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Old 08-18-2008, 10:37 PM   #11 (permalink)
 
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So glad you came through this unhurt. Also glad your car is a testament to the safety of it's design. Good luck on the repairs.
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Old 08-18-2008, 11:43 PM   #12 (permalink)
 
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I would call this a very, very happy story....the car did it's job and kept you safe. You are alive where a lot of people may have been killed. Count yourself fortunate and look on the bright side of your story.
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Old 08-19-2008, 12:18 AM   #13 (permalink)
 
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Devil deer strike again. Glad ya'll are okay and it's just the glass that needs replacement.
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Old 08-19-2008, 04:21 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Old 08-19-2008, 06:01 AM   #15 (permalink)
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WOW Sparky, you're one lucky person!

The wife and I used to live in Great Falls and one night rainy night she took out a yeti with the vette. It was pretty routine to get one every three or four years. Glass and vehicles are replaceable, good people are not.

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Old 08-19-2008, 10:39 AM   #16 (permalink)
 
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My mom's had the bad luck to twice hit a deer jumping out of the bushes across the freeway in an Explorer. Both times the car sustained significant body damage and spent days in the shop. Glad you came out of this OK!
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Old 08-19-2008, 10:50 AM   #17 (permalink)
 
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I remember reading. . .

some time ago, that deer are the number one killer of humans in the US. No other animal kills us like the deer when it jumps in front of your vehicle.

While I was living in CO you had to constantly be on the lookout for them. . . especially at night, as well as the MUCH larger elk that frequent the area, too. Buddy of mine slammed into a doe one night with a VW bug. Lucky for him it didn't come into the front seat with him - I guess that's the worst situation. Animal in your front seat, injured and thrashing to get away. . . can do lots of damage.

And then there's the story of another friend driving through NM late one night - and hit a steer! Really honked up his car - and he couldn't even keep the meat.
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Old 08-19-2008, 10:52 AM   #18 (permalink)
 
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Wow! That Blue Passion Coupe is one spunky guy! I'm glad you came out OK!
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Old 08-19-2008, 01:24 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Would that have been considered a MOOving violation? Sorry, I couldn't help saying that. I should be beaten for such things - sorry to go off-topic but I couldn't resist.

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And then there's the story of another friend driving through NM late one night - and hit a steer! Really honked up his car - and he couldn't even keep the meat.
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Old 08-19-2008, 03:47 PM   #20 (permalink)
 
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Would that have been considered a MOOving violation? Sorry, I couldn't help saying that. I should be beaten for such things - sorry to go off-topic but I couldn't resist.
Actually, it was a COWardly act by the steer~! But he gave his all -
No pun intended, of course. . .
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