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| seriesonenut Member Since: 19 Nov 2014 Location: Essex Posts: 1224  
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Well I guess its evidence of just how strong a Discovery 2 is but I would not recommend trying this!!!
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9th Nov 2018 9:15pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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A friend of mine was involved in an accident whilst driving a D2 a few years ago that resulted in a barrel roll at about 50mph. She walked away unscathed, as did her dog. Very strong vehicles, probably second only to the D3 (and D4). Darren
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9th Nov 2018 10:36pm |
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| Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2971 
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It went round the end of the barrier.
Glad I wasn't inside :/ |
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10th Nov 2018 12:22pm |
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| williamthedog Member Since: 29 Dec 2012 Location: south wales Posts: 3441 
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They definitely know what colour fear is after that.
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10th Nov 2018 1:51pm |
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| Mike c Member Since: 11 Aug 2017 Location: Maldon, Essex Posts: 930  
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Shocking how it all goes wrong so quick at higher speeds!
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10th Nov 2018 3:02pm |
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| Zed Member Since: 07 Oct 2017 Location: In the woods Posts: 3324 
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Or evidence of how easily it rolls. That's bloody frightening. |
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10th Nov 2018 3:07pm |
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| Mike c Member Since: 11 Aug 2017 Location: Maldon, Essex Posts: 930
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Yes about it rolling easy, high centre of gravity, heavy body and soft suspension never good, I was always wary of this with my old discovery on motorways/fast roads.
I think at least defenders have a lighter body and stiffer suspension so hopefully a bit less likely to flip like that, but obviously don't have as much strength in the body for protection in the event! |
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10th Nov 2018 3:32pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17457 
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Good thing nobody was coming up the slip road.
I wonder how they managed to set that off?. |
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10th Nov 2018 6:57pm |
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| JR Member Since: 07 Dec 2012 Location: Auchtermuchty Posts: 532  
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An unfortunate case of rapid lane change, I suspect!
That's assuming the tyre pressures were ok, otherwise it might not have been an intended 'rapid' lane change! |
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10th Nov 2018 10:17pm |
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| Badger110 Member Since: 06 Feb 2018 Location: South hams Posts: 1039 
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The transit looks abit suspicious
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11th Nov 2018 12:05am |
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| hafman Member Since: 28 Mar 2017 Location: W Sussex Posts: 81
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Or perhaps they clipped the grass on the central reservation and over corrected?
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11th Nov 2018 8:30am |
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| Tommybahama32 Member Since: 11 Sep 2017 Location: cheshire Posts: 31 
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As has been said that Transit looks suspicious, it seems to me that 9 times out of 10 there's a van involved, it was probably tailgating the Discovery distracting the driver, i see it all the time.
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12th Nov 2018 12:46pm |
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| o4dn Member Since: 08 Jan 2010 Location: South West Posts: 545  
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The Discovery 2 had ACE (active cornering), this is very efficient and much better that any stiff suspension or solid ARB on a Defender... A Defender would have been a lot worse, and I'm not even talking about the driver! “A Land Rover immobilized is a moral defeat for the driver and bad publicity for the vehicle, […] it's up to you to do justice to your Land Rover!” - Land Rover Driving Technique. -- 2009 2.4 Puma Defender 90 SW 1979 Land Rover Series 3 88" |
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12th Nov 2018 2:12pm |
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| Mike c Member Since: 11 Aug 2017 Location: Maldon, Essex Posts: 930
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Yes I know the discovery 2 had ace, I used to have one and it was very good to a point, however you still have that heavy body and high centre of gravity so when it does go wrong it happens suddenly and unexpectedly. One could say it may encourage spirited driving in a completely inappropriate vehicle for that type of driving.
However in the video above, nobody knows exactly what happened or if the vehicle had a defect of some sort. Mike |
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12th Nov 2018 4:02pm |
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