Deer Strike

[Cherokee]

Unbelievable how easy these unibodies total out.
That’s why I insure mine with new replacement coverage.

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[Bobby Chapman]

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.

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.

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 2 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, No paint or sheet metal damage at 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.

Sorry to see this, kind of like mine ,but a car hit us head on. $11,000.00 DAMAGE, they fixed it
Sometimes you just wish they had totaled it

 

[BLUEOVALRACER]

Unbelievable how easy these unibodies total out.
That’s why I insure mine with new replacement coverage.

Did they say your Maverick is totaled?

 

[Cherokee]

Did they say your Maverick is totaled?

I really doubt it.
No word yet,
No paint damage,
No sheet metal damage at all. Looks like the hood did not bend, just a hinge.

Just smashed all the plastic up front and pushed the cooling radiators in.

 

[Escapologist]

If an AC line vented, that can easy put 5k on the bill because they assume the compressor etc is trashed. So as much again in plastics and rad and the 11k where someone else got totalled is pretty close.

 

[dalola]

That's a crazy (small) amount of damage for a 65 mph full strike. Good luck with the recovery.

 

[Fcnrwy]

I once saw the results of a deer coming through the windshield, a really bad scene. You are lucky the deer was not full grown. Hope the repairs are 100% right.
And mainly no bodily harm on you.
Deer and motorcycles are not a good mis either.

Actually, that is not the problem..
Deer have the tendency to "Leap". Here "Up Nort" I have seen them leap the tallest fence and such. So even a smaller one can Take Your Head Off...

jerry

 

[Cancunbadlands]

If an AC line vented, that can easy put 5k on the bill because they assume the compressor etc is trashed. So as much again in plastics and rad and the 11k where someone else got totalled is pretty close.

That's totaled for sure

 

[Bobby Chapman]

I really doubt it.
No word yet,
No paint damage,
No sheet metal damage at all. Looks like the hood did not bend, just a hinge.

Just smashed all the plastic up front and pushed the cooling radiators in.

My 1st. estimate was 5,600, when they got it apart, jumped to almost 11,000. Definitely have to get it apart to really access the damage, then when you pick it up check underneath to make sure covers, panels and all fasteners are really there. I was missing torx screws ,side plastic covers under doors, hood not adjusted correct , and active shutters not working. It is hard to fine good help these days, of course I have been saying that for years.

 

[Cherokee]

My active shutters were turned into shrapnel.
:’P

 

[zorki1c]

I’ve suffered two deer strikes in my long driving life. Both were at night and in both cases Bambi ran into the side of my vehicle not the front.

 

[kidshelleen]

x10 on the moose comment. I was driving north on 28 in upstate NY one warm winter night past Lake Durand, and witnessed the fog-veiled apparition of a moose running across the road in front of me. It was one of the top10 scariest moments in my 50 years of driving.

It looked like I could have driven under it, though...

 

[Cherokee]

Okay Boy'z, It's totaled. Pepper died.

Now I want you guys to pay close attention, Um, Bob, BOB Put the Bong down and listen up !

18 months ago I paid $36,000 plus the triple T for my 2024 Eco Lariat.
She's destroyed.
It's a fact Jack !
These Mavericks break like grandma's bone China.
Go on, eat steak and eggs for breakfast and BBQ and Baked beans for supper.
Then go sit in your beloved Maverick and cut one, I mean Fart Like a Man !
You bent the Unibody.
:'P

Mines worth $32,000, A 2026 brand new never titled is about $41,000 plus Tax Tag and Title.
Call It $45,000
That's a big gap well over $10,000
If I played that game I just lost 30% of my trucks value.

When new I Purchased on my auto Insurance policy a NEW replacement add on that cost me $60 more a year,

SO !
for $120 I got more than $10,000 MORE In truck value.

I got replacement cost FULL replacement INCLUDING the Triple T

I'm busy tomorrow, but Friday I get to go pick out a NEW never titled Lariat and pay nothing
but my $500 Insurance deductible.

Deer strike, lightening strike, rocks falling off a mountain, All
ALL considered an act of God. No Insurance rate increases.

This Is The Way !

 

[Finnster]

That is very good information! Thanks, Now go pick out your new Hybrid!
I know you want one.

 

[matmondro]

The circumstances are unfortunate, but it sounds like it all will work out for you quite well!

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