Re: [MBZ] Nashville Meth? Opiates?
Remember, none of that works all that well with a moose. Randy On 03/08/2022 2:26 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: A 100-150# (bigger than that is a real monster and unlikely in most places) deer through the windshield it's better than hitting a tree, rolling over the car or hitting that semi in the other lane. There are often exceptions but as a general rule I like "Lay on the horn, stand on the brakes, stop in a straight line." as a strategy. The vehicle stops better in a straight line anyway. -Curt On Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 03:21:18 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: On Wed, Aug 3, 2022, at 14:14, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: On 03/08/2022 2:11 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: I'll hit the brakes for a deer but won't try to dodge one. I've seen too many bad wrecks/flips caused by that. Sorry deer, if you jump in front of me, you lose. Unless it comes through the windshield. Fortunately I've only hit them driving truck/suv vehicles. Tall enough that it has hit them square on the body. I've never had one come up onto the hood or windshield. That could be bad. I've also found that if you lay on the horn as soon as you see them, it breaks them out of their "deer in the headlights" freeze. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Nashville Meth? Opiates?
A 100-150# (bigger than that is a real monster and unlikely in most places) deer through the windshield it's better than hitting a tree, rolling over the car or hitting that semi in the other lane. There are often exceptions but as a general rule I like "Lay on the horn, stand on the brakes, stop in a straight line." as a strategy. The vehicle stops better in a straight line anyway. -Curt On Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 03:21:18 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: On Wed, Aug 3, 2022, at 14:14, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: > On 03/08/2022 2:11 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: >> I'll hit the brakes for a deer but won't try to dodge one. I've seen too >> many bad >> wrecks/flips caused by that. Sorry deer, if you jump in front of me, you >> lose. > > Unless it comes through the windshield. Fortunately I've only hit them driving truck/suv vehicles. Tall enough that it has hit them square on the body. I've never had one come up onto the hood or windshield. That could be bad. I've also found that if you lay on the horn as soon as you see them, it breaks them out of their "deer in the headlights" freeze. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Nashville Meth? Opiates?
On Wed, Aug 3, 2022, at 14:14, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: > On 03/08/2022 2:11 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: >> I'll hit the brakes for a deer but won't try to dodge one. I've seen too >> many bad >> wrecks/flips caused by that. Sorry deer, if you jump in front of me, you >> lose. > > Unless it comes through the windshield. Fortunately I've only hit them driving truck/suv vehicles. Tall enough that it has hit them square on the body. I've never had one come up onto the hood or windshield. That could be bad. I've also found that if you lay on the horn as soon as you see them, it breaks them out of their "deer in the headlights" freeze. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Nashville Meth? Opiates?
On 03/08/2022 2:11 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: On Wed, Aug 3, 2022, at 13:20, mitch--- via Mercedes wrote: On 2022-08-03 12:41, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: https://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/d/spring-hill-1999-mercedes-benz-e320/7516546592.html Dents from hitting a tree while dodging a deer. I'll hit the brakes for a deer but won't try to dodge one. I've seen too many bad wrecks/flips caused by that. Sorry deer, if you jump in front of me, you lose. ___ Unless it comes through the windshield. Randy ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Nashville Meth? Opiates?
On Wed, Aug 3, 2022, at 13:20, mitch--- via Mercedes wrote: > On 2022-08-03 12:41, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: >> https://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/d/spring-hill-1999-mercedes-benz-e320/7516546592.html > > Dents from hitting a tree while dodging a deer. I'll hit the brakes for a deer but won't try to dodge one. I've seen too many bad wrecks/flips caused by that. Sorry deer, if you jump in front of me, you lose. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Nashville Meth? Opiates?
On 2022-08-03 12:41, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: https://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/d/spring-hill-1999-mercedes-benz-e320/7516546592.html Dents from hitting a tree while dodging a deer. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Nashville Meth? Opiates?
If you had a parts car… $500 and figure out why it won’t run, could be a reasonable beater --FT Sent from iFōn > On Aug 3, 2022, at 12:42 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > > https://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/d/spring-hill-1999-mercedes-benz-e320/7516546592.html > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Nashville Meth? Opiates?
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