oyitsagreen
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TL;DR : Left Fog lamp housing kicked out by deer (lights still work, connected still), left edge of bumper that meets quarter panel pushed out a bit, some small minor scratches. Also the left headlight is slightly loose. Nowhere near as bad as it could have been.
So I had just gotten off work, decided to de-stress a little and drive along some back roads. All went well for about 45 minutes. Just me, Mustang and some music.
I did a big loop and took the highway to get home. There was a fair amount of traffic for 11:30 at night; The Flow was around 70 mph.
I was just sitting there relaxing, thinking about how nice the highway was and how great my car felt. I sort of zone out, but not before out of the corner of my left eye I see not 1, but 5 deer just standing on the left side of the highway.
My foot just barely starts touching the brake when I see the first one sprint across the road a couple hundred feet in front of me. The guy in front of me slams on his brake and nails that one. Right after that, Deer number 2 decides it's his turn to cross the road. Right in front of me!
I brake hard and start turning left (in hopes he will sprint full speed across the lanes, so I will be turning where he won't be). Of course the dumb bastard deer decides to have a change of heart, and tries to turn around.
The left front of my car smacks into his rear at about 45-50 mph . I knock over the deer, and the vermin gets right back up and starts galloping away.
I pulled over seething with anger. I didn't even want to look at my car.
Eventually I did, and I got extremely lucky. I'm guessing when I hit the deer he spazzed out and kicked with his rear legs...right into my left fog lamp. So my cars first battle scars, at 4300 miles. It could have been worse for sure. Up the road I saw a deer lying on the side of the road and a large amount of guts on the other side. Will be taking her to the shop Monday...shouldn't be too bad.
So I had just gotten off work, decided to de-stress a little and drive along some back roads. All went well for about 45 minutes. Just me, Mustang and some music.
I did a big loop and took the highway to get home. There was a fair amount of traffic for 11:30 at night; The Flow was around 70 mph.
I was just sitting there relaxing, thinking about how nice the highway was and how great my car felt. I sort of zone out, but not before out of the corner of my left eye I see not 1, but 5 deer just standing on the left side of the highway.
My foot just barely starts touching the brake when I see the first one sprint across the road a couple hundred feet in front of me. The guy in front of me slams on his brake and nails that one. Right after that, Deer number 2 decides it's his turn to cross the road. Right in front of me!
I brake hard and start turning left (in hopes he will sprint full speed across the lanes, so I will be turning where he won't be). Of course the dumb bastard deer decides to have a change of heart, and tries to turn around.
The left front of my car smacks into his rear at about 45-50 mph . I knock over the deer, and the vermin gets right back up and starts galloping away.
I pulled over seething with anger. I didn't even want to look at my car.
Eventually I did, and I got extremely lucky. I'm guessing when I hit the deer he spazzed out and kicked with his rear legs...right into my left fog lamp. So my cars first battle scars, at 4300 miles. It could have been worse for sure. Up the road I saw a deer lying on the side of the road and a large amount of guts on the other side. Will be taking her to the shop Monday...shouldn't be too bad.
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