Yes,
My car just went over 100K and I hit 3 deer, instead of buying a new one I just fixed it up using junkyard parts.
I’ve held off buying a new digital camera (I love my Canon G2 so it’s easy) and a new GPS system.
The only thing I’ve been buying is Gold, Silver and Palladium
Hubby hit a 6 point buck awhile back, we had his 1999 w/230K truck fixed ($500 deductible) through our insurance rather than replace it. Never had a bit of trouble with that truck other than replacing the fuel pump once, it still runs like new. I put a "cow catcher" on my 2005 truck when I got it just for that reason, we live in the country, so deer and cows in the road are common.
Christmas is going to be real slim this year, our savings were depleted and my CC debts piled up due to medical bills when hubby had an emergency triple bypass last year, now he's unemployed. I have our budget set so we can pay our normal bills without his salary, but it is really tight. We'll probably just buy for the 3 grandkids and the limit for them, usually $100/Ea. is going to be cut in half.
3 deer! I hope at least one of them ended up in your freezer. My son works at a junkyard in PA. Business is booming with the C4C cars sent there to be destroyed and local people. They were real busy trying to strip all the good parts off the cars before they had to be smashed by a certain date.