Had a meeting with my first deer ever on a dark Highway. Guess I'll find out later if it's totaled!! Seat belt worked well, but my only injury to my thumb was caused by the airbag.

 

Wow man. I'm glad you are okay. I came close to hitting 4 doe's when I had my 2000 Maxima.

Did your hood fly open?

 

Yeah, the hood flew right up

 

Glad to see that you are ok ..

Strange that your bonnet opened ??? Did this occure as a result of the crash ?

If it did that should be a recall and fix for Nissan ...

 

see, Kangaroos hop on the hood. Deer buck up the hood

man, glad you're okay. Why must he tear up the front like that? that makes it even worse. Good thing the deer is down. some insurance require proof. can't get around that one.

 

I guess those tabs on each side of the hood really don't work as advertised? As per my Nissan dealer, it is supposed to prevent the hood from flying up like that.

 

Well all I remember is seeing the deer for a breif sec, and Booom! Airbags flew out, smoke, bumpy ride and then I came to a stop, I was going about 65mph, barely hit the brakes, street where wet. I closed my eyes when the bags deployed and when I got out the car the hood was laying up on the windshield.

 

tabs? I've seen no stinkin' tabs!

As far as I've seen, if the latch goes, bye bye hood.... Soooo, who's googling for hood pins???

 

Humor me ...

So you pull the the button inside the car then you go outside that car and just pull up the bonnet ?

or

You do the above then have to push a lever under the grill to the right, which then releases a locking catch setup ... ???

and yes your tow truck driver could have used your towing points ...

 

#2. there is a latch just above the hamburger. first pull release by driver's knee, hood pops an inch. then finger her to find that spot just right...

 

Nismo, if you look at the side of the engine bay close to the windshield, you will see a small notch/tab that is supposed to prevent the hood from flying up.

I'll post pics tomorrow if I get a chance.

 

Those notches stops the hood (bonnet, for the foreigner) from flying through the windshield to give you a real close shave, not from flying open.

Glad you're ok.

 

Really? I guess my dealer lied to me then. Why am I not surprised.

 

I reccon the Down under set up is better, it's Kangaroo , Buffelo and moo cow proof as well as the occasional person...

Couldn't tell from the pictures if you have the hook back up like ours to stop the bonnet flying up...


Double trap on the hood.



Latch on the Front Support

 

MURDERER!!!

More & More CARS are becoming victims of these Highway Night Stalkers. They wait in the dark until they see your headlights and then THEY ATTACK!!! Oh the humanity!

 

Yeah, thats one way to describe it.... lol!!

 

Glad That You Are Ok Though.. Hope It's Not Totaled And I Hope That You Have Full Insurance Coverage..

 

Yeah, I have full coverage. As soon as the cop and the wrecker saw it they both said that it was more than likely totaled. I'm not sure what totals out a car, but pieces were everywhere. I had to go out in the road and kick the Fan out of the road.

 

wow.. I have came close to hitting deer, but i haven't yet (knock on wood)..

look at how they lifted the car man, that don't look right... glad your ok man..

 

Deers are one stupid animal, F%uckers are so dumb, they will leap into the side of your car or SUV when you drive by, don't know how many deer I almost send to deer heaven, but at night here in Southern Maryland, the deer do better at slowing down traffic than the police...

PS, today I saved a lot of money on my car insurance, I was the 3rd vehicle in line on the way to work and we mowed down that Freakin Geico Squirrel...

R.I.P. little buddy

 

I thought Geico had a lizard..... lol

 

Glad you are OK.

 

sucks this happened to such a new car...glad u ok though. dumb *** deer.

 

Lie? No, don't know their heads from their a$ses in most cases. It's unfortunate they don't want to learn their products/ customers. They would sell more and keep their jobs longer.

 

They do, the squirrel was in the commercial causing the accidents...

 

Hey Bro --- good to see you came out with a sore thumb --- thats not always the case...looks like a pretty good size doe ---- I'm betting the max to most of the absorbtion and not the driver, which is a good thing for us.... your lucky for being ok and double lucky to be getting a brandy new one soon

 

Hey fellas, I meet up with the damage adjuster for Geico today. The car looks alot worse in the light, but believe it or not the adjuster doesn't think its totaled. The cop thought it was and so did the tow truck driver. He said there's still a possibility of it being totaled once they tear it apart to check out the rest of the damage. He said airbags coming out alone runs 3-5g's, not to mention the hole front end.

 

I'm actually not sure which did more damage?

This?



Or This???



Note to self: Do not use GA towing companies...

 

thats what I said below, look at how they lifted it.... wow man, it must be totaled..

 

Should have slapped that tow truck driver around after that!

 

wow hope that deer is just sleeping.. J/k , Im glad that your ok

 

Seeing the tow truck lifting it from the front like that gave me the same feeling as seeing a guy get kicked in the nads... "What tha' hell did they do that for???"

Glad to hear that you aren't laying in the ditch with Bambi... maybe next car you can get those deer signalers put on... under the car maybe so you can't see them.

Are you gonna get another Max if it is totalled?

 

We have a wind driven little plastic thingo which makes the Kangaroos hop off outa the way.. Do you have something similar for Dear ?

I know that our ones work 99% of the time..

 

yeah, they look like mini horns. and that's DEER. I had them on the old car, but knocked one off while washing and gave up on them. Maybe if you hide them in the grille. But I heard they don't work on Maximas though. Too fast or something

 

Well it was dear ...it's going to cost Ryals a small fortune for his excess and next premium...LOL ... You can see that teacher comming out in ya Justin...

Anyway, One speaks and spells( well sometimes ) the Queens English ....rather then that Colonial version....as interpreted by some other nations on this planet .
Cuiusvis hominis est errare; nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare

 

I actually have two types, one to make the Deer jump out of the road when driving, the second makes my wife jump out of the driveway when I come home "Sorry Dear"

 

The main thing is that you are OK. And I complained about getting hit by a retread.

 

Warren, weren't you in GA also? Maybe the deer tripped over a retread into the road, you see where I'm going with this...

 

Its amazing they have deer and retreads jumping all over the roads.

 

Got a call from the Repair place today. $8500 worth of damage and its currently being fixed now. I was told it should be done in about 3wks, so till then back to my 5th Gen.