Thanks a lot STRaightJAGgin I just smashed my STR!
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Thanks a lot STRaightJAGgin I just smashed my STR!
Talk about bad luck. Just reading about STRaightJAGgin damages and how hard it is to find parts.
Tonight I was coming home from work in my 2005 STR at 7:00 PM or so. Hit a deer at @45 mph. Hard to see in the dark all the damage but I drove home and nothing is leaking yet. Got the hood, drivers fender, drivers headlight and high beam, bumper cover from what I could see.
The HID light was ripped open but the capsule was still working! Bobbing up and down I guess from the auto leveling as I drove home. A nice big patch of hair is packed in between the bent fender and hood. Lost the leaper. Shaved clean off. The Mina lower grille I added looks OK.
Lived in deer country all my life and had many a close call but my number was up on this one. Happened so fast I never hit the brake or slowed down. No time to swerve!
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Tonight I was coming home from work in my 2005 STR at 7:00 PM or so. Hit a deer at @45 mph. Hard to see in the dark all the damage but I drove home and nothing is leaking yet. Got the hood, drivers fender, drivers headlight and high beam, bumper cover from what I could see.
The HID light was ripped open but the capsule was still working! Bobbing up and down I guess from the auto leveling as I drove home. A nice big patch of hair is packed in between the bent fender and hood. Lost the leaper. Shaved clean off. The Mina lower grille I added looks OK.
Lived in deer country all my life and had many a close call but my number was up on this one. Happened so fast I never hit the brake or slowed down. No time to swerve!
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So sorry clubairth. Def. understand how it all happens so suddenly. I wasn't going to mention this because the damge is minor, but....for the past month my STR has been at the repair garage waiting for a passenger side exhaust manifold swap. Last week the mechanic's wife called me at the office to inform me a small school bus tried to squeeze between my STR and another parked car. The bus laid a long scratch from the drivers side of rear bumper to the edge of the drivers side rear door. The bus' ins. is checking it out next week. Nuff about the past, let's put our bitch's back together....
Last edited by bfsgross; 01-26-2012 at 07:32 AM.
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Leave the hair in place. Proof that it was an animal hit. These accidents fall under your comprehensive coverage as an act of nature. Most times the deductible is only $100 and you won't be surcharged for a collision accident .
Good luck to all with the repairs. I'm glad Laurie's is locked in the garage for the winter.
Good luck to all with the repairs. I'm glad Laurie's is locked in the garage for the winter.
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Yes it falls under comprehensive and NOT collision but my $1000 deductible still applies. The hair was still in place when I got the estimate done.
The car is in the shop and I have a 2011 Charger which is pretty nice and has a lot of standard stuff on it. Only a V-6 but not bad!
Here are few pictures. No fender gap issues so it was a pretty light hit. Hood is jammed so I can't inspect the engine compartment but still nothing leaking this morning.
The car is in the shop and I have a 2011 Charger which is pretty nice and has a lot of standard stuff on it. Only a V-6 but not bad!
Here are few pictures. No fender gap issues so it was a pretty light hit. Hood is jammed so I can't inspect the engine compartment but still nothing leaking this morning.
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Stiil plenty of road salt. You would think it was free the way they spread it. But actually right now the rain has rinsed it away. But I heard snow in the forcast so it will soon be replaced with another coating. But you are right, it has been a really mild one so far.
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uh excuse my math. But if insurance gives the body shop $1200 for a new light and you supply 1 you paid $400 for then your deductable is now paid to the body and they owe you $200 back or effectively you come out of pocket $200
$1200 new light
-$1000 deductable
+$200 body shop credits to you
-$400 for a good used unit
-$200 is the amount youre now out of pocket instead of $1000
Now you just need to request that they quote new parts prices since "your baby" needs to best
And Ide say a $7000-8k repair
$1200 new light
-$1000 deductable
+$200 body shop credits to you
-$400 for a good used unit
-$200 is the amount youre now out of pocket instead of $1000
Now you just need to request that they quote new parts prices since "your baby" needs to best
And Ide say a $7000-8k repair