Europe Ability to drive the Grenadier prior to going hard with your money

[jeffmattSD]

The message is to all of you that recevied your vehicle in Europe. Were you able to test drive your Grenadier on the paved roads prior to going non-refundable on your deposits. North America is going to announce their dealer network on September 28th and then we stard dealing with them instead of Ineos. The only time that I have been able to test drive the Grenadier has been off road when 95% of my driving will be on paved roads.

 

[rovie]

The message is to all of you that recevied your vehicle in Europe. Were you able to test drive your Grenadier on the paved roads prior to going non-refundable on your deposits. North America is going to announce their dealer network on September 28th and then we stard dealing with them instead of Ineos. The only time that I have been able to test drive the Grenadier has been off road when 95% of my driving will be on paved roads.

Hi jeffmattSD, not really, max. 1 km. I bought in full confidence.
And I was not disappointed.

 

[Lollo050968]

Nearly the same to me, 1 drive on sealed road, but prototype and not allowed to drive by myself. 1 drive myself on greenlane.
My Grenadier is better than the expected

 

[anand]

@jeffmattSD just contact your local dealer once they are announced; they will have 2 demo vehicles available to drive

 

[Simon C]

No - I had a very short offroad test and a bit of carpark

 

[JonSutton]

The message is to all of you that recevied your vehicle in Europe. Were you able to test drive your Grenadier on the paved roads prior to going non-refundable on your deposits. North America is going to announce their dealer network on September 28th and then we stard dealing with them instead of Ineos. The only time that I have been able to test drive the Grenadier has been off road when 95% of my driving will be on paved roads.

No, bought it blind but did understand the probable financial strength of Ineos and its majority owner. I really like the vehicle even though I’m still getting to grips with it.
I did watch each production video and observed the prototypes on their appearances.

 

[AnD3rew]

Here in Australia I paid the $5000 non refundable deposit before driving it anywhere myself, I had had a ride offroad in an early prototype. I did get to drive myself offroad shortly after that but first time I drove it on road was driving home from delivery at the agent. But now age takes have demo vehicles

 

[hopefulkiwi]

i test drove a dealer vehicle for about 4 hours. I was too chicken to pay for somthing i havent seen or touched

 

[Sam]

I test-drove a production dealer demo car too

 

[Tomdoc]

My first drive was after I collected it from my dealer. I had sat in one at a show but never driven it. Mad - but I had confidence it was what I wanted and am not disappointed after 1000 miles so far.

 

[DaBull]

i test drove a dealer vehicle for about 4 hours. I was too chicken to pay for somthing i havent seen or touched

Ok, what were your thoughts after driving it for 4 hours. We would all like to know. DaBull

 

[DaBull]

I test-drove a production dealer demo car too

Ok, what were your thoughts after driving it for 4 hours. We would all like to know. DaBull

 

[Mitchell300]

Only seen one at the Game Fair, never had a test drive. First time driving was as I left the dealer. Absolutely took a chance on this and have never regretted my decision, loving it.

 

[DaveB]

My first drive was after I collected it from my dealer. I had sat in one at a show but never driven it. Mad - but I had confidence it was what I wanted and am not disappointed after 1000 miles so far.

When I ordered mine in July 2022 I had not even seen one in the flesh/metal.
I think it was late October/November 2022 on a business trip to Perth, about 4,000kms from home, I walked out of my hotel in the morning to see one sitting in the car park.
That's my reflection in the headlights.
Two days later i took it for a test drive.

 

[Fidei Defensor]

New webinar Q&A shows dealer vehicles being offloaded in the US. And evidently all necessary vehicle certifications are in place in 50 States. Dealers should have demo vehicles available after the Sept 28th announcement date.

Answering Your Questions

ineosgrenadier.com

 

[hopefulkiwi]

Ok, what were your thoughts after driving it for 4 hours. We would all like to know. DaBull

my initial thoughts

 

[grenadierboy]

On the Road - Initial Thoughts

Can anyone advise how you set the climate control to a specific temperature and where this might be displayed or is it just by the temp wheel with no digital readout? Set to Auto works best - you can see the set temperature in the top of the display as you turn the knob - was 30c here today and...

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No digital readout, if its cold I just slowly move the knob in the hotter direction and vice versa.

It doesn't help that there are only 10 settings from cold to hot. Most modern cars have 14 single degree settings: usually low, 16C to 28C, then high

I am actually having a bit of trouble getting an accurate & consistent temp.

In fact, I would go as far to say, it's one of the few things that disappoints me in the Grenadier.

I think it's a poor design.

 

[hopefulkiwi]

No digital readout, if its cold I just slowly move the knob in the hotter direction and vice versa.

It doesn't help that there are only 10 settings from cold to hot. Most modern cars have 14 single degree settings: usually low, 16C to 28C, then high

I am actually having a bit of trouble getting an accurate & consistent temp.

In fact, I would go as far to say, it's one of the few things that disappoints me in the Grenadier.

I think it's a poor design.

thats actually my review of my tst drive,If you click on that window my rview pops up.I dont know whay my own text is not there