Deer 1 - HCH 0
 

Yes, it is just about deer season here.... and this morning I hit a good size buck with the HCH crusing at 55 mph.

He was airborne when I hit him, so he hit the hood, windshield and his rack came through (breaking) the driver's window. (some other damage from the impact too)

Engine light came on so I had the car towed to the body shop.

Guess I will see how much insurance is, but I was impressed how well the HCH took the hit.

The deer walked away from this. He was about 200 yards out when I got out the car just looking at me the like "What the.."

I ended up with 3 points of his rack left in my lap and another in the drivers door "pocket", so I have a souvenir!




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Wow, glad u r o k. The deer walked away? That's one tough buck! I bet he's thankful he got hit by a hybrid, anyone else probably would of been going faster.


My HCH just took a hit from a Kia on the rear bumper, barely any damage. I was going to get some other scratches fixed soon anyway so hopefully the body shop will cut me a deal so not as much comes out of pocket since they have to mix up some paint anyway.

Neat pic for such a sad story. So far it seems like the magnesium HCH's have the most damage pics here on the site.

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:omg: OMG; thats what comes to my lips immediately after seeing that pic of HCH. It sounds like you came out of it OK. Maybe it's a good time to look at the 06 HCH now that INS. Monies are involved. Good-Luck; and take care.:)


Terry

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I bet you can smooth out those wrinkles on your hood with an iron.

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the real question is how much blood in on the interior and how much, if any, is yours.

I've seen a full size truck after it hit a bull at 60MPH (the bull was standing on the on-ramp). There was both driver's blood and bull blood all over the inside.

You look like you faired much better with a much smaller "target" :)

Where are the pictures of the "rack" would like to see how it broke off

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Glad you're both okay.

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This is going to be an ordeal. :(

Be sure to check out the autostop after the car is out of the body shop. A couple of years ago, I had similar damage, and the wiring was not done right.

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You should drill a hole in the antler and hang it from the rear view.

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No blood from the deer...
All the blood from me was contained.. (from the glass pelting my face)


Thanks for the tip of checking auto-stop. I had the car taken to the body shop the dealship uses (on premise of the dealership). I also informed them and the dealer of the engine light being on.

Body shop said it would be 3 to 4 weeks before it is completed. So now I am stuck driving the 14MPG Yukon or 20MPG GTO... and I drive about 140 miles a day... (ouch! $$$)

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Time to rent a metro or echo or some such car.