Steering and braking seemed fine after hitting the deer. The impact point appears to be above the bumper just off center (passenger side) of the nose piece.

The good part about driving a classic car every day is there is no choice but to keep up with maintenance. The bad part about driving the car every day is there is no choice but to keep up with maintenance. :-) Tinkering is fulfilling but sometimes becomes a bit much when other life issues need attention.

Neither 544 or 122 ever left me stranded over 45K miles or so of cummuting. Hopefully, with a little help from friends, the car will be repaired and roll again.

As my better half pointed out to me, something like this could have happened no matter what kind of car was being driven. This was my first significant accident in 34 years of driving. Judy was innocently sitting at a traffic light when the 544 was rear ended. In both accidents, no passengers inside the Volvos were injured.

If anything prevents the 122 from getting back on the road, the next commuter will likely be a late '80's BMW. Both the M30 and M20 inline six engines are fairly easy to maintain, get 25+ mpg and have plenty of torque. The cars handle exceptionally well and now sell for similar prices to decent roundfender Volvos.

Joe M in WV