3pt1lumina Posted February 23, 2007 Report Posted February 23, 2007 Well, tonight I hit a deer with my car at 60 mph. There were 3 in the road.I swerved and missed 2, and 1 was quite unlucky when I went underneath him with the nose of my car and flipped him up in the air, then as he landed back on the ground ran into his back legs and broke them; at least I think I did. He laid on the side of the road for a good long time and tried to run away, but couldn't stand on his back legs, he just kept falling to the ground. (this especially made me happy since my window was open and I heard the crunch, so that's how I'm guessing they're broken :-) and cuz he hurt my car). So I file a police report and I got to ride in the cop car with the lights on to go get the address of where it happened in front of. That was the best part of the night. And he was driving an Impala so that made it sweet. I don't think I'll run this through the insurance company, though. But I haven't decided yet. Most likely not. Okay so, mainly, front right fender, hood, bumper, right headlight and maybe the inner fender are damaged, but it's too dark to tell. When I got home I took pics. I'll have better ones after I wash it tomorrow at work. BTW, the roads were dry when this happened it was NOT snowing. It started about 2 hrs later when I got home. Quote
Brian P Posted February 23, 2007 Report Posted February 23, 2007 Venison should be the next Beef. Sorry to hear the bastard messed up your car. Quote
3pt1lumina Posted February 23, 2007 Author Report Posted February 23, 2007 At least it's not real bad. I'm really really happy the airbags didn't go off and I hit the deer with the corner, well..mainly the corner. I did hit him in the middle of the car to start with. Quote
68grandprix Posted February 23, 2007 Report Posted February 23, 2007 I hit a deer a few years ago with my Sunturd. It tried to get up and fell into the ditch and kept trying to get up but couldn't. I figured I better kill it so it wouldn't suffer, so I went to my friend's house around the corner (gravel road) and asked if he had something to kill a deer. He got a baseball bat! Anyway, we went back, and luckily for the deer it must not have been hurt as bad as I thought, because it was gone. It would have been pretty crazy killing a deer with a bat. Jimmy Quote
MonteCarloDude Posted February 23, 2007 Report Posted February 23, 2007 sorry that blows man. at lest your ok and the lumina is not too bad. good luck with the car man. Quote
joey b Posted February 23, 2007 Report Posted February 23, 2007 since it was an "act of God" it may be covered under your comprehensive coverage. I know with my company it would be and I have a zero deductible comprehensive. Quote
Crimson Fury Z Posted February 23, 2007 Report Posted February 23, 2007 be a good idea to look under the hood and elsewhere in the front for structural damage. my granparents smacked one in their 95 olds 98, 88, a big 4 door.......and just damaged the hood and grill. upon further investigating, the hood latch bracket, cross bars in the front, and the radiator were damaged. better safe than sorry. Quote
3pt1lumina Posted February 23, 2007 Author Report Posted February 23, 2007 Here's a couple of pictures after washing it this morning at work. $1,427.47 in damage according to just one of the estimates I got. I have a $500 deductible, so I don't know what I am going to do yet. According to my body shop at work (where the estimate came from; I would not have them do the work because they suck) there is nothing bent structurally and hood can be saved because it's only bent down on the one corner. So I am going to price a headlight and fender, and compare prices and call my dad's friend who did the restoration on my Chevelle and see what he thinks. If he wants to fix it for $500 with no insurance company I probably will do that.... I don't know yet, though. Quote
runt Posted February 23, 2007 Report Posted February 23, 2007 Sorry about your car, but fuck you for being happy that the deer was hurt. Quote
3pt1lumina Posted February 23, 2007 Author Report Posted February 23, 2007 Oh, btw, I should have mentioned, the cop did take care of the deer. He didn't suffer too long. Sorry if that part about me being happy about the deer offended anyone. I didn't mean to if it did. Quote
Crazy K Posted February 23, 2007 Report Posted February 23, 2007 I agree, being happy about injuring the deer.... FTL the damage I can see is very minimal. Buy a headlight. if it were my car I would try to massage the dents out carefully, since they are relatively minor. if that doesn't work, then get the new fender if you report it, it might raise your insurance rates. Save reporting for something really serious. Quote
Euro Posted February 23, 2007 Report Posted February 23, 2007 lol whats the big deal...fuck the deer!!!!! they're just animals that sucks dave!!! at least the damage isn't too bad Quote
FordBoy Posted February 23, 2007 Report Posted February 23, 2007 In a sence we are "animals" to i feel bad for the deer to be honest. Deer a stupid though so they see headlights they think "ohh whats tha...bam! Quote
Andrew Posted February 23, 2007 Report Posted February 23, 2007 im with Ken on this one. those dents look like they could be massaged out, especially since the paint didnt chip. the hood is hardly bent at the corner, so that really should be a big deal to hand fix, unless you are super anal about your W. new headlight + pop out dents = cheap fix! everyone defends a deer until they hit one...... Quote
Crazy K Posted February 23, 2007 Report Posted February 23, 2007 deer collision -> wrecked car -> injured deer -> visions of Geena Davis killing a deer in "The Color of Night". FTW! Quote
19Cutlass94 Posted February 23, 2007 Report Posted February 23, 2007 speaking of venison, I had some for lunch! Quote
Hairdo12 Posted February 23, 2007 Report Posted February 23, 2007 Looks like a fender and a headlight... come to a Buffalo JY and you are looking at a $40 repair job. Quote
AWeb80 Posted February 23, 2007 Report Posted February 23, 2007 ah, you got a ways to go...i've had over half the car repainted or panels replaced from 3 deer.... ...sorry to hear about that though. Quote
Addicted To Boost Posted February 23, 2007 Report Posted February 23, 2007 Deer SUCK ASS! I'm glad you got a good laugh about it. I was riding with my mom one day when she hit a deer going 60... the deer flew over the car and landed in a ditch full of water and pretty much drowned because of it... I laughed at the deer. Quote
FordBoy Posted February 23, 2007 Report Posted February 23, 2007 im with Ken on this one. those dents look like they could be massaged out, especially since the paint didnt chip. the hood is hardly bent at the corner, so that really should be a big deal to hand fix, unless you are super anal about your W. new headlight + pop out dents = cheap fix! everyone defends a deer until they hit one...... I hit 2 with my old car so i know what its like. but i had worse damage on both hits then this hit x4+ Quote
J Posted February 24, 2007 Report Posted February 24, 2007 speaking of venison, I had some for lunch! i will be eating that plus buffalo, elk, moose, bear and other shit tomrrow at the wild game dinner. I was driving my trailblazer a few months ago and i actually tried to hit one, Jess made me hit the brakes. I have my guttin knife in the truck just incase. That bastard would be gutted and hung in the garage until i could butcher it...yum yum ymu Quote
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