Grenadier Experience and measurements to L663
Rock Crawling
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Originally Posted by 4Corsa
The Grenadier forum is great. It's a smaller community but consists of members from all over the world, it's interesting to hear their take on the vehicle and see (and be jealous of) some of the unique environments they're driving in and through.
Regarding the height of the vehicle I'd say it's similar to the height of the Defender when raised to the higher setting. I optioned the side steps for the same reason as others - wife is on the shorter side and I find I actually use them some to get in so I'm not constantly squishing the seat side bolster. Wasn't too fond of the rear seat folding situation originally but I've found that I have much more storage in the rear compartment in the Grenadier. With my Defender I'd always have 3/4 passenger seat down so I could carry around everything for work. With the Grenadier the volume is much higher (not sure what the actual volume number is) so I can store the equivalent amount of things with the seats still up.
I actually had a harder time selling my Defender HSE than I would have thought. Unfortunately, or rightfully so, we're now back to the normal times of car depreciation. Had I sold my car a year ago I'd have probably gotten close to what I bought it for. This was the tag line of a recent article - The search term "give back car" is exploding on Google Trends, indicating a growing trend of people wanting to eliminate their huge car payments. Auto loan delinquency rates have reached the highest level since 1994, indicating a concerning trend in the market.
Not to say the Grenadier is a perfect car but I'm still enjoying it.
Regarding the height of the vehicle I'd say it's similar to the height of the Defender when raised to the higher setting. I optioned the side steps for the same reason as others - wife is on the shorter side and I find I actually use them some to get in so I'm not constantly squishing the seat side bolster. Wasn't too fond of the rear seat folding situation originally but I've found that I have much more storage in the rear compartment in the Grenadier. With my Defender I'd always have 3/4 passenger seat down so I could carry around everything for work. With the Grenadier the volume is much higher (not sure what the actual volume number is) so I can store the equivalent amount of things with the seats still up.
I actually had a harder time selling my Defender HSE than I would have thought. Unfortunately, or rightfully so, we're now back to the normal times of car depreciation. Had I sold my car a year ago I'd have probably gotten close to what I bought it for. This was the tag line of a recent article - The search term "give back car" is exploding on Google Trends, indicating a growing trend of people wanting to eliminate their huge car payments. Auto loan delinquency rates have reached the highest level since 1994, indicating a concerning trend in the market.
Not to say the Grenadier is a perfect car but I'm still enjoying it.
Mudding
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From: Illinois
Every auto forum is like this
Pro Wrench
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From: Atlanta, GA
Pro Wrench
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From: Atlanta, GA
Mudding
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Interior Cargo Dimension versus Defender(inches)
Height: Defender 35 at the door and 37 from ceiling/Grenadier 39 at the door 42 at ceiling
Width: Narrow portion between wheel wells: Defender 45/ Grenadier 42(they are talking about making it wider)
Upper portion above wheel wells: Defender 52.5/Grenadier58
Rear Seat cushion to Door: Defender 61.5/Grenadier 68
Broadest between windows Grenadier 60/64
Rear Seat to the door Defender 34.5/Grenadier 36
And that’s a nice Jeep! I have many fond memories of tooling around in my two door Jeep when I was younger. There’s just something about driving with the doors off that’s hard to explain to anyone that hasn’t experienced it.
Last edited by 4Corsa; Dec 30, 2023 at 07:55 AM.
Pro Wrench
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And that’s a nice Jeep! I have many fond memories of tooling around in my two door Jeep when I was younger. There’s just something about driving with the doors off that’s hard to explain to anyone that hasn’t experienced it.
Last edited by NoGaBiker; Dec 30, 2023 at 10:15 AM.
Mudding
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Stopped at a dealer here in CT today...Had about 20 of them on the ground. Was really, really impressed with the body weld just above the center of the rear driver-side door...Was not even ground down, just painted over like it was not even there. Ya just can't unsee stuff like that.....