And you wonder why I'm called deermagnet?

[deermagnet]

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[Sprey]

Yeap def a big day for you by the sounds of it!

So im guessing your bullbar took alot of the force saving your cladding etc :grino:

[VXorado]

Yikes, at least the damage wasn't too bad and you're okay.

Bad day, hit a deer and got pulled over... Double Whammy!!!! Hopefully you didn't get a ticket when you got pulled over for speeding

[VX KAT]

Man, glad to hear it wasn't worse and you're OK! I too wonder if the bull bar helped minimize some damage..I sure hope so. We got 'em on our cars too, lots of wildlife around here...good to see it might actually work! You need a name change...deermagnet2

[LittleBeast]

I am so sorry I hope you recover well from your stressful day. Let us know how we can help.

[Mile High VX]

Glad you're fine and you got to complete your hike.

Looks like you fared pretty well all things considered.

[Y33TREKker]

I would ask if you kept the deer for the venison for your troubles (and not to just let it go to waste), but it doesn't look like the poor guy was all that big.

The last time I hit one with a car, the 70 lbs. of meat from the processing took a little of the sting out of the whole ordeal.

Looks like it could have happened in a worse place though (no ledges or ravines on that side of the road), so that was at least a good thing.

[Moncha]

Mark, glad you're ok and it wasn't as bad as it could have been.

[PK]

I would ask if you kept the deer for the venison for your troubles (and not to just let it go to waste), but it doesn't look like the poor guy was all that big.

The last time I hit one with a car, the 70 lbs. of meat from the processing took a little of the sting out of the whole ordeal.

Looks like it could have happened in a worse place though (no ledges or ravines on that side of the road), so that was at least a good thing.

I had the same thought.
Venison stew - yummy.
Good to see you are ok Mark, and that the VX will recover.

PK

[SlowPro48]

Looks like the VX fared much better than the deer! Glad you are alright and were able to salvage the day.

[circmand]

mandeerpigmagnet

[Ldub]

Glad you're fine and you got to complete your hike.

Looks like you fared pretty well all things considered.

X-2...:thumbup:

[tom4bren]

Poor Bambi. Glad you're OK though.

[handeeman]

Mark, I too am glad you and the VX made it thru OK.

Glad to know why you use the name.

I shoulda used "ChickMagnet".

It's still amazing how they're attracted to me, even at my age.

You'd think I had a bag of chicken feed tied around my neck or sumpthin.

[MSHardeman]

Mark,

Sorry to hear about your run in, but I'm glad you're OK and that the damage to the VX isn't that severe.

I have to commute every day on a highway that goes through an elk migration corridor and my biggest fear is hitting one of those monsters and totalling my baby. Actually, heading home last night there was an ambulance and three police cars blocking off one lane of the highway because someone had hit an elk, and that sucker was HUGE.

[nfpgasmask]

That sucks. Looks like a baby too. Sorry to hear about this.

Bart

[PHO2GR4]

That deer looks cute and sleepy!

[nfpgasmask]

Ohh, it's definitely sleepy alright...

Bart

[tom4bren]

WooHoo!!!

Grats.

[Mile High VX]

Looks great Mark.

What's the story on the front bumper cladding being a different color than the fender?

It was that way before, just wondering if the front was newer?

[LiquidVX]

Yeah that could have been a lot worse. glad youre ok.

[Ldub]

So I'm back on the road and as happy as can be. Life is good and it's gonna be a great summer, the best ever! :yesy:

Mark Griffin (a VX lifer) :_steering

GRATS Mark!

:dance::dan_ban::dance:

[Ldub]

One day of driving around with my front end naked was enough for me. I got my new bar and lights on and I'm good to go. I didn't realize it so dark when I took the pic, but you get the idea.

http://www.drivehq.com/file/df.aspx/publish/mgpa/vx/vx8/843.jpg

Mark

And no mention of where that Cuh-RaYzee bug deflector came from...:confused:

SwEeT!...:thumbup:

[Ldub]

Come on, man, you musta seen that before. I made it eight years ago. It's always been there on my home page.

Mark

Well gosh...I can't remember everything...:_confused:laughing:

But it does look shiny & new, & I thought I caught a wiff of that "new deflector smell", so I thought I'd ask...:yesgray:

[DannyDigital]

http://safetycentral.com/aiacdewaalwh.html

[VCrossfan]

Change your name!!! Maybe and new set of brake pads then call yourself " ChickMagnet" the outcome will be more pleasant. Just Joken, glad everything turned out OK, except for Bambi

[PK]

I agree with Mark.
We have a similar gadget for sale in Australia for scaring away kangaroos.
I fitted them to my new Subaru in 2002, and hit 2 kangaroos in 6 months.
Took them off, and hit nothing since.

PK

[Mile High VX]

In the last thirty years I've only owned one vehicle that has not killed a deer. :mady:
http://www.wtv-zone.com/markg/gifs/D1.gif

Mark

Vehicles don't kill deer...drivers do.

I've had my share from back when I lived in rural Arkansas. Hardest thing in the world to do driving is hit an animal instead of reacting to miss them and have an even worse fate...

[tom4bren]

One thing to keep in mind is that deer do NOT have a reverse setting on their transmission. If a collision is inevitable, aim for their arse ... chances are better than 50% that it will lunge forward & you'll be lucky and miss it without losing control or almost lucky & give it a glancing blow.

If you try to squeeze in front of a spooked deer, you've just doubled your chances of hitting it.

BTW, 90% of all statistics are 70% correct so you can take the above percentages as absolute truth.

[So-CalVX]

BTW, 90% of all statistics are 70% correct so you can take the above percentages as absolute truth.

also... 76.3% of percentages are made up on the spot :p

[PHO2GR4]

60% of the time, it works every time.