Follow-up to a previous post in which I mentioned a minute-forty clip of the Grenadier traveling from Colorado to California. My apologies, the clip is just 45 seconds.
The "max elevation" they drove to was 14,100 feet (Mount Evans) - but they don't mention that it was on a paved road, and we don't get a report about how it performed at that altitude. For example, how well did the Grenadier accelerate on its way up Mount Evans? Speaking of paved roads, how about some footage of the Grenadier driving up to the Eisenhower Tunnel, or Vail Pass (both over 10,000 feet). Those of us who live here drive those passes all the time, so if you are going to come to our state and advertise it, show us the money. Does it get up and go from 65 to 80 mph when you need to pass an eighteen-wheel truck, while driving at 9,000 feet, going uphill? Better yet, put a payload of 800 pounds in the Grenadier, and hook up a 5,000-pound trailer behind it (for another 500 pounds of payload via the hitch), and drive those passes. Let's see how it climbs the passes, and how it descends. Does that forced induction engine get hot at elevation under that kind of load, or is it up to the challenge? How often do you need to hit the brakes? Do they get hot, or do the run like champs? I have questions. You (Ineos) were here, but all we have is a 45-second clip of fluff. To quote your former monarch, "we are not amused".
After driving our highways, sample some of our off-road trails. Let's see the Grenadier dropping into Ouray down Black Bear Pass, or tackling Holy Cross City Road.
If Holy Cross is too technical for the Grenadier, we have hundreds of trails that are more moderate, but represent how many of us use our rigs.
Grumpy rant over.
