Today I had the honor of hitting my first deer, in my Rover no less. 45mph and 5000 pounds did not give Bambi much of a chance. I did not feel anything when I hit it. I only saw it rolling away as I slowed down. After checking the front end I have this to report:

One bent license plate

That's it! I just put on some OME 779/762 springs with shocks and that resulted in a couple extra inches of lift on the front end. I am very impressed with my Rover. Any other car (or most SUV's also) would need major repairs. So know you all know you don't need to swerve, just sit back and enjoy the show!

Cheers,

Pete

 

The question though is did you field dress it? I'll take venison cutlets...yes it is Kosher

 

Glad to hear all is well.

NEVER EVER swerve to miss a animal, EVER, slow down and keep the wheel, straight.
To many people here in MI end up dead or in the hospital because they swerve to miss a deer and hit a tree or another car.

 

Glad to hear you're ok. Spike- one of my good friends just flipped his Montero Sport because he tried to avoid a cat and hit a telephone pole. Luckily neither him nor the 3 other kids in the car were hurt at all, but he's out quite a lot of money from it.

 

Seriously, a cat? He swerved for Chinese take out? Sorry but your friend is a idiot and should not reproduce.

 

your rover is only 5000 lbs? you must have the stripped down racing model seriously though I have never hit a deer but I sure hope I am driving the rover and NOT my car if I ever do.

 

Deer Jerky?

 

Dry weight on my Rover according to the owner's manual is 2216Kg. When multiplied by 2.2 to convert to pounds that comes up to 4875 Lbs. I'm not sure where people got the 6000 Lb. number that seems to be so popular. Gross weight on the truck is only 6017 which would leave you 17 pounds of cargo capacity if the truck really weighed 6000.

In my personal vehicle I will slow down to avoid an animal. In my tractor trailer for work I tend to accelerate so I can make sure it doesn't suffer. I was surprised how solid a porcupine is when it gets run over by a semi. Best part of running over the porcupine is that it squished like a grape and the mechanic did an oil change the next day.

 

hmm I guess I was thinking of GVW and not dry weight

 

I'm not sure which I'd rather do, kill a cat, with my girl in the car, or hit a telephone pole.

Both would likely have the same result upon me physically.