X5 vs Dear
 

50 mph at night, two lane country rd. Option A hit dear.
Option B swerve and go into deep dark unknown.
Hit him! 3 pt buck. Die you bad bad dear! He did.
Me no scratch. 2001 4.4 X5 ... Scratched. Still running smooth as
the sweet smell of scortched coolant reached me nose.
Bumper looked intact, hood lights radiator fan etc...
mashed. Will find out soon bout salvage ability.
Damn.

:worthless:

Yea I think you are totaled.

Pictures, or it did not happen.

hehe I thought you hit your girlfriend, but you meant DEER.
still sorry to hear.

Oh deer.

These X5s are dropping like flies!

Deer Dear Deer Dear
 

OUch. Forgive my brevity it has been a long day. First time loading pics to a site.

There seem to be a chorus of folk saying it can be fixed,,,,,I have me doubts.
No matter ,,,flying of to a foreign land for a number of months on Tues.
Will tarp it and decide at a later date.
Thanks for your input.

only a flesh wound!

She used to be like...
 

Bought a month before going overseas,,,Came back for a two week break......hit Dear Deer:bawling::bawling:

I agree, that does not look very severe. Looks like your fenders and bumper is intact. You might be ok here.

Damage
 

The question seems to revolve around the "core" support
Today I will have a closer look to see if the fenders have been
pushed back at all. Would like to see under hood as to the systems
damage. The possibility of getting everything into original alignment
and the systems brought back to spec... and functioning without flaw...
A decision for a later date.

Thats not so bad!! I hit a deer about a month ago. I also had just purchased this beautiful 2005 4.4...but it was fixed better than before lol...no kidding. I got all new parts and no frame damage...$14,000 worth of work, but Geico ins paid it all...if you look at the second pic, you can see some Deer Fur on the bumper. I felt really bad about the deer, but I felt worse for my X5:)

Nothing money can't fix. You didn't get injured, which is what you should focus on. Yeah, it still sucks.

Ah, you're into red., I see :)

Lol..Actually, the Camaro is Orange, but it looks red in the picture:)