Green-laning in a petrol Grenadier

[KeithL]

We are still debating at length about petrol or diesel. Does anyone use a petrol Grenadier green-laning or off-road? If so, do you find the reduced engine torque (compared to the diesel), or the maximum torque coming in at higher revs, a problem? Do you get the low speed control you need when negotiating obstacles? For example, in the Discovery 2 I can easily drive along at 1 or 2 mph. Can you do that in the petrol Grenadier (or the diesel one for that matter)?

 

[Logsplitter]

I’ve got a petrol Grenadier and done plenty of off-road and fully loaded on overland travel. It can do everything the diesel can and is great in the sand although thirsty.

 

[KeithL]

I’ve got a petrol Grenadier and done plenty of off-road and fully loaded on overland travel. It can do everything the diesel can and is great in the sand although thirsty. View attachment 7902535

Thanks for that. Nice truck. That is the colour we would probably choose if we have to do a factory order.

It looks like you have the side steps rather than the rock sliders. How are they standing up to off-roading? Major incident aside, are the side steps man enough to cope with most of what they might encounter?

 

[Logsplitter]

The steps are a bit low for real serious stuff but plenty strong enough. Mine took a battering in Namibia but didn’t crumple or deform. There are more than man enough for virtually all tasks

 

[ECrider]

The steps are a bit low for real serious stuff but plenty strong enough. Mine took a battering in Namibia but didn’t crumple or deform. There are more than man enough for virtually all tasks View attachment 7902538

Are they as good at making the back of your legs filthy as my factory sliders?

 

[Logsplitter]

Are they as good at making the back of your legs filthy as my factory sliders?

I reckon so

 

[landmannnn]

You can of course drive at very low speed in 1st low in either a petrol or diesel.
Arguably petrol is a bit nicer than diesel as diesel tends to be more of an off/on switch than the progressive torque from a petrol.

 

[CrazyOldMan]

I reckon so

I want it noted for the record that a guy from the UK just sent it full cowboy with “I reckon so.” Next you’ll be saying “I’m fixin’ to . . . “ as a universal first person future tense declarative statement. Welcome to the American language. English was highly overrated.

 

[landmannnn]

I want it noted for the record that a guy from the UK just sent it full cowboy with “I reckon so.” Next you’ll be saying “I’m fixin’ to . . . “ as a universal first person future tense declarative statement. Welcome to the American language. English was highly overrated.

That's a really interesting one. In
US English reckon has mostly been based on numbers (synonym for calculate).

However in British English (plus Australian, New Zealand) it is normally used as a synonym for guess or consider and almost never used as a synonym for calculate.

The exception is that in the Southern and mid Western US states the term reckon is often used in almost the same way as British English (often considered uneducated).

Hey, language is a living thing and changes all the time. I have no idea what teenagers are saying.

 

[CrazyOldMan]

In the American west it is more like “that’s my considered opinion.” It can also be “calculate” as in “reckon your accounts.” But the prevailing sense is “I believe that to be the case.” It has largely fallen out of use, but I’m delighted you used it. I had the chance to say “that’s a load of hooey” a few weeks ago in a deposition and it brought me immense pleasure. I will note that this was in NYC so I was already itching for a fight and relished the opportunity to annoy New York attorneys with a string of “Westernisms.”

 

[255/85]

That's a really interesting one. In
US English reckon has mostly been based on numbers (synonym for calculate).

Once upon a time "cipher" was used for mathematical processes in the US. I haven't heard it in a loooong while. I don't think I've heard reckon used much for math other than for dramatic effect as in "final reckoning" or the like. Just my experience so you can figure that any way you like.

 

[Logsplitter]

I want it noted for the record that a guy from the UK just sent it full cowboy with “I reckon so.” Next you’ll be saying “I’m fixin’ to . . . “ as a universal first person future tense declarative statement. Welcome to the American language. English was highly overrated.

I don’t find it funny you laughing. My mule he don’t like people laughing

 

[CrazyOldMan]

I don’t find it funny you laughing. My mule he don’t like people laughing

We need to get you a Stetson, pardner.

 

[Logsplitter]

. Get three coffins ready.

 

[CrazyOldMan]

. Get three coffins ready.