INEOS Media Full Hard Way Home video available

[MidnightCamper]

I’m more interested in what they didn’t show In the video. Getting stuck, learning to use the vehicles diff locks etc and what parts failed on the Grenadier.

Agreed. So far what I've seen except the water crossings my spouse could do in the Subaru.

 

[Tazzieman]

I would think the short video is intended for agent's/dealer's showrooms.
They know the "hardcore" owners will make much entertaining worldwide content for Ineos' behalf , for free!
Forum members will only make up a small % of future owners so our perspective on what IA should do is biased.

 

[Krabby]

Hard Way Home

Meh.

 

[Tazzieman]

Meh.

I can see you won't be satisfied until a Grenadier has completed this track!
How would you go?

View: https://youtu.be/SVUBfNWxiJY

 

[emax]

A pilot, a doctor and a yoga instructor went to Morocco...

Sounds like the introduction to a joke.

 

[Shopkeep]

Lucky buggers, wish it was me. Good luck to them.

 

[Solmanic]

Agree, I thought they might have made a more substantial video, or a series. I guess once they crossed the Straits of Gibraltar to Spain it was just boring motorways. Oh well.
Not sure about the comment earlier regarding the benefits of steel wheels. It looked to me like they gave the damaged on a bit of a bang with a hammer but didn't put it back on the vehicle. I imagine they just popped the spare one one.

 

[DaveB]

Sounds like the introduction to a joke.

or a porn film

 

[DCPU]

I can see the following number plates (just last few characters) in the video.
RHD:-

FME
BZG
CJE
CHN

LHD:-

320
1219

I'm curious why the film shows the London doctor with the BZG car at home:


BUT driving this one CJE in Morocco:

 

[DaveB]

I'm curious why the film shows the London doctor with the BZG car at home:
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BUT driving this one CJE in Morocco:
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The BB number plate doesn't match either

 

[Davman]

Perhaps the Hard Way Home was just too hard for some of the IG's

 

[PC01]

I'm curious why the film shows the London doctor with the BZG car at home:
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BUT driving this one CJE in Morocco:
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CJE and BZG were swapped a few times through the video.
in fact all 3 cars were swapped in and out for others??

 

[CountyV8]

It seems.the Mercedes Sprinters that the crew were driving got through with out a scratch ?
A cheaper alternative to a Grenadier with a bigger boot.

 

[Tazzieman]

The critics are harsh! What do they want , this 65 yo Land Rover epic where the main guy gets a leech latched on his cock somewhere in Burma?
The Impossible Takes a Little Longer book:
"This is a true account of an incredible journey across the world, driving a Land Rover. The year is 1957, and the intrepid Eric Edis has an expedition planned on scraps of paper. Not wanting to follow in the footsteps of others, Eric decides to follow his dream and do something that had never been done before; he is going to drive from London to Australia!and back again. After bringing together a team, he sets off on his massive adventure. But there is one thing he can't plan for: Entry to the famous Burma/Ledo Road. Burma was in the grip of conflict, and would not grant land-travel visas to anyone, it was too dangerous. Eric decides to cross that bridge when he comes to it, twice! How do his team get through Burma? Well, on a wing and a prayer mostly, and with an illegal manoeuvre that would make James Bond proud! And remember, these were the days before GPS, SATNAV, and any of the modern aids we take for granted today. All Eric had in Burma was a sketched map and sheer, cussed, unwavering determination."

 

[frankkk]

It all seems a bit fake to me...TV peoplez call that "staged reality"...

 

[Ingemar]

thought it would be longer

Agree, I thought they might have made a more substantial video, or a series. I guess once they crossed the Straits of Gibraltar to Spain it was just boring motorways. Oh well.
Not sure about the comment earlier regarding the benefits of steel wheels. It looked to me like they gave the damaged on a bit of a bang with a hammer but didn't put it back on the vehicle. I imagine they just popped the spare one one.

I hoped for a longer video or videos as well. Slightly disappointed. We got tons of material down there. And after Gibraltar I tried to avoid motorways as much as possible. Went through the alps and crossed as many mountain passes as possible (quite limited due to the snow).

Greetz, Ingemar ;-)

 

[Ingemar]

It seems.the Mercedes Sprinters that the crew were driving got through with out a scratch ?
A cheaper alternative to a Grenadier with a bigger boot.

the Sprinters were not part of the team. we only had Grenadiers and Landcruisers

 

[Ingemar]

CJE and BZG were swapped a few times through the video.
in fact all 3 cars were swapped in and out for others??

we had several Grenadiers in the team. the winner cars and rest was support vehicles. And some locally rented Landcruisers. I drove mine all the way....in Morocco and up to Austria ;-)

 

[Logsplitter]

we had several Grenadiers in the team. the winner cars and rest was support vehicles. And some locally rented Landcruisers. I drove mine all the way....in Morocco and up to Austria ;-)

I suppose you’re not going to tell us what broke or went wrong

 

[Ingemar]

I suppose you’re not going to tell us what broke or went wrong

sure I do! Nothing went as planned due to the crazy weather. The route was constantly changed and we never slept where we were supposed to (except in Marrakech). That also meant we couldn't do as much offroad as planned cause all the "nice" tracks were covered in snow and the streets closed down by the police. The team tried to "convince" them but it didn't work.
During the five days in Morocco we had two flat tires on the Grenadiers and one break down of a Landcruiser (they managed to fix it after a few hours).
Since those were/are early cars the software sometimes showed failures that weren't there (that is gone now). Some door knobs got stuck every now and then but that got fixed on all the cars as well (was a production error).
All the hard ware worked fine and it still does. Right now I have roughly 9000km on my car....no issues so far. I will talk about reliability and issues after 10k on my YT channel as well....trying to provide honest information there...