Member Since: 03 Jul 2009
Location: Glasgow
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The fantastic strength of the Discovery
Picture the scene, its a nice bright winters day just before Christmas, I am stationary, sat in the queue for a space in an open air car park with people in front stopped waiting on somebody reversing out. All of a sudden there is an almighty crash and it feels like the earth has moved for me, in fact it has, some dodery old p k has just reversed out, straight into me. Guess whose fault it is accourding to said p k ........................... you guessed it, mine! Why? because he was coming out to let someone else in and i must have come round the back. After I had vented my spline at him and he saw the error of his ways, I mean how do you not see a bloody great gold Discovery sat behind you on a nice bright day, I had a look at the damage, his bumper is badly dented and the paint is a real mess, mine ......... it looks (fingers are really crossed here at the moment) like I may need a plastic clip or two that holds the plastic wheel arch on. The force really was that violent that I was expecting a crater the size of the moon there, the car did actually move sideways on the road.
So big to Landrover you sure do make them tough.
Now for a trip to the dealer just to get checked out.
11th Dec 2009 2:23 pm
John C
Member Since: 28 Aug 2007
Location: East Yorkshire
Posts: 3292
Imagine what happened to the Punto that reversed into RLD's finest:
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11th Dec 2009 2:34 pm
bigfatsi
Member Since: 24 Feb 2009
Location: Teesside
Posts: 106
OT - Tough vehicles to be sure but if you really want to make someone regret their lack of attention then a Defender probably just pips the D3. That solid steel rear crossmember is a real euro box killer! Not long ago I had a lady hit me as I waited to get on a roundabout. She was obviously looking right for a gap and lost me out of her peripheral vision only to find me again when she tried to nip out! Her car (think it was a megane) lost the bumper, both headlights, bonnet, radiator and all the associated bits. Mine: Scratched paint (self applied hammerite). No-one hurt as it was a maximum 5mph impact. I didn't take her details as I think she had enough to deal with! lol
Anyway, back on topic - Pleased to hear no-one was hurt. Worrying thing is that if he can't see a bloomin' great D3 in his mirror, what chance has any poor pedestrian - especially in a car park?! You've probably done the world a favour by taking him off the road (even if only for a few hours whilst he get's it fixed! lol
Simon
11th Dec 2009 4:02 pm
SpiderBaby D3 Decade
Member Since: 21 Sep 2007
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 1409
A couple of years back a muppet rolled back on a hill into our old Series II that had a front mounted tow hitch (for the boat..).
Despite being warned the gobby little toad decided to drive off - it was so much fun when the rear bumper came off I see no ships........
11th Dec 2009 4:03 pm
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Make sure your wheel alignment is spot on (get his insurance to pay for it) as your wheel may have taken the force to push it sideways?
Sorry to hear of your bash, but yes, they do make em solid Bodsys Brake Bible
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11th Dec 2009 4:03 pm
John C
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Location: East Yorkshire
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I'd second Bodsy's point - for a 'tough' vehicle it's amazing how easily the alignment can be thrown...2020 SDV6 D5 HSE, Carpathian Grey +
2022 Tesla Model Y LR... almost Carpathian Grey
Previously : 2005 TDV6 SE Auto, Cairns Blue (288K) - ours for 16 years
11th Dec 2009 4:04 pm
Dave T
Member Since: 03 Jul 2009
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 6910
Just had the quote in for repairs to my minor scratches, £400, hate to see the other guys quote.
Make that £450 with the alignment check, lucky its his insurance and not me thats paying or it really would be
11th Dec 2009 5:14 pm
IainC
Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 123
Have a mate who ran into the rear of a landie one time (he thought they were pulling out the junction and thought he had time to follow... only the landie driver decided NOT to go so he piled into the rear of it)... he did IIRC over £6k of damage to his Impreza STi, and the landie driver *thought* he noticed a smudge on the rear bumper of his landie
11th Dec 2009 11:21 pm
stapldm
Member Since: 11 Sep 2006
Location: Swine Town
Posts: 2330
I can still remember the impressive noise of a drunk driver failing to spot my dad's 12 seater white Safari, which was parked outside whilst we were enjoying Christmas lunch. By the time we got outside the t*55er had driven his newly created heap to the end of the road, complete with various fluids (mainly from the car but no doubt he made a contribution) spraying over the road so the Revenue Collectors, oh, no, sorry they were Police back then, had something to follow. I loved his turn into traffic...it was so spectacular with his car being too damaged to turn so he ended up nice and safe waiting in a hedge.
The transmission brake on the land rover ensured that the wheels stayed stationary, so there were 4 foot long black lines behind the tyres. That was literally the only sign our car had been in an accident, with only the other cars glass, oil, water, brake fluid and bumper showing that this was where it had all happened.
In fairness the old Volvo's were just as solid. I was shunted hard by a metro whilst waiting for the lights. I got out all ready for a go but noticed there was just a single scratch on my bumper ( Volvo bumpers used to be a box beam mounted on hydraulic shocks). I actually smiled when I saw the metro; a perfect profile of the back end of the Volvo Dr. Ian Malcolm:
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12th Dec 2009 11:46 am
DefenderKen
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Location: Northumberland
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Member Since: 07 May 2009
Location: West Yorkshire
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Similar thing happend to me a couple of weeks ago, young lass in Fiat Punto ran into the back of me. Literaly not a scratch on mine.
Punto written off.
12th Dec 2009 1:47 pm
Harvoy
Member Since: 21 Sep 2007
Location: Redditch
Posts: 212
I got pushed up the central reservation the other day by a BMW driver on the phone, (he did not even slow down!) The impact with the kerb forced both tires off the rims!!!! Luckily, there was enough pressure left in them to get to a tyre shop, who just took both of them off the rims to get all the mud and grass out of the bead.
I am really glad I was in my D3, a lesser car would have been wrecked, IMHO. Do you think it wise it get the alignment done? How much is that likely to set me back and where should i get it done?56 plate Zermatt Silve
12th Dec 2009 3:17 pm
foofighter
Member Since: 11 Mar 2006
Location: The OC
Posts: 100
DefenderKen wrote:
...does bring to mind that old saying:
The crumple zone on a Landrover is the other car.
Keep safe people.
Cheers
I love that saying...i will now incorporate that into my sig LOL-Greetz, Duan
16th Dec 2009 12:16 am
MartinR
Member Since: 27 Jan 2008
Location: Oxon
Posts: 708
I've watched someone in mid-row with family storm into car, check over left shoulder and reverse hard into the car that had a slight overlap with the right bumper... That really helped his temper, you can imagine. Meanwhile a friend had a similar experience to the OP - queue round car park, someone reversed out of space straight into the side of her. It was a Citroen C8 people carrier - they're b y enormous! How do you not see one of those?! Another friend came back from a business trip to find his car NOT outside the house where he'd left it. A few frantic calls later, it was located in the council pound where it had been removed for being "parked" on the pavement. He eventually found out the guy opposite had got a bit keen coming out of the drive and hit him hard enough to fold the kerb-side wheels under the car...*
Moral? It happens, live with it - but always get the car thoroughly checked (at their insurer's expense) just in case there is some hidden damage.
* this one worked out nicely in the end - he bought our old Peugeot with the insurance money and we bought our first Disco, a D1
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k has just reversed out, straight into me. Guess whose fault it is accourding to said p 
to Landrover you sure do make them tough.
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You've probably done the world a favour by taking him off the road (even if only for a few hours whilst he get's it fixed! lol
