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25th Dec 2021 9:22 am
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Obviously selected 'Climb Yaris' mode on the TR2 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
25th Dec 2021 10:19 am
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Loved this bit:
Further along the roundabout, traffic appears to have stopped in the center lane for some reason
Looks to me like the offside-rear spring of the Yaris bounced the DS into aerobatic mode.
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25th Dec 2021 5:02 pm
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It’s almost like it just drove up the flared wheel arch of the Yaris.23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
25th Dec 2021 11:02 pm
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Wonder if it would have been a different scenario if a 3 ton D3 had hit it ?Once you have defeated the idiots any job is half done. Pity there are so many idiots to defeat.
26th Dec 2021 8:24 am
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A Disco could just as easily be flipped like that if the circumstances are right.Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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26th Dec 2021 8:26 am
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john watson wrote:
Wonder if it would have been a different scenario if a 3 ton D3 had hit it ?
Kerb weight of a D3 is only 300KG more than my PHEV DS21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
26th Dec 2021 8:41 am
nebc100
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No amount of car design can basically save it from having a muppet behind the steering wheel.
26th Dec 2021 10:37 am
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Whats a few hundred KGs between friends
...btw I have a PHEV not MHEV which is heavier again21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
perhaps it's the weight of DG that makes the difference ?
26th Dec 2021 10:47 am
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Maybe that DS needed a suitable counterweight (not saying who) in the front passenger seat.
26th Dec 2021 11:02 am
nebc100
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Sorry... I correct my value then
Discovery Sport PHEV: 2168kg
Not as much difference as I was expecting.
26th Dec 2021 12:01 pm
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