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2023 Ineos Grenadier Diesel 3.0l Utility Station Wagon 5 seater
1972 Morgan 4/4 2 str - owned from 1991 and most recent rebuild finished in April
2000 Mazda MX5 NB California - mostly good, bushes and sills done
Sold: 1989 LR 110 2.5TD CSW now 200Tdi - "Big Blue" Sold to Essex
Sold: 1991 LR90 2.5NA - "Little Blue" Sold to Kent.
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jeremy996 started following Help - unresponsive defender , Grenadier modifications , Gear box vulnerability and 2 others
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There is more stuff turning up every day, none of it cheap and some of it in dubious taste, from drawer systems to portals. One business is building a racer, so job 1 was take everything out they did not want, leaving this blank canvas. There is more detail in the thread, https://www.theineosforum.com/threads/buzz-overland-gutted-grenadier.12415241/#post-1333267697
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Thoughts and Musings on the Ineos Grenadier
jeremy996 replied to Bowie69's topic in The New Ineos Grenadier
It does appear to be a thing; I'll wave at classic Defenders in the Grenadier and a few wave at me. Grenadier owners do wave at each other. -
I'd suggest it was weight and emissions as the Grenadier was already about 200kg over original target. As Ineos Automotive have deemed the aftermarket to provide them, I'd suggest they got ditched before formal homologation.
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There are some more extensive bash plates you can add if you are intending to go more "extreme". Looks to be very bad luck to me. I always expected the various cooling radiators to be the most vulnerable point of failure, but I appear to be wrong, (not uncommon, I'm a better IFA than engineer). Here's the thread on The Ineos Forum, https://www.theineosforum.com/threads/gearbox-sump-pan-cracked-and-cant-select-neutral.12415119/
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The "Pass the Bucket" 4x4 For Sale on Ebay Thread
jeremy996 replied to Hybrid_From_Hell's topic in International Forum
I think he managed to hang the doors as badly as Solihull did back in the day. -
Thoughts and Musings on the Ineos Grenadier
jeremy996 replied to Bowie69's topic in The New Ineos Grenadier
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I've signed up for the updates as they come, so I'll add them here. I really don't see me buying a Fusilier when they are released; my Grenadier will only be 3-4 years old and I intend to run it to expiry, (mine or its!)
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Not a clue, very little information is out yet. this is about the sum total of the published information, https://ineosgrenadier.com/en/gb/news/introducing-the-ineos-fusilier. It will be another Magna developed vehicle available as a BEV and a BEV with a REX, (ICE range extender). The rumour-mill suggests it will be lower, shorter, heavier and more expensive than the Grenadier.
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Thoughts and Musings on the Ineos Grenadier
jeremy996 replied to Bowie69's topic in The New Ineos Grenadier
I've asked around and a couple of people have suggested a few possible snags. Some countries have professional licensing, so unqualified people are not allowed to do tasks for which they are not qualified. In the UK anyone can set up as a car mechanic, but that is not the case in many places. Often this goes with restrictions on who can have service data. Suppliers can also be restrictive on who can have IP/data, confining it to official licensees. The Right to Repair movement in the USA is not a expectation that the general public can take any and everything apart, just that not just franchised shops have access to the service and mechanical data. -
Thoughts and Musings on the Ineos Grenadier
jeremy996 replied to Bowie69's topic in The New Ineos Grenadier
Still not published; last semi-official word I had was the end of Q1 2024. The MD said in Australia that they had issues with different jurisdictions about the data they could release, but there is not one coherent message. -
Thoughts and Musings on the Ineos Grenadier
jeremy996 replied to Bowie69's topic in The New Ineos Grenadier
A YouTube video from Australian from a gentleman called John Canny. If you have a dig into his previous videos you can see that he is probably braver than he should be, but he makes a good accelerated wear test on his Grenadier. -
Do not underestimate the pettiness of an insurance company - absolutely standard is good if you want cheaper insurance. Save the fancy wheels, tyres, seats and lights for vehicle number 2 or 3. What you need to get next is several years no claims bonus and the odds are against you.
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Always buy a Defender on condition and take a disinterested mechanically aware mate to talk you out of the rusty dogs you will meet! The usual used-car advice is buy the best one you can afford; for a Defender I'd suggest keeping 20% of your budget back for fixing bodges you find once the vehicle is home or to make it more useful to you. As a young driver, keep it as standard as possible and see if adding parents or grandparents as named drivers reduces the insurance cost. As for engine choice, none are rubbish, (except the TD), but there are a lot of 300Tdi spares out there.
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Help - unresponsive defender
jeremy996 replied to hnnhw2020's topic in New Defender Forum (2020 onwards)
Have you got a local LR independent specialist? -
Help - unresponsive defender
jeremy996 replied to hnnhw2020's topic in New Defender Forum (2020 onwards)
One possibility is radio interference; try and turn off any and all radio sources you have near the vehicle, Wi-Fi, baby monitors, WiFi enabled CCTV, door bells etc and retry. If you have cheap access to roadside rescue, (AA, RAC etc), make it their problem.