The roof section on the Range Rover is apparently very strong.

For the G4 (or shortly after, using the vehicles) they would roll a FFRR onto it's roof and show how to recover.
I assume they were FFRR that couldn't be put on the road for some reason, such as a prototype or something...

The new 2010 model is extremely stable as per my off road day at LR when we did the 65mph (not kidding) down a grassy/muddy hill then did a very severe swerve (as if trying to miss a car that had just done an emergency stop in front of you on the motorway) without DSC and assists turned on and went into a full 360 degree + spin out of control down the hill and came to a halt. Did same again with all aids on and the car was able to be swerved to miss ' the obstacle' then returned back into 'the virtual lane' with little drama. It was ridiculously impressive to be honest, for the size of the car and the severity of the swerve we performed.  Steve

Main car : FFRR L405 Vogue SDV8
Other car : Vauxhall Lotus Carlton
Past cars : FFRR L322 Vogue TD6 SE (Sept 2006 MY07) ; LandCruiser SWB ; 4-Runner ; Supras; XJS V12 LeMans

It's easy to roll almost any vehicle if you have an obstacle to hit first in the right (wrong) way - even a kerb!  The older I get, the more I realise that people confuse wrinkles for wisdom

iT LAD wrote:

When I finally get mine...

Genes???




sorry  
RRC 2Dr, RRC 4Dr,
P38, and 2 L322s
(wife thinks I'm nuts - prob right, too)

He must have hit something, maybe clipped a high kerb or something.

I had to avoid someone on the motorway which involved heavy braking plus half lock at about 80+

That would be enough to send most cars into a slide. RR had a bit of a wallow, I nearly poo'd myself but all was fine. The back stepped out a tiny bit but ABS/DSC/CBC brought it back into line.

Even going lock to lock should not enable you to roll a RR. The DSC will cut all power and will start applying the brakes so by the time you're trying to correct you've slowed right down, if you're braking at the same time CBC will have kicked in which tightens everything up even more. You could roll a classic, until the introduction of anti roll bars & ABS. 

Cars generally can be really easy to roll. At an accident the other day a motorbike managed to put an X5 on it's side. The bike was overtaling traffic at high speed when the X5 turned right across front of it. The bike hit it in the rear corner and turned it over.

Must have been a hell of a speed.  My Previous RR's!

2008 TDV8 Vogue
2006 TD6 Vogue
2007 TDV8 Vogue
2007 RRS (I know, it doesn't count!)
2005 4.4 Vogue on LPG
2005 TD6 Vogue
2003 4.4 Vogue
2001 4.6 HSE
2000 2.5 DHSE
1999 4.6 HSE
1997 4.6 HSE on LPG
1995 2.5 DSE
1989 3.9 EFI classic
1988 3.5 EFI classic

hoppy_70 wrote:

Cars generally can be really easy to roll. At an accident the other day a motorbike managed to put an X5 on it's side. The bike was overtaling traffic at high speed when the X5 turned right across front of it. The bike hit it in the rear corner and turned it over.

Must have been a hell of a speed.

Holy , was there ant thing left of the biker to scoop up ?
you have to impart allot of energy to do that >  2008 MY Supercharged
Rimini Red / Jet
four zone climate
remote park heater
and no ugly kid windows.
magnus satis quod turpis satis

This always makes me laugh....



Natural selection at its finest 2006 Mercedes CLS
1991 Retro-style Mini
But really finding it hard to fight the urge for a S/C...

axle wrote:

hoppy_70 wrote:

Cars generally can be really easy to roll. At an accident the other day a motorbike managed to put an X5 on it's side. The bike was overtaling traffic at high speed when the X5 turned right across front of it. The bike hit it in the rear corner and turned it over.

Must have been a hell of a speed.

Holy , was there ant thing left of the biker to scoop up ?
you have to impart allot of energy to do that >