 12:46 PM
| QUOTE (Scott Schroeder @ Jun 22 2005, 01:44 PM) |
| Is that an African or European swallow? Was it unladen? |
i believe it was a European swallow, although a cocoanut would certainly have contributed to the damage...
Posted by: iamchappy Jun 22 2005, 12:55 PM
Looks kinda like a Pheasant to me after a close range 12 gauge shotgun blast.
Posted by: ClayPerrine Jun 22 2005, 12:56 PM
How was it carrying a coconut? Did the swallow grip it by the husk? And how can a tiny swallow carry a coconut?
It looks to me like a windshield impact test done in a lab.
Posted by: tat2dphreak Jun 22 2005, 01:23 PM
are you suggesting that a 10 oz swallow could carry a 2 lb. coconut?
it's not a question of where he grips it, it's a simple matter of weight ratios
Posted by: airsix Jun 22 2005, 01:24 PM
I saw a sage grouse (about 6lb typical weight) do almost the same damage to a GMC Suburban windshield. Impact was at about 70mph. Penetration was partial.
-Ben M.
Posted by: michel richard Jun 22 2005, 01:27 PM
It's not the swallow that was carrying a coconut. It's the rube behind the knight who was chasing the swallow to figure out the bird's speed to gain permission to cross a bridge . . .
Posted by: grantsfo Jun 22 2005, 01:37 PM
Yikes! I know I have had my Boxster up to 155 MPH. That impact must have been over 100 mph.
Posted by: synthesisdv Jun 22 2005, 01:42 PM
at least that duck had good aim, man that is a dead on center hit.
Posted by: ClayPerrine Jun 22 2005, 01:51 PM
Neh! Neh! Neh!!
Bring me a Shubberey!!!!!!!
Posted by: TROJANMAN Jun 22 2005, 01:52 PM
since when did euorpeans start driving auto trans?
Posted by: michel richard Jun 22 2005, 02:06 PM
| QUOTE (tat2dphreak @ Jun 22 2005, 11:23 AM) |
| are you suggesting that a 10 oz swallow could carry a 2 lb. coconut? it's not a question of where he grips it, it's a simple matter of weight ratios |
Listen. In order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right?
Posted by: Mueller Jun 22 2005, 02:10 PM
| QUOTE (ArtechnikA @ Jun 22 2005, 10:38 AM) |
| and the spotless garage suggest that photo was not taken in the US. |
so that implies us Americans have messy, sloppy, disorganized garages????
oh wait, I guess you might be correct
Posted by: tat2dphreak Jun 22 2005, 02:57 PM
| QUOTE (Mueller @ Jun 22 2005, 03:10 PM) | ||
so that implies us Americans have messy, sloppy, disorganized garages???? oh wait, I guess you might be correct |
Qarl is THE exception, and he might be european, we don't know...
Posted by: Tom Perso Jun 22 2005, 06:01 PM
That would explain his strange smell... 
Tom
Posted by: Brando Jun 22 2005, 06:18 PM
The FAA Chicken Gun strikes again!
Posted by: jimtab Jun 22 2005, 06:21 PM
| QUOTE (TROJANMAN @ Jun 22 2005, 11:52 AM) |
| since when did euorpeans start driving auto trans? |
Hey, they have challenged drivers in Europe too.......
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