Thread: Sad First Post :(

Well they do say every drive is an adventure. Good to see no one was hurt.

The height of the mazda would approx be the height of your chassis, as you say it was a big hit, the three amigoes would be one or even multiple of the ABS sensors has become damaged, dislodged, broken wire or whatever once connected these will need the fault to be cleared to work normally again. The vibrations possibly caused from the rubber donut on the or even the rear shaft itself being damaged or out of allignment, the engine noise, possible exhaust dislodgment and/or damage check engine and gearbox mounts. Hairline fractures in the chassis may be present, even the chassis being slightly kinked (yes these chassis will kink, trust me I know). The good news is D2's even though very complex can be rebuilt.

Welcome to the forum, and good luck with the insurance side of the sad incident.

Hmmm, wouldn't surprise me if the exhaust and the chassis has been damaged to cause the change in note and the vibrations when driving.

check your locating arms for damage, if they are out of whack, check your wheels one at a time and spinning them...

odds are its one of the following

• a caliper dislodged
• a done in wheel bearing
• the propshaft has been punched in
• a wheel out of balance/cracked
• collapsed bushings

but ensure that whoever does the repair work goes over the chassis alignments with a fine tooth comb or it will give you no end of high speed handling hassles.

G'day ILuvTheDisco

Sorry to hear about the prang but at a quick guess I would say that you would have, chassis damage, exhaust damage,transmission driveline damage, the insurance company accessor will be able to list the damage or have it tilttrayed to a Landrover repair centre and get it accessed


BTW. this is the AULRO SERIES Owners Forum there is a seperate Forum for the Discovery Owners 5 headings down

cheers

Originally Posted by UncleHo

G'day ILuvTheDisco ... BTW. this is the AULRO SERIES Owners Forum there is a seperate Forum for the Discovery Owners 5 headings down

cheers

Sad about the Disco, I would be concerned about the rear prop shaft being bent first up. (As well as the chassis etc.)

UncleHo - wouldn't it have been great is Land Rover thought about the confusion they were creating then they named the second coming of Discovery the "Series II" - they could have chosen anything else (sort of) Mark II would have been better as that term has never been used previously on a Land Rover.

Diana

Glad to hear everybody walked away, including the Mazda driver. At that speed it demonstrates the survivability of both vehicles.

With 5 children+2 adults, I assume the 6th/7th seats were in use which also shows these rear seats are also "safe" areas in a D2. (A recents discussion I had with someone who didnt like these rear seats being used).

Not being very mechanical, I cannot explain many of the after effects. However, this is one occasion when you need the very best advice from a genuine LR dealer or specialist going over the entire vehicle as mentioned by Blknight & UncleHo and to hell with the cost 'cos your not paying a cent.

Originally Posted by UncleHo

G'day ILuvTheDisco

Sorry to hear about the prang but at a quick guess I would say that you would have, chassis damage, exhaust damage,transmission driveline damage, the insurance company accessor will be able to list the damage or have it tilttrayed to a Landrover repair centre and get it accessed.

cheers

I agree with Uncle 100%

Unfortunately be prepared for a write off. There has been many cases of vehicles with damage like this that have been repaired and 6 months later the diff, tranny or motor disintergrates.

It just might save you the forever argument with your insurance if you assess and push to write it off than to fix.

Sorry

Originally Posted by simonl8353

Glad to hear everybody walked away, including the Mazda driver. At that speed it demonstrates the survivability of both vehicles.

With 5 children+2 adults, I assume the 6th/7th seats were in use which also shows these rear seats are also "safe" areas in a D2. (A recents discussion I had with someone who didnt like these rear seats being used).

Not being very mechanical, I cannot explain many of the after effects. However, this is one occasion when you need the very best advice from a genuine LR dealer or specialist going over the entire vehicle as mentioned by Blknight & UncleHo and to hell with the cost 'cos your not paying a cent.

Thanks for all the replies & advice guys! I really appreciate it.

The bad thing about identifying the mechanical damage is we don't actually have a Land Rover dealer here in Rockhampton QLD anymore, only one shop called the "4WD repair shop" who specializes in Land Rovers, the only guy in town with a testbook actually. So looking into the crystal ball I can see my Disco being sent on a wild goose chase all over town to different shops until the insurance company realizes there is only one guy in town who will go near it. So sad to see Ford close many of the regional dealerships down when they took over

Cheers.