Rolling a Defender

Just been looking through a few pics on here and came across this one of a rolled Defender (http://www.landyzone.co.uk/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=2250)... Just wondering how much damage the average roll is likely to do, and how much it'd cost to fix? Has anyone had the pleasure?

One was rolled in midsumma murders the other nite - looked pretty good after tho.

Cheers ...know what Im watchin next

The Mad Hat Man said:

One was rolled in midsumma murders the other nite - looked pretty good after tho.

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what a waste of a nice G reg 90 i thought as it went over that bank and started rolling - but there didnt appear to be much damage afterwards (camera trickery ?)

YorkshireSteve said:

Just been looking through a few pics on here and came across this one of a rolled Defender (http://www.landyzone.co.uk/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=2250)... Just wondering how much damage the average roll is likely to do, and how much it'd cost to fix? Has anyone had the pleasure?

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if you roll one at any speed you'd be lucky to have the opportuntity to worry about the cost of repairing it

I believe everything crumples down to the bulkhead... one of our drillers rolled his whilst towing on the M4. said the roof came down to meet the top dash... that was a long time ago now.

G

Griffdowg said:

I believe everything crumples down to the bulkhead... one of our drillers rolled his whilst towing on the M4. said the roof came down to meet the top dash... that was a long time ago now.

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I assume if he told you about it that he survived!!

Was he badly hurt??

Griffdowg said:

I believe everything crumples down to the bulkhead... one of our drillers rolled his whilst towing on the M4. said the roof came down to meet the top dash... that was a long time ago now.

G

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I assume if he told you about it that he survived!!

Was he badly hurt??

na, i think it was a case of duck and cover. off the M4 into a ditch. He said it just folded.

G

How easy is it to roll one on the road? I'm still trying to get used to cornering at slower speeds. Had a couple of wet pant moments but I don't know if I was panicking for nothing. (Hi Gareth).

Darren.

pretty hard, you tend to meet understeer first.

boydy1989 said:

pretty hard, you tend to meet understeer first.

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I agree! Unless you were running slicks or you slammed sidways into a curb. I dont think you would (Delete - ever) be likely to get enough grip to roll a defender on the road.

HuN73R said:

I dont think you would ever get enough grip to roll a defender on the road.

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thats quite a dangerous thing to say, the amount of body roll at any speed tends to naturally slow peeps down but there's plenty of roads around here where i could roll one without too much effort

in fact chasing one of those VTR jobbies last week i nearly .......

Sean said:

thats quite a dangerous thing to say, the amount of body roll at any speed tends to naturally slow peeps down but there's plenty of roads around here where i could roll one without too much effort

in fact chasing one of those VTR jobbies last week i nearly .......

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OK Fair point!

But in my 2.5 N/A Its not likly im ever gunna get enough speed to chase anything in the first place!

Im yet to experience the power of a tdi, but i would still expect it to slide before it rolled.

However, only my opinion so dont go flat knacker round a bend and kill yourselves trying to prove me wrong!! (disclaimer!!!)

HuN73R said:

However, only my opinion so dont go flat knacker round a bend and kill yourselves trying to prove me wrong!! (disclaimer!!!)

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Oh OK, if you insist.

IWantOne said:

Oh OK, if you insist.

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Just incase!

Dont want a death on my hands!! lol