The Holy Grail (it’s finally here pt1)

DCPU · Mar 13, 2023

Stu_Barnes said:
For the ones thinking it’s a bit thin, we’ll it’s allegedly printed on microfiche, so the onboard parts manual and technical maintenance manual will be much appreciated.

I'm reminded of bomber crew in WWII. Lining of jackets being maps of Europe, etc. I wonder if you're stuck in the bush and have left your manual at home then it's printed in full on the reverse of the headlining?

Stu_Barnes · Mar 13, 2023

That only covers the first 14 chapters, the inside of the Melville & Moon official seat 'covers' the rest....

DCPU · Mar 13, 2023

klarie said:
BTW If you need an encyclopedia britannica sized manual .. ?
no a manual should be as short as possible and the vehicle should be self explaining.

You've not familiar with Army Equipment Support Publications (AESP).

BD1 said:
Now we just need a pdf version.

Most importantly a searchable version.

@Halliwell Jones Chester ~ were you a journalist in another life? Breaking all the big stories in Grenadierland.

bigleonski · Mar 13, 2023

Thanks Steve
And it didn’t take long for someone to pinch your pics and put them on FB

Oh, and we’ll have to stop calling it a glove box and start calling it a manual box, cause once it’s in there nothing else will fit.

Eniffer · Mar 13, 2023

Snap!

Arkaig · Mar 13, 2023

bigleonski said:
And it didn’t take long for someone to pinch your pics and put them on FB

Yes I find that annoying too. especially as it's a contributor on this forum, and not for the first time.

DaveB · Mar 13, 2023

Arkaig said:
Yes I find that annoying too. especially as it's a contributor on this forum, and not for the first time.

I have found my posts on FB several times.
One guy argued that the poster had made some mistakes and I pointed out that the picture was from the vehicle that was doing the rounds in Australia for test drives.
He still argued and I had to point out that I was the one who took the original picture

alvan · Mar 13, 2023

I believe that it would not be a bad move on the part of INEOS to send the manual to whoever signed the contract, even simply as a pdf. Browsing through it and getting ready would still be a way to kill time and imagine that things are evolving. It is not a joke, but a reasonable requirement.

BTW, thanks Steve

DaveB · Mar 13, 2023

alvan said:
I believe that it would not be a bad move on the part of INEOS to send the manual to whoever signed the contract, even simply as a pdf. Browsing through it and getting ready would still be a way to kill time and imagine that things are evolving. It is not a joke, but a reasonable requirement.

BTW, thanks Steve

Just put it on the website for downloading

CountyV8 · Mar 13, 2023

If you Have an order number chassis number or VIN you should have access to it didn't we have to sign a contract saying we had read it well 6 pages or so.

CountyV8 · Mar 13, 2023

DCPU said:
I'm reminded of bomber crew in WWII. Lining of jackets being maps of Europe, etc. I wonder if you're stuck in the bush and have left your manual at home then it's printed in full on the reverse of the headlining?

I have a compass in my tunic button?

Stu_Barnes · Mar 13, 2023

bigleonski said:
Thanks Steve
And it didn’t take long for someone to pinch your pics and put them on FB

Oh, and we’ll have to stop calling it a glove box and start calling it a manual box, cause once it’s in there nothing else will fit.

And I imagine the source was not referenced, very similar to the portals.....

Jean Mercier · Mar 13, 2023

Thanks to @Halliwell Jones Chester for these first pictures of "The Manual" and @DCPU for a simplified but very correct version of the manual.

If @Stu_Barnes has to give a special badge to the best "dealer", you certainly deserve that!

In fact, I hope also that "WE" the first sponsors and subscribers or let's say the buyers of the first two years (something like that) of this magnificent car (I hope so) will be the only one to get that special user manual with early drawings and history of the birth of the car.
That would also be a way to reward us for the faith we had in the project!

CountyV8 · Mar 13, 2023

Stu_Barnes said:
And I imagine the source was not referenced, very similar to the portals.....

I.think it's the first vehicle manual with a picture of a pub in it.

Halliwell Jones Chester · Mar 13, 2023

I don't mind the pictures being taken/used. At the end of the day whether you're on this forum, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok we're all enthusiasts for the Grenadier.

We're all excited for the first deliveries to start soon and if a small thing like the owners manual help with the wait then I'm completely fine with it. Even though I've seen customer vehicles, seeing the manual for the first time gave me another boost and I wanted to share with you all as you may have not seen it before.

We don't have long to go now guys and girls, it's nearly ready

Michael H. · Mar 13, 2023

bigleonski said:
Thanks Steve
And it didn’t take long for someone to pinch your pics and put them on FB

Interesting comment, because we seem to be happy for people to pinch entire magazine articles and post them here.

ADVAW8S · Mar 13, 2023

Here is a suggestion, if you are posting something on the forum and you don't want it taken put a watermark on the photo. It's a pain but it will reduce ppl claiming it's there's.

emax · Mar 13, 2023

Thank you, Steve!

I like the graphic pages very much. Maybe, this will be the manual which will be sold on Ebay in 30 years for some hundred bucks of todays currencies.

Tazzieman · Mar 13, 2023

Halliwell Jones Chester said:
So after months of speculation, here is your owners manual! Very nice too.
View attachment 7806006

I shall transcribe it onto goatskin scrolls, and hide it in my mancave

Tazzieman · Mar 13, 2023

Of course , when out on the track and with no reading glasses to be found I shall carry a backup, in large font, maybe even Gothic.
This is a leather bound ledger cover from the century before last , had it for 37 years but has never been repurposed.
Could be goatskin , definitely not horse.
The only issue is I will have to significantly enlarge the glovebox?. Suggestions?

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