RacingTeatray
Freezing in Moscow
Am hugely impressed with the strength of the windscreen on my S3!
Went on a trackday at Bedford Autodrome on Monday and a large wood pigeon flew straight into the centre of my windscreen when I was doing 105mph down the back straight. Saw it sitting by the side of the track and just had enough time to think "oh sh*t" before it flapped up in front of me. Fortunately (and somewhat to the amazement of both me and the racing instructor sitting next to me) there was just a very loud bang and a very large and icky smear of entrails, feathers and a weird white powder (vaporised pigeon dust?) on the glass.
There's not even a hairline crack which is really quite something given it was not a small bird and we were going very very fast.
I'm actually lucky it hit the windscreen as it would have made a serious mess of a headlight or grille.
As it is there's no damage to the car at all!
Went on a trackday at Bedford Autodrome on Monday and a large wood pigeon flew straight into the centre of my windscreen when I was doing 105mph down the back straight. Saw it sitting by the side of the track and just had enough time to think "oh sh*t" before it flapped up in front of me. Fortunately (and somewhat to the amazement of both me and the racing instructor sitting next to me) there was just a very loud bang and a very large and icky smear of entrails, feathers and a weird white powder (vaporised pigeon dust?) on the glass.
There's not even a hairline crack which is really quite something given it was not a small bird and we were going very very fast.
I'm actually lucky it hit the windscreen as it would have made a serious mess of a headlight or grille.
As it is there's no damage to the car at all!