I've been happily enjoying my sorted-out '85 w123 turbodiesel for a couple of years now, having fixed a bunch of stuff. Last night I hit a deer on I-64 West in Hurricane, WV. It was a young pronged buck, standing in the middle of the right lane. I was probably doing 75. I swerved to the outside to avoid a head-on, in doing so I clipped the deer on the left, lost traction, and spun all the way around into the median with the car coming to rest on its right side. I climbed out the sunroof. I'm lucky it didn't roll, but the left front is smashed in @ the headlight assy (even though the headlight didn't break) left front turn signal is toast, the driver's door has a crinkle in it from the impact energy transferring from the front quarterpanel to the door, and the right rear rim is destroyed from catching a concrete median drain during my slide. Curiously the tach and fuel guage don't work now either. I am unscathed. Car was lying on its right side in the grass and it didn't even break the mirror. No damage to that side!
Mercedes-Benz made some wonderful cars, I'll tell you. I was hoping to keep this one forever. It looks absolutely fixable, but you never know until you take a closer look. This car has been completely faithful. My father offered to let me have a perfect '91 190E 2.6 that he has sitting in his garage. No way it's as good as the old diesel, those cars are made out of some thick steel. I'm quite unhappy. I may have to fix it, depending on teh extent of the damage.
People, look out for the deer during the fall rut. I saw dozens of them up in those mountains, then one appeared in front of me out of nowhere. WV, MD, KY, VA- all those places are infested with them this time of the year. I wish I had my high beams on, I would have seen the animal farther up and had time to react, and this would not have happened. Be careful out there.

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'02 BMW 325i
'85 300D 450k
'93 190E 2.6 170k(killed by tree)
'08 Ducati Hypermotard 1100S 6k
'06 Ducati S2R800 14k(sold)