The Deer Always Wins

[NutBucket]

Luckily the damage seems to be all cosmetic. I'd say I got very lucky.
Bonus photo of me using a legit payphone to call for a tow.

 

[sandorski]

Yup.

 

[lxskllr]

Bummer. I think the payphone is the most exceptional part of that post :^D

Glad things weren't worse.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Bummer. I think the payphone is the most exceptional part of that post :^D

Glad things weren't worse.

This!

 

[Red Squirrel]

Ouch that sucks!

Probably you after the incident:

 

[Motostu]

They do! Sorry, because it truly does suck; been there myself. Here's mine from ~28 years ago.

 

[BoomerD]

40 years ago, we lived in western Wyoming. The locals said there were three kinds of drivers…those who had hit a deer or elk, those who would hit a deer or elk, and those who lied about hitting a deer or elk.

 

[NutBucket]

I can see that. Here in SoCal, you sort of have to seek them out.

 

[NutBucket]

Bummer. I think the payphone is the most exceptional part of that post :^D

Glad things weren't worse.

Given the outcome, you're not wrong and I'm glad for it!

Now the painful part is finding a good autobody shop.

 

[lxskllr]

Given the outcome, you're not wrong and I'm glad for it!

Now the painful part is finding a good autobody shop.

How good was the phone? I remember after deregulation Regulation?(I feel like there's a better word that isn't coming to me), a bunch of also-ran companies stuck their payphones everywhere, and I don't think a single one I used was as good as the Bell monopoly phones. Calls were crackly, and unclear, and seemed like the phones weren't as well cared for. To my untrained/uncaring eye, they looked like the same hardware, but if they didn't have a Bell tag, they sucked.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

You mean you didn't take the fresh deer carcass home to skin and cut the steaks?

 

[PClark99]

Holy crap, glad ur ok, but oh that poor STI.

 

[NutBucket]

How good was the phone? I remember after deregulation Regulation?(I feel like there's a better word that isn't coming to me), a bunch of also-ran companies stuck their payphones everywhere, and I don't think a single one I used was as good as the Bell monopoly phones. Calls were crackly, and unclear, and seemed like the phones weren't as well cared for. To my untrained/uncaring eye, they looked like the same hardware, but if they didn't have a Bell tag, they sucked.

The phone was surprisingly decent. It's located about 20 miles from "town" and there's zero cell coverage. Luckily the call to AAA didn't require quarters!

You mean you didn't take the fresh deer carcass home to skin and cut the steaks?

It didn't die....or at least not immediately. It wandered off the road under it's own power. Had it been killed in the impact, my car (and I) would have likely been much worse off!

 

[Brainonska511]

Ooof.

Funny deer story from yesterday: the entry road to our local airport has a bunch of deer statues my wife and I noticed when I dropped her off a few days ago. When I picked her up yesterday evening and we started to leave, she said "watch out for the deer" jokingly because of the statues, and then one of them moved because it was actually a deer, lol.

 

[I'dluv2]

Luckily the damage seems to be all cosmetic. I'd say I got very lucky.
Bonus photo of me using a legit payphone to call for a tow.

If your name is Joe they recorded your call from the phone booth.

 

[NutBucket]

Update: Current estimate is $9k. Curious what the final cost will be.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I miss having a World Rally Blue car, even though I used to have a slow poke naturally aspirated gen 2 forester. Hope the STI returns soon and the damage can be repaired sufficiently.

 

[JulesMaximus]

LOL! An actual payphone! Rare as hens teeth these days. It has been years since I have even seen one in the wild.

Sucks about the car but at least you’re okay. I remember growing up in the north east there would be a report in the news at least once a year of a car hitting a deer and the deer carcass came through the windshield and killed the driver.

 

[NutBucket]

Went to the shop a few days ago to check the paint match before they finish everything up. It should be done tomorrow

 

[BurnItDwn]

my 92 year old grandma was driving, and a deer hit her car. (deer hit rear panel, right above and behind the window.)
My uncle has had 4 deer strikes over the last 15 or so years, though he retired now.
I've come within inches of hitting them numerous times, but have always been able to avoid then other than one time, on the interestate, at night, during heavy traffic where there was a dead dear already lying on the road it had been run over by many cars in front of me, thankfully no damage, and no loss of control from that.