Well, my son managed to keep his car pristine for a little under 3 months. Saturday night, he "swerved to avoid a deer, was probably going a little too fast," and ran up over a curb and into the overhanging branch of a tree. (Quotes serve to dilineate his story from what I have ascertained as fact!) Of course, he proceeded to wait
4 hours to call me, meaning that at 3:00 am Sunday I was driving to get him at his friend's house, where the accident happened, in the middle of the Nor'easter. Fortunately, my Audi is quattro-equipped. Also fortunately neither my son nor his friend were hurt at all.So the car has a broken windshield, banged-up hood, scraped front bumper, slightly 'sprung' front fender, 3 flat tires and - the worst bit - messed up suspension on the driver's side. The left-front wheel was pushed back towards the driver's door about 6 inches. That will be the big repair. Engine started and ran fine. The windshield break was interesting - it appears that the tree branch actually impacted the wiper arm while it was almost vertical (it was raining) and pushed it right through the windshield! There is a vertical 'hole' in the windshield that matches, and the wiper arm is pretty mangled.
Awaiting repair estimate now.
Dan D '99 Legacy L 30th (son's, and hurtiin') Central NJ USA