Stuck at Cape York

[ADVAW8S]

His first 2 mins is about how everyone that commented wand watched help pad his wallet. All I could think of was Darth Vader saying "Good I can feel your anger" followed by cash register sounds.

 

[AnD3rew]

John Cadogan is basically engagement farming with his video (he basically admits that in his second follow up video) he is a smart guy and I trust his engineering information but not his car buying advice. There are multiple stories going around about what actually happened. At this stage the most accurate information I can glean from all of this that appears to be fact based is.
1. The vehicle was traveling in a relatively remote area and through a relatively harsh environment.
2. When the incident occurred they had fairly immediate support both on the phone from INEOS and from their contracted roadside assistance which did get the vehicle to a mechanic.
3. The vehicle was subsequently transported to a specialist Grenadier dealer some distance away, this took quite a while but they were about 2000km away.
4. INEOS advised they believed the damage was “environmental” but effectively user error or accidental and advised owner to contact insurer. ( they had previously suggested over phone near the beginning to potentially contact insurer)
5. Insurer accepted the claim, which indicates to me that they at least had enough information to satisfy them that the damage was accidental and not warrantable.
6. The figure claimed on the original video for repair was something like $65k but the owner seemed unsure of that and we don’t know but seems unlikely.
7. There was no replacement engine in Australia and it would have taken months to sea freight it here, but it seems INEOS came to the party and agreed to airfreight it which would not have been cheap.

My takeaway so far is that INEOS seems to have been pretty responsive. And it pays to have good insurance and involve them early if any doubt.

 

[Tazzieman]

Cado took 8 years to get his basic degree; either dumb, lazy or chasing one of his 5 ex wives whilst working at Maccas to pay for his petrol and chips.
Tell us what happened Cado; we're pretty canny here, and can smell a dodgy story

 

[AnD3rew]

Cado took 8 years to get his basic degree; either dumb, lazy or chasing one of his 5 ex wives whilst working at Maccas to pay for his petrol and chips.
Tell us what happened Cado; we're pretty canny here, and can smell a dodgy story

As somebody with a chequered and drawn out academic history I won’t criticize him for that. Cadogan has hit on a formula that gets him an audience, that formula relies on making grand and controversial statements, I am sure he gets some income from the videos and his sponsors but its basically a vehicle to drive traffic to his main business which is basically a car buying service. I’ll give him kudos for his business ability but I take any advice particularly on car brand recommendations from him with a large grain of salt. I don’t think I have ever owned a car brand he approves of and I kind of wear that like a badge of honour.

 

[Tazzieman]

If I see a video of him e.g. actually changing a CV joint himself , I'll be the first to buy him an oat milk latte.
It's the sort of thing he would say, as a "man's man''