RX22

I was going the speed limit, checked my rear view mirror and when I looked back ahead, I saw this beige flash in my left headlight and heard this thud. It left a 6" crack in my front bumper. Actually I thoght it was going to be worse from the sound. Everything else looks perfect. Very frustrating!!

whosyourbaba

very sorry to hear, but its an excuse to get a kit.

I almost hit my dad's benz because 2 deers decided to run towards the car, but i had to floor it to make the engine loud to scare away the deer.

rX-n-sa

Sorry to here about that Garry. I almost hit one in my neighborhood the other night. Had about fifteen of them running through a green belt. Let me know how it turns out.
Josh

khoney

Bummer, man. I have this fear of hitting a deer myself (I live in Timberwood Park). Saw a couple on the side of the road on Blanco over the weekend. Makes me think it's only a matter of time...

Rob Tomlin

I wish I could remember the statistic about how many millions of dollars in damages collisions with deers cost on a yearly basis. It's incredibly high.

Sorry about the car, but glad you are ok. Any idea how the deer made out?

irish8

Ouch!!! Pic's? Time to pony up and buy the MS front spoiler.

Oh yeah...how is the deer?

- Irish

SantozRx8

whats up with these freakin terrorist like animals these days ?

241Commuter

I once hit a deer in a 1975 Ford Econoline pickup. The deer was obviously an ex-deer (as viewed in my side mirror). The truck had absolutely no damage. Nada. No dents, no scratches no fur. Really felt bad about the deer though.

Napboy

i hit a cone on the freeway a couple of weeks ago going pretty fast. $380 for the front bumper piece painted. not too bad. sorry to hear about it.

RX22

I just want my stock bumper fixed.

As for the deer, she was limping off when I got out of my car, chased her down and beat the **** out of her!!

Rxdriftingaction

u sick... y doing that?! so sad..... poor dear...

Grabitquick

I suppose it could have been worse--like a moose, although that sounds more likely in Minnesota than Texas. Hope the fix-it cost isn't too great.

irish8

RX22...Lol!!

Did she put up a fight? Did you Bitch slap her a couple of times? Damn deer's!!

- Irish :D

fluque

^^ Were you driving a Mclaren?

Overport

Ouch! Sorry to hear about that, how much damage did it leave? Pics?

takahashi j

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that freaking sucks man, sorry to hear that a deer owned ur car. and i was complaining about rocks...were u drivin in the backroads/touge or something?

Lufa

I hit a deer before in Idaho, in my mom's old Datsun station wagon when I was 16.

Scared the crap out of me, I thought I hit a person for a sec. The collision (I was going about 50-60) smashed the front right quarter panel, took out the light, crumpled the hood so it wouldnt lock down, but the engine/radiator was fine, I had to drive home about 10 miles on a back country road going about 15 mph so the hood wouldnt fly open with a dead buck in the back.


It was messy, blood everywhere and gory fur tufts stuck around where the headlight used to be. My parents were intially pissed, then concerened, then happy I was OK, then pissed again when they saw the back of the car and all the dried blood every where. (There was a tarp in the back... apparently in my shock it did not occur to me to put the deer on it)

At least we had vension for a couple weeks...

RX22

Okay, here's a humorous update on my saga. I took my car in to get the friggin' bumper replaced this morning. My insurance company had arranged for me to get a rent a car while mine is in the shop. The rental car place is connected to this big repair shop. Anyway the chick that works there is 45 minutes late to work so I have to wait for her to drag her *** in this morning. There were 3 of us, not too happy customers, waiting for her. Anyway after we do all the paperwork, she loads us in her little mini-van to take us to get our beauties that we'll be driving.

Okay, when she pulls out of the Body Shop parking lot w/ us all in the van, she has a friggin' wreck!! Has to be the worst driver I've ever seen. There was no way in hell she could pull out and she just floors it and hits this other car. All of us just looked at each other, like what the hell was she thinking. I think she was just totally flustered from the whole morning.

Anyway, the body shop guy was cool. While they're replacing the bumper, their going to fix a couple of rock chips on my front airdam, and install my clear corners and add the amber bulbs. So at least something good will come out of this whole ordeal.

StewC625

At least you didn't have happen what happened to me a bunch of years ago. Driving home from work, late at night (this in 1981), in my 1979 VW Scirocco on I-80 in central Iowa. Summer job at an amusement park about 30 miles from home. About 10 miles from home in the Iowa farmland, 11:00 at night, 85+ mph, and my windshield absolutely explodes into me. WTF???

I pull over to the right, luckily not going off the road, there's glass everywhere in the car and a gaping hole though the right side of the windshield. As I pull over, I feel this SOMETHING brushing against my arm - I reach up and flip on the domelight and buried into the passenger seatback is a large BIRD of some kind - his wing is flapping in death throes.

There's glass, blood, feathers, god knows what else all over the car.

Long story shorter, I was lucky - it was a 6 lb ringneck pheasant - and it flew straight into the windshield and blew all the way through it - destroying the windshield, rippling the roof above the windshield, and ruining the passenger seat. I shudder to think what might have happened if it had come through the center or my side of the car.

Denzalo

That would have been one FREAK accident for sure!

czr

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StewC625,

Reminds me of a movie with the deer scene with Chris Farley and David Spade- "Tommy Boy." Holy Schnikes!

jtimbck2

One of my coworkers hit a cow on the highway a couple years ago in his Toyota Celica. This is a 4-lane US highway (which most people treat like an interstate, and drive at interstate speeds). It runs along side some farmland in this particular area, and a cow had wandered over/through the fence and was standing in the middle of the road.

The cow rolled over the entire top of the car; the most damage was done to the rear, believe it or not! The guy wasn't seriously injured, but the car was totaled and the cow had to be shot.

mpt_yellowRX8

At least you got some dinner out of the whole ordeal. Or did you leave her on the side of the road? In Louisiana you always bring your roadkill home, especially deer!