doh, dented landrover :(

[JasonM]

ooops.

Completely and utterly my fault too, atleast I think so!  Pottering down the dual carriageway and the bonnet flips up, putting two nice dents in it and denting the roof rack.  Considering I couldn't see much, was pretty glad to only be travelling at around 50-60 at the time!

Haven't had the bonnet up since Sunday either, and all 'seems' ok, but i think one of the clippy things didn't set properly when I last shut it, only looked shut.

Not as frightening as you'd expect, its just like driving with your eyes shut.

Jason

[EvilEd]

Not as frightening as you'd expect, its just like driving with your eyes shut.

Hmm, I'll give that a try.....  :shock:

(Only Joking BTW, glad you were okay)

[hobbit]

My bonnet played me up on the disco the other week seemed to latch ok but went over a couple of speed bumps and it flipped onto the hook.

Finally sussed it out, had a nut in the hole where the latch sits and was just the right size to sit and not be seen without a light

Was doing my head in

[johnniep]

about a yr ago we where goin down the big dipper near newquay in our rangie doing about 90, screaming downhill in the outside laneovertakeing all the cars, and it just came straight up and bang! windscreen, bonett, roof, door pillars! the lot! but i would have liked to have seen the guy in the caravan traveler thingy who had smashed windscreen all over him at 90mph!!!

and for future referance! rangerovers are usless without a windscreen in them,i put a new roof on it, straightened out the bonnet and pulled the pillars back forwards! and had to drive to dartmoore from deepest cornwall with no screen(to pick up a new 1!!), the body just wobbles and flaps about evriwhere!

cheers
johnnie p

[muddyjames]

When you said it is useless without a screen I thought you were going to say it let all the flies in and you ate loads not the fact the whole car wobbles!

[landraver]

"the body just wobbles and flaps about evriwhere!"

Yours or the car's :lol:  :lol:

[Bush Tucker Man]

Years ago, when I had the 2A Light-Weight, SWMBO was driving it.
We were between Holmfirth & The Flouch Inn on the A616 & in convoy with a friend in his 101GS
I was looking at the OS map for the next lane & it went dark, I didn't think we passed under the old railway bridge yet.
SWMBO shrieked, I looked uo & the bonnet was over the screen. Thankfully she had presence of mind to 'hunker down' & look under it

All of a sudden, Whoosh!!, it's gone over the roof.
It landed about 20yards behind us

Thankfully Mick was well back & didn't run over it.

Even more thankfully no-one was in the space where it landed

On inspection (bar a folded corner), it was found that the catch had shaken loose, unscrewed & left the 'slam-panel'.
Then with a mixture of wind resistance & vibration it left the hinges

I certainly don't want anything like that happening again!!!

(the Discovery used to worry me, as the corners flexed at anything over about 60-65mph :shock: )

[Lee_D]

Our 97 Disco the cable handle sometimes fouls the plastic trim keeping it in a semi pulled out position. Worth checking as will have the same effect again on a new bonnet if its' like ours.