a badger ran out in front of me this am on the M4 unluckly for brock my off side front wheel went over him and then the near side didnt half make a noise do you think it wise to get my tracking checked tuesday? (i cant see any other damage to the car)

Be wise to get the noise inspected before you get tracking done - something may be wearing and a little bump excited it until it settled down again

did it fix your FBH by any chance And we are just talking about a Badger.. it didn't have the Scotsman still attached via a kilt, cos that would be quite a jolt to the steering

But in all seriousness I hope that it didn't do any major damage....... many many years ago my Uncle hit a pheasant, or it might have been a peasant, anyway whatever it was it went through the engine grill and straight through the radiator of his 3 week old Granada Ghia 2.8 X Pack , he was very unhappy for weeks after  Yesterday I couldn't spell Engineer... Today I are one!
Inventor of the 'Guide-o-Matic automatic wheel alignment tool'
Former long term L322 owner, Up/Down graded to a Classic Tractor!

And be doubly grateful it wasn't a red deer. My uncle hit one of those in his old, one of those "indestructible", Volvo estates. Wrote off the Volvo entirely. Ed

You could consider yourself fortunate that it was just the wheel. By all means get the tracking done on a hunters machine, and all four wheels aligned for about £60 at say kwikfit type centre. You could also have the front wheel spun up on a balancer machine, to check it not gone slightly oval.

A work colleague of mine was cut out of his XJS jag in the mid eighties, after he hit a stray horse at around 30 mph in the fog. Believe me, that is all you need to know about it.

Just be glad that we don't live in the wilderness, cos I've been told that if you hit one of these, on a cold dark night......

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Yes, get the alignment checked sir

Especially now you have posted it on an open forum too