The End of my D3!

[Aussie Jeepster]

Yesterday, at about 1.30pm my world got turned sideways at around 80 to 100kph!
Hit the guard rail on a corner, and rolled onto its side.
Needless to say it is totally, but I suspect that the strength of the vehicle saved my wife and I.
We are both OK with some bruises and aches, but we were checked out at 2 hospitals and eventually got home around 11pm.
I don't remember much other that the noise of the impact and the bloody airbags from which I'm still coughing - but its a small price to pay for what they did.
It was a 2006 V6 petrol with 170,000 km on it.
Now looking for a replacement petrol V6 or V8, D3 or D4.
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[Aussie Jeepster]

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The car was fully insured with the RAA and we are now waiting for the blood tests to come back (will be negative) and the write off assessor to "write it off".
The local CFS/SES were fantastic as well as the Ambos and Police and people of Tarlee in mid north SA.

[RobMichelle]

Gee wiz glad ya both ok

[Odysseyman]

Lucky escape hey, good you’re okay

cheers

[chuck]

Good to see your both ok

[Fattima]

Nasty, glad you are all relatively OK after that.

[Tombie]

Glad you’re ok. What led up to the impact with the guardrail?

[BradC]

Wowza I've heard a punch in the fact with an airbag is confronting. Glad you are both ok and the sacrificial cocoon did what it was designed to do.

[shack]

Nasty stuff!

I think they are a pretty safe car in the event of an accident, bet it put the wind up you though!

[loanrangie]

Glad you are ok, nothing better on the road if you are unlucky to be in an accident.
Driver fatigue or other factor ?

[Narangga]

Like all others, glad you are alive and in a condition to be able to report it!

Was it a trip to/from Victor?

[SimmAus]

Glad you and wife are ok.
Yep, they are strong / safe vehicles. I’ve put one on its roof, and swear that vehicle possibly saved my life also.

[Tombie]

Like all others, glad you are alive and in a condition to be able to report it!

Was it a trip to/from Victor?

Tarlee area

[Tins]

I echo the thoughts of all, so glad for you. Hug each other.

[Aussie Jeepster]

Glad you are ok, nothing better on the road if you are unlucky to be in an accident.
Driver fatigue or other factor ?
I was driving from Burra to Adelaide, so it wasn't a long drive. Everyone has told me it was a micronap, and as I can't remember anything about it, I can only assume they are correct. I honestly did not feel like was tired, but........

[Aussie Jeepster]

Like all others, glad you are alive and in a condition to be able to report it!

Was it a trip to/from Victor?

Burra to Adelaide

[Tombie]

I was driving from Burra to Adelaide, so it wasn't a long drive. Everyone has told me it was a micronap, and as I can't remember anything about it, I can only assume they are correct. I honestly did not feel like was tired, but........

Very easy to have one. Just grateful nobody was hurt too badly.

[NavyDiver]

Ouch plus- Glad to hear you survived so well. Be careful over the next week or two. Its not that uncommon to walk away to find issues days later!

Take care and good luck with the replacement hunt. [thumbsupbig]

[PerthDisco]

Same thing happened in the last year to Graham Moss AFL legend.

Urgent RFDS retrieval for Perth traveller road tripping in the Great Southern | Royal Flying Doctor Service (https://www.flyingdoctor.org.au/wa/news/urgent-retrieval-perth-traveller-road-tripping-great-southern/)

WA football legend details life-threatening crash (https://www.6pr.com.au/wa-football-legend-details-life-threatening-crash/)

Was driving a mates FFRR.

The car detected the crash and called emergency automatically. Next thing a caller was talking to them through the car’s audio.

Very lucky to thread the needle as when you go bush in the SW the trees don’t budge an inch.

Same diagnosis

[Tins]

Very lucky to thread the needle as when you go bush in the SW the trees don’t budge an inch.



That applies to trees all over.

[Briar]

Glad you got out of it relatively unscathed. I'm impressed with the state of the vehicle. Parts crumpled that meant to, air bags did their job but I was amazed at the passenger shell looked largely intact with little crushing of the passenger shell.

[Tombie]

Glad you got out of it relatively unscathed. I'm impressed with the state of the vehicle. Parts crumpled that meant to, air bags did their job but I was amazed at the passenger shell looked largely intact with little crushing of the passenger shell.

Why amazed?

I have a photo here somewhere of a D3 in South Africa that had a head on collision with an Audi with a closing speed well over 300km/h.

Occupants of D3 had minimal injuries and exited vehicle themselves. Audi driver was scraped from inside the boot of his vehicle.

They (D3/4) are insanely solid passenger cells.

[Briar]

Why amazed?

I have a photo here somewhere of a D3 in South Africa that had a head on collision with an Audi with a closing speed well over 300km/h.

Occupants of D3 had minimal injuries and exited vehicle themselves. Audi driver was scraped from inside the boot of his vehicle.

They (D3/4) are insanely solid passenger cells.

I'm a simple man Tombie. I'm easily impressed. However, I've not seen any other images of D3/D4 collision results so not as widespread knowledge as others. I'm glad I drive one. Wouldn't mind seeing the pic you have sometime if you can find it.

[scarry]

I'm a simple man Tombie. I'm easily impressed. However, I've not seen any other images of D3/D4 collision results so not as widespread knowledge as others. I'm glad I drive one. Wouldn't mind seeing the pic you have sometime if you can find it.

This one?

I was going through cleaning out some pics the other day,so it was easy to find[bigsmile1]

Tombie may have some more info,on exactly what happened.

https://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/16603005/640/16603005.jpg (https://picturepush.com/public/16603005)

[discomatt69]

Ouch , yep no one can criticise the engineers at LR on that

[veebs]

Why amazed?

I have a photo here somewhere of a D3 in South Africa that had a head on collision with an Audi with a closing speed well over 300km/h.

Occupants of D3 had minimal injuries and exited vehicle themselves. Audi driver was scraped from inside the boot of his vehicle.

They (D3/4) are insanely solid passenger cells.

I also remember seeing a pic where a MASSIVE tree had fallen onto a D3/4 - basically blew the wheels off it, but the body shell was still in tact.

[Narangga]

Why amazed?

I have a photo here somewhere of a D3 in South Africa that had a head on collision with an Audi with a closing speed well over 300km/h.

Occupants of D3 had minimal injuries and exited vehicle themselves. Audi driver was scraped from inside the boot of his vehicle.

They (D3/4) are insanely solid passenger cells.

Thanks for affirming what I thought, Reminiscent of single engine Cessna cabins.

[Tombie]

This one?

I was going through cleaning out some pics the other day,so it was easy to find[bigsmile1]

Tombie may have some more info,on exactly what happened.

https://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/16603005/640/16603005.jpg (https://picturepush.com/public/16603005)

That’s the one