niterydr
10-31-2003, 06:43 AM
Well tonight I finally made it to my girlfriends house in coon rapids to see her, we ate dinner and decided to go to hinkley to the casino for some fun/i'd show her how to play blackjack.
Well I lost $30 at the casino and decided to go home around 12:30am.
At about 1am I am passing the wyoming minnesota exit traveling along at 70mph (80mph actually) when I see a deer literaly pop up at the side of the road running across the road full speed.
Quickly I go into speed mode:
option 1, go behind it, great idea, except the deer just jumped over what looked like mangeled car parts (probably exhaust system), so that idea is no good.
option 2, brake and try to steer around it.
So full on the brakes I slide over to the left lane, still no room, go all the way over to the shoulder, realize im not gonna stop in time as hes now running at me, get on it, kick the back-end out (heal+toe+gas+turn wheel) to try to 'pivot' around him, at this point I am getting desperate..
I end up clipping him in a full out 45 degree slid, back tires on the grass, he hits my front corner, bounces off the windshield and lands in the ditch.
The impact nearly flipped the car, I felt it get REALLY LOSE, since i've actually practiced (beat on) the stealth with sliding I maintained control and slid into the right hand side of the ditch.
VERDICT:
managed to slow down from 70mph in 200 feet or less, pulling a 180.
front headlight, passanger side, GONE!
hood, destroyed.
right fender, crumpled.
wheels, bent.
something is also buldging into the passanger wheel well.
passanger mirror, missing.
as well as various tufts of fur, antler scraps on my hood, and my windshield is destroyed.
But I did take out a 8 point buck that probably dressed 240lbs, he was huge.
So the question is, what do I do? How the hell am I going to get it fixed when it has 97xxx on it, I owe $99xx and i am going to try to get it appraised today.
I owe approx $9900 on it, hopefully things will work out.
I dunno, I needed somewhere to vent, talk about up a creek without a paddle.
Thanks for the time.
Happy Halloween.
-josh
'93 rt/tt
Well I lost $30 at the casino and decided to go home around 12:30am.
At about 1am I am passing the wyoming minnesota exit traveling along at 70mph (80mph actually) when I see a deer literaly pop up at the side of the road running across the road full speed.
Quickly I go into speed mode:
option 1, go behind it, great idea, except the deer just jumped over what looked like mangeled car parts (probably exhaust system), so that idea is no good.
option 2, brake and try to steer around it.
So full on the brakes I slide over to the left lane, still no room, go all the way over to the shoulder, realize im not gonna stop in time as hes now running at me, get on it, kick the back-end out (heal+toe+gas+turn wheel) to try to 'pivot' around him, at this point I am getting desperate..
I end up clipping him in a full out 45 degree slid, back tires on the grass, he hits my front corner, bounces off the windshield and lands in the ditch.
The impact nearly flipped the car, I felt it get REALLY LOSE, since i've actually practiced (beat on) the stealth with sliding I maintained control and slid into the right hand side of the ditch.
VERDICT:
managed to slow down from 70mph in 200 feet or less, pulling a 180.
front headlight, passanger side, GONE!
hood, destroyed.
right fender, crumpled.
wheels, bent.
something is also buldging into the passanger wheel well.
passanger mirror, missing.
as well as various tufts of fur, antler scraps on my hood, and my windshield is destroyed.
But I did take out a 8 point buck that probably dressed 240lbs, he was huge.
So the question is, what do I do? How the hell am I going to get it fixed when it has 97xxx on it, I owe $99xx and i am going to try to get it appraised today.
I owe approx $9900 on it, hopefully things will work out.
I dunno, I needed somewhere to vent, talk about up a creek without a paddle.
Thanks for the time.
Happy Halloween.
-josh
'93 rt/tt