Strong and safe or what

[land864]

Take a look at these pics.

A bloke I know recently had a bad collision in Mickleham road , Tullamarine.

They collided when both travelling at 90 kmh. Neither of them had time to brake.

The Commodore just came straight though the stop sign.

Aparently it is a black spot intersection and there have been 3 major collisions in the last 3 weeks.

The Police told my mate that in anything other than his P38 it could have been fatal. He had his 8 yo daughter in the back and her mate was sitting right next to her. Lucky , as they went into a spin and ploughed backwards into a tree causing the driver's seat to break.


Check out the min damage to the front considering he T boned the Commodore in the rear.

Just hope I can post the pics.

I'll have to do 2 posts to get more than 5 pics
Pete

[land864]

Here are the balance of photos

[**Discovery300Tdi**]

geez not good mate, happy to hear though that there where no fatalities.
Write off for sure for the poor p38 though.

cheers simon

[willem]

I'm glad everyone is all right! Especially the kids in the car.

I know which car I'd rather be in.

Willem

[land864]

Yep

Written off it was:o

He loves his Rangies though so now he wants me to find a current shape early model TD 6 Rangie for the House Manager and a Classic for him:)

His Brother also wants me to find a Classic in good nick for towing a boat out of Lake Eildon:D

Any ideas :spudnikwhat:

[PaulP38a]

Wow... good to hear they are ok. Thanks for sharing.

I hope that the Darwin Award contender in the Commodore also came through ok.

It is somewhat reassuring to hear stories like this among all the media hype that tells us we should all be driving smaller cars for safety and economy.

Although it is always a pity to see a P38A written-off, we know this one has permanently retired with the highest distinction... a high speed collision where all occupants survived. Now that's a hell of a car and something worth bragging about.

If your mate didn't love his Rangies before, he must now. If luck had anything to do with them surviving that awful accident - the name of that luck is "Range Rover".

All the best, Paul.

[adm333]

I have heard of and read stories of how the Range Rover is one of the safet cars on the road.

Thankfully have not yet had to put one to the test.

Glad to hear all are OK.

Looks like a passenger side airbag deployment as well.

Interesting question - who here has replaced their airbags after 10 years as recommended ??

What year model was this Rangie ?

Dave

[Romulus]

like all others, I am glad that there were no serious injuries, I am assuming and hoping that the numbnuts in the Holden is OK too.

As a P38 owner, it is "good" to see that it has survived this high speed accident and protected its occupants, makes me feel that little bit better!

[land864]

Surpisingly , everyone walked away:eek:

Not sure about the Commodore drivers level of fault.

Apparently , the intersection is a shocker and locals have called for lights or speeed strips at 200m and all sorts of methods of fixing the problem but to no avail.

[andrew e]

The p38s do very well at protecting passengers in an accident, they have several crumple zones built into the chassis. I will take a photo next time i have a bare chassis near by.

I had a p38 once that was almost a foot shorter on the drivers side chassis rail, than the passengers due to a hard front end hit. The door gaps were still perfect, and they opened and closed as if nothing happened. Very impressive.

Andy

[PaulP38a]

Interesting question - who here has replaced their airbags after 10 years as recommended ??


Good question Dave. I'm sure Land Rover aren't selling the new/replacement SRS airbags at a discount either... and even if they did, how are you supposed to replace the airbags in the front seats without destroying the seats?

Oddly enough, my '99 Rangie is just on the 10 year mark (give or take a few months) and the good old "AIRBAG FAULT" message has started popping up the display intermittently in the past few days.

A sign perhaps, or just another Lucas/Sagem/Bosch gremlin? :)

Cheers, Paul.

[willem]

Oddly enough, my '99 Rangie is just on the 10 year mark (give or take a few months) and the good old "AIRBAG FAULT" message has started popping up the display intermittently in the past few days.

:)

Cheers, Paul.

SSHH! Don't say it so loud! Mine hasn't started showing yet! Don't wake it up! :o;):D:D

Willem

[Scouse]

Interesting question - who here has replaced their airbags after 10 years as recommended ??This was extended to 15 years a while ago & it is expected to be increased again.
The current thinking is that airbags will see out the vehicle's life.

[adm333]

Good to know that, Thanks.

I thought I might just drive into the garage wall to test mine and see if they need to be replaced

:D

[Scouse]

The RR is now up at the auctions:

ManheimFowles - Vehicle Details - Salvage (http://www.manheimfowles.com.au/find_buy/power_search/?unit_key=94336_AU102689854-94336;detail_tab=vinfo;fulltext=land%20rover;inclu de_salvage=;salvage_only=1;state_all=1;model_all=1 ;rm=view_detail)

[andrew e]

dont need it ATM thanks scouse, i have 2 whole cars in backlog i need to wreck. :)

Andy

[PaulP38a]

dont need it ATM thanks scouse, i have 2 whole cars in backlog i need to wreck. :)


Sounds like I need to go for a drive to Sydney then ;)

[3toes]

Interesting question - who here has replaced their airbags after 10 years as recommended ??

Don't know if this should be said out loud as the wrong people might be reading this.

It is a stated aim of the EU to remove all cars over 8 years old from the road. Seems that at this age some kind of witching hours occurs and cars become unsafe polluting monsters that must be destroyed for the good of the planet. Not that they are cynicaly looking after the car manufacturers who want to crank out lots of new cars and the people employed in the factories and all that tax which is paid on new cars that of course would be an accidental by product.

Now even the sages that make up the European government have not yet dared to directly implement this decision. That does not of course mean they are not dreaming up ways to make it more difficult to keep older cars on the road. Now if you think about it if you made it manditory to replace all the airbags in a modern car at 8 years of age the cost would exceed the value of the car. At least in europe where an 8 year old car is no longer fashionable and uncool to be seen in.

How long before the Australian government jumped on the band wagon and followed this one?