My INEOS Grenadier: Impressions, Price Increase & Postponed Fusilier
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ค. 2024
- Greetings! Join me on my drive home as I chat about my ongoing experience with the INEOS Grenadier. In this video, I discuss:
- Minor challenges of driving and backing up
- The mileage I'm getting (so far)
- The recent INEOS price increase
- The postponement of the Fusilier project
- My love/hate for the key
I also share my thoughts on the vehicle's features, including the key design, interior lighting, and the automatic stop-start system.
Thanks for watching, and don't forget to like and subscribe for more updates on my INEOS Grenadier journey!
00:00 Intro
00:51 MPG (so far)
01:32 INEOS Price Increase
02:27 Fusilier Project Postponed
05:30 Upcoming Dealer Visit
06:30 The Key
07:30 The Key hole
08:33 Auto Stop/Start
09:27 Overhead Cabin Lighting
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Just got a call and ours just came in.
Congratulations! You will be very pleased.
OK I thought I was the only one going crazy being confused about key!!
Nope, you are not alone. I'm still getting it backwards most of the time!
Love your granadier great video🤣👍
Thank you!
I have always used the side mirrors to reverse, as most of the vehicles I have driven over the last 40 years didn't have a reversing camera, and often no rear view mirror. Occasionally with the Grenadier I will use the rear view mirror at the last moment to see if there is a wall or vehicle behind me. At home I reverse down a long driveway and into a garage just using the side mirrors.
Hi Dave - I think my difficulty comes from the transition from a vehicle that had great visibility as I did used to drive larger Rovers and things that made me sharpen my side mirror expertise. I appreciate your encouragement and will likely improve since I'm still pretty new with the Grenadier. I still may consider the rearview camera/mirror, but have also heard that they have their pros and cons as well. Thanks for your comment.
Josh, that is cool. Excellent updates. Did you ever consider the extended warranty on the Grenadier? What are your thoughts on it? Thanks!
Thanks for your question. I did not buy an extended warranty for 2 reasons. First, the Grenadier currently comes with a 5yr/60,000 mile warranty in the US, and 2nd I learned long ago that you can always buy an extended warranty later on - just as long as you get it BEFORE your factory warranty expires. So, I generally decline the warranty at time of purchase, and if I decide that I want to keep the car long-term, buy a warranty to extend in the month before my factory warranty expires. If I buy one, I get it through the manufacturer as opposed to the ones they try to sell on TV (which means you have to contact an authorized dealer for the brand - I've done this on the phone for other cars and price compared a few dealers as you do not need to buy the warranty from your original selling dealer). You want to ask for the finance manager when you are ready to buy and let them know you are shopping. Learn about the mileage and deductibles that may be offered so that you can compare apples to apples. And yes, the price will be more if you wait and buy your warranty 5 years after you bought the car, but you won't have wasted that money if you decide to part ways with the car early. Hope this helps!
@@MyAutomobileObsession Excellent! Very helpful. Thanks Josh.
All your concerns are valid. I just got one of these cars to try to shoot. I don’t think I can ever get used to the steering. It would have to be fixed and some fashion, especially since I just looked online and there’s lawsuits about the steering falling apart with bolts falling out, also the car is so beautiful but you forget that the car is so beautiful because driving the car all these noises are going off and warnings and he got a constantly deal with that and really bummed out. They should’ve made this thing a real intelligent inside.
It takes about a week to get used to the steering and then after that when you get into other vehicles their steering feels weird and difficult. Mine has no inside noises bells or warnings anymore since the software upgrade. Of course here in Australia we don't get that stupid ADAS system.
Thanks for your comment. I'm anxiously awaiting the software update they are touting for later this month. Fingers crossed, it will make a meaningful difference. (one can hope!)
Thanks for your comments. While I have heard about the steering bolt issue - I believe it was a very limited occurrence. I'm remaining optimistic that they'll tune things as much as the regulations will allow, so I am patiently waiting for that. The steering feel is something you'd adjust to after driving for a short while - I freaked out after turning my first corner, but then figured it out pretty quickly. I rather like the feel if it weren't for the wide turning radius. It will be interesting to see if they keep steering as-is, or slowly migrate towards more on-road driver-friendly behavior.
Definitely the right the decision to stop the Fusilier. There is simple no demand for an EV 4x4. Ineos should rather bring a more affordable, slimmed-down vehicle onto the market. Just as the Grenadier was originally announced...
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Thanks for your comment. I feel like the Fusilier was an attempt to balance out the CAFE emissions requirements, for example where the total of all cars produced by a manufacturer had to meet certain environmental standards - but it's still a better business decision to stop production on something that has waning interest. I'm personally not an EV fan, but I'm sure that I would have gone to test drive one...
Doesn’t it come with a rear view camera?
It does not come with a rear view camera, and I am having one installed next week. I'll probably discuss it in an upcoming video as I felt it would have been nice to have it as a standard feature.
Start stop eats your engine, don’t use it and it doesn’t save gas. My jeep JL Start Stop worked the same way. Software or Regulations? I know they get environmental points for having it. Apparently you took doors and locks in College and not lights and switches like me, guess I made the right choice.
LOL - thanks for your comments. That's me: doors and locks, and sometimes I'm locked out on the wrong side! I'm finding that the bulk of my frustration list looks like it will fall on the regulatory side - and I thought the INEOS was aiming to keep tech low - but I think they threw their hands up and included ADAS as standard in the U.S. more because they had to.
@@MyAutomobileObsession Ya, I watched an Ineos engineer who said their goal was to have minimal tech but comply with the requirements of every market they are selling in with the same car. Makes since to keep it simple at start up and not have multiple cars for different markets even though their are some differences like the steel bumpers we get and the SOS link we don’t. Thanks for the content and I hope you enjoy your Grenadier as much as we are. By the way don’t forget to get it dirty.
EV’s are stupid! Don’t help the environment, expensive and limited practicality. Last horror story I heard was of a proud owner of their new EV decided to drive to Las Vegas from Southern California no problem plenty of range, until, freeway closure stuck for hours no power no air conditioning 100+ degrees in the Mojave Desert and ultimately a tow $$$$Bill $$$$$. Glad to hear Ineos is not going down that rabbit hole.
Thanks for your comments - you are taking the words out of my mouth. I am intrigued with the tech side, but an EV is an impractical choice for me at best. Besides, I stress out if my phone battery looks low - can't imagine having that with my car!
Thank‘s Josh - 👀🫵
Thank you!