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Cherokee

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I was doing the speed limit coming out of the Occoee white water basin. I went there to ride my Rambler All Terrain Tadpole trike up the Big Frog access road.
A gain of 730 ft in altitude spread over 2.1 miles on the roughest gravel with boulders not maintained 4x4 only road you ever saw.

Yeah I’m comfortable in the hurt locker.
The down hill run on the return is shear terror.
I love it so.

Ford Maverick Deer Strike IMG_2604


65 mph,
Pink Floyd, Great Gig In the Sky playing on the B&O. I was thinking about the two hotties I came up on skinny dipping in the Occoee river.

BAM,
I center punched the girl killing her instantly.
She shot forward and I hit the throttle full power.
To maintain my momentum In the direction of the road.
Getting knocked of course at those speeds can be deadly.

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I ran over her dead ass. It was like hitting soft speed bumps.
I am so glad I had a 121 inch wheel base vehicle around me.
I looked in my mirrors and watch her dead ass spin and cartwheel behind me.

All kinds of shit lit up and started singing on the dash.
The hood was up about four inches but holding.
My water temp gage was stable and not rising.

I had a mile and a half to get home. I rolled on at 55 mph. Water temp remained stable, the truck felt fine and I was still showing the normal four temp bars.

My climb up to my house is about 3 10ths of a miles with three switch backs.i rounded the first turn, now my temp gage had five bars.

Rounded turn two, six bars.
Made turn three with all the white bars lit but no red yet.
I parked it and shut her down.

You won’t believe this !
No, Nada, Zip paint or sheet metal damage at friggen all.

Go figure.

My rental is an almost new piece of crap
Mitsubishi SUV something.

The AWD and the center lock are complete crapola.
This thing feels, looks, drives like a cheap plastic toy.
And it’s slow.
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BK007

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:surprised:Wow, what a crazy story!! Glad you kept it straight and made it home safe! It's unbelievable that there's zero exterior sheet metal body damage after a Deer hit!! Good luck dealing with that cheap plastic rental until you get your truck back!
 

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Maverick Down ! Wow- Sorry to hear-
 

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Oh dear what a deer 🦌
 

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@Cherokee
Yeah yeah the truck, the deer we get all that. Bad that happen. It's good that you're okay.

Let's get back on course.
'two hotties I came up on skinny dipping in the Occoee river.'
Skinny dipping hotties you say?
You know the saying.
Pictures or didn't happen.
 
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I was doing the speed limit coming out of the Occoee white water basin. I went there to ride my Rambler All Terrain Tadpole trike up the Big Frog access road.
A gain of 730 ft in altitude spread over 2.1 miles on the roughest gravel with boulders not maintained 4x4 only road you ever saw.

Yeah I’m comfortable in the hurt locker.
The down hill run on the return is shear terror.
I love it so.

IMG_2604.webp


65 mph,
Pink Floyd, Great Gig In the Sky playing on the B&O. I was thinking about the two hotties I came up on skinny dipping in the Occoee river.

BAM,
I center punched the girl killing her instantly.
She shot forward and I hit the throttle full power.
To maintain my momentum In the direction of the road.
Getting knocked of course at those speeds can be deadly.

IMG_2607.webp
IMG_2606.webp
IMG_2609.webp
IMG_2619.webp
IMG_2618.webp
IMG_2616.webp


I ran over her dead ass. It was like hitting soft speed bumps.
I am so glad I had a 121 inch wheel base vehicle around me.
I looked in my mirrors and watch her dead ass spin and cartwheel behind me.

All kinds of shit lit up and started singing on the dash.
The hood was up about four inches but holding.
My water temp gage was stable and not rising.

I had a mile and a half to get home. I rolled on at 55 mph. Water temp remained stable, the truck felt fine and I was still showing the normal four temp bars.

My climb up to my house is about 3 10ths of a miles with three switch backs.i rounded the first turn, now my temp gage had five bars.

Rounded turn two, six bars.
Made turn three with all the white bars lit but no red yet.
I parked it and shut her down.

You won’t believe this !
No, Nada, Zip paint or sheet metal damage at friggen all.

Go figure.

My rental is an almost new piece of crap
Mitsubishi SUV something.

The AWD and the center lock are complete crapola.
This thing feels, looks, drives like a cheap plastic toy.
And it’s slow.
Damn, poor Pepper 🌶 šŸ˜” Glad you’re ok.
 

SafetyGuy

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Glad you are okay, Cherokee...and the truck isn't too badly broken...and I feel your Mitsy pain. We rented one...once. We called it the crippler after 45 minutes of driving. I know it is better then walking...

Never again...my back, tail bone, psiatica etc, etc etc can't take junk vehicles like that. I have enough stuff going already.

Let's see a pic of your beautiful truck when she is all better.

Andy
 

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@Cherokee
Yeah yeah the truck, the deer we get all that. Bad that happen. It's good that you're okay.

Let's get back on course.
'two hotties I came up on skinny dipping in the Occoee river.'
Skinny dipping hotties you say?
You know the saying.
Pictures or didn't happen.
Careful what you ask for, he didn’t specify male or female.
 
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So sorry! I can honestly say that seeing reports of Maverick crashes hurts my soul. Please keep us posted on the insurance process.
What makes this even worse is, as we all know, your, Maverick Lariat was %1000 perfect. Without a single strange noise, vibration, shudder, dash rattle, transmission hiccup, or any faults of any kind, ever ! 😁
 

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Oh no, Cherokee!! Such a shame to see. Hope you can get the Mav back on the road in no time.
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