3rd party Videos Vera + Christian: My Grenadier On Youtube

[Eric]

Ineos is indeed British and not aware of local susceptibilities (excuses to the British friends on this forum, but my personal opinion): website for Belgium in German and French, and no Dutch ... what the heck, or how do you say in English?

It is a big mistake to put any flag on a global world car, they really are stupid. I want the Belgian, Polish, Brasilian and Hungarian flag on my car for very personal reasons... all countries are involved in the Grenadier building. And the Russian or Ucranian or Chinese or all of them.

I was going to suggest the UN flag as a compromise but in hindsight it is probably more appropriate to use the World Health Organisation emblem

 

[beg]

I had a Renault Megane RS250. Fantastic car with a lot of character. So good in fact i brought the RS265 as well.

We have had a megane laguna safrane berlingo and a 172 clio cup all had no problems.

 

[Earthwatcher]

Shouldn't it have the yellow stars on blue background of the EU flag? That would surely be the most fitting reflection of its build origins.

 

[Jean Mercier]

Shouldn't it have the yellow stars on blue background of the EU flag? That would surely be the most fitting reflection of its build origins.

Excluding the UK then?

 

[BroncoBilly]

Given that the engineering and development was done by a Canadian based company with headquarters in Aurora Ontario Canada perhaps we should just put the Canadian flag on it and be done with it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Steyr

 

[Tazzieman]

As mine will have the schnorchel that isn't a real one , I am thinking of covering it with the badge of an organisation that I learnt in my 30s wasn't real.

 

[Loc Nar]

Re the video - so are the wheel arch liners mounted wrong (around 7:30 in the video)? Also, is there any weight (no pun intended) to the comment (around 6:50) about the locking lug nut messing up the wheel balance (I have to admit, it does look dorky on there - I'm skipping them).

 

[Tazzieman]

Also, is there any weight (no pun intended) to the comment (around 6:50) about the locking lug nut messing up the wheel balance

In the you tube comments , Christian responds in an educated manner to a question along these lines.
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[DaveB]

As mine will have the schnorchel that isn't a real one , I am thinking of covering it with the badge of an organisation that I learnt in my 30s wasn't real.
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So are you going to call your gren Thunderbird 2?

 

[emax]

In the you tube comments , Christian responds in an educated manner to a question along these lines.
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Exactly.

Balancing rotating masses is Christian's profession - at the very highest level at a German specialist who balances turbines, wheels, drive shafts, in fact anything that rotates. From a few grams to hundreds of tons, from 100 rpm to several hundred thousand rpm. He is a consultant in problematic scenarios and an analyst when things get really complicated.

 

[MrMike]

Shouldn't it have the yellow stars on blue background of the EU flag? That would surely be the most fitting reflection of its build origins.

I thought that would have been a logical choice....but...Sir Jim was a Brexiteer!

 

[Max]

Exactly.

Balancing rotating masses is Christian's profession - at the very highest level at a German specialist who balances turbines, wheels, drive shafts, in fact anything that rotates. From a few grams to hundreds of tons, from 100 rpm to several hundred thousand rpm. He is a consultant in problematic scenarios and an analyst when things get really complicated.

Very interesting fellow,


In some cases it is best to have on car balancing...I had one out of round wheel that was not a bother on the rear but when it was rotated to the front the slightest vibration occurred...I am talking Highway driving in a Peugeot 406 at speed not a huge 4x4 but even caked on mud will through things out enough to feel when back on the black stuff...I am not sure I would be sensitive enough to feel a wheel nut at a different weight being that close to the centre of the wheel but on a race car well different story...

 

[DaveB]

Very interesting fellow,


In some cases it is best to have on car balancing...I had one out of round wheel that was not a bother on the rear but when it was rotated to the front the slightest vibration occurred...I am talking Highway driving in a Peugeot 406 at speed not a huge 4x4 but even caked on mud will through things out enough to feel when back on the black stuff...I am not sure I would be sensitive enough to feel a wheel nut at a different weight being that close to the centre of the wheel but on a race car well different story...

This is a hire car I had a few years back for a trip out to the mines in the Bowen Basin.
I had to stop at a tyre place and get all 4 wheels balanced so I could drive it back to Mackay airport for dropoff.
It was vibrating so badly the vehicle was uncontrollable at speed.
Mud ripped most of the wheel weights off.
Not to mention other parts of the vehicle underbody and cracked a windscreen also

 

[Krabby]

This is a hire car I had a few years back for a trip out to the mines in the Bowen Basin.
I had to stop at a tyre place and get all 4 wheels balanced so I could drive it back to Mackay airport for dropoff.
It was vibrating so badly the vehicle was uncontrollable at speed.
Mud ripped most of the wheel weights off.
Not to mention other parts of the vehicle underbody and cracked a windscreen also


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Always get the insurance

 

[BD1]

@emax I really enjoyed this video and the humor!

This really shows the presence that the Grenadier has in a normal, household environment. Christian clearly liked the size and beefiness of the Grenadier. I am also going with Donny Grey, black leather and safari windows so it was great to see. Your truck is very impressive.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Norb-TX]

Well done video. You guys are fun to watch. The broken bank account retort was golden. Lookin forward to the next video.

 

[DCPU]

Re the video - so are the wheel arch liners mounted wrong (around 7:30 in the video)?

There's an argument I can see for both positions, but you'd expect them to be the same way on each vehicle.

 

[emax]

is there any weight (no pun intended) to the comment (around 6:50) about the locking lug nut messing up the wheel balance

Christian is right. The question is how big the imbalance is in the end. The additional weight is quite close to the center of the wheel and should not cause any major problems. However, it would be correct to mount an appropriate weight opposite the locking nut, e.g. a slightly heavier nut that only adds the missing weight to the opposite side.

 

[ECrider]

Christian is right. The question is how big the imbalance is in the end. The additional weight is quite close to the center of the wheel and should not cause any major problems. However, it would be correct to mount an appropriate weight opposite the locking nut, e.g. a slightly heavier nut that only adds the missing weight to the opposite side.

2x locking wheel nuts!

 

[Cheshire cat]

At the time of ordering I thought the same way as Christian. What is the point of the locking wheel nuts? If I needed the wheels to be 100% secure I could have simply gone to a tyre shop and had them fasten on the wheels with their windy gun. Normally they do such a good job you can never get them off again.