Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to contribute to the community by adding your own topics, posts, and connect with other members through your own private inbox! INEOS Agents, Dealers or Commercial vendors please use the contact us link at the bottom of the page.
Why?
How can you keep emotion out of it? The Grenadier is built on emotion as much as it is on purpose. Otherwise it would look like a LandCruiser.
I always buy cars on emotion, it’s not necessarily a smart way to live life, but you only get one shot so enjoy it. With no emotion involved I wouldn’t be buying a Grenadier
Even I still don't understand this negative obsession... "Who gives up?", "Would you buy today?", "Have you regretted it?"... I had never seen such a presence of negative attitudes in a branded forum. How little it takes today to put together a dedicated little team of a pair of young influencer… Just a legitimate suspicion, given the times and hassles generated at some HQ…
If not, the purchase is no different than a white goods purchase...that sounds joyless when spending a 5 or 6 figure sum.
Hi
More information? Who is actually arguing for the Grenadier?
Something like this would be nice...
Only had my Grenadier for about three months and like 99% on here, my only inconvenience are the false warning alarms. Logsplitter has put absolute faith in his vehicle by shipping it to Africa for the trip of a lifetime. This, despite the extra issues he has had to deal with. Like him, I am happy to place my complete faith in the long term reliability of this vehicle.Thanks for the replies. We're not looking for a list of common faults, already have those and no real show stoppers in there. It's more about hearing from owners who actually have the vehicle and whether they feel it is in fact 'fit for purpose', or not. Asking an owner what they think of a vehicle often invites praise so I've asked ' what is it you don't like? '
We're trying to keep emotion out of it because our priority is always first and foremost, ' Will.it.do.the.job? ', not just capability but also reliability. Yes it’s a unique and very appealing vehicle but we also see it as a tool. We travel with a 18ft off-road van for around 6mths each year doing work with Frontier Services, mostly in remote areas, so it needs to be durable and reliable.
The recent stance of 'maintain radio silence' from Ineos and lack of info on promised manuals and service network doesn't bode well. Yes it may all resolve eventually but the comms are woeful, and 'if it walks like a duck...'. But, then we say to ourselves, would we expect anything different from the likes of Toyota or JLR… a hard NO of course. Were we naive to think it'd be any different?
Like most, the Grenadier appealed being initially marketed as a back to basics 4wd but the home run for us was being an auto. We're coming from a 76 wagon that's getting tired, like us, so an auto was high on the list. We looked at a 200 and the 300 but a little soft for my liking, probably wrong there.
It's a leap of faith to leave the Toyota brand but the new 4 cyl auto offerings were disappointing - no good for towing anyway. And not fixing the wheel track differences so they could retain the V8 ruled it out. We spent 10k on the 76 to fix it for towing. Involved a correction kit, radius arms etc just so it'd behave over 85 kph with the van on, otherwise, once you load up the rear axle they're directionally unstable and dart all over the place.
I want the Grenadier, the better half thinks a ‘boring!’ low ks 200 kitted out is the safer bet. The retorts range from "at least it won't leak!" or 'no need to carry jerries'. She knows too much.
