My second daughter (the same one who had her 300D totalled last July by a F-150) hit a deer last night ('84 300D - Amber's)

Her and her dad (me) handled it much better than the former accident. Both of us were calm and didn't have to apologize afterwards.

The deer was dead immediately and the car came through it pretty well. No fluids or hose problems. Just the passenger front corner and the passenger door (it still opens fine)

Don

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'99.5 Jetta TDI IV 251k (Julie's)
'97 Jetta TDI 127k (Amber's)
'97 Jetta TDI 186k (Matt's)
'96 Passat TDI 237k (Don's
'84 300D 211k Mint (Arne- Undergoing Greasecar Conversion)

SOLD:
'82 240D 229k (Matt's - Converted-300DT w/ 4 speed

Hello Don
Great to hear that everyone is ok.
Sad that the car got wacked.
Do you have enough parts to fix it, when the weather warms up?

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Hit one a couple of years ago, but more like a side swipe. I think this suicide deer thing is becoming an epidemic.

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glad she ok!!!!

hummmmmm i can smell those venison loins grilling on the bbq now!!!!!

my sister-in-law got her deer last week!!!! wiped out the whole front end of her 03 ranger 4x4!!!! to me it says alot for those tuff mbz's !!!!!

kinda a bad way to get it done, but now you can replace that fender and get rid of that rust!!!!

but seriously its great she wasnt hurt!! glad she was in a benz!!!

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Sorry to hear your misfortune, at least your daughter is alright.
As they say in the fights, if you think I look bad, look at the other guy! I bet it mauled that deer! While I've became almost paranoid looking for deer at night, I worry about it much more in the talon. Not so much that it'd probably "total" the car but that I might not be so lucky to just hit it and it fall over. More than likely I'd trip it and have a passenger in the car!

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2005 Avalanche 4x4 ~66k

The damage doesn't appear too bad, you should not have much trouble getting it back into shape. At least nobody was hurt.

Feel like sharing some of your deer jurky with me?

I think your car looks great. There are over one MILLION deer hits per year in the United States.... Many smaller or newer cars have sloping hoods which might have directed even a non jumping deer into the windshield area....
Cars can be replaced.... people can not....

glad no one was hurt. the damage to the car looks very repairable. remember the other members car (james /black cd) was completely wrecked by hitting a deer so this wasn't nearly as bad.

Funeral for a Friend or Deer in the Headlights

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Thanks for all the support:

1. Yep, I have lots of parts for replacement and hopefully will arrest some of the rust.

2. Someone else snagged the deer. We have half a freezer of deer still

3. Very fortunate and thank the Lord that the deer didn't come through the windshield. This is the 4th deer we've hit in the last 13 years of living in the country.

Don

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DAILY DRIVERS:
'84 300DT 298k (Aubrey's)
'99.5 Jetta TDI IV 251k (Julie's)
'97 Jetta TDI 127k (Amber's)
'97 Jetta TDI 186k (Matt's)
'96 Passat TDI 237k (Don's
'84 300D 211k Mint (Arne- Undergoing Greasecar Conversion)

SOLD:
'82 240D 229k (Matt's - Converted-300DT w/ 4 speed

Don,

You and I are tied. We've each hit four, and my wife has hit three.

Glad you are all OK and have parts to fix it.

About 8 years ago, someone was killed (decapitated) when a car traveling in the opposite direction hit a deer and it flew up and over into their car path and went through the windshield. This was by our house next to the GM proving grounds.

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'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
'61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes
2004 Papillon (Oliver)
2005 Tzitzu (Griffon)
2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba)

Glad you and your daughter are ok. The damage doesn't really look that bad.

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I just hit a deer in November and it was a scary incident (so fast) and ended up being a frustrating experience with the insurance co so I wish you much luck.

Paul

I heard of somebody hitting a bear. It killed the car and pissed off the bear

BTW I like venison salami:p

Sorry to hear about that. I am glad everyone is ok and it was not brown. Hope you get her fixed up again.

My mother hit a deer a little over a year ago in her CLK Cabriolet. Similar damage including the windshield and the top. The tab was well....You can imagine.

Take it easy!

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87' 300d 169k (junk but fast)
85' 300tdt 261k (RBM parts delivery)
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