Thread: I just hit a Deer - and nothing happend - I am so d@mn lucky

Originally Posted by gbh

Man you are lucky. I hit a deer a few years back in my jeep wrangler. It jumped out of the woods right in front of me - all I could do was break and hang on. It bent my bumper, dented my front right fender, bent my grille, and ripped off 1 fog light. I was sure it was going to come right through the windshield but at the last second it got pulled under my jeep. It scared the hell out of me. The deer actually managed to run off into the woods but I doubt it lived very long. There was deer fur and blood imbedded between my rim and my tire and in my fender.

Some advice for any inexperienced drivers driving in areas where there are deers. If you see a deer and he is 20 feet off the road and not even looking in you direction SLOW DOWN to like 5 miles an hour and crawl by. It may seem silly but they are amazingly fast and can jump and they love to jump out in front of a moving vehicle.

I ran over a full size deer after a big rigg hit it - I was doing
about 75-80mph - the car lifted of the ground - my car is a full size
4 door - it scared the poop out of me - and the car had fur and
blood all over the underside and bumper - did not do any real
damage - but had to get the car washed

Originally Posted by MatrixPC

You better bring the car to the dealer/shop to check the brake out.
Glad you are okay.

Thanks

Normally I do all my own work - unless its cheaper to get a
mechanic to do it - and I do have a OBD 1 and 2 scanner
a autoxray, and every tool except a lift - but the scanner
wont tell me any thing on my ABS - so I may have to
get it checked

And a few months ago I paid a mechanic to redo my entire
suspension system - and he left one wheel sensor unplugged,
I just plugged it back up - the parts alone cost $450 and
he did the job for about $550 and it took all day - so
he might have got a little ****y about the deal only making
about $100 -