the beast almost bought it on Thursday !

[thstone]

Damn - sounds like it was too close for comfort! Glad that everything turned out well.

[Porsche9]

I know the feeling. I've been hit from behind and saw the whole thing coming at me. Glad that you did not get hit.

[dbear61]

Glad for you that tragedy was avoided. I had a similar heart-stopping, slo-mo, "Oh, CRAP! My car is toasted," coming around a turn on a lonely country road in WV at 35 at seeing a deer on the left side of the road pause then run ACROSS the road in front of me.

Brakes slammed, I'm guessing the margin of miss was similar to yours. I sat at idle for about 5 minutes before gathering to drive again.

I view these kind of events as blunt but "safe" reminders that God is in charge and watching over us.

DBear

[jb92563]

Cell phone jammers and Auto Braking cars are the solution.

Some dumb Cell yapper twisted up my Wranglers rear bumper that way, but I was quite pleased to see that my Trailer hitch ball went clear through her radiator. She was not driving away from that Cell etiquette lesson.

Deers are Performance Driving School practice, no sweat to avoid those when you know what to do.

I cringed when I thought of what could have happened to your new Raby Build.

I'd say you have been drained of all your good luck credits and need to be extra vigilant now.
People don't get that lucky twice unless they have a significant amount of good Karma amassed from a lifetime of good deeds.