In November of last year I was heading to SEMA early on Friday morning.  It was still dark out, and I was about 45 minutes north of home, 13 miles outside of Wickenburg, AZ on US-93. About 6:30 in the morning a deer ran in front of my car while I was cruising at 70 mph. Collision was unavoidable, and I hit it as it ran across the freeway. It bounced off the drivers side of the hood and past the mirror. I received a check from insurance for $10k to repair all of the damage. They didn’t pay to repaint the whole car, but it’s what was really necessary to make it look right.

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