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Driving back home today from out of town there were six deer bounding across the highway and one hit me. Basically ran into the driver front corner of my car from the left of me, me going 50mph, and I knocked it back over to the left side of the road in pieces. My wheel had quite a bit of positive(?) camber now (top of wheel in, bottom out), fender is heavily damaged, clear corner destroyed along with the bulb, bumper split on the side, and hood minorly dented. The head flopped over on my hood and made a wide shallow dent on the driver's side, about 25% of it has this shallow dent. The fender trim only rubs when I go over bumps, but the steering wheel must be cocked 45 degrees over counter-clockwise and the steering is really loose. Looking under the hood I see the place where the support bar that is directly above the radiator and connects near the battery is slightly out of alignment, and the to "cubes" that help hold or align the headlight have been pulled out of the headlight and bent. The tierod looked straight at a glance. Dunno exactly is bent/damaged causing my super camber. Car was drivable. I drove it about 2 miles to a body shop I've used in the past.
My fiancee and her friend were travelling behind me and saw me knock the deer into the air and back to where it ran from. Got a police report and stuff. I was planning on driving to Atlanta for another business trip on Wednesday in my car, but looks like the rental I will get will take me there.
I look at it this way. The paint on my front bumper and hood were not in good shape to begin with since the previous owner of the car didn't take good care of it, so the bumper will get replaced and the hood repainted.
I'm going back outta town to my parents house where the car is and staying there tonight so I can deal with the insurance company tomorrow and get a rental car, and I will take pics of it with my digital camera and posting them tonight.
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Ben98SentraSE
98 Sentra SE TURBO
My fiancee and her friend were travelling behind me and saw me knock the deer into the air and back to where it ran from. Got a police report and stuff. I was planning on driving to Atlanta for another business trip on Wednesday in my car, but looks like the rental I will get will take me there.
I look at it this way. The paint on my front bumper and hood were not in good shape to begin with since the previous owner of the car didn't take good care of it, so the bumper will get replaced and the hood repainted.

I'm going back outta town to my parents house where the car is and staying there tonight so I can deal with the insurance company tomorrow and get a rental car, and I will take pics of it with my digital camera and posting them tonight.
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Ben98SentraSE
98 Sentra SE TURBO
