Ineos Grenadier

[Lefty]

Yeah I’m assuming by it’s an e-throttle / DBW thing.

It’s not awful and is easy to “drive around” the issue so to speak.

[ChocolateFrog]

21st Century Man said:

I was listening to the Smith & Sniff podcast about the Ineos Granadine earlier. Absolutely scathing!

Jonny hates SUVs to the point of irrationality so I'm not surprised.

[Lefty]

In London for a few days, had to swing by Belgravia

[Oilchange]

Hold on, yours is green!

[Earthdweller]

Let me guess, whilst you drink flat beer in the smoke your Grenadier is sitting under a foot of snow in rural Aberdeenshire

[Lefty]

Oilchange said:

Hold on, yours is green!

Yeah that’s not mine

[Lefty]

Earthdweller said:

Let me guess, whilst you drink flat beer in the smoke your Grenadier is sitting under a foot of snow in rural Aberdeenshire

Hope not, it’s in a multi storey at ABZ

[Oilchange]

Hi Lefty, how come the VED is so low at £189 ?

[Lefty]

No idea - I assume it’s because commercial classification - even though HMRC don’t treat it as such for BIK and VAT reclaim. Two branches of government not talking, nothing new there eh?

[Pflanzgarten]

Happy to keep up to date on this owners thread-I guess you know my thoughts on it from our conversations on various Grenadier threads-best of luck with it!

[Piginapoke]

I was passed by one of these on the M11 last week driving like an absolute arse. It didn't seem to suit the car and made me a bit sad for it.

[Lefty]

Yes I recognised your name from some of the other threads.

Thanks very much, I’m really pretty delighted with it so far.

[Lefty]

In the spirit of a balanced review and recording the downsides as well the things I like, here’s one.

An £80k utility vehicle really ought to have a heated front screen.

I actually thought it did have a heated screen until I went to use it and it just put the blowers on max aimed at the screen. My wife’s 20yo Defender has a heated screen!!

My 2019 Transit has and so useful in really cold weather.

We were away this weekend but the weather station shows -11 low last night.

Edited by Lefty on Sunday 3rd December 19:32

[Lefty]

Piginapoke said:

I was passed by one of these on the M11 last week driving like an absolute arse. It didn't seem to suit the car and made me a bit sad for it.

Don’t blame the car. But yeah I would have been surprised too.

[AMTony]

They have heated mirrors and washers.
Only negative that I see is poor turning circle which can make parking somewhat challenging, along with fairly poor fuel consumption.
22 to 25 mpg isn’t too good when driving like Miss Daisy.

[Lefty]

Sorry, yes you’re absolutely right about the mirrors and washers.

Turning circle - if you’re used to driving vans it’s really not an issue.

Fuel consumption, well, yeah it is what it is I guess. Tank size and therefore range seems to be a complaint from a lot of Australian testers/buyers/users.

[bob1179]

Great write up on your Grenadier. We are looking at one to replace our Navara but the cost puts me off somewhat. I'm keen to hear how you get on with it.

I actually saw one in Stonehaven at the weekend, think it's the first one I've seen on the road.

[Lefty]

Thanks, yes I’ve only seen a couple around Aberdeen but there are a few in the Huntly/Elgin sort of area.

Not having a sales agent up doesn’t help.

[Got4wheels]

I've been hoping someone would post a Readers' Cars thread, thanks Lefty, it's a fascinating read. I'll be following with interest.

Theres one of these knocking around the local villages close to where I live, they look far better in the metal and look deliberately like an old Defender. I did feel pretty sorry for the guy as he snaked around the B road, my Tourneo Custom likely has better road manners!

The overhead switches you get in them, will they be of any use or are they just a gimmick?

Michael

[Lefty]

Got4wheels said:

I've been hoping someone would post a Readers' Cars thread, thanks Lefty, it's a fascinating read. I'll be following with interest.

Theres one of these knocking around the local villages close to where I live, they look far better in the metal and look deliberately like an old Defender. I did feel pretty sorry for the guy as he snaked around the B road, my Tourneo Custom likely has better road manners!

The overhead switches you get in them, will they be of any use or are they just a gimmick?

Michael

Thanks.

The roof switches look like a real gimmick but if you think about the brief, they wanted everything to be able to be used without a touchscreen. That would entail an awful lot of physical switches in one small portion of the dash and they would need to be made smaller and closer together which then makes them harder to use with cold hands or thick gloves on.

Splitting then into “normal” car controls like HVAC, volume, heated seats, hazards etc in the “normal” place and the off-road specific stuff up on the roof seems a logical split.

They’re large, well spaced out, easy to see and I daresay once you’ve used them a few times it will be easy to remember where they are. It feels quite natural to reach up for them.

I really like the idea, it’s a point of difference and a bit of a quirk that will no doubt become synonymous with the Grenadier.

The switches themselves are ok, I’d prefer a bit more of a positive feel to them. I rather suspect somebody will make replacements. There is already a growing range of off-road bits (bumpers, roo bars, better bash plates, rock sliders, wheels, springs, seat covers and dash pads and the like), much of it in SA and Australia.