Rover 1, Car 0

[SGaynor]

Chalk one more up for the stoutness/safety of the Discos.

Last week, my daughter was heading to her lacrosse practice when a lady in a car ran the stop sign she had (my daughter had no stop sign, speed limit 35 - she was doing about 30). My daughter slammed on the brakes, but it was way too late. Fortunately, no one was hurt. My daughter was shaken up, especially since there was a 4 year old in the back seat, on the other side of the impact.

In the picture showing the intersection, you can see where the car ended up (it was coming from the left to the right), my daughter was going in the same direction as the bus is in the picture. The rover came to a stop basically where the back of the bus is in that picture.

I was a couple of minutes behind my daughter and came up on it right after it happened. There were 3-4 people who came up and said the lady never hit her brakes and just went through the intersection; my daughter wasn't at fault. (they were there to collect their kids from the bus stop). Clearly from where my daughter hit the car, and where it ended up, it had to be going more than the 5-10 mph that it would have been if it had been stopped at the interesection.

The impact tripped the inertia switch on the Disco, but it fired right up once reset. No airbag deployment.

Called the police. They took statements, and am waiting on the police report.

But you can see that the car took the brunt of it. That b-pilliar was pushed in; I think it might be totalled.

Rover just had it's HLC bumper canted back about an 1" and some powder coat scraped off. The cop was impressed.

Very glad my daughter was driving the rover vs my BMW Z3.

 

[SGaynor]

more pics

 

[LRflip]

She was probably admiring the blue monogram sticker on the back window and never saw the car coming...

jk, glad everybody was ok.

 

[Lake_Bueller]

Always impressed with the Rovers (especially with aftermarket bumpers) in collisions. Based on the damage to the car, I'm guessing your daughter scrubbed off a lot of speed before impact. The side windows in the car didn't even break.

 

[Drillbit]

Just so you know make sure the other peoples insurance pays for a new bumper and an alignment.

 

[roverMc]

Glad she's okay. My daughter rear ended a pickup and cracked the stock D2 bumper on her D1 last year. Nobody suffered any injuries. The seem to take crashes well.

 

[D Chapman]

Good thing that was not a tube bumper from Equip. Your truck would have been totaled.

 

[DiscoPhoto]

Just so you know make sure the other peoples insurance pays for a new bumper and an alignment.

Not like you can get a new HLC bumper anyways though...

 

[LRflip]

Not like you can get a new HLC bumper anyways though...

Yes but, if Scott was smart he would have saved the receipt for the purchase.

It doesn't need a new one but, he could get his money back from this one and buy a greg davis in case she gets rear ended.

 

[Drillbit]

Not like you can get a new HLC bumper anyways though...

Insurance companies do not consider aftermarket bumpers to be repairable. The fact his is damaged means he is entitled to a new one. Since a new one isn't available then he is entitled to what a comparable one would cost.

An old lady pulled out in front of me once and hit my factory d1 brush bar. She was irate that I was "flying down the damn road" and insisted we call the cops. The cops wrote it up as her fault and I got a check for 965 dollars.

 

[jhmover]

I got the ARB on the D2 I used to have because some moron made a left turn into a shopping center driveway from the right lane and didn't notice I was next to him. I asked him why and he told me he decided he wanted to get a soda.

 

[Devildog01]

Good thing that was not a tube bumper from Equip. Your truck would have been totaled.

I wish the tree that hit me had insurance.

 

[DiscoPhoto]

Insurance companies do not consider aftermarket bumpers to be repairable. The fact his is damaged means he is entitled to a new one. Since a new one isn't available then he is entitled to what a comparable one would cost.

An old lady pulled out in front of me once and hit my factory d1 brush bar. She was irate that I was "flying down the damn road" and insisted we call the cops. The cops wrote it up as her fault and I got a check for 965 dollars.

I hear you...I'm just saying it sucks for him. There are only a couple(and I mean like...2) bumpers out there that look good/work well on a D1/D2

 

[rover4x4]

bet that sedan operator was texting, your daughter shoudlve stood on the gas not the brakes glad eveyone is okay, hows the frame?

 

[DiscoPhoto]

bet that sedan operator was texting, your daughter shoudlve stood on the gas not the brakes glad eveyone is okay, hows the frame?

It's a Disco 2, it's tweaked.

 

[SGaynor]

I took it to the other person's insurance company adjuster (they called me). Asked me how much the bumper cost (IIRC it was $900). They put that on the bill, ie, nonrepairable. Said I should be getting a check once the agent finalizes the claim.

I'm still wondering if they are going to take issue with fault; the other driver was saying my daughter was at fault because she never slowed down or stopped. My daughter had no stop sign, the other driver did. I'm not sure why they thought my daughter should have slowed/stopped.

On a side note, I'm depressed since I wanted to get an HLC for the rear, but that's not happening....

 

[SGaynor]

bet that sedan operator was texting, your daughter shoudlve stood on the gas not the brakes glad eveyone is okay, hows the frame?

I don't think they were texting, just not paying attention. People run/nearly run that intersection all the time. In fact, the day after the accident, a guy nearly ran it as I was going through.

Frame - not sure. I haven't pulled the bumper to see if that's what bent and by how much.