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bwahl602

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on the way home last night a deer hopped out in front of me.

i remember the deer, the tree, the airbag... looks like the car hit the first tree at about 40mph... spun me into second tree... front end and pass side destroyed

i was gonna do gears this week :cry
 
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1badsilver99

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Man that sucks just be glad your ok.... ive had a couple close calls with deers but thats about it. hope if all works out for you man
 

RedDaemon

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1badsilver99 said:
Man that sucks just be glad your ok.... ive had a couple close calls with deers but thats about it. hope if all works out for you man
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there are deer down in NC? thats where i am going to be moving.

Ive had a run in with a deer in my GT, plowed right into the side of my car

i was hoping to get out of New York and never have to deal with them again


OP, you should be glad you are OK. that sounded like it was a pretty serious accident, especially if you dont remember much of it.
 

westgastang5.0Coyote

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Good to hear you're ok be careful.
 

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-=NightHawk=- said:
there are deer down in NC? thats where i am going to be moving...
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There are deer in all 48 contiguous states.
 

RedDaemon

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flstang65 said:
There are deer in all 48 contiguous states.
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i guess what i really was trying to say was, escape the over population of deer we have in NY to decrease the odds of this **** happening to me again.

but i guess that can be the same everywhere else.
 

LI98GTStang

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Man Sooo many deer plus mustang combo threads (myself included). I'm beginning to wonder if they love the sound of a Mustang GT's V-8. Hope you feel better quick and get either your baby back or into an even better one. Try and keep your head up.
 

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-=NightHawk=- said:
i guess what i really was trying to say was, escape the over population of deer we have in NY to decrease the odds of this **** happening to me again.

but i guess that can be the same everywhere else.
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there are a TON of deer down here.

what part of NC are you moving to?
 

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Like other said, glad you are ok. I know you are prolly thinking who gives a ****, my car is gone! When I lost a Mustang years ago it was a pretty serious accident and I came out unscratched. I wished for a broken arm or something so I wouldn't just keep thinking about losing the Stang
 

RedDaemon

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SaleenGT2001 said:
there are a TON of deer down here.

what part of NC are you moving to?
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f*k.

Raleigh for summer '09 then Raleigh again permanently starting summer of '10

ill be 10min from RDU Int'l
 
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its not that i dont remember it was very very fast... there was a tree directly on the edge of the road, as soon as i saw the deer, i jerked the wheel(oops) and immediatley the airbag was going off..
i saw the deer and withing a second of seeing him, the airbag was off... it was fast... ill try to get some pics of the car soon
 

mransr

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Dude...I live in southern California and hit a deer with my old 5.0 about 15 years ago...those giant forest rats are everywhere

-=NightHawk=- said:
there are deer down in NC? thats where i am going to be moving.

Ive had a run in with a deer in my GT, plowed right into the side of my car

i was hoping to get out of New York and never have to deal with them again


OP, you should be glad you are OK. that sounded like it was a pretty serious accident, especially if you dont remember much of it.
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That sucks, but as everyone else has said, at least your alright. Thats the important thing.
 

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-=NightHawk=- said:
f*k.

Raleigh for summer '09 then Raleigh again permanently starting summer of '10

ill be 10min from RDU Int'l
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sweet. make sure to get in touch with me when you make it down here. i'm about 40 min south of raleigh. the street scene here is wide open and theres a ton of fast cars around!

there will be cruise ins starting in a couple of weeks with some pretty good action going down.

go ahead and start checking out
HorsepowerJunkies.com
everyone in the raleigh/durham area is on there. i'm QuickSilver74 on that board
 
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bwahl602

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KBB retails my gt at 11,500... if i get anywhere near that from the insurance company ill be happy... hoping for 10k

im pretty sure at this point that im gonna do whatever it takes to get a hold of a mach... the better motor, appearance, brakes and specifically interior over the gt is easily worth the 3k-4k price difference

plus im finding it impossible to locate another silver gt 5spd in my area... so the fact tht the mach didnt come in silver is irrelivant

ill keep u guys updated
 

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-=NightHawk=- said:
i guess what i really was trying to say was, escape the over population of deer we have in NY to decrease the odds of this **** happening to me again.

but i guess that can be the same everywhere else.
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There is definetly an overpopulation of deer in NC especially where I live. I don't drive over 45 on back roads at night becuse you have to slam on brakes about every other mile. Seriously it sucks. Really sucks on a bike.
 

bcollie67

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SaleenGT2001 said:
sweet. make sure to get in touch with me when you make it down here. i'm about 40 min south of raleigh. the street scene here is wide open and theres a ton of fast cars around!

there will be cruise ins starting in a couple of weeks with some pretty good action going down.

go ahead and start checking out
HorsepowerJunkies.com
everyone in the raleigh/durham area is on there. i'm QuickSilver74 on that board
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I'm pretty close to you man. I live about 50 miles north of Raleigh in Caswell Co. I'm up in Raliegh a lot. I have a bunch of friends that went to State and go and visit them some on the weekends.
 

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bcollie67 said:
I'm pretty close to you man. I live about 50 miles north of Raleigh in Caswell Co. I'm up in Raliegh a lot. I have a bunch of friends that went to State and go and visit them some on the weekends.
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cruise ins will be starting soon. i get my bumpers back this weekend too!!!!
we should arrange a weekend and meet up somewhere to ride
 
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