Dent in bonnet

[cdrtravis]

Hi

I recently had the pleasure of being loaned a new TDV6 SE overnight by the local LR dealer. A fantastic car; in fact, probably all the car I'd ever need. However, whilst driving the vehicle I noticed a dent in the bonnet on the driver's side. The dent was perhaps about a quarter of the way up the bonnet's length.

The weird bit is that the dent would only appear when you were travelling at speed, say 100kph. Once you stopped, it disappeared! When I returned the Disco to the dealer, I had a good close look at the bonnet and couldn't see any evidence of the dent. Most perplexing.

Anybody else had this? Is it because the bonnet is thin in that area, or has someone pushed the bonnet shut with the heel of their palm? If it was the latter, then I would expect to see the dent at any time. Needless to say, the salesman didn't have an answer...

[barryj]

Turbo sucking too hard ?

[Captain_Rightfoot]

Thermal expansion?

[cdrtravis]

Well, it seemed to depend on the amount of wind force. The faster you went, the deeper the dent became!

[PCH]

Never seen this before on my D3.

The bonnet is aluminium and would no like to be closed by the palms of your hands because the 2 catches need a bit of force to lock. The bonnet needs gentle pursuasion to close by "slamming" it down to ovecome the gas lifts. Well mine does otherwise one cathc will remain unlocked.

Chris

[cdrtravis]

Well, perhaps I didn't shut the bonnet properly after I had the vehicle overnight. The salesman did comment about the twin catches.

Anyway, I've still bought the car!

[spudboy]

He was a good salesman then!

[cdrtravis]

I suppose so! I never saw it on the test drive before borrowing the vehicle, and when I had it at home I opened the bonnet to show the wife. I perhaps didn't shut it properly afterwards.

[bigmac]

If you didn't shut it properly it would have told you on the screen, I have never noticed it on mine I and its been up to 160kh and still wanted to go, ran out of road.

[spudboy]

...and its been up to 160kh and still wanted to go, ran out of road.

I think you meant to say "... on a private road under controlled conditions" at the end of that sentence (else someone will tell you off for being reckless on a public road)