DaveDisco3
Member Since: 29 Apr 2014
Location: Gretton, Northamptonshire.
Posts: 597
  
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Driving to the gym the other day and two deer ran out, lucky I was only doing about 30mph, one hit the front of the D3 and one ran into my door and down the side step.
I only got a hairy mud rash on my door and that seems the only damage!
Impressed with how quick the car stopped considering I have standard brakes.
They look tiny in the video and they were not large ones, but their heads were about 10-12" above the bonnet. D3 Tonga HSE 2005
Sport body kit
Beanie grille
LED interior lights
LED side lights
De-tango
IID Bluetooth
Icarsoft i930
Clock on dash
Three flash indicators
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DaveDisco3
Member Since: 29 Apr 2014
Location: Gretton, Northamptonshire.
Posts: 597
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D3 Tonga HSE 2005
Sport body kit
Beanie grille
LED interior lights
LED side lights
De-tango
IID Bluetooth
Icarsoft i930
Clock on dash
Three flash indicators
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| 22nd Jan 2016 7:31 am |
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Discomadness
Member Since: 19 Jan 2015
Location: Caerphilly
Posts: 2256
 
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Lucky there mate ! Friend of mine had a spell in hospital when one dived out in front of his escort a few years back. Jarrod
Current : D3 2007 HSE - AKA the lemon
-beanie grille
-detango with led bulbs
-club body off rebuild. TWICE.
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| 22nd Jan 2016 7:56 am |
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Alan B
Member Since: 12 Feb 2013
Location: Fife
Posts: 6528
 
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It's a wonder you saw them,
I'd be putting brighter bulbs in my lights if I was you
 D3 57 xs Stornaway grey
D2 02 commercial silver gone but a great servant and won't be forgotten
Iid Bluetooth
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| 22nd Jan 2016 8:20 am |
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DaveDisco3
Member Since: 29 Apr 2014
Location: Gretton, Northamptonshire.
Posts: 597
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Recently put osram nightbreakers in high and dipped beam (xenon) D3 Tonga HSE 2005
Sport body kit
Beanie grille
LED interior lights
LED side lights
De-tango
IID Bluetooth
Icarsoft i930
Clock on dash
Three flash indicators
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| 22nd Jan 2016 10:57 am |
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Hairy Dan
Member Since: 19 Jan 2011
Location: Co. Durham
Posts: 12319
 
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I nearly got this one just before Christmas
Cheers Ian
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Club N.E.R.D.S
Kielder 4x4 Safari
Discoless
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| 22nd Jan 2016 12:50 pm |
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dubbs
Member Since: 18 Apr 2012
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 3626
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HD what camera is that? Excellent night video quality
Compared to the other vid... MY15 DIY Black Pack (Better than factory and half the price!)
Prospeed rock/tree sliders w/steps
HSE Winter wheels
TransK9 B24
Travall Cargo Guard
Hatchbag
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| 22nd Jan 2016 3:54 pm |
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DaveDisco3
Member Since: 29 Apr 2014
Location: Gretton, Northamptonshire.
Posts: 597
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Mine was £18 off Ebay!! D3 Tonga HSE 2005
Sport body kit
Beanie grille
LED interior lights
LED side lights
De-tango
IID Bluetooth
Icarsoft i930
Clock on dash
Three flash indicators
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| 22nd Jan 2016 4:00 pm |
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Hairy Dan
Member Since: 19 Jan 2011
Location: Co. Durham
Posts: 12319
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Mine was a bit more  It's a Blackvue DR400G-HD Cheers Ian
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Club N.E.R.D.S
Kielder 4x4 Safari
Discoless
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| 22nd Jan 2016 4:02 pm |
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sean 471
Member Since: 26 Apr 2011
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 2990
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I was driving though Scotland last summer late at night North of Ullapool and you don't want to collide with those big buggars. They will make a mess and there are lots of them.
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| 22nd Jan 2016 5:11 pm |
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A.J.M
Member Since: 31 Oct 2009
Location: Carluke
Posts: 2860
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Had one run in front of mine on Wednesday night driving through Glencoe to Fort William.
Light bar was on so could see 4 of them on the hill, 3 turned away, the 4th went for it across the road.
50mph to 0mph was done rather quickly. Brembo's and decent tyres for the insurance premium save.
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| 22nd Jan 2016 6:09 pm |
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eenomc
Member Since: 07 Oct 2013
Location: Moray
Posts: 173
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Gives you quite a scare when these things run out in front of you. A95 last night was full of them, at one point slowed down for a group in the middle of the road only to watch then get mashed by a timber truck coming the other way...
+1 for the lightbar, only way to give the side vision to help spot them running down.
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| 22nd Jan 2016 6:21 pm |
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Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
Posts: 15496
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Scottish red deer aren't that big, not that much bigger than the fallow we get down here, it's Exmoor reds you don't want to tangle with they are roughly double the size of the Scottish ones  DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
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| 22nd Jan 2016 7:18 pm |
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waterbuoy
Member Since: 26 Oct 2013
Location: Argyll
Posts: 2942
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Also got one on Wednesday night - a small red this time. Sadly not only did it go under the D3 but also the 12' Ifor trailer I had on the back which has much less ground clearance - poor beast was totally mullered by the time it emerged from the rear of the trailer, but thankfully was most definitely dead.
Didn't stop to collect as I had arranged to leave the trailer outside the pre-school unit that night - a shredded Bambi is not exactly what most parents would want wee Hamish/Morag to see first thing in the morning!
Sadly hitting deer is all too common up here. Probably my most memorable was when a red deer jumped over the hedge on the side of a road cutting and landed with two of its hooves through the canvas roof of the 2CV I was driving at the time (it was a loooooong time ago  ) - deer survived, which is more than can be said for my underwear! Currently 2009 Disco 3 SE, 2013 MY D4 HSE and 2016 D4 SE
Previously:
TD5 Defender 110 CSW (230k miles)
300TDi Disco 1 (289k)
4 RR Classics (300-350k each, 2 manual, 2 auto)
110 V8 CSW (220k)
S3 109 hi cap pickup (ex RN)
S2A 88 Safari SW with lpg conversion (bloody lethal)
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| 22nd Jan 2016 8:45 pm |
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big_tom
Member Since: 05 Apr 2015
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 18
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Blimey looks close. Good quality
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