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At the latest drive day at Mt Cotton they also confirmed we would get 13 pin round Euro plugs in Australian spec vehicles.

Good quality converters to 7 pin flat they were using were about $90.
That’s annoying, been through that with Land Rovers with even the 7 pin round plugs. Yes you can get adapters but they are just another point of failure, they make cables too long and they hang down and if you need to tow something unexpectedly and don’t have an adapter with you it’s a pain. Sometimes you can find a 7pin round to 7pin flat at a servo (petrol/gas station) but you’ll never find a 7pin flat to 13pin round except at a specialty auto store. I will probably investigate having it changed.
 

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That’s annoying, been through that with Land Rovers with even the 7 pin round plugs. Yes you can get adapters but they are just another point of failure, they make cables too long and they hang down and if you need to tow something unexpectedly and don’t have an adapter with you it’s a pain. Sometimes you can find a 7pin round to 7pin flat at a servo (petrol/gas station) but you’ll never find a 7pin flat to 13pin round except at a specialty auto store. I will probably investigate having it changed.
These are exactly my thoughts as well. I'm not a fan at all of adapters for the same reasons. I hope we see the US version on our trucks.
 

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Drinking water tank should be white so it won't get as hot.
Maybe 70 instead of 100 degrees
You will be able to have some greens with your drink.
Not a fan of that idea at all, puts a lot of weight up high, will as you say get very hot in the sun and its realistic fugly. I want heavy stuff like water as low in the vehicle as possible. Underbody tanks good but probably not feasible on IG. But flat poly tank in the load area or stacked against the cargo barrier or a bladder in the rear footwell if no rear seat passengers is my preference. Even these are not bad at a pinch, downside is not refillable. C29EE6B6-0655-4C23-BC7B-983337C882AE.jpeg
 

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So Black Sheep Innovations is now black_wool_news on Instagram.
Says high quality pickup truck accessories, namely VW Amarok.

So have they dumped the Grenadier already? I see no IG pics on their IG (ha!).
 

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So Black Sheep Innovations is now black_wool_news on Instagram.
Says high quality pickup truck accessories, namely VW Amarok.

So have they dumped the Grenadier already? I see no IG pics on their IG (ha!).
On their facebook page they were posting 4 days ago about redesigning the front grill of the IG. Still think it in development.
 

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I hope they fit a LED bar in the upper part of the grill…
 

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So Black Sheep Innovations is now black_wool_news on Instagram.
Says high quality pickup truck accessories, namely VW Amarok.

So have they dumped the Grenadier already? I see no IG pics on their IG (ha!).
Don’t think they have yet added any Grenadier accessories to their website but they have given sneak peeks to quite a few, and they have a Grenadier for development. Patience they will load them up eventually
 

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That set up on the rear got me thinking about buying the utility belt channel for the rear only.
 

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You have to get the exterior utility belt even if you just put a bottle opener on each side.
Bottles mean space and weight.
Cans , plus goon bags for wine 😁
As we did before it got all fancy 😄
 

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Bottles mean space and weight.
Cans , plus goon bags for wine 😁
As we did before it got all fancy 😄
Uncouth
Next thing you will be suggesting stemless wine glasses, which are just glasses by the way.
I was at a function recently and someone gave me white wine in a red wine glass. I mean ,,,,,,really
 

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Next thing you will be suggesting stemless wine glasses, which are just glasses by the way.
I was at a function recently and someone gave me white wine in a red wine glass. I mean ,,,,,,really
We use stemless glasses all the time. Stems are just not part of our utilitarian vocabulary.
 

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Yep, the hikers friend.
And handy if you’re traveling somewhere rough where a wine bottle could break…..View attachment 7804577
Your claret filled pillow for the early morning hair of the dog.
My wife bought a couple for a canoe trip.
What will they think of next?
 
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