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  • vkord
    Member Since: 27 Mar 2018
    Location: Toronto
    Posts: 15
    Canada 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Santorini Black

    Accident


    Hi guys, yesterday my wife's got into the accident, side curtain airbags deployed as well as well as belt pre-tentioner. She just got a skin burn from the belt and was a little scared. I think most of the impact was directed toward the rear wheel. The car that hit her was mid size Hyundai traveling about 45km/h. How extensive could be the damage to the rear axle, frame? Still waiting for the estimator but I don't think the car will totaled. I can see that body damage is not too bad, but what about the rest?


    28th Jun 2018 2:58 pm
  • Blackfly
    Member Since: 15 Jun 2017
    Location: Up North
    Posts: 466
    Canada 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Indus Silver

    Good to hear your wife is okay
    F50, Fourtack, LR3 and now..............D5 HSE TDV6
    28th Jun 2018 7:50 pm
  • simonh
    Member Since: 02 Apr 2017
    Location: Shropshire
    Posts: 1002
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Sd4 (240) HSE Farallon Black

    +1 on that !
    Velar HSE D240 - MY19
    Served by the excellent Shukers Land Rover of Ludlow - 10 Land Rover’s and 20 years of amazing customer service.
    28th Jun 2018 8:38 pm
  • IndusD4
    Member Since: 28 Jan 2018
    Location: Sydney
    Posts: 698
    Australia 

    +2

    As for the damage, years ago we had a Mazda 2 that got rear ended. By the look of it on the outside there was just a scratch on the bumper but when they took it off it was close to being a write-off, with $8,000 worth of damage.

    Similarly the BMW 2 got hit a week ago, again scratches but they can't tell the damage until they take it apart.

    I'd expect it to be similar in your case. Cars are designed to absorb the impact so are likely to have more damage than visible.

    Ron


    Last edited by IndusD4 on 29th Jun 2018 9:11 pm. Edited 1 time in total
    2016 D4 TDV6
    IIDTool BT
    29th Jun 2018 8:17 am
  • Russell
    Member Since: 26 Jun 2016
    Location: Lydd
    Posts: 1115
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Td6 First Edition Namib Orange

    Good to hear your wife is ok
    I would think that will be a write off due to air bags and seat belt tensioner activating sorry
    Namib Orange 1st Edition with black roof and wheels.
    Privacy, tow bar, drive pack, surround camera, heated front & rear seats, auto dim door mirrors, side steps, remote Pro, RSE, arm rest fridge dash cam front and rear.
    29th Jun 2018 4:34 pm
  • HSEMY18
    Member Since: 22 Sep 2017
    Location: Essex
    Posts: 35
    United Kingdom 

    Sorry to hear about the accident but glad to hear no one was injured.
    30th Jun 2018 6:31 am
  • Road Runner 2017
    Member Since: 14 Jan 2017
    Location: Scotland
    Posts: 2010
    Scotland 
    2018 Discovery Si6 HSE Lux Santorini Black

    Glad no one was hurt.


    Last edited by Road Runner 2017 on 30th Jun 2018 8:27 am. Edited 1 time in total
    MY17 First Edition - 3L Diesel Td6 - Farallon Black - Roof rails,side steps,tints,tow bar,mudflaps,door strips.
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    30th Jun 2018 8:26 am
  • Road Runner 2017
    Member Since: 14 Jan 2017
    Location: Scotland
    Posts: 2010
    Scotland 
    2018 Discovery Si6 HSE Lux Santorini Black

    You can easily replace a car but not a life!
    MY17 First Edition - 3L Diesel Td6 - Farallon Black - Roof rails,side steps,tints,tow bar,mudflaps,door strips.
    MY18 Hse Luxury - 3L Petrol Si6 Supercharged - Santorini Black - Roof rails,side steps,tints,tow bar,mudflaps,door strips,22's,dynamic pack 1,bonnet vents,t.v,dual view,frontcooler,360°camera,rear cooler/warmer,roof vane,black LR badges,wade sensing,door sill plates,boot liner, solar screen,wind deflectors,service plan,tracker,speed camera detector,dual dash cameras,ceramic coating.
    30th Jun 2018 8:26 am
  • DieselRanger
    Member Since: 12 Oct 2017
    Location: God's Country, Colorado
    Posts: 784
    United States 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Silicon Silver

    +1 on wife being OK!! Amazing that she didn't even get any bruising - even low speed crashes can be very violent.

    I'll be the pessimist on the vehicle though. Modern vehicles are designed to sacrifice themselves so that the occupants stay safe. They are designed to absorb energy in the form of deformation of structural members. It looks like she took the hit at some angle off fore/aft but not quite broadside? If the airbags deployed, the impact exceeded the threshold the engineers determined that injury could occur. I would bet the frame could be straightened, but it's never going to be the same, and high strength steel is only designed to take a hit once - the second time it will not perform to the same level. I would ensure your adjuster approves a full inspection of the driveline and all frame members - it's a monocoque chassis, everything is connected, so the crash energy was transferred at some level throughout the vehicle. Once it's repaired, the electronic brains on the driveline expect very tight tolerances to keep torque vectored correctly, so if anything is off it could rapidly increase wear on differentials and bearings.

    Ensure you have a good body shop that can do a good repair, and then sell it. I would not want to keep any modern vehicle after an accident where any airbags deployed.
    4th Jul 2018 3:16 pm
  • Flat Earther
    Member Since: 15 Dec 2016
    Location: England
    Posts: 73
    United Kingdom 

    Technically, it’s a unibody, rather than monocoque (there is a significant difference) and the body is made almost entirely from riveted and bonded aluminium, rather than high strength steels. Repairing these bodies requires significant investment and not every Land Rover dealer has the in house capability - they pass it over to a relatively small number of contracted specialists.

    As to it being a write off, it’s impossible to say from the photo.
    4th Jul 2018 8:40 pm
  • vkord
    Member Since: 27 Mar 2018
    Location: Toronto
    Posts: 15
    Canada 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Santorini Black

    long story short...

    luckily it was a loss... and I had gap insurance. It took about 2 month to settle the claim and now my wife drives black D5. "New" one is MY2017, had 80km on it, HSE Td6 w/o windsor "leather" , remote seats and missing some driving aids, but with all the other options and 6 years warranty. Don't know why dealer would sell practically new car as certified pre-owned but extra warranty probably a good thing to have. May because they can't sell MY2017 in august 2018 as a new one. Another strange thing about this car, it has meridian surround but no meridian labels on the doors, very strange.
    6th Sep 2018 2:06 am
  • IndusD4
    Member Since: 28 Jan 2018
    Location: Sydney
    Posts: 698
    Australia 

    I'm glad it all worked out for you. Dealers here register demonstrators and they may not have many km's on them but as they had a previous registered owner they would be classed as pre-owned.
    Enjoy!

    Ron
    2016 D4 TDV6
    IIDTool BT
    6th Sep 2018 2:37 am
  • vkord
    Member Since: 27 Mar 2018
    Location: Toronto
    Posts: 15
    Canada 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Santorini Black

    Thank you. No previous registrations according to the MTO report and it doesn’t look like it was a demo car - no nail scratches behind the door handles. But who knows, may no one was looking at it because wheels are not black.
    6th Sep 2018 3:46 pm
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