On my very first test drive of the Grenadier, I had the exact same irritation with the wheel. It was the first thing I adjusted when getting in the truck and I commented that something was not right and that I couldn't seem to get the wheel in the proper position. After the drive, I put down my deposit on the vehicle, so I must not have been bothered too bad. You are the first person I've heard comment on this. Thanks for great videos every week. As I wait for my Grenadier, I look forward to these each week. Please don't stop.
Thanks for watching. I love the vehicle. Like every other car, it's not perfect. They did a great job for their first try. Hopefully they'll continue to improve it.
Ok so as an owner I agree completely on the range complaint and hope they listen with the ridiculous nanny hectoring and lack of permanent turnoff. Complaining about the brakes because a 6,000 pound truck on K02s didn’t stop like a Porsche in a decreasing radius wet off ramp in a panic situation seems a little off. Brakes feel great on mine.
Thx for watching and the comment. There were several factors that caused that one braking experience to be less than spectacular, although there have been a few other times that I had to brake harder than usual and didn't feel like I was getting what I wanted. One of my other vehicles is a 1-ton, dually GMC which weighs about the same as the Grenadier. It does have 6 tires on the ground instead of four, so that would affect the braking, but it is larger and stops better than the Grenadier. Trust me, I want the Grenadier to be the best vehicle on the planet!!!
@@adventurerforlife-joel No doubt about that, I just haven't experienced it. To be fair I only have about 650 miles on mine so I'll see if I'm missing something. I have noticed that the brakes on the IG require quite a bit of pedal travel in a hard stop situation, but figured that was just the nature of the beast. I was able to get into the anti-lock on dry pavement once in a panic stop, so I feel like the power is there. My other main driver is an F150 and it is definitely boosted more.
@@MJ-sg8ov There have been a couple of times where I wasn't sure if the Grenadier's antilock braking had kicked in or not. I got a feeling that the vehicle should be stopping more quickly, but sometimes you get that sensation when antilock kicks in??? I'll continue to pay attention to it and see if I can come up with a "conclusive" answer.
I’m definitely looking at one of these as a possible future vehicle. But again when you’re paying such a premium price you should have premium features it should be bulletproof.
Thanks for watching and commenting. As I've said before, I think Ineos did a great job as a first shot and seem to understand their worldwide market well. They obviously should spend a little more time understanding the US market and try to incorporate our perspectives. Ineos did send me what I thought was a very good questionnaire on the vehicle which I responded to. We'll see what they come back with in future years.
Has a 23.7 gallon fuel tank so that is a 355 mile range. I have been getting 17mpg in mine but I drive 70mph. Nanny systems are on all new cars and start stop has been on all cars since 2018. Unfortunately the Nannie’s are government regulations these days. Europe is worse than the US but those regs are coming.
Thanks for quoting the exact capacity of the fuel tank. I obviously could have looked it up, but haven't needed to know yet. I'm getting ready to head out on a long trip that will probably test the range in a few spots thus the extra fuel tanks on the cargo carrier. I believe I'm only getting 14mpg-15mpg. Again, I haven't tried to do an exact calculation, just in general. I'll probably do a couple of exact calculations on this trip I'm going on and will advise once I know. As you said, the nanny systems are on all vehicles now, but on my GMCs they can be permanently disabled. IMO, that's the way they should be, so that those who want to use them, can, and those who don't, don't have to. Thanks again for commenting.
So I guess you are going by what the vehicle displays as your MPG calculation? On my 2023 GMC Sierra I cannot disable the auto start/stop function and have to hit the button every time I start the vehicle. The lane keep I can disable once and also the speed warning. Keep in mind that in other countries these nags are mandated and Ineos probably does not have the resources to change all of the nags per country so they just leave them all as the default. It's a niche vehicle without the volume of others so it is going to have some "personality" that other big volume manufacturers handle differently. It's an amazing vehicle and I smile every time I drive it. I have had hundreds of vehicles and thus far this is by far my favorite of all time.
@@tpresten I've been doing my MPG calculations in my head and rounding to the nearest gallon. On this long drive I'm getting ready to start, I'll actually get the calculator out and do it to the tenth and see what "exactly" it is. I have a 2021 GMC dually that does not have the auto stop/start, but we also have a 2022 GMC Acadia that we have to switch off every time we start. I'm hopeful that we can at least turn off the speed limit and lane departure warnings. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Thank you, excellent review of your experience so far. I’m not laughing by the way. No remote start, no garage door opener…what car does not have that. Ineos should consider for the US market, understand what we are used to (even the simple things). Cooled seats by chance? I really really like this vehicle, so much so that I was considering selling my beloved Power Wagon (which has the opener, rear view mirror/camera, cooled seats etc.). After coming to my senses census, for a utilitarian vehicle lacking a lot of the creature comforts. I just don’t think it’s worth the 83K of the one that I built. As many of the other greedy manufactures in the US are realizing, people are simply not buying vehicles like they used to. I hope there is a sharp price adjustment which also includes the Grenadier. Now for all you basement dwellers, I don’t give two s*%ts about your thoughts, this it’s just my opinion so f*&$ off.
The Power Wagon is a great truck! I went to a couple of car auctions last year and saw several from the 40's and 50's that I would have loved to have had. The new ones look great also. It seems every vehicle I would even remotely consider driving is very expensive these days. When I put my deposit down in September 2021, Ineos was still talking $55k for the base model. Obviously COVID and reality set in and jacked the prices up dramatically, although not enough for me to back out. I'm planning on owning this for at least 10 years, so I can just amortize the cost over that timeframe. I do wonder how many people are buying the Grenadier as their daily driver. I'm thinking not many, but I've been wrong about lots of things before! Thanks for watching.
The table shouldn't resonate in the 5 different Grenadiers I have driven over the last year currently in a diesel none of the tables resonate. Just done 3Kin the last one. Oh and the stop/start ADAS drives me MAD.
Thx for watching and the comment. I'm going to work on the resonance and see what I can do to alleviate it. It's possible that it's not the table at all and maybe something that I have on the rooftop carrier???
Cool video. Greetings from Greece
Your authenticity is so refreshing. Love it. Keep the truth stream flowing 🎉
Thx for watching. I appreciate the comment. My intent is to give honest perspective based on my experiences.
On my very first test drive of the Grenadier, I had the exact same irritation with the wheel. It was the first thing I adjusted when getting in the truck and I commented that something was not right and that I couldn't seem to get the wheel in the proper position. After the drive, I put down my deposit on the vehicle, so I must not have been bothered too bad. You are the first person I've heard comment on this. Thanks for great videos every week. As I wait for my Grenadier, I look forward to these each week. Please don't stop.
Thanks for watching. I love the vehicle. Like every other car, it's not perfect. They did a great job for their first try. Hopefully they'll continue to improve it.
If they put mirrors in the sun visors it would no longer be able to go off road. So I totally get why they didn’t….
Funny! Thx for watching and commenting.
Ok so as an owner I agree completely on the range complaint and hope they listen with the ridiculous nanny hectoring and lack of permanent turnoff. Complaining about the brakes because a 6,000 pound truck on K02s didn’t stop like a Porsche in a decreasing radius wet off ramp in a panic situation seems a little off. Brakes feel great on mine.
Thx for watching and the comment. There were several factors that caused that one braking experience to be less than spectacular, although there have been a few other times that I had to brake harder than usual and didn't feel like I was getting what I wanted. One of my other vehicles is a 1-ton, dually GMC which weighs about the same as the Grenadier. It does have 6 tires on the ground instead of four, so that would affect the braking, but it is larger and stops better than the Grenadier. Trust me, I want the Grenadier to be the best vehicle on the planet!!!
@@adventurerforlife-joel No doubt about that, I just haven't experienced it. To be fair I only have about 650 miles on mine so I'll see if I'm missing something. I have noticed that the brakes on the IG require quite a bit of pedal travel in a hard stop situation, but figured that was just the nature of the beast. I was able to get into the anti-lock on dry pavement once in a panic stop, so I feel like the power is there. My other main driver is an F150 and it is definitely boosted more.
@@MJ-sg8ov There have been a couple of times where I wasn't sure if the Grenadier's antilock braking had kicked in or not. I got a feeling that the vehicle should be stopping more quickly, but sometimes you get that sensation when antilock kicks in??? I'll continue to pay attention to it and see if I can come up with a "conclusive" answer.
I’m definitely looking at one of these as a possible future vehicle. But again when you’re paying such a premium price you should have premium features it should be bulletproof.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
As I've said before, I think Ineos did a great job as a first shot and seem to understand their worldwide market well. They obviously should spend a little more time understanding the US market and try to incorporate our perspectives. Ineos did send me what I thought was a very good questionnaire on the vehicle which I responded to. We'll see what they come back with in future years.
Has a 23.7 gallon fuel tank so that is a 355 mile range. I have been getting 17mpg in mine but I drive 70mph. Nanny systems are on all new cars and start stop has been on all cars since 2018. Unfortunately the Nannie’s are government regulations these days. Europe is worse than the US but those regs are coming.
Thanks for quoting the exact capacity of the fuel tank. I obviously could have looked it up, but haven't needed to know yet. I'm getting ready to head out on a long trip that will probably test the range in a few spots thus the extra fuel tanks on the cargo carrier.
I believe I'm only getting 14mpg-15mpg. Again, I haven't tried to do an exact calculation, just in general. I'll probably do a couple of exact calculations on this trip I'm going on and will advise once I know.
As you said, the nanny systems are on all vehicles now, but on my GMCs they can be permanently disabled. IMO, that's the way they should be, so that those who want to use them, can, and those who don't, don't have to.
Thanks again for commenting.
So I guess you are going by what the vehicle displays as your MPG calculation? On my 2023 GMC Sierra I cannot disable the auto start/stop function and have to hit the button every time I start the vehicle. The lane keep I can disable once and also the speed warning. Keep in mind that in other countries these nags are mandated and Ineos probably does not have the resources to change all of the nags per country so they just leave them all as the default. It's a niche vehicle without the volume of others so it is going to have some "personality" that other big volume manufacturers handle differently. It's an amazing vehicle and I smile every time I drive it. I have had hundreds of vehicles and thus far this is by far my favorite of all time.
@@tpresten I've been doing my MPG calculations in my head and rounding to the nearest gallon. On this long drive I'm getting ready to start, I'll actually get the calculator out and do it to the tenth and see what "exactly" it is.
I have a 2021 GMC dually that does not have the auto stop/start, but we also have a 2022 GMC Acadia that we have to switch off every time we start. I'm hopeful that we can at least turn off the speed limit and lane departure warnings.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Thank you, excellent review of your experience so far. I’m not laughing by the way. No remote start, no garage door opener…what car does not have that. Ineos should consider for the US market, understand what we are used to (even the simple things). Cooled seats by chance?
I really really like this vehicle, so much so that I was considering selling my beloved Power Wagon (which has the opener, rear view mirror/camera, cooled seats etc.). After coming to my senses census, for a utilitarian vehicle lacking a lot of the creature comforts. I just don’t think it’s worth the 83K of the one that I built. As many of the other greedy manufactures in the US are realizing, people are simply not buying vehicles like they used to. I hope there is a sharp price adjustment which also includes the Grenadier.
Now for all you basement dwellers, I don’t give two s*%ts about your thoughts, this it’s just my opinion so f*&$ off.
The Power Wagon is a great truck! I went to a couple of car auctions last year and saw several from the 40's and 50's that I would have loved to have had. The new ones look great also.
It seems every vehicle I would even remotely consider driving is very expensive these days. When I put my deposit down in September 2021, Ineos was still talking $55k for the base model. Obviously COVID and reality set in and jacked the prices up dramatically, although not enough for me to back out. I'm planning on owning this for at least 10 years, so I can just amortize the cost over that timeframe.
I do wonder how many people are buying the Grenadier as their daily driver. I'm thinking not many, but I've been wrong about lots of things before!
Thanks for watching.
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Thanks for watching.
The table shouldn't resonate in the 5 different Grenadiers I have driven over the last year currently in a diesel none of the tables resonate. Just done 3Kin the last one. Oh and the stop/start ADAS drives me MAD.
Thx for watching and the comment. I'm going to work on the resonance and see what I can do to alleviate it. It's possible that it's not the table at all and maybe something that I have on the rooftop carrier???
I stopped watching this vid when I heard the you did not even know the volume of the gas tank.
Thx for giving the video a shot. I'm trying to present a layman's perspective rather than a technician, so I approximated the volume of the tank.
Boring!
Just like your comment 😂