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08-13-2011, 07:53 AM
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Clipped a deer
Driving home last night, a deer popped out of nowhere as they usually do. The difference here is that she saw me coming and just trotted out in front of me anyway. Narrowly missing a head on collision, I clipped the deer's leg at 45 mph and the car has almost no damage on it! It looks like it was done in a parking garage or something, and you wouldn't notice it unless it was pointed out to you.
Try getting away with that in a modern car...you can't. Plastic obviously can't hold up to impacts like steel. Plus, since my insurance plan has a $50 deductible on body damage to my car, I pay barely anything to have it fixed. Mercedes truly was engineered like no other car in the world.
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08-13-2011, 08:29 AM
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First day I had my car I did the same thing. all I have to show for it is a very small dent I've been meaning to pop out for awhile.
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hum..... 1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed
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08-13-2011, 10:29 AM
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Thank goodness the damage wasn't severe, in both our cases. Car mishaps seem to haunt me like a dark cloud, so all my friends are naturally poking fun at the situation.
If they loved cars like I do, they wouldn't be laughing. 
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Never be ashamed to ask for help. 1985 300D 1987 300SDL 1970 Jaguar E-Type OTS 2002 Dodge Intrepid (Traded In) 2011 Ford Crown Victoria
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08-13-2011, 02:02 PM
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The wife and I was driving early one morning and a deer was crossing the road and started running straight for our car. as the deer was heading towards us he jumped and I stomped on the GAS and the deer jumped over top of the clk and didn't even touch the car. My thinking was that when the deer jumped, if I would have hit the breaks, the deer would come right through the windshield. My Ninja like reflexes saved the wife and I that day.
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08-13-2011, 02:05 PM
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08-13-2011, 02:46 PM
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08-13-2011, 09:37 PM
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I clipped one in the right hindquarter about two months ago. Was doing thirty mph. Needed a hood, grille, headlight, and pull the core support back to where it belongs. Think it was $2500.00 damage.
Me and two state police went looking for it for about an hour, didn't want to see it lay there and suffer, never found it or any sign of blood. I like to believe that it survived as I never hit one before and as said above, it came out of nowhere and this was at 9:00 am.
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08-14-2011, 06:20 PM
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I clipped a deer's neck with my side view mirror a month or so ago @ ~30mph. It hit the mirror and slid along the cladding line. It only left two door ding sized dents,one on the front fender and one on the rear door. Mirror is fine.
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