Fooking deer
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Years ago dad hit a deer every year for 4 years in a row.
92 Regal, smacked a deer in the front corner
93 Grand prix, deer hit the front fender and rolled along the entire drivers side of the car
Grand prix again the next year in the same spot, but it was a glancing blow
My cutlass, Dad borrowed it when I was gone for the weekend and smacked one with the header panel.
92 Regal, smacked a deer in the front corner
93 Grand prix, deer hit the front fender and rolled along the entire drivers side of the car
Grand prix again the next year in the same spot, but it was a glancing blow
My cutlass, Dad borrowed it when I was gone for the weekend and smacked one with the header panel.
Hit a dear in my 82 short bed had to wash it and touch the spray paint on the bumper were it's head hit . Used to hit bats all the time in my 2014 Chevy going to the Exs house they'd sound funny hitting those big head lights in those trucks and make a ping off my bumper I I built
Truck goes in Monday at the stealership that did the old Hyundia last year (Chevy/Buick/Honda/Hyundia/Subaru dealer). I know the shop manager from reading his electric meter & talking to him about his Malibu (a '80 if I'm remembering.) He said they'll price match GM parts to the Capa stuff. Evevn do the virtual ting with the insurance company. As soon as they rip it apart they'll roll right in to get the supplement added. The rental from them will run $20 a day & should have it back either Thursday or Friday. Might even get them to put on my GM mud flaps i have sitting in the garage since I bought the truck.
Dropped off the truck today. The shop got the virtual estamate done with the adjuster, claiming it's only $3200 in damage. By now the supplement is being built up to add on to the claim. Expect to see it Friday. Until then I'm in a Subaru Crosstrek.
It's now at $5300 as they found more hidden treasures after they took it apart.
I thought I saw a post about a compact, Husqvarna convertible in NY. Might make a cool summer cruiser?
HM-mm, ck80, if you do decide to snatch your big block '96 and go retro to a square body, why not take those heated seats with you? The install and wiring can't be all that miserable or complicated. Either that or design a cow catcher but use cheap soft bolts to mount it so when you scoop the deer, the bolts break and the whole thing drops away so your front fascia doesn't get shredded.
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Worse than a 96 for swap purposes, it's an 02 so gmt800 heading into either an 87 v series or 79 k series.
Seats are wider, it'd be a PITA to adapt the power seat track/heated seat onto a floor with the raised hump and smaller footprint. I believe the seat assembly is a good bit wider, certainly has a narrower console, and, the length of console wouldn't swap. A square suburban puts the t-case lever dead center on the floor hump, meaning the 800 console wouldn't fit so you'd have no console anymore between seats, meaning a bracket delete and custom carpet job.
I'm sure I could reupholster a different set of seats and add heaters, but, the memory seats with lumbar and heat are nice on the longer trips.
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