Good Bye Old Friend

[JJLAPIN]

Hit a Deer on my way to work this morning. I faired well but my van did not. (2006 Dodge Caravan) She has driven me to work for the last 12 years and will be missed. 290,000 miles and counting. I was really wanting to see how long it would last and how many miles I could rack up.
Didn't leak or burn a drop of oil. Insurance says they will probably total it because of the high miles and age.
So......what are you driving with tons of miles?

 

[IamSam]

My condolences. RIP old girl. I have laid two cars to rest after hitting a deer and a feral hog.

I have a 1986 Toyota 4WD truck that I drove off the transport truck when I bought it and it only had 6 miles on it. It still runs like the day I got it and only has a little over 180,000.00 miles on it!

 

[Eggy]

Jeez, fortunately the deer didn't end up on or through your windscreen...!

 

[Eggy]

Never hit anything bigger then a rabbit...on a highway at 140 km/hour...
I have a 2012 Nissan Qashqai with only 80.000 km on the counter, but I live in a tiny country, so...

 

[JJLAPIN]

My condolences. RIP old girl. I have laid two cars to rest after hitting a deer and a feral hog.

I have a 1986 Toyota 4WD truck that I drove off the transport truck when I bought it and it only had 6 miles on it. It still runs like the day I got it and only has a little over 180,000.00 miles on it!

WOW!

 

[JJLAPIN]

Never hit anything bigger then a rabbit...on a highway at 140 km/hour...
I have a 2012 Nissan Qashqai with only 80.000 km on the counter, but I live in a tiny country, so...

I was going 65 mph at 4:50am this morning and it was pitch black out. I hate going through this narrow underpass when there are on coming cars. This morning was just that, I hit the deer just before the bridge and pushed it right by a car as we passed each other under the bridge. Yikes, was my lucky day I made it through. I must be special.

 

[Eggy]

Yep, all you need is the reflex of making an evasive manoeuvre to end up against the bridge or a frontal collision...
There's someone watching over you...