Defekticon
Active Member
After going 14 years without an insurance claim I've had 2 claims and 3 incidents with my truck since I bought it in Sept. I hit a deer in December, although I got lucky and he ran into the side of my truck in the wheel well. Left a small dent in the front left fender but not even noticeable unless you were right on it with a light. Then I got T-boned by a guy that ran a stop sign in January, which caused about 5500 in damage, both passenger doors replaced, cab corners pulled, front passenger fender replaced and passenger bed panel refinished. Then two nights ago I was coming home from dropping off my Bicycle for cleaning/tuning service (I'll work on my motorcycle, but bicycles are too complicated for me ::025:: ) I hit a BIG doe on I-95 as I was exiting an off-ramp. Saw it coming, Slowed waaay down, but was probably going 25-30mph when I hit her, spun her butt right into the drivers side quarter panel and she crushed it. Dented the door up good too. Put a huge dent in the big F-250 front steel bumper, cracked the grill, but the headlight did not break to it's credit.
Another 3000 worth of damage (this time with a deductible. ::010: and an excuse to ride the S10 for a week straight while the truck is in the body shop. That coupled with the facts that I had my whole family in the truck (who were all safe) and that I wasn't on the S10 during any of this are the bright side. I can't believe the luck however, as I've put more mileage on the S10 than the truck since I bought it. I would buy another 3/4-1ton F series truck in a heartbeat however, just due to the fact that it's now protected the family twice. It's a solid well built truck. Had we been in my wife's Mazda 5 during either accident there would have been injuries.
Another 3000 worth of damage (this time with a deductible. ::010: and an excuse to ride the S10 for a week straight while the truck is in the body shop. That coupled with the facts that I had my whole family in the truck (who were all safe) and that I wasn't on the S10 during any of this are the bright side. I can't believe the luck however, as I've put more mileage on the S10 than the truck since I bought it. I would buy another 3/4-1ton F series truck in a heartbeat however, just due to the fact that it's now protected the family twice. It's a solid well built truck. Had we been in my wife's Mazda 5 during either accident there would have been injuries.