Alright, so on my way to work this morning, Rudolph decided to take the leap of death - right in front of my car
I live just outside of Richmond, so the first part of my trip is a two lane rd. Well, at the spot where I hit the deer, it opens to two lanes on each side divided by a grass median with concrete edges. I'm in the left lane, nobody else around. The deer starts to bolt out of the woods and since there is nobody next to me and it's pitch black outside, I don't see him until his head is 2 feet from my headlight.
I was only able to swerve a tiny amount becuase of the median, but his chin still hit my headlight and broke it out. That whipped his neck around and his shoulder crashed into my front passenger door. In turn, that whipped his ass around and it just anihilated my rear passenger door. Then his body and antlers slid down the side of the car and REALLY crunched in the rear quarter panel. Both door handles broke off and lots of my paint has been replaced by deer hair. The dents are HUGE, there is no popping these ones out. I'm fairly certain they will have to replace both door panels and the rear quarter panel.
I couldn't see if he died or not, there was nobody behind me so there was no light in my rearview mirror. After I stopped the car and saw how bad the damage was, I would have been happy to finish him off if he didn't!!!
Damage update to follow, hopefully the insurance guy gets to it today.....
I worked there for a while when I was oil riggin' .. damn good food down there!
