Dougal
Member Since: 31 Jan 2006
Location: Edinburgh
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Hi Folks
Looked for a similar thread but couldn't find one - although I'm sure it will have been covered at some stage.
Does anyone know the speed which the front bumper of a D3 can withstand without being damaged or the air bags going off?
SWMBO had a wee altercation with a Fiesta last night and although the D3 is untouched (apart from a crack in the number plate) the rear of the Fiesta was...well...buckled  (actually it was well buckled)
Thanks in advance
Dougal 
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 1st Jun 2010 1:49 pm |
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sideview
Member Since: 02 Dec 2006
Location: in the valley
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It's not so much the speed but severity of impact/deceleration plus a bunch of other factors it calculates. In the US regulations a full-on front impact into say a brick wall airbags are to deploy at speeds at least 14mph FWIW, probably same or similar in the UK. I'm not so good at giving advice...may I offer you a sarcastic comment instead?
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| 1st Jun 2010 3:41 pm |
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Dougal
Member Since: 31 Jan 2006
Location: Edinburgh
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Cool, thanks. I thought I had read 15mph for the airbags to deploy so that sounds about right.
I'm more looking for rough rules of thumb for the bumper damage. I understand that there are a number of factors in elastic collisions (mass and velocity of both vehicles before and after the collision, energy losses due to friction, noise, heat etc etc)  but did I read somewhere that an impact of less than 7.5mph would not damage a LR bumper? ie. a D3 travelling at 7.5mph hitting a stationary and immoveable object.
I may have dreamt it
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| 1st Jun 2010 4:17 pm |
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caverD3
Member Since: 03 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
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You will be claiming on your insurance anyway for the the other vehicle so you may as well get the bumper checked and fixed as it will all be on the same claim.  “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
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| 2nd Jun 2010 12:24 am |
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