For those who have wrecked...

[USMCASA]

how many have hit animals? and how did the car fair? deer run rampant where i live and almost got one last night.

[Nick911sc]

I haven't had any experience with this, knock on wood. But I remember someone on the forum reporting hitting a deer..

Deer collision

[USMCASA]

^not exactly what i'm looking for, that deer hit him. i'm looking for someone who's hit anything head on animal-wise

[LT419]

Originally Posted by USMCASA

^not exactly what i'm looking for, that deer hit him. i'm looking for someone who's hit anything head on animal-wise

This is the surprisingly mild damage from hitting a deer head on at 30 mph.



Beyond the hood, the front fascia was a little offset (no actual damage), but that's it. Dealer replaced the hood, the Nissan emblem, and the hood latch, and reset the fascia. Came to $1900 but I just paid my $400 deductible.

I had to pick the deer hairs out of the crevice between the headlight and the hood myself.

[happytheman]

USMCASA, I know that Alchemy recently struck a deer and set his Z faired AMAZINGLY well. I'll see if I can find his post on it.

Ahhh, found it after some digging:

Originally Posted by Alchemy

Hit a deer going for a cruise showing my buddy the benefits of my new tune. The Z took it pretty well, the deer didnt. Minor hood damage and the bumper is slightly shifted What a bummer.....

Originally Posted by Alchemy

Yes, just cosmetic and not bad at all, or so it appears. It was dark, cop was an a-hole, just wanted to get home. I HATE deer, they are the worst and where I live there are tons of them. Driving down my road at night is like running the gauntlet. I knew this day was coming. There goes that spoiler I was bout to buy.

[USMCASA]

i almost always see deer here in the evening, hope the inevitable doesn't happen

[SPOHN]

I had no choice but to run over a already small dead animal earlier in the year. Busted to pieces on my rear diff. Looked like bacon when I got home.

[Baer383]

I ran over a small dog on my Harley,but none with my car.

[Urbanracer]

Originally Posted by USMCASA

how many have hit animals? and how did the car fair? deer run rampant where i live and almost got one last night.

I hit a pretty good size deer head on about a year ago at about 40mph. Never even saw it. Had to replace the headlamps, hood, one fender, air bag, front facia, and the air conditioner but only because of a broken mount. Pretty much all cosmetic damage. The body shop did an amazing job on it. Word off advice, put the windows down asap after an air bag deployment. I couldn't see anything because of the dust and the car was still moving, lucky I hit the windows quickly. I have pics, maybe I'll see if I can find them. Overall I think the car faired pretty well with only minimal damage to some of the items that were replaced.