Pretty well considering I was doing 40 mph at the time. Nearside screen pillar and front wing took most of the impact, screen smashed, wing peeled back, inner wing bent, headlight smashed and bonnet badly dented. My roof bar prevented any damage to the roof but I'm guessing the cost of parts vs the value of a 54 plate Disco means the inevitable.
Cheers, parts alone come to over 3k and that's provided the A pillar isn't bent. Good strong car, wouldn't have wanted to be in anything else. Tree was about 30 feet tall and they had to close the road to remove the rest of it. Luckily my Disco had smashed it into easily managed pieces apart from the main trunk which just bounced off the screen and rolled off the bonnet.
Discodevon
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Shame mate glad your alright... You can possibly buy the truck back from insurance
blue beasty
Leaks an prone to bits dropping off
Piccies or it dint happen. Tis the rulz
Marmaduke
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A bit harsh, try telling that to the woman outside Starbucks in Wolverhampton
Broke Again
‘Orrible yam yam
Very true it's only 5 minutes from me, the park down the road has a few very large trees up rooted glad most people stayed safe.
I'll be out with the chainsaw the weekend collecting logs for next year
blue beasty
Leaks an prone to bits dropping off
Lol yes I am ok so no offence taken from me. I do have pics although they are not brilliant and don't really show the extent of the damage. The passenger side A pillar saved me from any serious harm but sadly I suspect it gave its life for me. If that is the case there is no point in buying her back but she will be sadly missed.
Marmaduke
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Rejoice that you weren't in a defender cos there's hardly any strength in the a pillar
biggeeeee
Retired - Living the dream
Pity you don't have a log burner
private penguin
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You say that, but there are loads of discos out there scrapped because the chassis is rotten... = loads of good second hand parts. If you've got the time and skills to do the work yourself and if you can find a decent colour match sat at a scrap yard, the buyback price, plus the price of the parts, could well be much much less than the insurance settlement.
