Bought 24 base model green with white roof and feel like I moved forward too quick...

[Dutchineos]

I wanted to test drive the 2024 Gren for a while and finally did and I did what I would have never done before, I fell in love and bought it (2024 with 15Kmls from a dealer). I knew what prices are asked for but didn't do my research like I used to do the last 40 years when buying car. It looked great, love the colors plus the 17 inch goldfish wheels, very nice with the green, and wider tires (285/75x17). It's a base model with premium sound (still sounds crappy IMHO) compared to any of my previous cars (BMW/AUDI/Range rover/porche/mustang shelby/Alfa romeo to name a few) but that is not that important to me. I love it, despite the steering issue which I hope will be better with the stabilizer I ordered and the mirror fox box mirror. it also has leather, whinch pack, tow hitch, heat temp glass, heated seats, ladder, raised air intake. sales person said the previous owner paid 95K. Said he would sell at 75K and got it for 73 plus the few extra's i order plus extended warranty and extra glass warranty at $3500 since the front windshield is extremely expensive.
I drove it 1 weekend and brought it in to have a weird sound fixed when turning the steering wheel and also instal the steering damper/stabilizer and the mirror. I struggled that weekend with the AC because it was hot and set it on cooling and it was blowing hot air but later on it worked. The part for the steering noise has been on order now for 9 days and still nothing. Of course they gave me a loaner. Again, I love the car but i think maybe I should have bought a new not used 2024 or 2025 instead as I see a lot of them for sale, in fact my dealer in Houston probably has over 100 Grens in stock. BTW the carfax report is clean.
So, was this a good purchase? I'm looking for advise. Shall I just hang tight or shall I look for other options and try to cancel the deal if at all possible?
Thanks for reading and any suggestions you may have.

 

[Shopkeep]

I wanted to test drive the 2024 Gren for a while and finally did and I did what I would have never done before, I fell in love and bought it (2024 with 15Kmls from a dealer). I knew what prices are asked for but didn't do my research like I used to do the last 40 years when buying car. It looked great, love the colors plus the 17 inch goldfish wheels, very nice with the green, and wider tires (285/75x17). It's a base model with premium sound (still sounds crappy IMHO) compared to any of my previous cars (BMW/AUDI/Range rover/porche/mustang shelby/Alfa romeo to name a few) but that is not that important to me. I love it, despite the steering issue which I hope will be better with the stabilizer I ordered and the mirror fox box mirror. it also has leather, whinch pack, tow hitch, heat temp glass, heated seats, ladder, raised air intake. sales person said the previous owner paid 95K. Said he would sell at 75K and got it for 73 plus the few extra's i order plus extended warranty and extra glass warranty at $3500 since the front windshield is extremely expensive.
I drove it 1 weekend and brought it in to have a weird sound fixed when turning the steering wheel and also instal the steering damper/stabilizer and the mirror. I struggled that weekend with the AC because it was hot and set it on cooling and it was blowing hot air but later on it worked. The part for the steering noise has been on order now for 9 days and still nothing. Of course they gave me a loaner. Again, I love the car but i think maybe I should have bought a new not used 2024 or 2025 instead as I see a lot of them for sale, in fact my dealer in Houston probably has over 100 Grens in stock. BTW the carfax report is clean.
So, was this a good purchase? I'm looking for advise. Shall I just hang tight or shall I look for other options and try to cancel the deal if at all possible?
Thanks for reading and any suggestions you may have.

If you spend some time perusing the pages of this forum you will find it can take a while to get all the niggles sorted on a Grenadier, if the previous owner did not persist and get these issues ironed out then unfortunately it falls to you. Unless you change up to a minty fresh 2026 model you could have the same teething issues with any MY24 or MY25 Grenadier (and the 2026 have not been out long enough to know they are fully sorted). I would stick with it, make sure the dealer knows of the HVAC issue and specifically ask them to bleed the cooling system. Stay on top of any issues with your dealer and search the forum for any queries you have (it is an amazing resource but you have to dig to find the nuggets of gold).

 

[255/85]

Condrats on the purchase! Sounds like a great vehicle. Stick with it like @Shopkeep said.

 

[Happyoldgit]

Better the devil you know

 

[DoubleDoom]

I drove it 1 weekend and brought it in to have a weird sound fixed when turning the steering wheel and also instal the steering damper/stabilizer and the mirror. I struggled that weekend with the AC because it was hot and set it on cooling and it was blowing hot air but later on it worked. The part for the steering noise has been on order now for 9 days and still nothing. Of course they gave me a loaner. Again, I love the car but i think maybe I should have bought a new not used 2024 or 2025 instead as I see a lot of them for sale, in fact my dealer in Houston probably has over 100 Grens in stock. BTW the carfax report is clean.
So, was this a good purchase? I'm looking for advise. Shall I just hang tight or shall I look for other options and try to cancel the deal if at all possible?
Thanks for reading and any suggestions you may have.

A/C is temperamental, but there are ways to reduce the risk of it going out on you. e.g. don't start the engine until after the HVAC has fired up (turn the car to first setting and wait until the HVAC is running which is about the same time as th centre console takes to fire up). A lot of the time, the dealers can solve the issue by bleeding the systems and doing the job properly (too many left the dealers with them not done correctly).

Was the steering the "dentist drill" whine? - that is normal - for the model year.

Don't read too much into stock levels at a dealer. Ineos maintains an internal stock register, and some dealers are hubs that hold large quantities that may be transported to other dealers.

The MY24 had a lot of fixes and improvements on it (steering marginally improved over 22 and 23, fixes on the factory line rather than after build, improved sound proofing and more). MY25 wasnt a lot different. MY26 again has marginal improvements. Nothing massive. Just tweaks. So, if you have an MY24, you are not going to have the pain that many of our 22/23 owners had to go through, and it is still going to be largely sound with perhaps an occasional quirk.

 

[Dutchineos]

If you spend some time perusing the pages of this forum you will find it can take a while to get all the niggles sorted on a Grenadier, if the previous owner did not persist and get these issues ironed out then unfortunately it falls to you. Unless you change up to a minty fresh 2026 model you could have the same teething issues with any MY24 or MY25 Grenadier (and the 2026 have not been out long enough to know they are fully sorted). I would stick with it, make sure the dealer knows of the HVAC issue and specifically ask them to bleed the cooling system. Stay on top of any issues with your dealer and search the forum for any queries you have (it is an amazing resource but you have to dig to find the nuggets of gold).

Thanks for your response, much appreciated.

 

[Dutchineos]

A/C is temperamental, but there are ways to reduce the risk of it going out on you. e.g. don't start the engine until after the HVAC has fired up (turn the car to first setting and wait until the HVAC is running which is about the same time as th centre console takes to fire up). A lot of the time, the dealers can solve the issue by bleeding the systems and doing the job properly (too many left the dealers with them not done correctly).

Was the steering the "dentist drill" whine? - that is normal - for the model year.

Don't read too much into stock levels at a dealer. Ineos maintains an internal stock register, and some dealers are hubs that hold large quantities that may be transported to other dealers.

The MY24 had a lot of fixes and improvements on it (steering marginally improved over 22 and 23, fixes on the factory line rather than after build, improved sound proofing and more). MY25 wasnt a lot different. MY26 again has marginal improvements. Nothing massive. Just tweaks. So, if you have an MY24, you are not going to have the pain that many of our 22/23 owners had to go through, and it is still going to be largely sound with perhaps an occasional quirk.

Thank you. My gut feeling exactly about keeping it.