So, knowing what you know, would you buy it again?

[theox]

You are accurate.

I do believe a few things could have been done a bit better in terms of going old school but they don't bother me.

One question I would love to get a non biased answer to from the forum is this. If the Grenadier had been built exactly how it exists today with or without the quirks but it looked like a Cyber Truck or maybe even just a Ford Escape would you have still bought it? Let's start that poll.

Cybertruck - Yes
Ford Escape - Yes
Pontiac Aztek - Maybe
Plymouth Prowler - No
PT Cruiser - No
Nissan Cube - No

 

[Dokatd]

Cybertruck - Yes
Ford Escape - Yes
Pontiac Aztek - Maybe
Plymouth Prowler - No
PT Cruiser - No
Nissan Cube - No

Aztek made me laugh out loud. That doesn't happen often.

 

[Grandtour_grenadier]

Yes mine will be three years old in December, and I’ve no regrets whatsoever

 

[cyson]

You are accurate.

I do believe a few things could have been done a bit better in terms of going old school but they don't bother me.

One question I would love to get a non biased answer to from the forum is this. If the Grenadier had been built exactly how it exists today with or without the quirks but it looked like a Cyber Truck or maybe even just a Ford Escape would you have still bought it? Let's start that poll.

I'm guessing if a Cyber Truck looked like a Grenadier, I'd probably have one.

I'm with you though, the styling is a big factor in all of this. If we were just after utility then there are definitely many options. Friend of mine recently asked me: Why didn't you just get a Rubicon? For what i do with the vehicle, I'm actually not sure I have a great answer to that! But it's been fun owning the Gren.

 

[Dokatd]

I'm guessing if a Cyber Truck looked like a Grenadier, I'd probably have one.

I'm with you though, the styling is a big factor in all of this. If we were just after utility then there are definitely many options. Friend of mine recently asked me: Why didn't you just get a Rubicon? For what i do with the vehicle, I'm actually not sure I have a great answer to that! But it's been fun owning the Gren.

1,000,000% agreed

 

[theox]

I'm guessing if a Cyber Truck looked like a Grenadier, I'd probably have one.

I'm with you though, the styling is a big factor in all of this. If we were just after utility then there are definitely many options. Friend of mine recently asked me: Why didn't you just get a Rubicon? For what i do with the vehicle, I'm actually not sure I have a great answer to that! But it's been fun owning the Gren.

I traded a Rubicon for the Grenadier. Had Wranglers for over a decade, but just not big enough for kiddo and two large dogs and towing the camper with it was a pain. Grenadier allows me to retain most of the off-roading ability but also accommodate the family dinosaurs and tow more than a couple of sandwiches.

 

[GreenCar]

That is a tough question. Ask me on one day of the week and it would be an emphatic yes. Ask me again on a different day, and it would be no.

Structurally superb. Not much else like it. Over-engineered for use in the UK, and I like that. However, little niggles can get to you on certain days. For example, -6c and the car isn't blowing any heat to the footwell on auto. Change it to manual to warm your legs up, and the screen starts misting up. Put it back on auto, and it starts blowing cold air into the middle of the windscreen. Enough to make it mist up and freeze it on the outside, and a crack to appear. I currently have an annoying rattle in the back when going over bumps. I cannot identify the source. It sounds like the door is moving on the latch but there is no movement in the latch or the door. If I push the driver's chair back as far as it can go, it squeaks. If I am one notch or more in, no squeak. I have to drive one notch in as the squeak is off-putting but it pushes me closer to the footwell lump.

Some of it is dealer frustration. e.g. HVAC condensation dripping despite the dealer saying they put the sleeve on it but it still drips (they put it on the nearest pipe, but the dripping comes from a pipe further back). Or the seals on the door delaminating and they were told they were done, only to get back home to find they were not. Rear parking sensors that didn't come on properly or would come on when nothing was behind me. I was told they were fixed but now they don't seem to take into account that you have a spare wheel on the back. My issue with a clicking HVAC when running hot under load was sent to Ineos earlier in the year but staff changes at the dealer means it was forgotten, and apparently, Ineos's system only deals with named people. When those people leave, no-one else can see what was going on. So, the whole thing needs to be sent again.

I want a quartermaster but when I was at the dealer earlier in the year for the failed heating fix, it turned out one of the dealer's test QMs had the same fault.
When I was at the dealer last week, someone with a MY23 was in, and I was listening to their list of issues, which was like forum bingo on known problems. I felt bad that I only had 4 or so issues compared to the 20-odd he had.

I would probably be more inclined to wait until they sort the niggles out with some quality control before buying another

That rattle in the back could be the bottle jack. I has an annoying metallic rattle and went through everything to find it - turns out it was that, not tight enough against the holder.

For the question in the thread: yes, definitely would buy another.

 

[RY-Journeyman]

This is a typical fan boy response and there is no reasoning with a fan boy.

It’s a human response. Fanboys, grumpy drawers, angry white men, karens, all pigeon-hole / stereotype people into categories - usually to easier identify to be picked on. Humanity would function better without labels, as would this forum.

 

[evomind]

It’s a human response. Fanboys, grumpy drawers, angry white men, karens, all pigeon-hole / stereotype people into categories - usually to easier identify to be picked on. Humanity would function better without labels, as would this forum.

I think your reaction is a bit extreme.
Is extreme a label or is it descriptive? Can any adjective be a label?
Or does it depend on the point of view you support?
IDK