Grenadier OWNERS Thread - Answers by Owners to questions from Everyone Else!

nickw

nickw

Adventurer
86scotty said:
What dealer? Much more info online on these than I would expect from any dealer, even the selling dealer, at this point. There is a Grenadier Forum and lots of knowledge there. A close friend of mine has been thrashing one for a few months now. He ordered early and picked up in Atlanta. He's had to be back one time for a software fix and hitch install (which was unavailable when he took delivery).

I've had his truck on my lift and though I'm unfamiliar with all of it's specifics it is incredibly overbuilt underneath. It's heavy, everything is thick, everything has been much better thought out under there than the klugy Euro interior with it's lousy sound system and two cup holders, but that's the American in me speaking. It's a damn fine vehicle. I've logged a couple hours offroad with it so far and it's the quietest, smoothest and most stable off-the-shelf offroader I've ever been in. The drivetrain is sublime, assuming it stays that way for a couple hundred thousand miles.

Not a fanboy. It's a $90k weird new truck, unproven in every way. But I like a lot of things about it a lot.
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It was a dealer in Oregon, near Portland I believe, I was at an offsite event not sure exactly where they are located.

I hear from a lot of people its "overbuilt" but honestly, until I see specs I'm going to be side eyeing those claims....not right or wrong, just want to see and understand for myself relative to some known / proven vehicles and their corresponding specs. I crawled under the thing and qualitatively - 100% agree, looks the part.

We have a B58 engine in our X5 and it's nice, smooth, easy to drive and for us it's been rock solid reliable over it's 60k miles.
 
86scotty

86scotty

Cynic
My buddy finally hooked up his 4kish travel trailer and towed a couple thousand miles. This was a big reason he bought the Grenadier, as a capable tow vehicle as well as capable offroader, and he said it shined in every way. A modern turbocharged V6 with good software and the 8 speed should be good, and he says it was. Unfortunately I was not in the vehicle but he's a good friend and a sharp guy and I trust his feedback. He used cruise set at 78 for a lot of the journey and the Gren towed with ease in the hilly Appalachians and got 11 mpg doing so. Not bad, really. 4k isn't that heavy but it's a big EcoPro (?) white box camper.
 
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Parb

Daydreaming
I'm now at 5k miles. Car is doing amazing. My complaint on erratic AC turned out that it was not filled to spec with refrigerant. Once added it ac has been perfect. Aftermarket is coming in with a decent amount of options. I've added rival underbody protection and I bought a set of steel rims for going on rocks from a guy who upgraded his tires.

Biggest improvement for me was to replace the stock steering dampener+ a wheel alignment from the dealer now that they have serviced a bunch of them. It's really, really good.

I did fins'n'things in Moab on Thursday with my stock height, stock k02 tires and stock suspension. Centerlock + rear lock in a few places. Touched my skid plate on a couple of places, really thinking that 2 more inches would be great on this car. But dang, it's really really good.

I'm more of an overlander type than a rock hound, I've never been to Moab before and Ineos owners had an event there which sounded like fun that I joined. Good times where had by all, and for the 55 trucks there the experience has been good. A bit of selection bias perhaps but I really think mine is better than I expected. Especially with some of the aftermarket stuff I've added like the water carrier on the side panels.

I crossed a trail in lake Tahoe and after hitting a stone I upgraded my steps to an aftermarket slider/step. I have a low profile roof rack, trying to decide if I'm going roof top tent or old school ground tent.

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TXRunner

New member
Spare keys - I've seen discussions about them but I can't recall if they were in this forum or another. Regardless, I trust the collective wisdom of this group, so at the risk of duplication I'm going to raise the issue here. I recall seeing a ~$900 price tag for factory replacements. I don't care about the fob, I just want a spare key that will either get me into the vehicle and fire up the electronics or one that will actually start it--for a non-ridiculous price. Has anyone had any luck getting spares cut with, or even without, a RFID chip?
 
jscherb

jscherb

Expedition Leader
TXRunner said:
Spare keys - I've seen discussions about them but I can't recall if they were in this forum or another. Regardless, I trust the collective wisdom of this group, so at the risk of duplication I'm going to raise the issue here. I recall seeing a ~$900 price tag for factory replacements. I don't care about the fob, I just want a spare key that will either get me into the vehicle and fire up the electronics or one that will actually start it--for a non-ridiculous price. Has anyone had any luck getting spares cut with, or even without, a RFID chip?
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Maybe this will help, all it does is get you into the locked vehicle. I assume the electronics will fire up because that happens every time you open the door: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1FZyemcmLp/
 
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