Once worked with a guy who owned a Defender 100. He lived at the top of a very steep hill and was woken up one night by the police asking if he knew where his LR was. It turned out it had rolled down the hill, through a garden wall and buried itself into the side of a house partially demolishing it. The Defender needed a new front bumper and headlight along with respraying where it was dragged out but not much else. The police said he must have forgotten to apply the handbrake, but he maintained that someone could have released it (did they come with tent tops?). He went on to later buy a Sierra 4x4 but always preferred his 'wreaking ball'. I can guess how most cars would look in the same situation, just wondered how an FF would have coped. QUID FACIUM TIBI
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Went through a house and needed a bumper.....NO

It would probably stayed where it was, held by the gearbox being in Park

The FFRR has crumple zones to protect the occupants so it would have been wrecked. The Deafener on the other hand had no such niceties, preferring to use the occupants' breast bone as the first line of defence.

I knew a guy with an ex mod series III lwb. He hit a Ford Cosworth side on when it came out of a T junction. The Ford was brand new but written off. He said his claim was for a tin of hammerite to re-paint the bumper.

Depends what the house is made of, if its one of the wafer clad cardboard things that they call houses these days then I think you'd fare pretty well. If on the other hand you picked on a pre 1950s built out of at least proper brick then I think you'd be  Current
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The house would probably have been worse off as the fatty is heavier and doesn't resist rolling as well as having less chassis rust than most defenders
Mthe FF may not have been written off, mines had two no fault accidents after a 40t arctic argued with it and an Stypre... both times the repair hasn't been too much on the vehicle, the S type one turned out to be the most costly with the bill being twice what the car was worth  FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
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Agree with above. FFRR must heavier, so more damage to both car and house. But, as pointed out above, also more likely to stay where it was parked

Land rovers were never supplied with a hand brake, there was a lever with a button on the end, if the driver felt inclined they could pull it up when stationary, it rarely had any effect. letters not necessarily in the right order

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Once worked with a guy who owned a Defender 100.

No such thing. 90 or 110.

The standard drum transmission handbrake can work very well indeed when adjusted properly. The one on our Series III 88" is a case in point. They only become less effective when badly adjusted or maintained.

I did replace the drum transmission brake on my 110 for just such a reason for an 'X-Brake' disc conversion and that's been superb, but I admit that I mainly did it because I fancied it rather than the considerably cheaper option of refurbishing the drum assembly properly.

On all my cars, I never rely purely on the handbrake and always opt to leave my vehicles in-gear at the same time no matter where they're parked. Si. <This is my name.

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