Parking the Ineos

[cdsvt]

I'm expecting a lot of hate and flames, but I want to share that I'm parking my Grenadier until we're through the worst of the winter weather.

The Ineos is sure footed and reliable, but in the deep cold and wintery weather, it has several annoyances that I'm not enjoying:

• Lackluster spray volume and variable jet shape spray of the windshield washer jets
• Windshield icing that requires full blast hot air to mitigate, roasting the cabin occupants
• Wipers that don't clean well (even after replacement)
• Headlight buckets that collect snow, salt residue, and ice reducing light output
• Systems disabled and warning lights when front camera is obscured by snow/ice/salt residue

I drove my 200 series Land Cruiser today instead, and it doesn't suffer from any of these problems, and as a bonus it has heated seats, steering wheel, and wipers. I find it to be a much better car for these conditions.

 

[Shaky]

You are clearly having bad weather in the states, I can’t comment on the snow bits or the icing, as England only has mild winters and actually gave a weather warning as temps are going to plummet to -4 next week . So driving in snow is a pipe dream at the minute.

However rain is a big problem and if it rains any more I might park mine and get a boat !!

Mine does have heated seats though.

I can see what you mean about the headlights though as modern lights don’t give out any meaningful heat and the Ineos has a forward facing bucket surrounding them.

 

[Cheshire cat]

I'm expecting a lot of hate and flames, but I want to share that I'm parking my Grenadier until we're through the worst of the winter weather.

The Ineos is sure footed and reliable, but in the deep cold and wintery weather, it has several annoyances that I'm not enjoying:

• Lackluster spray volume and variable jet shape spray of the windshield washer jets
• Windshield icing that requires full blast hot air to mitigate, roasting the cabin occupants
• Wipers that don't clean well (even after replacement)
• Headlight buckets that collect snow, salt residue, and ice reducing light output
• Systems disabled and warning lights when front camera is obscured by snow/ice/salt residue

I drove my 200 series Land Cruiser today instead, and it doesn't suffer from any of these problems, and as a bonus it has heated seats, steering wheel, and wipers. I find it to be a much better car for these conditions.

Hi cdsvt
No flaming or criticism here. Although very happy with my Grenadier regardless of weather. Shaky and me are both from the UK where, with the exception of the rain we seldom get the extremes you are used to. You have chosen to use the Toyota because in certain circumstances, it appears to better suit your needs. Nothing wrong with that. As time moves on, no doubt many of your problems with the Grenadier will have alternative work a rounds in the same way as the old style Defenders.

 

[Brad@SuperiorCO]

The problems exist, and can be irritating. Some are design related, some are new technology. I guess they designed it for Africa... G Wagons have the same problem with new LED headlights. My Touareg had an equally poor heating system. Colorado is having a non-winter this year, so I don't have to deal with it. But if we were having a real winter, I would be with you, and it would be parked during all the crappy weather.

 

[Tom109]

We are having an Arctic Winter this year. Typically 0F overnight and plenty of snow. I’m completely honest when I say I never use the defrost vents, even during an ice storm just before New Years Eve. Hot out of the floor and dash clears all the windows.