Hit a Forest Rat last night

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Actually the stupid doe ran into me. Caught the passenger side quarter. Just behind the door and before the wheel well. I hope that be-atch has a wicked head ache this morning.

No scratches, so I’m hoping I can get a PDR to pull it out for me.

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vtec to vvel

What is a forest rat? And chances are, that "be-atch" is probably dead lol

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Rusty

Deer.

I've hit 10 of them over the years. 7 with the old Power Wagon. 3 with the truck before that. The truck before that was a turkey, LARGE dog (thinking coyote maybe). A cow on a back road with a motorcycle.

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Makes sense. I'm thinking he ran over a rat....how much damage could a hamster do?

Hopefully there's not any damage to mz daizy

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I ran over a dead racoon with the Z. It ripped the plugs for the O2 sensors off of the bottom of the tranny.

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MZ DAIZY

I ran over a skunk once. Did no damage other than a god awful smell I couldn’t get out of the car for the 3 years I had it.

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danegrey

Rusty, sounds as if you're vehicles for hunting...

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ouch....

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How bad youse guys think?

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MZ DAIZY

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I’m going to sell or trade in. Should I go through insurance, pay out of pocket or should I take the $25,000 the dealer offered. Only reason I ask is because I’m not sure if I want to alert my insurance company.

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vtec to vvel

Bruhhhhhh, I thought you were going to keep?

Just keep in mind that if you file a claim with your insurance company, this claim could follow you around even if you switch to another company.

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MZ DAIZY

I’m really torn... my favorite car I’ve ever owned but it’s just not practical. I can either run it into the ground (which would break my heart) or sell it while it’s still worth something.

I’m waiting for a divine intervention to make me decide...

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vtec to vvel

If it makes financial sense to sell and you won't regret your decision to sell, then go for it.

My vote is to keep it. I'm paying $800 (car note, insurance, and garage)/month for a car that I can't even drive (and haven't driven in almost 2 years) because I love it so much lol.

For what it's worth, selling it now may be a bit harder than before. If selling privately, you may get more but will take more time. If selling to a dealership, they will prob. low ball you now that rates have risen and sales are slowing down (and the $25K they offered was probably before the forest rat running into you).

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I went to a dealer I have “NO” interest in buying from to see what I can get. They are aware of the damage. I’m waiting on an estimate on the damage. Ball park was $1500. I’ll pay that out of pocket if I can get $3,000 more out of her. Obviously.

What’s weird, is this is the first time I’m attached to a car I’m selling. Every other one I was happy to see go, so the decision is hard for me.

I have a deal in place on a Mazda CX-5 using MZ DAIZY as a down payment. Just can’t quite pull the trigger...

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danegrey

Understand that, and its hard to make such a decision. My Z is in the garage and done till March. My main use of the Z is tracking, so on the road to and from and on the track.

But I do think at times about selling it and usually come up and say no. But that is getting harder and harder to do.

If you think the offer is fair and then do it. But don't look back, you at some point can always find another vehicle to love.

Also think about how it makes you feel, when you get comments on it. Yes its an old gal, but she carries it well. Comments keep coming, and I go WOW, they are talking about MY car.

Yea at times its not practical, but you live once. So good luck on whatever you decided. There is no wrong answer.

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