Bambi's mother ran into the left front corner of our Camry last Wednesday. I didn't see her coming until she hit the side of the car, then all I saw was her head and about a foot of tongue as she passed by my windshield. Now Bambi is a orphan and I'm not sad at all . $2600 to fix her wayward gallop across the road. If I'd been driving just a little slower or she running a little faster it would sent her over our hood into the windshield which could have been very bad. Other than Bambi's mother no one was hurt and a change of underwear fixed our problem.
Larry
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2004 Tundra V8 Limited Access Cab 4X4, Michelin 265/65/R17 LTX-AT2's, Auto Dim Comp/Temp Mirror, Aero Turbine #2525 muffler, Access Roll Up Cover, Optima D31A battery, Multi-Vex adaptive outside mirrors, Eclipse AVN5510 Nav unit and Sirius SIR-ECL1 tuner, as of 10/07 pictures in my photo gallery
If a combo of all these whizz bangs met their claims you'd have to siphon gas out of your tank every second day and sell the excess horsepower on the third????
If your engine doesn't consume ANY oil it will seize???
Some people should not be allowed access to tools without books!!!
The consensus here over the years is that all of these avoidance devices are like the fuel line magnets,fuel line clothes pins etc. and the whims and the road brain power of the deer aren't there to support the claims. My brother in law and two of his sons are over the road haulers and they've tried most of these devices and have found zero results to support them. I'm sure others will claim they helped but I'll go with my brother in laws results and our DNR (Department of Natural Resource) scientists analysis of them and say it's the deer that's in control.
Thanks for the suggestion though.
Larry
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2004 Tundra V8 Limited Access Cab 4X4, Michelin 265/65/R17 LTX-AT2's, Auto Dim Comp/Temp Mirror, Aero Turbine #2525 muffler, Access Roll Up Cover, Optima D31A battery, Multi-Vex adaptive outside mirrors, Eclipse AVN5510 Nav unit and Sirius SIR-ECL1 tuner, as of 10/07 pictures in my photo gallery
If a combo of all these whizz bangs met their claims you'd have to siphon gas out of your tank every second day and sell the excess horsepower on the third????
If your engine doesn't consume ANY oil it will seize???
Some people should not be allowed access to tools without books!!!
I hit a deer the night before Thanksgiving in '02. I was doing 75 mph on Interstate 25 in a '91 4Runner, and I hit him perfectly. When I hit him, his head bent over the front of the hood and took out my bugshield. The front 6" of my 4Runner was pretty much trashed. It came to $3500 in damage.
Since then I've installed those mechanical deer whistles on the 4Runner and now my Tundra. No more incidents in either vehicle.
I'm not sure if they work either, but I've talked to some UPS drivers who used to hit deer all the time before they installed the whistles. Now they said they haven't hit any in 5 years.
There are a few different types. Some are electronic, some are just mechanical. I don't know if one is better than the other, or, like you said, if they work at all.
Ryan
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Bambi's Mother Arggh
. $2600 to fix her wayward gallop across the road. If I'd been driving just a little slower or she running a little faster it would sent her over our hood into the windshield which could have been very bad. Other than Bambi's mother no one was hurt and a change of underwear fixed our problem.
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