Anyone end up buying their Grenadier order

[ryanjl]

If I don't feel the love when my Land Cruiser 1958 arrives, a G-Wagon might be my backup. They ride rough, they are surprisingly cramped inside, and they get just about the worst mpg of any vehicle made, but I've always loved them.

 

[powershift]

The 2019+ has IFS. I've been getting about 10-11 mpg in my LR4 if I do the math, 15-17 MPG on the dash. Its way off. The G Class dash probably doesn't lie as much lol.

 

[ryanjl]

Yeah, but the 2019+ are also all well over $100k. In fact, haven't seen a used one drop anywhere near $100k.

 

[scapistron]

I know of a G wagon for sale, only asking $35k.



It has 270k miles.

 

[powershift]

With the older year G's pre 2010 you can toggle any of the 3 lockers in 2H. That is what I'd like but with the LR4 its actually better because the locking action is dynamic and you can be in 2H or 4L. I haven't needed a front locker yet, but I haven't been through winter with it. I'm going to camp in the snow and I cant wait to drive in that environment, especially since it was 116F yesterday.

 

[ryanjl]

Well, it's finally up:

https://carsandbids.com/auctions/36LADbjO/2012-land-rover-lr4-hse?utm_source=transactional&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=button

Auction ends in about 5 hours and it's currently sitting at $5,400. That's low enough that I'm going to make sure I find every last bit of loose change before I pass it on to the buyer.

One strange thing I've noticed is how many people bid, then ask a question. Same people never asked a question before bidding.

Sometimes the question is innocent enough. Other times (like this morning) the question seems like it's trying to drive down the bidding by pointing out a potential problem. Here was this morning's question after the guy bid:

CurryFishBalls159Bidder37m
Is it possible to get a harder acceleration video? The one you have barely hit 3k rpm

Dude wants me to leave work and go do hard pulls at a dragstrip or something. Lol. Not sure what sort of problem a harder acceleration video would show that would not be shown in the videos I already posted.

 

[ktm525]

Maybe you will get a late flurry of bids on this at the end. I would sell my 2010 with similar mileage for about $8000 US. It has many less mods but condition wise almost flawless so perhaps the market is coming back to reality here. Lets hope it heats up.

 

[ryanjl]

I'm sure it will heat up in the last few hours. We'll see where it ends up.

Regardless, it's way above the trade-in offers I've gotten. The Toyota dealer offered $3,800. Carmax was $4,100. Carvana was only $3,500 (which is crazy considering how much they were offering for LR4s just a few years ago).

Thankfully, where I live (Missouri) gives me the sales tax offset even if I sell my vehicle in a private sale, so long as that sale happens within 60 days of me buying a new car.

 

[CRYA]

Congrats on the sale!

 

[ryanjl]

Thanks. Was getting kind of sweaty there towards the end. I humorously thought of putting in a comment that said "If this goes over $8,000, it includes a full tank of gas!"

$12k aint too shabby.