New car vs. deer. It's a draw. [View All]

[Madrone]

I suspect we've both sustained some damage.

FIRST and ONLY time I left the house today - I'd decided I wanted something to eat and didn't want to cook. Off I go. One mile down the road BOOM - deer over an embankment and in front of me. I didn't even have time to brake. Poor thing was tipped over and skidded about 20 feet on his side. I thought I'd killed him - although it would be a slow and torturous death since it was obviously not dead on impact. After laying in the middle of the road for a few he got up and painfully stumbled to the side of the road. A few more minutes of standing there, while I'm almost in tears trying to figure out what to do for this injured wild animal and he hobbles/jumps off into the woods. Hopefully not to lay down and die somewhere....:cry:


Thankfully I drive an Element (front of the car is plastic) so all I can see is a busted headlight, some plastic clips snapped off, a small dent on the hood, and wiper fluid leaking out all over the place. I smell antifreeze but can not find any evidence of it leaking anywhere. And there's deer hair on the windshield, sideview mirror, and tufts of it stuck in my grill.

I don't NEED this extra hassle with my car, and I can't stop thinking about the poor deer - afraid he's laying somewhere in the damp cold and mortally injured. I hit him doing 45 MPH. :cry:

Can someone PLEASE give me a do over - starting at about one year ago? Please???