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  1. 27th February 2023, 07:22 PM #1
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    The End of my D3!

    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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  2. 27th February 2023, 07:26 PM #2
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    And the sorry aftermath!

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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.
    2012 L320 Range Rover Sport Fuji White
    REMLR 012
    No 5 Trailer ARN 177-295
    2006 Disco 3, 4L V6 Petrol SE Deceased Feb 26 2023
    SOLD Engineers Trailer - no id
    SOLD RAAF 231194 Perentie 110 GS - SIR ANGUS
    SOLD 4MP COY Series 3 FFR 30-209
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  3. 27th February 2023, 07:28 PM #3
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    Gee wiz glad ya both ok
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  4. 27th February 2023, 07:38 PM #4
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    Lucky escape hey, good you’re okay

    cheers
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  5. 27th February 2023, 07:40 PM #5
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    Good to see your both ok
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  6. 27th February 2023, 07:50 PM #6
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    Nasty, glad you are all relatively OK after that.
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  7. 27th February 2023, 07:59 PM #7
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    Glad you’re ok. What led up to the impact with the guardrail?
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  8. 27th February 2023, 08:13 PM #8
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    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.
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  9. 27th February 2023, 08:16 PM #9
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    Nasty stuff!

    I think they are a pretty safe car in the event of an accident, bet it put the wind up you though!
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  10. 27th February 2023, 08:52 PM #10
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    Glad you are ok, nothing better on the road if you are unlucky to be in an accident.
    Driver fatigue or other factor ?
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