General Update Prior to Sale: Coolant Hose Clip – Remove

AnD3rew said:

Your dealer sounds shit to be honest, I would nit have been half as patient as you have been. Fortunately so far mine has been great. I don’t have my car yet but is is now only a few weeks away, so time will tell if that continues post delivery but current indications are good.

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DaveB said:

I am available for a smallish(hahaha) fee

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Jean Mercier said:

Coolant hose clip saga ...

I took a picture under the hood of a recently delivered Grenadier at my dealer, Petrol, LHD (Left Hand Drive):

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There is a clip!

And then I looked under the hood of my car: they modified something!
No, no new clip on the coolant hose, but yes three new clips on the higher hose, where I had a broken clip, and they put that hose higher up (compare with the three last previous pictures of my post of August 12, and compare with the picture above)!
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I did ask them to tell me about any changes, but they didn't!

I have other good and bad news to post about my car! I hope to do it later. Really not happy!

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Trialmaster said:

Any obvious reasoning as to why they raised the hose? Hope the bad news is minor Jean.

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DCPU said:

So we are talking about this hose?
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It's unclear to me whether you are saying they've moved that hose and positioned it with new clips; or it's a whole new hose fixed differently in the higher position?

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Trialmaster said:

Any obvious reasoning as to why they raised the hose? Hope the bad news is minor Jean.

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• they are stuck between their Mercedes partnership and agreements and Ineos partnership
• they still are learning
• they don't get enough repair and maintenance information from Ineos
• they have huge problems in getting spare parts
• new cars arrive with indeed small modifications compared to the early deliveries
• they appreciate my feedback
• he agrees they should have told me that they hadn't enough time to fix everything!

Jean Mercier said:

Got a phone call from my Ineos dealer Hedin Lokeren Belgium today, from a new appointed guy for the Grenadier. He explained their side of the story.

• they are stuck between their Mercedes partnership and agreements and Ineos partnership
• they still are learning
• they don't get enough repair and maintenance information from Ineos
• they have huge problems in getting spare parts
• new cars arrive with indeed small modifications compared to the early deliveries
• they appreciate my feedback
• he agrees they should have told me that they hadn't enough time to fix everything!

(I did send an angry e-mail yesterday evening, with more or less the same tone as my posts here)

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Voader - Oudersopzwier said:

And now they also have to sell RAM trucks... Did you see this ugly tugboats in the showroom?

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