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Pretty sure I would put my faith in Magna Styr first and foremost. My Second, would be making sure I am keeping things in 'spec', particularly for a NEW launch vehicle.
Just over 8K now and can tell you there IS a distinctive difference between "New" (off the Lot/Ship) and after being "Broken In (used)*" a bit.
Drive a Brand-New Grenadier around a Dealer lot.
Now drive that same Grenadier and drive 1500** miles (mixed use, on road at highway, around town, dirt road, 'rugged terrain').
Drive back to the same Dealer lot.
Once back at the Dealer, ask yourself:
Does the Grenadier's Steering make it undrivable for Me?
If so, return it immediately.
*Dependent upon the driver of course,
**I find it hard to fathom that can take someone more than 1000-1500 miles to get a "sense" of how a vehicle operates.
Yeah, you are right! They did a bang up job with the software implementation. Oh and the Safari windows that leak, poor turning radius etc etc. Oh and assembly and QC is top notch as well. My rear windows leak, my steering wheel wasn't centered at all, the jam nuts on my tierod and panhard rod were completely loose and my right front brake line rubbed the tire to the point that the brake line and the tire had to be replaced.
These are things I'm ok with considering what you get at the end of the day. But I can tell you my wife's 1st gen Rivian has been just short of flawless and that's a vastly more advanced and complicated vehicle designed, engineered and built by a company with virtually no experience. Granted they took time to figure out all the niggles first.
I've driven several Grenadiers with two being some of the pre production trucks with boat loads of miles. I can tell you that people that don't like the steering as it comes from the factory won't care for it anymore with 30k miles on it. Nor should they have to deal with it if there is a solution immediately available.
Regardless I just don't get the defensive arguments for the stock steering. I'm willing to accept that some of you are content or even love the factory steering. But many of you are not ok with people criticizing the steering and wanting to "fix it".
I personally don't have a single vehicle out of over 15 including trucks, boats, motorcycles and even airplane that I haven't modified to suit my needs. It's just something some people do.
Just like some people really need some stupid rail bolted to their dash to hold a phone, aux GPS and a CB radio, some of us need different steering feel.
I understand that some people and possibly myself make slightly definitive statements about the steering but I certainly recognize it's at a best an opinion and something I can choose to change or not. But for those that test drive a Grenadier and are turned off by the steering, they can search the internet and find threads like this and know there are options to make the truck suit their needs better. It would suck if they came on here and listened only to those that say the stock steering is flawless and you must accept it or buy a 4Runner instead because they are not a real man that can handle crappy steering.
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