Car vs. Deer - Car 1, Deer 1

Don Bruder · 2005-11-02T03:29:09+00:00

Hey guys... Got a question inspired by recent events - As in yesterday morning recent.I'm heading for the home stretch of my newspaper route, tooling along at about 40-ish through a series of gentle S-turns posted for the double-nickel, when I round a left-hand bend, and catch sight of a deer up on the embankment on the left. (Probably 10-15 feet above the road) At the same instant I spot her, she takes a literal flying leap, and touches down a couple of feet on my side of the center line - *MAYBE* 5 feet in front of my bumper. Needless to say, neither braking nor dodging was an option, and I took her out - hard. Caught her perfectly broadside, almost dead-center of the car, flipped her ass over teakettle and up over the roof, then lost sight of her as I started braking and looking for a place to pull off and inspect the damage. After finding out that I'd lost the whole driver's side light cluster (headlight, marker, and turn signal) and the entire grille, along with picking up some mashed in bodywork that had the hood jammed shut in exchange, but no other damage visible, went looking to find out if I needed to finish her off, or if the hit had been enough to kill her outright. Found the carcass down the embankment, *VERY* definitely dead upon closer inspection, so went back to the car and assessed my options. After looking things over again, decided that the damage was more cosmetic than functional, and drove off, keeping a close eye on the gauges. (worried mainly about a punched radiator - Looks like that worry was needless - So far, anyway)So today, I've been busy pulling the front clip, beating the mashed in sections back out, replacing lights, etc. (This is a $300-ish beater-mobile, so it isn't worth doing anything more with it)What I'm wondering now is "is there anything else I should be worried about?" - As far as I can tell, the damage didn't "penetrate" far enough to do more than squash half a dozen or so fins on the AC condenser, but I'm wondering if a...

Nov 02, 2005 47 Replies

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Bob 20 years ago

Curious? Not at all, Larry's already shown us that his ignorance has no limits.

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Lawrence_Glickman 20 years ago

I GOT THAT OUT OF A BOOK THAT WAS WRITTEN BEFORE YOU WERE BORN. You can go back to sleep now zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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Don Bruder 20 years ago

Congratulations are in order, Larry -

From what I've observed, it's difficult, if not impossible, to lose the same argument twice, but you've just pulled it off. Quite an accomplishment. So, in the spirit of the beer comercials, here's to you, Mr. Cite-long-outdated-material-in-hopes-of-sounding-intelligent!

Say g'night, Larry...

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Lawrence_Glickman 20 years ago

F*ck You Don

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Don Bruder 20 years ago

No thanks, Larry. Not even if you were to borrow your mama's dick.

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Lawrence_Glickman 20 years ago

What I mean is Drop Dead

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Matt 20 years ago

Could you provide the name of the book? Thanks.

And thanks for typing in all caps. My eyesight is not so good.

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Don Bruder 20 years ago

Probably one of these days, but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it if I were you.

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