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Folks - Ineos has released the Hard Way Home video. For those unaware, this was a bit of a marketing contest Ineos put together where 3 lucky winners took delivery of their Grenadier in a remote location and got to drive it home in epic fashion. The delivery point was in remote-ish Morocco, and...

I'm only a recent Island transplant and have been blessed with disc brakes all around since I moved West (AB) about 13 years ago, so I've managed to avoid the "blessing" of rusty e-brakes on drums :D

There's also a reason why you used Airbus in that joke instead of Boeing but your point is well (and humourously!) taken!! But jokes aside you've identified my exact wish - the bonnet sensor that can be jumped with a twisty wire is a good robust design of a feature that may be legally required...

I don't mind the existence of some of this stuff - like Paddler Ed said, it's been required to have some sort of automated alerts for seatbelts for a dog's age now. But, the manner in which these systems accomplish their goal matters a great deal to me. If the vehicle is immobilized when the...

My "angry" reaction is to that seatbelt Nanny-ism. That's just another thing to go wrong and, like @nickw said, I'm wondering what the work-around is. I know there are "intelligent" folks who will use belt extenders designed for pregnant ladies to "trick" their car into their belt being...

@stickshifter that was a great write up of your experience, thank you. Some of your "did not like" elements are new to me and while perhaps not deal breakers they do give me pause for consideration. Great writeup!

That's kinda what I was trying to get at with the Defender/Ranger/Jeep comparisons -- they are not priced consistently around the world, as the Ranger data shows, but some cars are proportionally similar (i.e. a Defender and Jeep are both proportionally priced higher/lower by the same percentage...

That's my perspective exactly - getting in "on the ground floor" gives me time with the vehicle to get to know it and the suitability of the platform for RTW travel, and while my timeline is slightly shorter (4 years) it's a risk I'm willing to take as financially (depending on the price...

Imitation is the greatest compliment or something, I suppose - kind of sums up this whole project! :D Full credit to Ford's marketing team for the original idea! I have been keeping a passive eye on the used market for the W460s and learning a bit more about them! I've still been waiting to...

Thanks Jack. It is hard to see where they’ve bolted the bits. There does look to be room at the front of the motor to turn a bit of a wrench once the air intakes are off and out of the way, but at the same time it’s set very far back so if there is service work at the back of it, it could be...

I was thinking about this conversation and remembered something related to this comment — do any of you folks remember the Interchange manuals from back in the day? Basically they were paper catalogs that I remember auto parts shops had. If you had an 86 Cadillac Coup de Ville that needed a...

Thanks for that info @klahanie I couldn't quite remember where Ineos made the comment about the $100k. You are right there has been a lot changing since then. I think I can do all the price comparisons I can think of but until I see an official website with American pricing on it from Ineos I'll...

Very different duty cycles for sure, but the testing methods and results would still be informative. The Gren is definitely heavier but if it's geared properly that shouldn't on it's own cause more wear and tear on the motor; on the other hand, average RPM and the number of heat/cool cycles that...

I did a bit of fun price math over at TheIneosForum on the question of pricing (Apologies SkiWill if you are over there too and this is a repeat; I figured it might be useful to others even if you have seen it already). On one hand, Ineos has stated we'd be hard pressed to hit $100k with a...

Totally fair Nick - I actually agree with you with regards to the attention the Gren is getting. I think it's because it is trying to check a lot of boxes for specific use cases that other cars aren't focusing on, and that's getting people who have been somewhat underserved by the existing...

I wasn’t aware mics were being held — I asked a question and Ski Will answered it super well with some fun banter. If any of this stuff has come across as anything other than fun, I apologize. Not at all my intent but I know it can be hard to read tone in text. Me and @nickw have had some great...

I might be there still when you stop by, putting my 10th dozen egg in the radiator, muttering to myself about the benefits of analog to the deserts rats and tumbleweeds - come say hi, I’ll buy the ice cream! Great post @SkiWill - and I fully agree with you as you’ve confirmed lots of the same...

I'm not sure this question is actually the logical counter to my question; I've never claimed the Gren is "better" full stop. For me, it's always a question of better for whom? If you want a car to take to work and occasionally do off road, you're spoiled for choice; there's dozens of options...

I think there's sort of two elements at play here: 1) How good is the design? 2) How many teething problems do they have on the new model? For 1) I think the Gren looks pretty good. There's nothing about it that makes me think it won't be useful in 5, 10, 15, or 20 years. Parts will wear out...

A couple of comments from the last few pages: 1) Vehicle is definitely anachronistic in it's design. It is not meant to be modern. The goal of this car is to be as simple, robust, and easy to fix in the bush as possible and still be for sale in modern 2023 markets worldwide; it's as modern as...