Oh Deer...

Jlu88 · 10-22-2017, 02:48 PM

Found out last night the fenders on these X5s are plastic!

DuSh · 10-22-2017, 03:42 PM

Wow. Good that everyone is ok, except deer. IMHO plastic fenders are better: less weight and no corrosion (which is imho an issue in NY and Canada due to salty road conditions)

monkiboy · 10-22-2017, 03:44 PM

glad you are okay and damage was minimal, sir.

Falafel Combo · 10-22-2017, 04:49 PM

Wow. Close one!! Did your frontal collision system work in this case? Or did it all happen to quickly?

KennySRFElite · 10-22-2017, 05:40 PM

I manage a fleet of 125 company vehicles, we average 8-10 deer hits a year. I tell all of our employees, lift off the gas, keep the wheel straight and take the deer straight on. Do not try to miss the deer. Insurance will fix the vehicle. I'm in an X6, glad yours held up well. Deer, coons, turkeys, possums, all of them are a problem in Wisconsin.
KP

retx · 10-22-2017, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by cautjit

I manage a fleet of 125 company vehicles, we average 8-10 deer hits a year. I tell all of our employees, lift off the gas, keep the wheel straight and take the deer straight on. Do not try to miss the deer. Insurance will fix the vehicle. I'm in an X6, glad yours held up well. Deer, coons, turkeys, possums, all of them are a problem in Wisconsin.
KP

I saw lots of signs, and people told me the same thing when driving from Green Bay to Milwaukee in the winter a long time ago... Most likely drivers probably may swirl when seeing such big object in front of the vehicle...

Hope Jlu88 and others are all okay, and the car ca ben repaired soon.

Kr0m3assass1n · 10-22-2017, 06:36 PM

Hope passengers are ok!

Anyone worried about that poor deer?

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KennySRFElite · 10-22-2017, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Kr0m3assass1n

Hope passengers are ok!

Anyone worried about that poor deer?

:

Sorry man, not sure where you are from but dead deer are all over the side of the road In Wisconsin this time of year. I worry about the people in the car not the deer. Hunting season will come soon, that will take about 400,000 out of the herd. That life in Wisconsin.
KP

Maverik259 · 10-22-2017, 08:01 PM

What did you think they were made of? Every manufacturer uses plastic for front and rear bumpers. Cheap to replace and easy to mass produce.

P1 · 10-22-2017, 08:07 PM

Yikes! Did the entire headlight assembly just pop out?

r33_RGSport · 10-22-2017, 08:33 PM

Wow, glad that you guys are ok.
Seems like everything work as designed.

positiveions · 10-22-2017, 10:19 PM

I am glad you are safe. On a lighter side, venison meat anyone?

Jlu88 · 10-22-2017, 11:21 PM

Thanks everyone, luckily it was a small dear and the impact itself wasn't too bad, I've felt speed bumps more violent than this lol

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Originally Posted by DuSh

Wow. Good that everyone is ok, except deer. IMHO plastic fenders are better: less weight and no corrosion (which is imho an issue in NY and Canada due to salty road conditions)

Very true!

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Originally Posted by Falafel Combo

Wow. Close one!! Did your frontal collision system work in this case? Or did it all happen to quickly?

That's something that I didn't option, I don't think it would've helped much anyway.

Quote:

Originally Posted by cautjit

I manage a fleet of 125 company vehicles, we average 8-10 deer hits a year. I tell all of our employees, lift off the gas, keep the wheel straight and take the deer straight on. Do not try to miss the deer. Insurance will fix the vehicle. I'm in an X6, glad yours held up well. Deer, coons, turkeys, possums, all of them are a problem in Wisconsin.
KP

Ouch, seem hitting a deer is pretty high.

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Originally Posted by Maverik259

What did you think they were made of? Every manufacturer uses plastic for front and rear bumpers. Cheap to replace and easy to mass produce.

Plastic front and rear bumpers I'm aware of, but it's the first time I've had a car with plastic fenders, thought it was aluminum.

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Originally Posted by P1et

Yikes! Did the entire headlight assembly just pop out?

More like inverted lol

Quote:

Originally Posted by r33_RGSport

Wow, glad that you guys are ok.
Seems like everything work as designed.

Thanks, my body shop will be ordering some new grills from you soon!

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Originally Posted by positiveions

I am glad you are safe. On a lighter side, venison meat anyone?

Thanks, tried to find the body but it must've bounced pretty far lol

Samurai of 2day · 10-23-2017, 07:43 AM

Sorry to see the damage, but glad to know that no one was injured.

Hopefully the repairs happy quickly and you're back on the road in no time.

Stay safe out there!

Chadmatic · 10-23-2017, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jlu88

Found out last night the fenders on these X5s are plastic!

Glad you and your family were not injured and did not injure other motorists with any evasive maneuvers. I assumed the fenders were metal, do you have a photo of the plastic fender?

Juniord19 · 10-23-2017, 05:25 PM

Ugh, thank God no one was hurt..

WI_Rob · 10-23-2017, 06:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by retx

Quote:

Originally Posted by cautjit

I manage a fleet of 125 company vehicles, we average 8-10 deer hits a year. I tell all of our employees, lift off the gas, keep the wheel straight and take the deer straight on. Do not try to miss the deer. Insurance will fix the vehicle. I'm in an X6, glad yours held up well. Deer, coons, turkeys, possums, all of them are a problem in Wisconsin.
KP

I saw lots of signs, and people told me the same thing when driving from Green Bay to Milwaukee in the winter a long time ago... Most likely drivers probably may swirl when seeing such big object in front of the vehicle...

Hope Jlu88 and others are all okay, and the car ca ben repaired soon.

I do this drive many times per year to see clients. I live north of Green Bay... it's not uncommon to actually see deer strikes happen. They're frequent enough that I just saw one this weekend. I absolutely can't wait for deer season (the hunt). reducing the herd is good for all drivers.

Glad the OP is OK. Your X appears to have served you well.

Jlu88 · 10-23-2017, 09:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chadmatic

Glad you and your family were not injured and did not injure other motorists with any evasive maneuvers. I assumed the fenders were metal, do you have a photo of the plastic fender?

I swerved slightly otherwise it would've been a full head on impact and may have deployed the airbags, luckily no one was passing me, now that would've been a huge mess!

This is the only picture of the fender, only knew it was plastic because of that split.

alphaod · 10-24-2017, 12:54 AM

Sorry to see this kind of damage.

Hit a dear head one in my E70 many years ago. Wasn't pretty.

Jenya B · 10-24-2017, 04:26 AM

wow !

nyalpine90 · 10-24-2017, 06:22 AM

glad you and your passengers are ok!
RIP deer

speedracerlo · 10-24-2017, 11:21 AM

make sure to put a crashed deer out of it's misery. don't let animals suffer a slow agonizing death just because we want to drive. respect nature. don't be selfish.

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