Thread: How safe is a D4?

Originally Posted by irondoc

Hey Tombie, how did that white Disco roll? AT a dealers???

It looks like one of those LRE type man-made tracks for training to the right of photo.

Scott

With the late model Hi aces we use for work,mine is 3 star.
The year after,they came with reversing camera and ABS brakes,the vehicle then got a 4 star rating.The rest of the vehicle is exactly as the model year before.No other change at all.

About the only thing I go by with the ANCAP ratings is the frontal offset crash results and the side impact results. Once you start looking into how the scores are made thats about the only relevent results that makes a difference for the occupants. For example the side impact pole test - you get 2 points just for doing the test regardless of the outcome.

**Edit, actually thinking about it the side impact test is usless for 4wds as well as I think from memory they get full 16 points by default for being a high riding vehicle

Originally Posted by scarry

With the late model Hi aces we use for work,mine is 3 star.
The year after,they came with reversing camera and ABS brakes,the vehicle then got a 4 star rating.The rest of the vehicle is exactly as the model year before.No other change at all.

A seatbelt warning is good for a star Im told.
Has the new van got a no seatbelt warning alarm????
Andrew

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

A seatbelt warning is good for a star Im told.
Has the new van got a no seatbelt warning alarm????
Andrew

Seatbelt reminder is worth 2 bonus points, same as just taking part in the pole test.
The D3 did score a big fat Zero for upper and lower pedestrian leg impacts.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.ancap.co...pdf?1417132883

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

A seatbelt warning is good for a star Im told.
Has the new van got a no seatbelt warning alarm????
Andrew

Both models do,utterly amazing for a Toyota

Amazingly it also has an AF/FM radio

Although mine didn't work for ages as i had the seat out to get the cloth repaired and when they put it back in didn't connect the plug

Actually it doesn't bong,like the D4,just a red light on the dash.

That bong is a PITA,particularly when tottering around paddocks on the farm,and when the dog is in the pas anger seat,as it works off a pressure sensor.

Regarding the D3 vs Audi incident, here is the original post:

DISCO3.CO.UK - View topic - HORRIFIC ACCIDENT WITH A D3 G4 NO#1 IN AFRICA

There is also a bit of physics there as well,a bigger and heavier vehicle will always destroy a smaller,lighter vehicle,it is an A4.

Once again a waste of lives,and a sad end to a G4 D3.

I doubt the impact speed was 200K's