On Wednesday a very large Male Mule Deer decided that it was a good day to die. 11:00 am MDT, Dry pavement, Blue Sky 65 degrees F. Gotta admit it was a beautiful day to die, But did he have to take my Trooper with him?

http://myweb.cableone.net/bcanderson/trooper/96trooper.htm

Oh yea, I was not injured, and the airbags did not deploy. The Deer was so large that it didn't even touch the front bumper, just folded back the entire front end up to the engine. Kinda cool, the structure absorbed the impact quite well, I didn't even get a bruise from the seat belt.

I just got the estimate for the repair of Troopersaurus (1996 Trooper, 3.2L Automatic), $8200. At that price I think the insurance company will total it. So would I be bucks up:

buying it back and rebuilding it?

buying it back and parting it out. (Powerbrute limited slips front and rear, Tera low xfer case gears, Front reciever hitch)

Saying to He!! with it, take the money and run?

er wat?