dam dude sry to hear about the car and glad to hear the u guys are ok......i too made a long journey tonight about 1.5 hrs to and from on back roads and thats all i could think of was a dumb deer jumping in front of me .....well again glad u r ok sry about the car .....u gonna have some venison or what????

 

That video was great to wake up to this morning. Its funny as hell how you guys taunt the deer. Best Quotes: “That’s what you get when you fuck with an eclipse” & “HA HA his tongue’s green.”

bty, the car looks bad. but thank god your okay after a hit like that. things could have turned out a lot worse than they did, be thankful that it didnt.

 

what suprises me the most guys.... my airbags didnt deploy? I mean.. i hit that thing pretty hard

 

Airbags will only deploy if you hit 2 out of the 3 sensors in the front. I can't see the picks at work, but it seems like you clipped just one of the sensors.

And for the non-country folk, late October through November is mating season. Deer come out of nowhere. At least that is how it is in northern Illinois. I always drive slower down 2 lane roads when the corn is still up. And always use high beams.

 

ohhhhhhhhhhh maaaaaaaan....sorry to see that. good luck with it, the insurance company might total it for ya!

 

come on man thats what the bootleggers turn is for, you could of avoided it. just joking. sorry to hear that. poor eclipse.:mecry2: at least there was no injuries.:twothumb:

 

So you are already slowing down and you still managed to hit it at 55??? How fast were you really going?? That's what you get speedracer.

 

Good for you for staying straight though. All too often you hear stories about people swerving to avoid something, flipping their car. You did a good thing.

 

only 'speeding a little' and applying the brakes for atleast 100ft lightly means you must have been doing ATLEAST 75-80mph to clip that deer at ~55.

however, looking at the damage...clipped was used too liberally. you hit atleast 1/2 of the deer with atleast 1/2 of your car.


maybe now you'll be a little more aware of 3 things:
1. speed limits on empty roads are there for a good reason
2. speeding at night in a deer area is a bad idea


3. speeding at night is a bad idea, and i'm going to brake down the why reason behind this.

lets say you're moving at 55mph which is 80 feet per second. your low beams project ahead about 50-60 feet visibility...but you're covering 50 feet in under one second now. so you see something 60 feet ahead, you have less than one second to react and hit the brake pedal. maybe if you drive with your left foot hovering over the brake pedal all the time it would work out? lets say you have your high beams on, and now you can see 100-120ft down the road with clear visibility, you now have about 1.3 seconds to react and hit the brake pedal, whats the 60-0 stopping distance of a 3G Eclipse? 135 ft. even going 5 over the speed limit, with your high beams on at night and seeing the deer 120ft out and reacting in under one second, you'll probably hit that deer unless you have upgraded brakes, matching tires, or can swerve at the right moment to miss it and not run off the road. granted by the time you're on the deer you're probably only going about 20-30mph so swerving isnt going to be such a problem, however deer are unpredictable and theres often more than one.

 

Bitter, have you considered a job for the FAA or something doing accident reconstructions?

 

Hey man. I have a black stock hood for sale in great condition. I guess you can do the two tone look. Come get it for $100

 

yea... i am so thankfull no one got hurt. I really really am. And once again i do admit i waqs speeding more than i needed to be, about 75-85, and this is basiclly what i get for it, but raz, i really dont appreciate your little speed racer remark. I do realize i was stupid for this, but i did handle the situation alot better than others would. I kept the car on the road and my passenger safe. Thats what i find important.

Oh and bitter, i did learn i speed to much. This is all a wake-up call. I need to keep it safer alot more. I just wish i coulda learned all this a better way.... anyways. I also wasnt using my high beams because it has been so windy here, and the dirt in the air made it harder to see with brights.

but yea... im going to call allstate on monday morning. Do yall know if they support aftermarket by chance to? I have all my stockers for this kinda reason.

 

atleast you're mature enough to understand the mistakes you made that led to the situation.

 

empty county roads i always drive 70....EXCEPT in 2 conditions.

deer season
corn is up.

....this meets both criterion...

Sorry bout the car man, very glad you are ok, coulda def been worse.

good luck!

 

sry to see that.....i have hit 3 with the supra and the last one was the one that did a damage....such is life.......shoot a few more in your spare time...thats what i say

 

sry to see that.....i have hit 3 with the supra and the last one was the one that did a damage....such is life.......shoot a few more in your spare time...thats what i say

haha...:lmfao:

that will buff right out.. - someone has to say it.

in a serious note, glad to hear you're OK boss!

anyhow, man, you really are determined to keep your car. i won't even bother trying to convince you not to keep it. but i have to say, everything that most of these guys said, is the best option... please look up the bad side of having a Junk/Rebuilt title before buying it back.


you know, Eclipse GSX's are nice :ndance:!

 

If you're interested, I have a stock SILVER hood I'm willing to ship for pretty cheap! If you're interested, I'll figure out shipping costs and we can get you my hood!! I just want it out of my house!!

 

When I drive with my friends, I have no problem telling them to slow down if they are going too fast. Especially in the snow, when it's quite obvious that they will not be able to stop in time if something were to happen. Now that's just me, but like Hijacker said, some people are afraid to speak up when their friends are being unsafe.

I don't think I'm an expert driver, nor do I think I'm invincible. I'm out to prove people wrong, mainly the insurance companies, by not being a big risk on the roads. Everyone is a risk when they get behind the wheel in my opinion, but you can take steps to minimize the risk.

I'm sorry to see another car ruined by a deer.

 

sorry to hear that chad glad u ok but if u ever need help hit me up

 

kb, ims ure im going to need some help with few things. Hope your up for it buddy lol. Ill be back in town later this evening, ill drop by.

 

If I knew about this in the morning, I'd try to find you some silver fenders.

 

thanks for the concern everyone. I will get you pictures uo today or tomorrow. Maybe yall can figure out whats all damaged. But fyi, i may end up just fixing everything myself, so when you see the pictures and see whats damaged, keep your eyes out for that part.

but to look on the brighter side, maybe i can actually make money out of all this and go with my ss lips and two tone look

 

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thats all for now,
tell me what yall think. Subframe is pretty f'ed up, but that wouldnt total it would it?

 

damn!...That might be total man.

 

That my friend Would be totaled!

i'll start parting it out before its too late.
<--wheels

 

What makes you think its totaled?


and if it is... im pretty sure i will leaning for a buyback. I love my car way too much, dont think i could let it go.

 

Glad your ok man, was a nice looking ride too.

Im closer i'll take the wheels

 

Damn, well I will take the heat shield for the stock header. IF it is totalled

 

you guys are damn vultures :lol:
but thank yall for your opinions

 

Hood, Headlight, Fender, bumper Radiator, Radiator support and top brackets, washer bottle, Powersteering reservoir, cant see very well but it looks like some of those AC lines are also damaged. I would assume that the car will be a total loss if you file a claim.