hackthegibson24

Does anybody else notice that rx7's seem to attract deer and make them jump out in front of you?My car seems to attract deer and not little ones neither since I've gotten my car Ive hit 3 deer ( all bucks) and I've only had my rx7 since august.Thankfully the rx7s unique bumper design they only ever mess up my headlight buckets and that nice piece of metel that goes in between them.Fortuantly for me the metal part between the headlights is easy to fix even if it gets creased,but the head light buckets are hard to find sometimes.

DAVID GRIMES

Three deer and only that damage all three times ?

Are you taking them out at the knees as you drift around them or some **** ? A deer can demolish a 7 very easily.

Kentetsu

Your exhaust is too quiet, so they can't hear you coming....

I have to deal with a lot of deer here in Michigan as well. Improving your headlights is a good place to start. I ran heavy gauge wiring and relays for mine, then installed XtraVision bulbs, which do a great job.

Other than that, just make sure you drive with your eyes open...

mannyvidal

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lmao

hackthegibson24

yeah pretty much all the deer I've hit are always late at night on a rural road. Also the 3 I hit Ive hit in the legs cause the always end up doin cart wheels over the car granted though Ive replaced my front bumper skin 1 time since Ive hit 3 deer.Also I live in pennsylvania and deer are all over the place. Also For the guy who got me with the B.s. Meter pretty funny but trust me ive hit deer on 3 seprate occasions.As i said before though I live in pa and i was on a rural road so automatically the posted speed limit becomes double

Rico Suave

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No Joke!!!! i use to live in PA too and i hit a deer one night after work and my car got totalled.

twinkletoes

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wow, thats crazy you only got that much damage. I read about a guy on hear who hit a jackrabbit and it demolished his front bumper. Glad your ok

Rx-7Doctor

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What he put the Bs meter up for was the fact that you stated you hit bucks and only did minor damage. I hit a yearling once after slowing way down waiting to see if was going to cross or not. It decided to jump in front of the car to follow the rest of his buddies. It destroyed the header panel and the right front fender. This was at a speed of around 15mph.

In your case it would of totalled the vehicle. Deer do not magically clear the car. Those cartwheels would be taking a major chunk of the sheetmetal with them. Even hitting a wild Turkey can total your car.


Ever thought of installing those electronic deer whistles on the front bumpers?
And how about slowing down to avoid out driving your headlamps?

MalditoNYC

I believe him, BUT I'm guessing he drives way toooooooooooo slow. I expect a broken windshield with the deer's head on your shoulder, because of how low a 7 sits.

David Dewhurst

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Score one point for David Grimes for posting the first BS indicator & one half point for mannyvidal for posting the second BS indicator. We have a couple deer in Wisconsin & I have never met anyone in my lifetime (ya know the song about the back side of 30, double that with a few more years) that had hit 3 deer say nothing about 3 bucks in their life time.

hackthegibson24, $hit happens when ya drive around within the zoo.

dark mephisto

lol, i believe him. did the same thing in my neon... i know its not a rex... but still, i only had a broken headlight bracket... its still good lol, but it shakes over bumps...

hackthegibson24

Ok hit a deer going about 50-70 mpg with a low front end bumper they almost instantly go airbourne . Or like in football when people get hit low they do become airbourne doing cartwheels over the other person. maybe i just got lucky but it did do damage to my car that im not denying and other then hood dents and headlight buckets my cars fine.Old ladys have done more damage to my car then the deer.

Bob Holton

I arrested a couple dudes one night that had affixed spears to a corvette and had impaled one deer and were working on the second. Expensive deer they were!!!!go ahead with your BS meter They cost over 100.00 each plus headlights.

OnlyOnThurs

Pics of impaled deer ?

JWteknix

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ahahaha^^^

DAVID GRIMES

Cartwheeling bucks ? Oh, my...

Where does the buck stop? Can you tell me that?

Or is this a game of oneupmanship? I'll go next. Uh, yeah, like uh... you know my NA 13B just got dynoed today and it's er uh putting out uh, yeah like 681 RWHP.

There. Do I win?

mannyvidal

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i was driving once to laguna seca and right before the area where JAMES DEAN had his accident and fatal death a jackalope jumped in front of our rig and the only thing it broke was wiper blades on the copilot side i got to see the bugger found his *** and put him up in my living room and heres a pic , beware they do exist and are very dangerous.............lmao

David Dewhurst

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I was at a sports club meeting last night & there was this supposed true storry that came out of Pennsylvania that some dude by the name hackthegibson24 during deer hunting was a very poor shot & pi$$ed of 3 buck deer. Now in retaliation the buck deer have opened a season on only his 7 during which time they will attempt to spear his car. So far they have had 3 close calls but speared nothing. The bucks promised they would take a picture & post it on this thread as they complete their mission.

hackthegibson24

Maybe that is what happened.THat would explain alot it must be some sort of deer jihad cell going on lol

Latin270

Thats funny I work doing Deer control. The laws are insane that protect Deer!

fluffysheap

Ran over a deer once driving a pickup truck. He was in mid jump so he bounced off the front grille, flew up in the air and landed right in the truck bed. Gave him to a friend of my father's who loves hunting and was pretty glad to get some fresh venison in the "off season." He said about 1/3 of the meat was too bruised to be edible, hah.

Truck suffered a broken (plastic) grille but no other damage.

Natey

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http://www.msprotege.com/members/Nat...kdeermiata.wmv

One fine evening in the Santa Cruz mountians

EDIT: damn that server! Maybe it'll work in a little while.

Here's the short version:

http://www.msprotege.com/members/Natey/deer1.wmv

Ovid213

I haven't really noticed that problem in the rex, although i have been running around with open headers. My caddy, now, THAT thing drew them out of the woodwork- I couldn't stop running into **** in that thing!(at least once or twice a week) I'm glad my Rx doesn't have this property though, because where I live I see herds of elk on a nightly basis. I saw one the other night, a bull, who pretty much filled the right lane all by himself.

DAVID GRIMES

Glad dude doesn't live there and hit one head on and just like get an elk bugger on his windshield.

dbragg

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hahaha