The hard way home
The hard way home
Thats what the site was down
I enjoyed reading that..I'm totally in agreement with you @Krabby, I'm very pleased for the lucky few selected and obviously I'm sad that it wasn't anyone on the forum. That ghost will be put to rest only if INEOS actually make a real video of the event and not just a Land Rover'esque sizzle reel with a mud splash down a gravel track fading into the sunset. If it's the hard way home then make the movie, demonstrate why its so hard, why the Grenadier is so well suited and capable, get people really, really excited.
Pretty soon the motoring press will get their hands on these and while there are enough orders to keep the factory going for a while they will need new buyers coming into the fold, we don't want this entire escapade that we're on to resemble a bathtub curve, although that level of exclusivity is seductive
This type of event or challenge and others like it go a long way to sell the idea of a Grenadier to people that don't even know of its existence yet. 'Groupies' like us are dredging the internet and other media formats for anything and everything but the bottom line for better or worse is most people are not like that.
A lot on here are looking at the Grenadier as a one and done vehicle @PBD, @SteveO90290 as well as many others are hoping it's engineered to last a 'lifetime' with the appropriate maintenance is the real deal. We will absolutely need new blood to make the project long term viable and demonstrating the ability of the vehicle via some meaty content will go a long, long way in selling that.
Bottom line, INEOS just make a stonking video to sell this thing and give us some entertainment while we wait for the late deliveries.....
INEOS you did a great job with the preamble during development and more recently content substance has been a bit thin, there's plant of commentary here as well as elsewhere on that. We (I'm assuming) are now interested in cameras under the chassis showing axle articulation, in the engine bay during a water crossing, taking some hard knocks exemplifying the Grenadiers' toughness, even rescuing a stuck HGV in dubious circumstances.... INEOS you know the drill.
This of course is just my opinion formed from a lot of looking and listening to anyone and everyone about the Grenadier.
By the way, Speakers corner is now free,
Stu
I agree with you wholeheartedly. That's exactly my point of view. I love my Land/Range Rovers. I haven't bought one since 2011. Exactly for the reason you mentioned. I have only driven Land Rovers for the last 24 years. Now the Grenadier will find a place next to them. In parallel, still looking for interesting 4x4s, although I have avoided the Asian vehicles so far. Currently I have my eye on a well-maintained IH Scout.
How many ppl on the forum signed up?
Which forum?
This forum, how ppl threw their name in the hat for the "Hard Way Home"
He's probably in the same waiting line as the rest of us!
I hope my car doesn't get delivered to Tanzania..At least they seem to understand the difference between Austria and Australia...
