land rover defender vs frontera

[philaldred]

Morning all, just thought id show what happens when a defender with no grip on snow goes up against my frontera that had grip on snow

Tried to get out the way but on a single track road there wasn't anywhere for me to go.

[Drift]

Ouch
Hope your okay

I think the insurance will right that off as an uneconomical repair.
That said if they do and pay you out you can buy it back for peanuts and just replace the doors and have a wedge of cash left over in your pocket

[philaldred]

Yeh I walked away from it so could of been worse!

Hoping they don't write it off but will let you know, and if they do I'll deffo be doing what you said ste as I don't want to get rid of it.

Bloody women driving defenders!!!

[PaulHooligan]

Think you will find that the word defenders was surplus to that sentence..

Should have read "Bloody women driving."

Anyway at least you werent hurt that the main thing

[philaldred]

Thought Id update you all.

Car was wrote off, valued at £3250 so I bought it back for scrap value of £510.

Was in a hire car due to snapped spring so it put the boot up the womans insurance arse
the womans insurance decided to pay out in full for my car, which was a bit of a shock really as they thought it would go 50/50, they havnt actually admitted liability but it cant be a bad sign as the guy from my insurance said they usually only pay 50%.

Now have two new doors(second hand) and a new spring fitted, only problem is the trim is black on the doors so will have to sort that.

[andytats]

I didnt think springs would snap like that. Have you checked with the supplier of the springs because that could of been a bad batch of springs. There could be more frontera's on the road with them springs on and will need checking.

[RatCav]

I was working in my driveway last wednesday night and a car went past with a clunk. Piece of spring ended up almost next to me looking like that.

[MG Autos (Mark)]

[RatCav]

I was reading yesterday that taxi firms spend hundreds a year on replacement suspension parts due to poor roads and potholes. Not surprised at all. How many people here have had to replace broken leaves/springs ... especially on trucks that are used off road.

Mark as always it is good to hear your customer service and quality of goods are second to none. I don't think for one minute Andy was having a dig.

[andytats]

Your right Neal I wasn't having a go. I just thought mark would what to know just incase there was a problem with a batch. I know his spring are good because I had a set of them.

[philaldred]

I have no doubt that the problem was not the spring itself, the impact was on the drivers door, but the defender continued to scrape down the side of the car impacting the wheel which is what I believe caused the spring to fail.

Hell I'm surprised it didn't do more damage considering how the bumper(steel girder!!) Is on a defender.

Its good to be driving my car again after a month and a bit unable too, missed it!!