Im quite interested in an XC60, any thoughts?
Im quite interested in an XC60, any thoughts?
Surely that would repair?
So from a known point on the video, to the accident, was travelling at 55mph and covered 250 meters.
= 10 seconds
On the video you can see there is no car on the sliproad (150 meters long) as we pass the top of it, the corner onto the sliproad is a sharp turn that can be done at 20mph or so, but less as it was pouring with rain but lets give him 20mph as a starting figure.
so in that 10 seconds he has accelerated up, and covered the same distance including an extra 150 meters.
If we take off the generous 20mph starting figure that gives him 70mph. If we give him the more realistic 10, then thats 80mph.
Top of my head, the impact force for most airbags to deploy is circa 30mph if hitting a solid object, so that easily sticks him at 100mph, even more potentially.
Even if we take 55mph and add 30, that puts him at 85mph on impact.
Video upload??
It's a 10 year old car, nearly 11, if the salvage cost is cheap enough then I might repair it and sell it but honestly im expecting the damage under the bumper to be quite bad and something in the drivetrain is also knackered and grinding.
So it all boils down to the insurance co wanting to use brand new parts and Land Rover dealer approved work shop. Where as anyone else would pick up the parts from a breakers and use their friendly local body shop. 10 year old car after all.
Option spec means nothing unfortunately, its an XS so a low end model anyway, i bet they offer 5.5k.
Get a defender 110
Main criteria:
-cheap to run and maintain - Check - Can be fixed if you know a guy with a hammer.
-large and capable of being fully loaded to the hilt without struggling - Check.
-basic, dont want any fancy stuff that can throw a huge bill - As basic as they come.
-doesnt look poncy - Looks awesome
So it all boils down to the insurance co wanting to use brand new parts and Land Rover dealer approved work shop. Where as anyone else would pick up the parts from a breakers and use their friendly local body shop. 10 year old car after all.
To add insult to injury, the lambo isnt starting this morning, wont turn over... sigh.