2 less deer to worry about hitting in the future
I hit a small one in January . 6k to replace grill, bumper end ,paint etc.That would be a 6,000 insurance repair. What a racket. Unfortunately you dropped insurance but fortunately you are handy with tools.
****ty situation for all parties involved. I hadn't noticed the fawn at first, but a buddy pointed it out to me in the photo. No shortage of deer here, I suppose it's simply Darwin's theory at work.So the doe is a mom? Bummer.
But glad to see no expensive car parts getting damaged.
Thank you. Yep, 4.0L w/ 6 speed Limited. I picked this thing up in 2018 @ 130K miles for $5K. The wife and I had a toast after the repair that we'll drive it at least another 100K. It's been a great car.I haven't seen that era Pacifica (nevermind a respectable looking one) in quite some time
Your's is a '07/'08 Limited with the 4.0 HO/6 speed?
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Excellent work
Thanks! The old vinyl pinstripe on the car is faded/dull, but it really adds aesthetics to it. I'd hate to take it all off.Nice work and nice shop! That came out looking much better than I anticipated. Maybe just get the 3M rubber wheel attachment and remove the pinstripe on that side if not the whole car?
I slowed down last week going “don’t do it” … “don’t ………”It came out great. What a beautiful shop too!
I think a lot of us had a bad year with deer. In the past 7 months, I had to file two insurance claims due to deer hits. $9K to fix my wife's 2019 Pathfinder. That one was bad. Basically the whole front clip. My 2022 Frontier was just front end plastic and one headlamp and that was $4700.
Our hits really freaked me out because in both instances, the deer shot out of brush / blind spots giving us no time to react. We've lived in the area long enough to know to be on constant lookout for them, which makes it sting even worse. I had forgotten to include my 22yr/old hitting one with her 2016 Malibu as well in the same timeframe. I was able to remove some broken plastic bits and somewhat piece it back together with some new push plugs. All 3 hits were during the first and second rut season (sp?).I slowed down last week going “don’t do it” … “don’t ………”
She did but with my foot already on the brake - managed to dodge
I've had a couple of those. A year ago, on the road that takes me into town I saw what looked like a great dane in somebody's backyard. For an instant I thought "that's a big dog" and a moment later it jumped their chain link fence and was headed to the road right toward me, clearly a doe. I was in my Maxima w/out ABS, so got to hone my skills of brake hard enough, but not so hard you go sliding off the road .I slowed down last week going “don’t do it” … “don’t ………”
She did but with my foot already on the brake - managed to dodge