[VRWC_Member428]

Imagine how one of my SUVs would have wasted that thing...

Driving a dinky little Honda Civic instead of a good, solid American SUV probably resulted in the high repair costs...

$6,000 in car repairs? I'd investigate this.

Don't knock it till you've tried it. I was driving my '97 Ford F150 4x4 pickup southbound on I-84 just north of LaGrande OR. Hit a deer going 60MPh. $9,500 in damage, and one month in the body shop. (Insurance sure paid for itself!)

Suprizingly, there was no damage to the bumper at all. All the damage was on the drivers side grill, hood, fender, and door. Apparently, I hit the deer as it was leaping. I'm fairly certain that had I been driving a lesser vehicle such as a car, or the old Ford Ranger I used to have, I wouldn't be typing this right now. I probably would have been decapitated. But don't take my word for it...



The fact that both airbags went off added about $1000 to the repair bill. And another several hundred for the sensor. New radiator, housing for air filter, the obvious body repairs, paint, labor, it all adds up.

I now have four deer whistles on the front of my truck, and I drive a bit slower in forested areas. It sucks to drive around the sub-compact that the insurance gives you as a rental while your regular vehicle is in the shop.

One thing is for sure. I will NEVER, EVER, EVER purchase a low riding vehicle ever again! It's nothing but big vehicles with nice high driver positions from now on.

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

Thanks for the picture, depending on speed and size of prey, nothing but an SUV would survive this. I wonder what the Honda and their fawn looked like?

One of the problems that first stuck out in my mind was the fact that these tax funded wacko groups are driving an import? Certainly there must be a sin somewhere there.

I like your wheels.

[VadeRetro]

Hit a deer going 60MPh.

I didn't know they could do that.

[mamelukesabre]

I think there could be alot of luck involved. I hit a deer once while driving a geo metro. The deer had just leaped and struck the hood of my car while in mid air. The impact shot the deer straight up and over the roof of my car. There was only a few small cracks as the base of the windshield and a few hairs stuck to the windshield wipers. There was less VISIBLE damage to my geo metro than to your pickup. It looked just like a very large man(a giant maybe) sat on the hood. But about 3 weeks later, the geo metro died on the road due to a combination of oil and water leaks that led to a seized engine. I was so glad that it seized BEFORE getting the bodywork repaired. I don't know if I was lucky or not, for being uninjured, but just to be sure, my next vehicle was a pickup.

[Bernard]

I've never seen a deer going 60 MPH. Hit a slower one next time. My wife clipped one a month ago in the mini-van - $3,600 damage to the van, but so far the deer hasn't filed a claim with the insurance company.