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The day I see a Grenadier owner put a golf stick in his car, I will tell him he bought the wrong car
The day I see a Grenadier owner put a golf stick in his car, I will tell him he bought the wrong car
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The twin turbo 300zx on my driveway concurs.When I was 30-ish (late 90's), I bought an '88 Porsche 928s4. Went to a gathering and it was the same thing. All of us Gen X'ers dreamed about them as kids and finally got them used. Very much a similar group. Funny how some things have such a focused fan base.
I believe there are a multitude of reasons including but not limited to people reserving vehicles never having the intention to buy or getting second thoughts when actually having to write a fairly substantial check, then there are current inflationary issues combined with high interest rates. Additionally the demo units were subtly different from new units being sold, for example the ADAS functions. I can say from personal experience my original dealer could not locate my vehicle once it arrived stateside. i was the one that tracked it in shipping. By the time it was roughly found by the dealer i had bought mine from another dealer who had many grenadiers to select from and that i had ordered cars from before. So my pre-ordered unit became someone else's “inventory”. I would also say the reality is this vehicle perhaps doesn't always “test” well during demo. I love the looks and am willing to deal with quirks. My wife really likes the looks but 100% is unwilling to deal with the information system, turning radius etc etc so my gut is alot of women who have embraced mall crawler jeeps will feel the same. Anyways… just me thinking out loud and just personal opinion.
You raise a fantastic point. Seems to me there are not a lot of women in this crowd...
At least at my dealer in SoCal they seem to be selling very well. Lots of movement in the inventory.
Just curious when you placed your order?
Darn! I sure hope my order didn't drop out. Problem is I have been looking at available inventory around the country and haven't found anything yet that matches what I want. I'm pretty unwilling to compromise. Gotta be:
Not sure if this will make you feel better or worse but mine was set for Q2 2024, then went to Q1 2024 on the website, the dealer kept telling me Q3 2024 (so clearly they were just lost), then INEOS confirmed it had shipped very beginning feb 2024, i confirmed it arrived mid 2024 in the states and was released from port and then no one could find it so i went and bought one elsewhere as i had just lost faith at that point. Last week it arrived at the dealer. Where im going with this is that i would suggest obtaining your VIN # and tracking the vehicle yourself as it may be coming much earlier than the site or dealer says.
Best chance would be via Ineos chat. They are very helpful.
Mine was a two tone roof MM SW. Went from Q124 to Q424 delievery. Ordered a QM with one color roof and have a est delievery of Q4. Keep in mine I was reservation # 365 on global launch, then ordered in US early part of June when order banks open. My boss, she order hers in Nov and it showing up next week. A friend of mine ordered around same time as me and his arrives next week.
Have you considered looking around to find a similar build on a dealer lot? I was at Regal in Atlanta on Thursday and I think the number was something like 30 (of the 80 or 90 there) were unsold in every single color, a number of them with contrast roofs if I recall correctly
I have, but at this price point and hoping to have it forever, I really don't want to compromise. I've looked at the @MossyIG inventory and nothing is close.
While I'm sorry there are others waiting and wondering, I guess I'm glad I'm not alone.
Short recap: Ordered in June, Q1 estimate, built before February 12th (I know this because that's when I used the chat function to check the status and was told it was built and awaiting transport), and as of last week still sitting in the Hambach sun. They can't tell me for certain why it's still there or when it will ship.
What I'm considering: Should I just reorder? I've waited this long, what's another 6 months? Drop the "premium" sound and get the white roof.
The sitting at the factory for 2+ months is what's really irritating me.
Thoughts?
I bet you are about 1 week to port 1 week at port 2 week by sea and 2-3 weeks ince it hits the port and maybe a 1 week delivery based on my experience. So maybe 2 months out or less….While I'm sorry there are others waiting and wondering, I guess I'm glad I'm not alone.
Short recap: Ordered in June, Q1 estimate, built before February 12th (I know this because that's when I used the chat function to check the status and was told it was built and awaiting transport), and as of last week still sitting in the Hambach sun. They can't tell me for certain why it's still there or when it will ship.
What I'm considering: Should I just reorder? I've waited this long, what's another 6 months? Drop the "premium" sound and get the white roof.
The sitting at the factory for 2+ months is what's really irritating me.
Thoughts?
