Bad day for the MS3 and I

[dgkitchens]

Driving down an Austin canyon road and a fucking deer darted in front of me. Hit the brakes hard and went through the gravel and hit the canyon wall at about 30 mph. Passenger side is fucked up but lucky for my passenger and I the MS3 took the brunt. We are alive and at the end of the day it is just a big hunk of metal. What pisses me off most though is A) I didn't hit the deer for payback and B) the car had just hit 1800 miles about 5 minutes prior.

[triplejumper18]

Since you didn't hit the deer your insurance is going to bone your rates.

[rodrigo]

i wonder if dg chickens would have crashed or even taken that road.....hmmmm

[dgkitchens]

Wow this guy. haha

[rghispanic88]

pics or didnt happen

[taf0422]

and now its a collision and not comprehensive. Should have gone straight at the deer. lol

glad you're okay and cars can be fixed (hopefully)

[emag remrofni]

You should have rammed that motherfucker down because you're screwed now.

[devils2k15]

Any pics?

[Special--k]

(pics)

[SWAY]

but atleast your ok

[devils2k15]

I wanna see the carnage!

[tddvrrn]

damn, sorry to hear. and only 1800 miles...

i hit a deer in my old passat wagon at about 30 mph. the fucker got up and ran away! you shoulda nailed it.

alas, hindsight and 20/20 and all that

[oh10speed3]

pics damnit!

[backward_0]

which canyon are you speaking of? cuz i cant think of anything round here i would describe as a canyon.

sucks either way.

[dgkitchens]

Technically Mt. Bonnell Road but not a lot of people would know where that is and i couldnt think of how to describe it.

[dgkitchens]

Here you go

[TRex]

always hit deer

deer life < your life/property

[SWAY]

Sad sight to see for sure

[JmkC]

why is the pic so small

[backward_0]

Fucker!! that sucks and i know exactly where your talking about. i figured you were talking about westlake.

[dgkitchens]

I know i should have hit the deer but it was a knee-jerk reaction.

[Stapleface]

Damn, this really sucks. Glad to see you and your passenger are okay though. I would have probably done the same thing you would. With how low the front end of the Mazda3 is, I would be afraid that the dear would roll up the hood into the passenger compartment. It sucks, but I think you made the right call.

Out of curiosity, did the side airbags go off?

[Raider]

Dude, that will buff out.

Hitting the deer with MS3 might have been bad, our cars are low, so it would have scooped his ass up onto the hood and through the windshield possibly. You would be picking deer balls out of your mouth, along with 10 billion shards of glass.

It's new, airbags dd not go off, so it will get fixed probably.

[dgkitchens]

The side curtains did on the passenger side. Good thing or this conversation would be much much more sad. His head would have gone right through the window.

[Special--k]

Hit a dear, swerve for a moose. If you americans even have any moose, those are the unwritten rules of the country road.

p.s glad everyone is ok. Too bad you let dinner get away though, dear is pretty good in a burger.

[RodneyAE]

For all of those who think it is safer to hit Deers. Keep in mind deers can come through the windshield, and kill you! It happens around here at least once or twice a year. But again I am in the Application Mountains where deer are everywhere. I avoid them at all cost. But if I have a choice of hitting a deer or running off the road, I would always go with the deer.

[Raider]

If the airbags went off, it is probably totaled. Hope you have good insurance and gap coverage.

[SIXual Panda]

bigger pics or it didnt happen.
good luck with insurance though...

[dgkitchens]

here is the larger photo

[Rich-PMS]

Originally Posted by RodneyAE .....Deers ....deers....deer...deer.

guess after writting it wrong twice, you figured it out.


DEER

[mtnrunner]

I have a lawyer that told me a good piece of information. Insurance can not blame you for this accident because they cant prove the deer was not there. Animal rights also says that they cant force you to hit the deer so swerving away from the deer is just saving the animals life and you wont be at fault. My friend swerved for a coyote before i even knew about this and he didnt even have to pay his deductible. We never asked questions at the time but now we know that its because of animal rights.

[doubleflusher]

Originally Posted by RodneyAE But again I am in the Application Mountains where deer are everywhere.

Please let me know where these Application mountains are.



Read this for how to handle a deer or 2...http://www.mazdaspeedforums.org/foru...eer-0-a-42110/

[NJSPEED3]

What you should have done is called one of your boys with a pick up truck.

Find some fresh roadkill deer and slap that bitch on your car.shhhbamm done!

that was easy.

[Soto]

that suckkkssss

i hit a deer before in my other car, it almost went through the windshield

fuck deer

[Lex]

That's a writeoff. Good thing everyone's ok.

[Pu Manchu]

I couldn't tell from the first tiny pic, but the second larger pic proves your couch is fucked.

[backward_0]

take off everything and give it to me before the insurance gets it.

[skeeter149]

gen ouch dude. sorry to see that i have done some stuff trying to avoid animals as well thank god and knock on cock wood i havent hit anything yet man i wish you the best and hope you come out on top. more important you and the passanger are cool so the hunk o metal did its job like you said

[dgkitchens]

luckily our insurance is fantastic. Now i just want my sore neck and back to go away.

[PunjabiPlaya]

Originally Posted by Raider If the airbags went off, it is probably totaled. Hope you have good insurance and gap coverage.

yeah that's what I'm thinking with what looks like frame damage too