What did you do with your Grenadier today?

Norb-TX · May 5, 2023

Congrats Jean!

grenadierboy · May 5, 2023

Thanks Jean for a detailed breakdown of your delivery, including driving like Cosmo Kramer (with fuel indicating zero) - possible but not usually advisable in the low countries and a sign of madness in Australia.

Demanding that your Grenadier be in tip top condition is something I will be doing.

Just because a car is labelled the worlds most rugged 4x4 doesn't mean it shouldn't be handed over in any condition other than perfect just as, say, collecting a $120,000 Mercedes Benz.

Jean Mercier · May 5, 2023

Today ... nothing, went with the car of my wife to the supermarket (I don't want to be a mall crawler... saying I learned on this forum), went to the railway station with my

, took the

to go for an assignment to Brussels, came back the same way... but opened the Grenadier several times to make measurements and prepare some stuff.

Jean Mercier · May 6, 2023

What did I do today ….

Drove 0 km
My petrol tank is still as empty as yesterday and the day I picked it up.
Did “build” a “cheap and ugly” trunk cover, 50 % happy, 50 % unhappy: I promise I will post some explanation about it in the next days, hoping to get some better ideas from other people.

Why didn’t I drive?
I drive a car when I need it, and that means:

Long distances
It’s raining
Too cold
For fun (holidays, etc. including "dirty tracks")
Transporting people
Transporting stuff
Don’t feel in the mood to take my bicycle and/or train

And ... by the way, I like to drive, but not on the motorways: that's pure "transportation".

Deepblue · May 6, 2023

had taken delivery yesterday.

Today looked for a temporary solution to mount my rooftop tent. Had organized some roof rack feets from an old defender and used existing bars from my Volkswagen Bus.

Photos show my Maggiolina rtt on the grenadier.
As you see the bars are to far away from the roof; ca 10cm of space between is a bit much.
Good enough for now until a provider brings a roof bar for the grenadier.

Spjnr · May 6, 2023

Deepblue said:
had taken delivery yesterday.

Today looked for a temporary solution to mount my rooftop tent. Had organized some roof rack feets from an old defender and used existing bars from my Volkswagen Bus.

Photos show my Maggiolina rtt on the grenadier.
As you see the bars are to far away from the roof; ca 10cm of space between is a bit much.
Good enough for now until a provider brings a roof bar for the grenadier.

Looking good @Deepblue

What size feet are they? XL?

AnD3rew · May 6, 2023

Deepblue said:
had taken delivery yesterday.

Today looked for a temporary solution to mount my rooftop tent. Had organized some roof rack feets from an old defender and used existing bars from my Volkswagen Bus.

Photos show my Maggiolina rtt on the grenadier.
As you see the bars are to far away from the roof; ca 10cm of space between is a bit much.
Good enough for now until a provider brings a roof bar for the grenadier.

INEOS/Rhino have roofbars

Spjnr · May 6, 2023

AnD3rew said:
INEOS/Rhino have roofbars

Yeah I've ordered them, but unfortunately they're on back order until July

Deepblue · May 6, 2023

Spjnr said:
Yeah I've ordered them, but unfortunately they're on back order until July

yes they are not available here as well.

Deepblue · May 6, 2023

Spjnr said:
Looking good @Deepblue

What size feet are they? XL?

Will measure and let you know

Spjnr · May 6, 2023

Deepblue said:
Will measure and let you know

Thanks mate. I won some cheap on eBay, but didnt get measurements. i know they are long

Deepblue · May 6, 2023

And almost forgot another thing I did today

Measured weight of grenadier in the wild:

Trialmaster, rock slider, winch, second battery, steel wheels, …

Heavy, yet to be expected: 2920 kg

Logsplitter · May 6, 2023

Deepblue said:
And almost forgot another thing I did today

Measured weight of grenadier in the wild:

Trialmaster, rock slider, winch, second battery, steel wheels, …

Heavy, yet to be expected: 2920 kg

Was that empty ?

Deepblue · May 6, 2023

Logsplitter said:
Was that empty ?

Yes, no driver nor passenger. Had four roof bars in the trunk and maybe 50% of diesel.

Spjnr · May 6, 2023

Deepblue said:
Yes, no driver nor passenger. Had four roof bars in the trunk and maybe 50% of diesel.

Those rock sliders are Heavy! I've handled one off the vehicle, and it weighed a lot. I'd have no worries about their strength however

Wayneos · May 6, 2023

Jean Mercier said:
What did I do today ….

Drove 0 km

Why didn’t I drive?
I drive a car when I need it, and that means:

For fun (holidays, etc. including "dirty tracks")

Ineos have hurt Jean so much, that after all the waiting and all the delays.... he can't even go out driving for fun..

Deepblue · May 7, 2023

Spjnr said:
Looking good @Deepblue

What size feet are they? XL?

@Spjnr have measured the lenght of the feet, ca 30cm from upper line of rain gutter.
Space between bars and rubber parts on roof is 10cm. Ideally this could be lower e.g. 5cm

My bars have a lenght of 1.75m and with my roof tent being 1.6m wide this works ok (Thule ProBar).
I would say bars with 1.6m should work as well.

bemax · May 7, 2023

Deepblue said:
@Spjnr have measured the lenght of the feet, ca 30cm from upper line of rain gutter.
Space between bars and rubber parts on roof is 10cm. Ideally this could be lower e.g. 5cm

My bars have a lenght of 1.75m and with my roof tent being 1.6m wide this works ok (Thule ProBar).
I would say bars with 1.6m should work as well.

First I understood that you measured the length of a feet. Probably to calculate it in metric units.
Than I kept on reading and got it

PBD · May 7, 2023

Posted this on another thread then thought it should go here too
Set off today for a trip to the seaside, first time in the car with the wife and dogs.
During the first 40 miles nearly every warning possible came up on the dash! (yellow)
The apple phone connection continually disconnected, tried resetting etc all to no avail.
Worst, the passenger air bag system became faulty and a constant, loud, high pitched warning siren playing!!
Found warning on scree(red) would not clear. Tried all ignition off, every one out, lock it up etc, still continued to wail!
Parked up in a field, took dogs for a walk, still wailing.
Turned round and drove 50 miles home, wailing all the way!
Parked on drive, wife said this thing is not fit for delivery, or driving on the road, there's no way I'm getting in this heap of shit again till its fixed. She never swears!
As far as I can see the fuse, if I take it out, disconnect's the airbag system, with all the implications that entails.
Any suggestions greatly received.
As I posted this the wailing just stopped!
Bank holiday tomorrow so no one to fetch it
I have to agree with the Mrs for once, not fit for delivery or use on the road as it is now and waiting for three months for an update is out of the question.
Have sent email to ineos

DCPU · May 7, 2023

Deepblue said:
And almost forgot another thing I did today

Measured weight of grenadier in the wild:

Trialmaster, rock slider, winch, second battery, steel wheels, …

Heavy, yet to be expected: 2920 kg

I think you win the Billy Bunter award with that weight. Heaviest I've seen, although just delivered vehicles lack the rock sliders which are good for 51kg.

Mine's currently 2824kg.

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