A Deer on I-90, 30 miles outside Chicago.

One my way to Washington DC, we ran into a Deer on I-90. Now in the middle of WI one might expect this sort of thing, but right niext to O'Hare is very rare I am told. The damage is relatively miner. The windshield is destroyed and the hood and fender will need to be replaced along with the hood scoop and left headlight. We are getting the windshield replaced locally and heading back to the cities tomorrow.

Anyone have a suggestion for a good body shop around Chanhassen, MN ?

 

got damn, it went through ur hood scoop! I dont know any good shops down there but harmon autoglass is pretty good.

 

sorry to hear about that, where abouts in chan do u live?.. also theres a place by the mcdonalds and chan carwash that i heard was good

 

Up near the Byerly's.

 

holy crap!

 

no its down right by the chanhassen car wash and mcdonalds

 

I don't think you'll make it to the twin cities tomorrow with a car looking like that. :? Sorry, I have no recommendations for you. Just post whoring.

 

Just got the car back with a new wind shield. Looks much better. The hood isn't crunched so much as to interfere with anything under the hood. I'm a little worried about driving without a drivers side mirror, but I think we can make it back.

 

man that suck what about the deer? alive or dead?

 

That sucks man, at least only the deer and the car got hurt. Glad to hear you are okay. I used hopkins auto body for some body work, they did a great job. My opinion is if insurance is going to pay for the repairs got to a subaru body shop, you know it will be done right with the right parts then.

 

i like how you sat its relatively minor haha. you must definitely be an optimistic person. sorry about your car man

 

at least it didnt f up the roof..it would have probably be totalled then

 

if i've said it once, i've said it a hundred times: if i ever hit a deer, I'm taking the damn thing's head and mounting it on my wall.

 

I didn't see it, but the deer actually limped across the interstate and lay dying in the ditch. I'm assuming the trooper put the poor thing out of its missery.

 

They always do. How fast were you goin?

 

Sorry to hear about your car, that sucks! Check out this place to get your car fixed, ive had my past cars fixed there and they do a great job.

http://www.raymondautobody.com/

 

That sucks. Too bad I just sold my stock left headlight 2 weeks ago, you could've had it.

 

Ouchies....that hurts. Glad you're ok.

So wasn't there a thread on NASIOC or IWSTI about birds hitting hood scoops? You have a got a major one up on those posers..."birds, meh, I had a DEER go through my hood scoop!"

 

the place i was tinking of is abra, i know a bunch of people who have gone there and they liked it

 

Last winter I had some body damage fixed on my other wagon at Walser Collision Center in bloomington. They did a flawless job and had great service.

My current wagon had some body work done on it by Lehman's Garage at some point in the past (before I owned it, found receipts) and it looks like crap, comparatively.

 

Stopped by Master Collision in Bloomington on my way home and got an estimate. Total came to $4000. I already spent $300 on the windshield. From the estimate it looks like they are going to do a very complete job. Any one hear anything bad about these guys? Bloomington Subaru recommended them.

 

yikes, sorry to hear about the car. its a good thing your safe.

i go tto TJ Auto services for all my body work needs. good work, really good w/ auto paints. i can get the # if you want.

 

i hope you kept the deer for some venison(sp?) lol

 

then you can donate it's body to the local muscle car guys past the firestone lot... i'm sure they'll cook up a good stew for their boys...

"lookie here, pard'na? them scooby boys mighty kind 'round hea; they brung me a good one this time. how's 'bout we head on back yonder my place and cook this here food right on up?"

 

The car drove and boosted great after the accident. I was thinking though, the hood was dented in pretty good around the battery and the top side of the engine in that area. Does anyone think the intercooler or anything on top of the engine could be damaged?

 

Miner?


I thought you hit a deer? :lol:

 

It was wearing a little helmet and had a pickaxe, understandable mistake.