X6 hit a deer

[Puttputtmaru]

http://www.wheels.ca/article/222271

They don't say how big the deer was, but it sure is the least damaged car, after a deer hit, that I have seen on the net so far.

Kudo to BMW X6 strenght and safety. Not the main reason I got the car but nice to know

[dmlgc]

Originally Posted by Puttputtmaru

http://www.wheels.ca/article/222271

They don't say how big the deer was, but it sure is the least damaged car, after a deer hit, that I have seen on the net so far.

Kudo to BMW X6 strenght and safety. Not the main reason I got the car but nice to know

+1
It did really good, deer strikes usually would have done a lot more damage.

[Deda]

oh yeah..i have seen that before..

[xDrive50i]

Originally Posted by Puttputtmaru

http://www.wheels.ca/article/222271

They don't say how big the deer was, but it sure is the least damaged car, after a deer hit, that I have seen on the net so far.

Kudo to BMW X6 strenght and safety. Not the main reason I got the car but nice to know

About 10+ years ago, I hit a deer in the middle of nowhere. I was driving my fiance home at the time and she was asleep in the passenger seat. It was a long 5+ hour drive and about 4 hours into the drive at 2:30am this massive deer just came out of nowhere. At first it ran along the car and I slowed down and had moved into the oncoming lane. Then the deer decided to cross the street anyway and BOOM!!!

After I had pulled over, I couldn't see the deer, it must have headed back into the forest, but there was blood and fur on the side of the car. The deer had taken out the passenger headlight and the front fender. I was glad I had slowed down otherwise, who knows what would have happened since I was going 110km/h (~70mph) at the time....

Those animals (especially if they are fully grown ones), are large and they get stunned by the bright headlights. So you have to approach them with extreme care if you ever happen to see them on the road!

The really strange thing was when I took my car into the body shop to get it fixed up again, the owner of the body shop showed me another car that had just come in with a deer hit damaged front end too.
The deer's head had gone through the windshield INCLUDING the antlers. The antlers went right past the drivers head (left and right side) and had poked holes into the rear leather seats. The deers head had knocked the driver unconscious. Apparently, the deers neck had snapped and killed it when it went through the windshield. But just imagine, you come back to and you have a dead deers head right in front of your face...

Man I was glad I wasn't that guy...