I took the Maverick through a drive-through "safari"

[siberdraknon]

I was at an African Safari Wildlife Park in Ohio today.

They have a drive-through area where you can drive through with cups of food and feed the animals outside your windows. There were signs all over suggesting they weren't responsible for damage, which I should've taken as a warning. After entering, I quickly realized this was a terrible idea, but I was stuck and had to proceed. I was one of the first few vehicles in and we got swarmed by the animals pretty quickly. A pair of ankole-watsui cattle with 5' horns on each side hit the side of the truck pretty good and I heard metal banging sounds. Awhile later the whole truck shook and a bison had snuck up on the passenger side and pushed the truck. Luckily I decided to keep the windows closed as other cars had giant animals sticking their heads very far into the cars.

I had feared the worst and took a close look in the parking lot after I got out of the drive-through. I didn't see any obvious dents/damage but there was so much snot and drool and dirt I was sure the damage would be obvious after a simple wash. Surprisingly, there was no actual damage to be found. So, consider the Maverick Safari tested, lol.

I'd never take a nice vehicle into there again.

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[BobMcD]

Back in the '70s when vinyl roofs were all the rage, I drove through a similar park. I only lost my radio antenna, but the monkeys went wild over every car with a vinyl roof. Not a single vinyl roof passed through unscathed and most had all the vinyl totally ripped off. The park said they like the glue.