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My turn to get hit by a deer
I just got broadsided by a deer on the way to work today.
Not too much damage, I think I can get the dent removal guy to push it out. The car really held up well. I'm impressed. I hate deer.
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Deer are beautiful to look at and watch move.....
until you see them in the headlights stupidly staring at your car until it hits them.
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So the deer ran into you - not you running into a deer?
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits! |
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that is right. the deer failed to yield!
i am still lucky that I did not hit him head on. I think frontal damage is probably beyond the dent removal guy's scope of work. the deer hit the bottom half of the passenger door and some of the deer hair is actually still on the car (the door handle). yuck.
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There was a guy here in Ga this past week that died after he hit a deer while riding a 4 wheeler at 3 am in the morning.
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It's all good though, everyone is fine (even the deer I think). I could have been worse. Yes, deer are beautiful!
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And tasty! BTW today I drove the 350SDL which I bought from you, it has temporarily become my daily driver, and I must say the power was impressive! I passed a number of vehicles which were causing blockages in traffic flow, all six or so going only 50 mph on an interstate freeway where the speed limit is 70. Swirling around them quickly and carefully was a breeze.
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Strelnik Invest in America: Buy a Congressman! 1950 170SD 1951 Citroen 11BN 1953 Citroen 11BNF limo 1953 220a project 1959 180D 1960 190D 1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr 1983 240D daily driver 1983 380SL 1990 350SDL daily driver alt 3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5 3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6 |
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The new cars from Mercedes just don't have the visual appeal. Glad to hear the SDL is doing well. I am glad I sold it to you. I could have sold it for more locally but could not risk selling it to some unknown yahoo who might put spinners on it. Thanks again. Stay warm in Michigan.
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My wife jumped our TDI over a dead deer in the highway last winter going 60mph. It was dark and rainy and she didn't see it until the last second. Thankfully she saw it too late to swerve and hit it square in the back. If she'd swerved and hit it on one side or the other I'd probably be a windower right now. $3000 dollars later, from the insurance company, only 100 bill out of my pocket and the car was fixed.
Here is what was underneath the next morning
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Deer seem to me to be amazing animals...
...amazingly stupid animals if they run into the side of a moving vehicle.
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits! |
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I bet it didn't have any insurance, either.
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Yeah right - bloody deers coming over here taking our jobs and our women too...
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits! |
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You can skip my turn.
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83 300TD (need rear wiper assembly dead or alive) 84 300SD Daily driver 85 300TD almost 400k miles and driven daily. 98 E300D *sold 86 300SDL *sold and made flawless 10 hour journey to new home. |
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We'll have to see what happens after the next presidential election.
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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver 1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone 1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy! 1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits! |
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