85 Notchback
07-11-2005, 11:25 PM
Well last night on my (usual) drive home from my moms place (about 200 miles from my house) and was about 1/4 of the way back, when a deer jumped out in front of the car.
All I saw was the head poke out in front of the windshield, then an explosion of deer guts. I was going (a tad) over the speed limit, but neither Ash, or myself saw the thing coming.
There was a car beside us and I guess I never thought to look when he sped off ahead of us.
Anyways, after the impact, I kinda thought to myself "What the hell was that?". I kept the car under control the whole time, and I do remember swerving to the left a bit (deer came from the passenger side), we were in the fast lane, so it was safe to swirve into the shoulder. I think the swerving, and the fact that I never even saw the thing until a split second before, may have saved our lives. When I swerved the deer hit the corner of the front bumper, exploded (or what had seemed like it) and disappeared into thin air (ie. The ditch on the right hand shoulder 8O )
Well after the hit occured I gave myself a minute to process what had happened, then pulled onto the shoulder at an exit ramp about 1/2 KM down the road. Ashley burst out into tears for a good while while I surveyed the damage.
Well here it is.. Only need a new passenger side fender, a hood, and (maybe) a passenger door, as the lip just rolled a bit). Also need a new pass. headlight, and pass. marker lamp. Otherwise everything was fine. No frame damage that I could see, but I guess we'll see what the body shop says.
Anyways after all that I limped the car back to the nearest Police dettachment, and filed a report, the officer was very nice about it, considering it was afterhours. He also made some jokes at Ash's expense *snicker*.
#1
Ash "We hit a deer!"
Cop " WHAT!? YOU KILLED BAMBI!!"
Ash *Crying*
#2
Cop "well, now that all the insurance paperwork is done I'm going to have to write you a ticket"
Ash "What!? Why? *Starts crying again*"
Cop "For hunting without a licence *laughs*
Me *Holds in burst of laughter*
Anyways, I forgot to mention, the Stang wasn't hurt, it was Ash's Sunfire.
It does suck that Ash's new car needs to be fixed already though, I feel bad about the whole thing, but I'm just glad she's okay.
Just thought I'd share with you guys.
All I saw was the head poke out in front of the windshield, then an explosion of deer guts. I was going (a tad) over the speed limit, but neither Ash, or myself saw the thing coming.
There was a car beside us and I guess I never thought to look when he sped off ahead of us.
Anyways, after the impact, I kinda thought to myself "What the hell was that?". I kept the car under control the whole time, and I do remember swerving to the left a bit (deer came from the passenger side), we were in the fast lane, so it was safe to swirve into the shoulder. I think the swerving, and the fact that I never even saw the thing until a split second before, may have saved our lives. When I swerved the deer hit the corner of the front bumper, exploded (or what had seemed like it) and disappeared into thin air (ie. The ditch on the right hand shoulder 8O )
Well after the hit occured I gave myself a minute to process what had happened, then pulled onto the shoulder at an exit ramp about 1/2 KM down the road. Ashley burst out into tears for a good while while I surveyed the damage.
Well here it is.. Only need a new passenger side fender, a hood, and (maybe) a passenger door, as the lip just rolled a bit). Also need a new pass. headlight, and pass. marker lamp. Otherwise everything was fine. No frame damage that I could see, but I guess we'll see what the body shop says.
Anyways after all that I limped the car back to the nearest Police dettachment, and filed a report, the officer was very nice about it, considering it was afterhours. He also made some jokes at Ash's expense *snicker*.
#1
Ash "We hit a deer!"
Cop " WHAT!? YOU KILLED BAMBI!!"
Ash *Crying*
#2
Cop "well, now that all the insurance paperwork is done I'm going to have to write you a ticket"
Ash "What!? Why? *Starts crying again*"
Cop "For hunting without a licence *laughs*
Me *Holds in burst of laughter*
Anyways, I forgot to mention, the Stang wasn't hurt, it was Ash's Sunfire.
It does suck that Ash's new car needs to be fixed already though, I feel bad about the whole thing, but I'm just glad she's okay.
Just thought I'd share with you guys.