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Old Nov 10, 2024 | 06:27 PM
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I had a jeep once, the deer hit ME, I didnt hit the deer the ins company wanter do drill holes in it and pull the dent out it was right behind the door ( 2001 real body style) I told the no, and fixed the door and body myself the windshiels was replace dby Safelight
Yea any car I dont care where its made Japan Eurpor or whatever built after 1970 wont last against a deer my first car was a 1964 Chevy IOmpala deer didnt do anything to that old tank

If you have an older Volvo, those are specifically designed to resist a Moose collision. That's why they are so boxy shaped and stout.

A guy I used to work with came into work once and said he had a Deer run into the side of his truck. He didn't know where it went so he came to work. A couple of minutes later, another guy came in and congratulated him on getting his Deer that year. We went down to the parking lot and the Deer was laying in the back of his truck. One major problem though. It wasn't dead, just stunned. It came to while we were looking at it. It was a good sized buck with intact antlers. You never saw a group of guys scatter like that before I'll bet. The Deer was VERY unhappy.
 
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Old Nov 11, 2024 | 10:29 AM
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I hit one at 45mph with the v10 in my sig, the bottom of the winch mount had a tiny bit of fat and hair on it. That was all that happened.
 
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Old Nov 11, 2024 | 01:06 PM
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I have discovered in my 61 years of life that the older the vehicle, the better it fares inan accident involving animals
When I was a kid, I drove a 64 impala, wasp waste frame, bt that didnt matter cause deer hit the steel grill on that tank then came teh 73 gmc, plastic grill exploded when the deer was on the way to the radiator, third vehicle was a 68 dodge power wagon best damn truck I have ever seen, I'd buy another one NOW even if it didnt run, I hit a damn COW with tha thing and got bloody hair on the winch and a leg stuck in eth steering system. 0 damage, not even a scratch, you cant damage a old WM300
 
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Old Nov 15, 2024 | 10:20 PM
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I have discovered in my 61 years of life that the older the vehicle, the better it fares inan accident involving animals
When I was a kid, I drove a 64 impala, wasp waste frame, bt that didnt matter cause deer hit the steel grill on that tank then came teh 73 gmc, plastic grill exploded when the deer was on the way to the radiator, third vehicle was a 68 dodge power wagon best damn truck I have ever seen, I'd buy another one NOW even if it didnt run, I hit a damn COW with tha thing and got bloody hair on the winch and a leg stuck in eth steering system. 0 damage, not even a scratch, you cant damage a old WM300

I had a 1952 B-3-PW and a truck ran off the road and hit it in the front. It scooted my truck about 2 feet sideways and totaled the nearly new Silverado.
 
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Old Nov 17, 2024 | 01:04 PM
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yea the older the truck, the more it survives
 
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