Wrecked my Disco.
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michaels said:
okay, well i can speak from experience. i hit a deer going 55mph on the driverside corner. it was like hitting a pot hole. the only reason i stopped was to check things out and to make sure the deer wasn't in the middle of the road, otherwise i could've kept driving as if nothing had happened. i can't see there'd be any difference if i hit it on the passenger corner. Jeep had a mild lift and 30's at the time. big difference is the deer didn't come up into the windshield like it did for Bannon88. point though is there were no stability issues at all. i don't think there were for the disco either. the roll was a result of a panic reflex. nothing the driver could do.
Glad you were realatively unscathed. The more roll overs I see in Discos and Classics the more I am thinking that a real roll cage would be a worthy investment. It seems that they all tend to have the front window frame pancake just like yours did. At a minimum a D90 style external roll bar around the front window frame would be worthy of serious consideration. Just my $.02.
Bannon88 said:
Glad you made it out OK, though the Rover looks a tad worse for wear....
A friend hit a deer driving home late one night on a very rural road. He goes into a deep ditch on his side of the road. The deer - "I'm not dead yet" - staggers across and gets hit by another car going in the opposite direction, which goes into the ditch on the other side of the road. Along comes a pickup truck 30 seconds later. The two good ol' boys get out, and survey the scene: both car drivers still dazed/confused and still in their respective vehicles, with the the now-dead deer lying in the middle of the road. Without a second's hesitation, they sling the carcass into the back, and drive off into the night.
Chris Browne said:
Speaking of that, do you want to sell the whole thing? As is traditional on Dweb I will start out with the disgustingly low offer of 7 dollars and half an egg mcmuffin.
WOW, so glad you are ok!!! Hope you got checked out....other pain/injury can show up a few days later!
Take care of yourself and have fun cruising Craigslist and Ebay as you recover!
Take care of yourself and have fun cruising Craigslist and Ebay as you recover!
Glad that you are ok. I Cclipped a deer in WI in my 94, but luckily, it went careening off the road and not into the windshield. That yours rolled and you got out and it looks no worse than it does is a testament to Disco structural integrity. Time to go out and get another for me.....
Glad to see that you are okay! You took a good hit. That was an awesome looking truck! Just think of how much nicer the new one will be.
I wasn't hating on a wrangler for wheeling ability. I was merely refering to the fact that i'd rather have been in that hard top disco in a roll over than a soft top wrangler under the same circumstances. I've seen several pictures of disco rollovers, and 2 highway jeep roll overs. So far the disco owners have walked out on there own, and the people i saw on the highway were in neck braces. given i understand the circumstances of both accidents were different than the rovers and that a rover has a pretty damn good chance of flipping over considering how top heavy they can be.climbskiroverguy said:
Yes, i have wheeled with a few rubicons before. They are some really badass jeeps. The day i went out with him i was the one who cracked my exhuast manifold in the mud and water and not him lol, so yes, they break less than discos. The only jeep i've seen really fuck up offroad was some idiot in a wagoneer who sunk his rig by not walking (or in this case swimming) a crossing before he drove it which was the drivers fault.
i'm not disagreeing with you man.
Bannon88 said:
Good to hear you are OK. It never ceases to amaze me looking at the carnage of these wrecks -- very rarely do any of the Disco owners get hurt bad at all.
I have settled with the insurance company.
And I purchased the truck back from them. I feel like good about the whole ordeal, as things considered. I plan on removing many parts and will list them the parts I plan on selling once everything is removed.
And I purchased the truck back from them. I feel like good about the whole ordeal, as things considered. I plan on removing many parts and will list them the parts I plan on selling once everything is removed.
