Deer Damage

[billcu]

It finally happened. On my way home from work, a deer ran into the side of my car damaging the fender. When it fell down, it rolled over and almost put a hoof through the driver's door window.

It put a dent in the fender and jammed it into the door keeping the door from opening.

Good thing I'm driving the winter beater.

 

[mlschultz]

Sorry to hear this, Bill. Glad you are ok.

 

[redn8]

That's terrible. That rarely happens here. What deer are here are very small.

 

[Lvnmarks]

Good thing he didn't go through your windshield. Those are a big problem here too. Glad you are ok.

 

[driller]

Wow, quite a thump. At least you didn't get the typical front end carnage.

Road kill around here has been somewhat less this year, perhaps due to the unseasonably warmer weather.

 

[Mad1stGen]

This car has 7 lives. 3 left.

 

[steve]

Good thing you did not get hurt.

 

[billcu]

This car has 7 lives. 3 left.

This car will never die.:thumbsup:

Thanks, I did get lucky here, I was only doing around 25 MPH, and I was less than a minute from home when it hit me (it was hit and run).:mad-tilt:

I think I posted a photo of the perp in the picture today thread back in November:

 

[Lvnmarks]

I'd be looking up venison recipes now.

 

[budpytko]

I'd be looking up venison recipes now.

...AND after you HIT one, they are all hamburger!

 

[billcu]

I disconnected the fender at the bottom near the door and tweaked it back into shape so I can use the door now. I had to bang the dent out a bit to get it to work but the dent is still pretty bad.

Funny thing is, I have both fenders freshly painted in my storage room that I never got around to putting on this car. They are from a parts car I bought a few years ago when I smashed the front corner of this car. I had the hood and both fenders painted at the same time, but I only put the hood on then. The dented fender on there now was from a 97 (wrong white).

Here's a photo after I tweaked it so the door works, there's poor lighting and it's white so you can hardly see the dent.

 

[tixer]

"Heroic fix"

Looks great, Bill. particularly for a winter car.

 

[Meister]

I like how you have a CE as a winter beater.

 

[simplyconnected]

Yep, White Tail are a fact of life in Michigan and you cannot be too cautious. They come out from nowhere, then you can't tell which way they're going. The buck usually sends out a few doe to 'test the waters' then he appears.