hollywood1053

WOW - that's scary.
Glad everyone is OK.
Sorry about the car, but it's a material item that can be replaced.
Have fun shopping for the replacement

captainbaker

I grew up in Park City and one year I hit 3 deer. My poor little VW rabbit looked like a golf ball in front. And no.....game meat is gamy as is, let alone when it gets splattered.

blitz997

Damm... I hope all is well.

kellen

Wow. I ran over a deer a couple of months ago, guy 300 yards in front of me hit it first. Luckily I just went over it, no damage.

Sorry to hear about your car. You're fine after, thats what matters.

Tcc1999

Well, since you asked, the abridged Bio101 answer. Energy comes from the sun. Plants use said energy to grow. Deer eat plants indirectly harvesting energy. Predators eat deer further, indirectly harvesting energy. In the past (and maybe in many other parts of the world), man eats deer surviving on meat (muscle, sinew, organs) able to be grown from energy supplied by the sun. Further, Deer eat plants, this allows "space" for other plants to grow impacting biodiversity. it is terribly cliche but Web of Life and all. Deer are not Keystone species but removing/limiting their predators allows their rate of intrinsic increase to skyrocket (oops, sorry, that Population Ecology 101)

the_buch

Foremost, glad you're OK. Then, looking forward to hearing what's next (selfishly, hopefully a 997 as you're a major contributor to this board?)

An uncle of mine hit a moose going about 80mph. His cadillac scooped it up over the hood and it came through the windshield, missed him by inches and ended up in the back seat. Now that was a write-off.

Good luck with the insurance company. We'll be interested to know who you're dealing with and whether you receive proper value, particularly given your superb modifications.

BIG smoke

With 78 million airbags being recalled, perhaps you've sent it in for service?

Public service announcement - Check your policy for value of your car. It is in there. Make sure your happy with that number. If not, get your car appraised, and have the number documented in your policy.

ru'

I hit on a moose once, ended up on my back seat. Can't say the car was a write-off, but it needed a serious clean-up afterwards...

Iceter

FYI, the majority of fatalities from deer-related accidents happen when the car hits something else after hitting the deer. This happens when drivers over-react and have a much worse accident by trying to avoid the deer than they would have if they hit the deer.

Roadside trees, ditches and oncoming traffic are much more dangerous than a deer.

Here in NC recently, a driver killed a man mowing his lawn when the driver swerved to avoid an animal in the road and plowed over the homeowner on his riding mower. The moral of the story is that most times it's safer to hit the animal.

On side note, I'm very surprised that the OPs rollover bars deployed in a deer strike. I wonder what caused that to happen?

OP, did your car yaw wildly or did any of the wheels leave the pavement when you had the accident?

turbo3.6

J03chu

Wow... never thought i'll see this...

I'm in Socal and just got my 2006 C2S last november 2015...

My car is black / black coupe with black carrera classics (5 spoke) with a GT3 tek front lip!

Always thought your car was my older twin... sad to see it go

As everyone says, as long as you're safe! Cars are replaceable.

Please, do contact me if you're interested in selling / parting out some of your parts when the dust settles. Wish the best for you!

Pm / Email: j03chu@yahoo.com

Jaybird33

The car felt controlled through the impact. As for the roll hoops, I think its a response to a significant impact while the roof is down. That's my best guess.

Jaybird33

Circle of life. Lol.

sub150

Hopefully it gets totaled. Doubt there is frame damage so probably a nice track or project car for someone.

AMG5PT4

Was the deer wrapped around a "Deer Xing" sign post, by chance?