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Re: Defender 90

Post by CDS » Fri Jul 22, 2016 10:59 pm

And the fact that people think they are build like tanks, so would rather hit a stone wall than clip a defender :lol:


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Re: Defender 90

Post by mzplcg » Sat Jul 23, 2016 7:14 am

Front or rear collisions I agree. Side impacts however are a completely different matter,something I've seen 1st hand. Actually a bloke I worked with and his Series 3 got hit in the side by a Ford Fiesta which resulted in a broken leg, broken hip and 7 months recovering from it. Fiesta driver walked away. There's no outer chassis rail,side impact bars,airbags,nothing. In a side impact it's all about the flimsy aluminium which doesn't have a lot of tensile strength.

This, as Dom points out, is why rock sliders are a very sensible addition.


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