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  1. There is a YouTube video of a PTO-2 prototype in Australia with a big winch bar on the front. Apparently the official winch bars will be ARB.
  2. Air Source Heat Pump - £18,795 all in, hopefully netted down by the government £5000 small bribe. (Estate house, small garden, no space for a plant room). We have a micro-bore wet central heating system, so much of the difference between the actual cost of the heat pump and the final bill is either a hedge against large scale radiator changes, (if required after a detailed survey), or profit. A similar system in a house 25 miles, (same builder, similar floor plan), away with a more southerly aspect was just over £14k.
  3. Our house was built in 1996 to the, then current, rather rubbish insulation standards. We have since doubled the amount of insulation in the loft and that has made an appreciable difference. Three years ago we put solar panels on the house, once I established the payback period on the tariff at the time was less than the guarantee on the invertor, (the panels do not point optimally to the sun, so were picked for their off axis performance). Now, the more the cost of electricity rises the shorter the payback period! We have looked at a battery, but that does not seem to be viable as we don't export much surplus electricity, although that has been distorted from working from home for much of the last two years. Using off peak electricity to charge the battery would be a way of saving overall costs, but you need more complex control gear. We will have another look next year, as battery prices fall and useful lives increase. We got a quote for a heat pump, but that was outrageous and the second supplier we asked, (who did the original solar panels), said not now, wait for the boiler to break/cylinder to fail, as the cost to change is out of line of any cost savings to be made. In an ideal world, we would like to get to Passive Haus energy standards, but that would really need a south facing new build and a lottery win!
  4. My favourite picture of Princess Elizabeth from the Imperial War Museum collection. I've known this picture for 50 years as I first saw it as a very new Cub Scout doing a scrap book for a badge.
  5. Can I direct some of you to the Fully Charged channel on YouTube - fronted by Robert Lewellyn and covering cars, e-bikes, electric motorcycles, home heating, insulation and similar technologies. https://www.youtube.com/c/fullychargedshow/featured There you will see a Chinese car company that has an automated battery swap station, recharging service stations with large scale battery storage and electric cars, vans and bikes from cheap to outrageous.
  6. I've a few clients with Teslas, (and a couple with a Zoe and an i3), and none of them will consider an ICE car anymore. When one couple heard I was buying a Grenadier, I got some earache until I pointed out I needed to tow a racecar trailer, which loaded with everything is very close to 3500kg. (The Zoe owner is a proper greenie and gave me a bye with the LR110CSW as it ran on waste oil. The Grenadier is going to mean I'll get moaned at on a regular basis, but there appears to be no practical alternative to ICE if you tow larger trailers).
  7. I am reminded of the YouTube video of BMW x5s in Namibia with a Defender holding the food and drink. The prize is being delivered on Ineos money to the remote location and driving home. The winners will be flown/taxied to the start point. There is a bit more detail in the terms and conditions. I have clients in procurement who are being romanced by Ineos to replace all of the old Defenders in the big utility fleets. It is at an early stage as Ineos Automotive have no spare vehicles to sell in the UK; the Double cab and extended wheelbase editions are still some time away.
  8. There are some new YouTube videos out, but they seem to be reviews of the early prototype in the US, so no new technical revelations. The second one, the presenter put down an order shortly after the video was shot! https://youtu.be/Sluix6KY9PY?t=25 (not approved for embedding)
  9. Getting frustrated as I don't have a vehicle big enough to move the 4x4 Response UK stuff! 

  10. The latest marketing wheeze from Ineos Grenadier; an e-mail sent out inviting order holders to apply to collect their Grenadier from somewhere remote. I have applied, but I am in France for the September dates where they are checking their applicants are basically competent, I'd be astonished if selected. The collection trip dates are in November 2022. VIEW IN BROWSER Hi Jeremy, Your new INEOS Grenadier is almost here. As a no-nonsense 4X4, it’s built on purpose to excel off-road. And because you’re among the first to order one, we want to offer you an exclusive chance to put it through its paces. In a truly memorable way. To mark the first customer deliveries later this year, we’re inviting three European and UK based Grenadier owners to pick up their new Grenadier. Not from the local agent, but from us, at an undisclosed off-road location. Sound interesting? If selected, you’ll face an epic journey: driving your Grenadier the hard way home. Starting in one of Europe’s wildest and most isolated regions, you’ll face extremely challenging off-road terrain and have the chance to put your new vehicle to the test. A proper handover, for a proper off-roader. On us. Think you can handle taking the hard way home? Apply here before 31st August 2022. Best of luck, The Grenadier Team
  11. I have one like that in my black museum of broken bits that have disrupted holidays; in this case Devon and Cornwall. The dead starter solenoid was France, (included a documented incident on the Channel Tunnel); and more broken lift pumps than you could shake a stick at!
  12. My Brother in Law saw the Grenadier at the Great Yorkshire Show; I saw it last at the Ragley Hall Game Fair. Ineos made a conscious decision to market via agricultural shows and game fairs; Ineos own Belstaff and some other outdoor pursuit companies; shooting is high among Sir Jim Radcliffe's pastimes. An old mate who is involved in fleet purchasing for the utilities said he was being sounded out for potential purchases, but raw cost is a key driver for them at the moment. If the Grenadier can show an advantage in lifetime costs, then the high initial price against a Japanese/Korean/Chinese/Malaysian doublecab will matter much less. Sir Jim is on record saying that the Grenadier will be a "half-price G wagen", so far that is looking close.
  13. I have driven one off-road and been a passenger on the 2B tour. It's like my old (sold) LR110CSW, but bigger, rides at least as well as a P38, has twice the power of my LR, very much quieter, good air con, comfortable seats, controls like an old aeroplane, (big, physical switches - you need to learn their positions as they are not especially ergonomic), relaxing to drive and reassuringly solid. If the hype is to be believed, it should be capable of being maintained in the field by owner/drivers using a readily available electronic manual and parts book, or you can use a local dealer. I've ordered one; I want a long lasting vehicle I can maintain outside of a dealer network that was designed recently and can tow my classic cars on a motorsport trailer. I have not met many people who want one, but those who do, are really keen. Locally, there is one man who uses the same agricultural engineers I do, has ordered the full spec launch edition, Trailmaster; he'll use it for his farm work, keepering and towing a stock trailer. His Grenadier will be about £66k OTR; he looked at the LR products but the availability is low for cheap vehicles and the more expensive ones are really expensive!
  14. 1989 LR110CSW sold, 1991 LR90 2.5D not yet on the road, Ineos Grenadier not expected until November 2022.

  15. Old telephone engineer's trick - it works on all the street cabinets, so it will work under your LR seat box!
  16. I was actually surprised to see anything in LRM, the editor wrote a few months ago that they would stick to LRs, so Gary Pusey must have some leverage.
  17. Article in the October 2002 Land Rover Monthly. Mark Evans is a fan at least!
  18. LR110CSW sold, (most likely), now need LR90 on the road!

  19. LR110CSW for sale, now MOT'ed to 24/08/2023. Ineos Grenadier on reserve, delay on delivery, say November/December 2022, LR90 still in bits!

  20. I was sent an e-mail from Ineos which says that the initial vehicles will be later than expected. I had an October 2022 build date, so I guess it's now November/December for delivery. They included a video from Mark Tennant. https://click.grenadier.ineos.com/?qs=b7ab65b1d24dc3aa892ff0dc0ebe840c97d2079a21fa830b0cf8f5b19b45fb36d579724e3bd170f5b303535654f2f77b187a87f04fe7e4db (The video cannot be embedded). As selling my LR110CSW is proving something of a pain, this may be a blessing in disguise. Still, I now have an MOT to 24/08/2023, so it's not all bad.
  21. I went the The Game Fair at Ragley Hall with my wife this morning on free tickets from Ineos. I showed Maria the Grenadier for the first time and the idea has not been shot down in flames, although the price on a "full fat" one was considered scary. They had a few there, mostly engineering prototypes, (including the 2B one I saw in Sussex), they had all been wrapped to alter colours, so the later pre-production one was green under a blue and red wrap, (for the Tour de France). The pre-prod one was a step change in assembly and perceived finish, I was really taken with it, although I gather it is one of the posher launch editions. The interior trim looked good to me, the arch trims in the luggage area were massively slimmed down and the rear door catches had been greatly tided up. Now waiting for the local dealer to ask me to finalise specification and sign a formal contract to purchase, (when I can no longer get the deposit back).
  22. But most cars don't die at 2 years old and enter the used market, where eventually they'll do 100k miles+ and last to about 13.5 years before being scrapped, (US 12 years and 200k miles). The influx of new-used electric cars will reduce the average energy usage in the pool as a whole, eventually. The new car buyer makes a big contribution to the subsequent owners by absorbing all of the initial depreciation!
  23. A YouTube video from Christian and Vera, LR_Time, where they explain their take on the Grenadier buying conundrum. My favourite bit was Christian say the way to make the Grenadier look cheap was to configure a Defender!
  24. ICE cars are quite straightforward for carbon and energy consumption as we have 100+ years of experience. As a very rough approximation, a third of all the energy for an ICE car is used up to make it and the remaining two-thirds are the running energy consumption and the consequences of scrapping/recycling. Consequently, using old cars for longer makes a big difference to the level of energy used/carbon emitted. We don't have the equivalent for BEVs; the old assumptions for battery life are proving to be too pessimistic and the values for depleted batteries are proving to be higher than expected. Careful thermal management has made a massive difference to battery life, so the early cars with only air cooling are becoming obsolete much faster than ones with liquid cooling and more sophisticated charge management systems. It is likely that most Teslas will be scrapped as parts become unavailable than through the demise of the powertrain or battery array. The big pinch points for early Tesla S cars are the screen, (if it dies, you cannot drive the car) and some memory chips in embedded systems, (as they are not compatible with more modern ones). Tesla's rather twisted relationship with hobbyist/non-franchised repairers does not help. Some bits of the early Tesla Roadsters are crazily expensive, so most have become museum exhibits rather than viable transport.
  25. New Youtube video, Robert Pepper talking to the CEO for Australia, New Zealand and Oceania. Interesting take on the Grenadier with some interesting concepts talked about - Graceful Degradation was a lovely idea, (system faults but still able to move) Quite long at nearly 53 minutes, but I found it interesting.
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