Brush with a deer

[trularin]

Replaced a fender and door from hitting a deer.

You do not want to hit one. Funny thing is, the insurance company will not cover an accident if you MISS the deer, but you are fully covered if you hit it. Go figure.

[PDUB]

I did the bear thing in NH many moons ago, with a 2-door Olds Cutlass...

Bear came out from behind a left-side guardrail at a full gallop moving toward the median on I-89, just south of that little ski area up near VT... Whaleback??? A quarter of a second more and I think I would have missed it.

It made it past the passenger's side, but I hit its hind quarters just about a third of the way in on the driver's side... hit the brakes but no time to slow down much. Took out the car's fiberglass nose, one of the hinged grill pieces, and the driver's side fender... even cracked the plastic fender well on that side.

Bear disappeared as I went by... went back but didn't see anything. Stopped at the next rest area and called the Troopers for insurance report. He was skeptical... 'til he went to inspect and found bear hair on the car!

Almost hit a deer in Maryland last fall on my way to see Naumoff and his Unique 427... inches... just a few inches. Had I not been going pretty slowly, I would have tagged it good.

Can't imagine taking either one in a Cobra!

[jhv48]

Originally Posted by trularin

Replaced a fender and door from hitting a deer.

You do not want to hit one. Funny thing is, the insurance company will not cover an accident if you MISS the deer, but you are fully covered if you hit it. Go figure.

You are fully covered whether you hit the deer or miss the deer and veer off the road and hit a tree. Either way, the deer probably has no insurance so you would pay your deductible and get your vehicle fixed.