.... the max is likely totalled - air bag didn't blow - so I guess I'm lucky. Where were those guys in the Tulsa or OKC area who were selling some max's a while back???

I will be needing a car ASAP around $2K as I drive 70 miles to and from work each day and also deliver pizza's!!!

any help is appreciated! Will take pics tomorrow - will show the carnage (of the max and the deer)



edit: PICS ADDED!!!

 

you are one loyal pizza man. that's 2/3 tank a day. there goes a lot of your tips sorry about the loss. i'm sure she was a good one.

 

Damn deers..





In for pics....

 

Sorry man, that totally sucks!

 

woah.... didnt know they can do THAT much damage sheesh


i ran over an armadillo last night lol goin 90.... didnt phase the car and no blood splatter... but it sure scared the **** outta me lol

mann that totally sucks, hope you get a nicer 3rd gen if you find one, right?

 

WTF? An armadillo???

 

I hit a deer with my QX4 last summer. I was going 55 and slammed on the brakes down to maybe 40 mph. The deer was running across the road L-to-R.

Nearly $6k worth of damage. One HID headlight was over $1100

luckily, the insurance covered all by my deductible.

too bad about your car, but it's good to hear you aren't hurt. I have seen some nasty accidents caused by deer. Just don't try to swerve, that's when you usually have bad problems.

 

I very nearly nailed a deer with my mom's Z3 a few weeks ago. If she didn't have those huge Brembos, I probably would have. I'd hate to see the carnage of Z3/deer/me.

I don't know about your state, but in Indiana deer are considered state property and as long as you file a police report (and don't keep the deer), the state will reimburse you for damages. I'm sure it's a long, drawn-out, paperwork intensive process, but I always thought that was cool. You may want to look into that. Of course, the state probably wont give you much money for a 3rd gen.

 

we got the cars up here now for sale

 

Yah, the pizza job is my second job Was going pretty good until last night - now have to use the F150 to do all the driving and that definately sucks up teh tips!!!

As for the accident - I didn't have time to swerve or hit the brakes - just BOOM and CRUNCH - blew my right tire. I slowed it down and pulled to the shoulder. As soon as I saw the steam from the radiator, I turned it off.

I took pics today, will try to host them and get them up ASAP. In Oklahoma, you just call your insurance company and let them deal with the damages.

 

use this site to host works great
http://www.tinypic.com/

 

....Was it in season in your state?

 

Hell if I know - not a hunter, but no care - was a doe thank God!

 

good thing it didnt go through your windshield...... deer accidents can be nasty....... i would say fix the car...

 

Working on it - so far I need:

Right Fender
Hood
Front bumper assembly (reinforcement, absorber, cover)
Right Headlamp, Signal Lamp, Marker lamp & Fog Lamp
Radiator
Condenser
Radiator Support
Grill

basically a Right 3/4 Clip - going to try to find a black car and rebuild this one since I kept it and it will still have a CLEAR Title!!

 

wow, looks like you have some leftovers there?

Water Hose?
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How fast were you going?

3rd gen bumpers >*

 

was going 72 MPH - had the cruise on driving down the highway.

I am IMPRESSED! The max crunched, but the fender never pushed back into the right front door - all doors open correctly. These are truly well-built cars and I was fortunate that the animal wasn't any bigger.

All I remember is seeing the deer and seeing it disappear - it ended up crossing the outside lane of traffic, shoulder, and wrapped around a post on the guardrail.

 

were my first thoughts.... then



then more



when you said

 

yah - I can pick out which guardrail post it is b/c is it the only blood covered post.. see if every day when I drive home - hopefully it will rain soon!

 

Wow, 72? I was thinking 40's, even more impressive.

 

No pictures of the deer? The car looks like it took a pretty good shot, but it sounds like a losing battle for the deer.

3rd Gen deer

 

I'll see what I can do tonight after work or in the morning for pics of the deer - should look great after a few days of rot

 

hah... can't wait?
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I would bet the local wildlife have already ate the carcas..

 

Too bad you don't live on the NW. I'd give you my hood.

 

I'tll buff right out.

 

wow, those pics are impressive (not in a good way for you).

The damage looks nasty and it wasn't as bad as I would have thought for you going 70+ mph.

You didn't mention the speed you were going initially and I figured it was much slower than that.

Props to you for not crashing the car after the impact.

 

Poor deer and poor car!

 

Yah, I was impressed with how the car handled and my reaction - I smacked the sh!te out of that deer and it blew my right front tire - it was weird, but all I remember because it happened so fast was like OH No - Boom! - then pulled across the outside lane and stopped on the shoulder.

I'm a claims adjuster and this is one of the more greusome deer hits I've seen, but the car did handle it like a champ - the fender didn't even push back into the door - musta been a small deer

 

I feel for ya- I did the same thing a couple of years ago in my max- didn't even see the deer untill I looked up through the sunroof. 65 or so mph, dead center of the hood. I was really impressed that it didn't end up in my lap. Airbag didn't deploy, which I still think was a little strange, as it hit right on the sensor under the hood. A few parts and some work with a hammer and it was back on the road...just in time to hit another deer. more hammer work and it's still running around. These cars are very well built.

 

Okay - pics of the headless deer - yes HEADLESS!!

Thank GOD it was a small little deer, but is tooore up!

Here are a few pics - the rest are in the photobucket folder...

 

 

This is NOT what I expected to see in this thread! I havent laughed this hard over a thread in awhile.

I clicked the link to the 2nd page before seeing the first page and thought this was all you took pics of, that was pretty funny though.

Wheres its head?

 

How do we see the rest of the pics?

 

It's a clean cut so someone probrably took the head as a trophy to mount on the wall..??



That was a lot of damage to the deer!

 

HA! I forgot to link..lol

here you go.

http://s95.photobucket.com/albums/l1...ns/Deer%20Hit/

I was thinking the same thing with the clean cut that someone probably took it b/c if I remember correctly the first day or so I saw the head stuck under the guardrail... weird...

 

I think some of that was also other scavangers finding an evening meal, but that deer is definately messed up - along with my car...

 

What the heck is under the guardrail; I thought that was the head, after the damage of flopping over there.

What did the road say to Black91GXE when he saw the deer?
...
...
FINISH HIM!!!


The deer didn't suffer much, but I bet the body was moving on its own in midflight.

I've heard of deer caught in the headlights, but this add they never said anything about a deer caught in the headlights...of a 3rd gen Maxima

 

I thought the stuff under the guardrail was also the head - but there's no skull???

unless I shattered it.... hrmmmm either way it was dead on impact.