Wa Hoo
-Tim
Chattanooga Tennessee USA
D3 V8HSE7HD
D1 kitted trail truck.
A Hummer is just a Hummer. A Land Rover goes all the way.
22nd Jun 2005 4:34 am
Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
Posts: 15496
I can see the headlines: Are car parks too tough for the World's Best 4X4?DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
I like the way that even though it's on the roof it's still extending the supension as much as possible trying to make contact with the ground The End
22nd Jun 2005 8:09 am
simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296
Its obviously a Tiswas fan and is doing the 'Dying Fly'
I can here the music now and remember doing the 'Dying Fly' on the floor of the studio many many years ago... mmm Sally James 'sigh'
-s
22nd Jun 2005 12:28 pm
Smarticus
Member Since: 01 Jan 2005
Location: Northumberland
Posts: 655
The vehicle looks like it was driving towards the camera on that outrageous side slope when it rolled onto its side (the side now facing the camera) damaged the panels and knocked off the door handle then completed the 180 degree manourve onto its roof. It also looks like it taken out a fence and has struck the Tonga Green model behind it - ouch ! The change in angles on the stone course look to be at fault, but you have to hope that as a main dealer the course would have been designed to show the Land Rover ranges limits, but stay reasonably comfortably within them. Perhaps the driver gunned the engine too hard when moving up the slope and the upside wheel lift into the air and she rolled or perhaps the suspension setting was set for high and that raised the centre of gravity beyond the critical point. Do D3's have less slide slope ability than other LR models ? Lets hope the passenger didn't have their arm out of the window. Disco 4 TDV6HSE
Defender 200TDi CSW
RR Evoque
22nd Jun 2005 5:47 pm
Dom Harvey Lord of the Four Fingers
Member Since: 15 Apr 2005
Location: Dorset
Posts: 7454
Naw I think its yankee driver error , not the car - I've had a D3 at such an angle that I thought we were done for but lo and behold it took it in its stride.2004 Discovery 3 - gone
2006 Discovery 3 - gone
2008 Discovery 3 GS - gone
2011 Freelander LE Special Edition - gone
2007 Discovery 3 XS - gone
2012 Discovery 4 GS - current
22nd Jun 2005 7:18 pm
10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
Posts: 16534
Yup,
he probably panicked 'cos there's a corner coming up
Clearly not used to steering that reacts when it's turned....
Cheers,
10forcash
22nd Jun 2005 7:23 pm
Dom Harvey Lord of the Four Fingers
Member Since: 15 Apr 2005
Location: Dorset
Posts: 7454
Truth be told, the yanks like to turn right on red, nuff said??!!2004 Discovery 3 - gone
2006 Discovery 3 - gone
2008 Discovery 3 GS - gone
2011 Freelander LE Special Edition - gone
2007 Discovery 3 XS - gone
2012 Discovery 4 GS - current
22nd Jun 2005 7:29 pm
Blue
Member Since: 10 Mar 2005
Location: Zaragoza, Spain
Posts: 95
What? Don't you like the way we park?Blue
22nd Jun 2005 11:44 pm
freeflytim
Member Since: 18 Feb 2005
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Posts: 297
Re: WHOOPS!
I wonder if the customer bought one!
I have been over one of these things at the dealer sitting on the downhill side and it is quite unnerving!Wa Hoo
-Tim
Chattanooga Tennessee USA
D3 V8HSE7HD
D1 kitted trail truck.
A Hummer is just a Hummer. A Land Rover goes all the way.
23rd Jun 2005 12:09 am
nobbyclark
Member Since: 03 May 2005
Location: Perth, Scotland
Posts: 1268
Might be cheap when it hits the LR Used website, though. One careful owner...not.
23rd Jun 2005 1:59 pm
jzk
Member Since: 15 Mar 2005
Location: Chicago
Posts: 99
Member Since: 06 May 2005
Location: Ohio, USA
Posts: 180
I'm pinging everyone I know to get details on this one. Something's fishy. I've driven the local test track with side tilt many times (in Series, Freelander, Disco, Defender, and LR3) and only my lifted Series was iffy. The LR3 takes it all in stride. I usually use rock crawl/high mode.'05 LR3 HSE
Departed: '62 Series IIA, '02 Freelander, '03 Disco
23rd Jun 2005 9:44 pm
freeflytim
Member Since: 18 Feb 2005
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Posts: 297
I was at my dealer today and I showed them all this pix and the sales manager laughed... as in glad it wasn't HIS truck.
I can only imagine telling a customer to climb out the back door!Wa Hoo
-Tim
Chattanooga Tennessee USA
D3 V8HSE7HD
D1 kitted trail truck.
A Hummer is just a Hummer. A Land Rover goes all the way.
24th Jun 2005 3:23 am
BN
Member Since: 18 Mar 2005
Location: Here
Posts: 6463
This is absolutely impossible at my dealers - LR made the track much too tight for D3's and RR's so they cannot use it. Nice planning.
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, not the car - I've had a D3 at such an angle that I thought we were done for but lo and behold it took it in its stride.
so they cannot use it. Nice planning.
