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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark View Post
    A friend of mine had similar damage done by a large raccoon to his Prius. After the repair work was done, he hit a deer two weeks later. Way more damage to hood & front bumper.

    Hard to avoid sometimes! Number #1 reason I never like riding a motorcycle @ night. Hope your repairs go well!
    We had a similar thing at work. A van got rear ended with about $6000 worth of damage, got it fixed and not even a week later it got hit again much lighter but the quote was still over $2000.

    I've been lucky, I've only grazed a deer and only broke a marker light. Grazed a moose once too but it wiped out the entire side and caved in the windshield and bent pillar with it's head. Didn't even knock it down! Wouldn't want to hit one in something any lower to the ground.


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    Sorry about yours, I feel your pain..
    Mine happened Day 1
    Picked up my new car on way to company picknic.
    Drove 5 miles
    Owned 5 hours....
    Hit and run by big blackish new truck..supposedly
    No note... could have at least left one that said sorry I'm a jerk. Lol
    Have cleaned mine up but haven't touched it up yet..
    The first is definitely the most painful.. I know I wanted to puke.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Daox View Post
    Yeah that certainly stinks. Where are you located in Wisconsin?

    The big gap is pretty normal I think.

    Here is mine. Looks less substantial, but I think that is mostly because the car is black.



    You can lessen that gap by turning the round rubber thingies under the hood in a clockwise direction. Thats the one where the hood sits.

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    Yes, good point. You can do that, but only until the hood starts to rattle because the hinge isn't tight.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Deobulakenyo View Post
    You can lessen that gap by turning the round rubber thingies under the hood in a clockwise direction. Thats the one where the hood sits.
    You know, I saw the arrows on those and thought they were both supposed to be pointing toward the front of the car. I rotated them. Maybe I will try turning them back around....



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