why87

Cruising last night on a state route here in Ohio, I was heading back in to town with a friend and I came over the crest of a hill and saw some deer on the side of the road. I started slowing down but not slow enough when one ran in front of me. with the pavement being wet it was a little harder to stop thankfully, i hit it doing about 25 mph, although i wasn't paying attention to the speedo at that point. luckily air bags didn't go off and my passenger and I were fine. It just sucks to see the car like this being low mileage and most of all CLEAN. hopefully I don't get jacked with insurance.

NC01TA

That is a lot of damage, even at that speed. Hope all goes well with repairs.
We just came back from Cedar Point in OH last weekend and saw numerous deer killed along the way in both Ohio and Kentucky. You wonder that there are not more people killed with these beasts smashing through the windshields at higher speeds. I'm glad you were going relatively slow.

TheBlueKnight

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Sorry about the damage, how's the deer?

why87

especially in that area, deer are everywhere so i'm always scanning the roadside, but the deer got the best of me and the car. poor thing was pregnant too very close to giving birth. but i am supposed to get a call from insurance tomorrow. from my (almost non-existent body repair knowledge) the actual metal looks straight. where the fender mounts has a slight bend, but the core support and major structural parts are straight and undamaged. i guess i'll know the true story when i get it in a shop. and of course all of this would happen when the weather just starts to get nice for a whole week.

i checked the value on it and it sits around 11k, so hopefully repairs are nowhere near that and it doesn't get scrapped.

the deer and it's fawn didn't make it, in fact there was another person going the other direction and after looking at the deer in the light I wouldn't be surprised if they hit it too. but they kept on driving so who knows. i didn't think i hit it hard enough to kill it, but who knows it was too dark to really tell.

samson_420

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That sucks. . . . Damn deer, they just don't know. . .

Your car does not look as bad as I thought it would from reading your title.

I seen animal collision do some real crazy damage.

why87

I honestly expected the damage to be worse, it was a good sized doe. and i've seen what a jeep looks like after it hits a horse at 60 mph, talk about damage

tonygarcia1990

dam deer that really sucks....

vetteboy99

Damn, that sucks! It's a good thing that you and the passenger where safe, The car looks repairable to me.

toplessHO

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I hate to say it but they may total it.
I had an 02 with 60k on it and they totaled it for about the same damage
(on the opposite side tho)I would be interested in buying yours as is or if they total.
I miss mine!

my bandit

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honestly it doesnt look too bad. luckily the hood didnt get too damaged because if it was broke, that would have been over a grand if it was unfixable just because its near impossible to buy a brand new one for cheap. the headlight is a cheap easy one, new bumper and fender can come off a part out and just stripped of paint. my guess is a 2-3k fix at a shop. i got tboned on my drivers rear qp and had to get it fixed and paid 2200 for that to get fixed, some crappy previous body work redone on the other side and the whole car repainted

SparkyJJO

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Doesn't look bad at all, really. Hood looks fine and the bumper too aside from being scuffed. Could have been MUCH worse for sure.

lt1pwr1

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^^^^^ I think this guy just wants your car haha. If they total that, it would be ridiculous. Hood doesn't look damaged, so headlight, front bumper and driver fender. You should be fine.

ULTIMATEORANGESS

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it wont be cheap but its fixable. whats your deductible?

71novaguy

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even at that speed, there is bound to be secondary damage. hows the door to fender gap looking?

why87

door is rubbing on the fender, that's the big thing that has me worried.
deductible is $250

why87

first picture is of the passenger side door gap, aka the correct gap. second picture is the drivers side door gap. needless to say, not good

Ehatcher

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i think you will be fine. But honestly, I would just find a new fender and headlight cover off of a junker and have it painted since the damage is cosmetic.. The bumper cover looks fine aside from the scuffs.

why87

that is my plan, hopefully use this oppurtunity to get some blackbird stripes painted on the hood. first things first needs to get to a shop this week and see what im working with

Cheap Guy

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Sorry about your wreck, but every time I see a deer-hit post I think of the Allstate commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OH_gUt4Oww

If/when you get it fixed, hopefully they'll find the same color even though they are still going to need to paint it. My previous car had repairs and even though it was a good paint job, little nicks showed the previous color.

my bandit

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the door gap might be off from the fender being so tweeked. it looks like the fender got pretty smashed