Will I be the only Rivian in New England?

[swhme]

Truck is built, and 8-step complete (one day after initial guide call)!

Launch Green / Forest Edge, 20" wheels, reinforced underbody shield and spare tire.

Tentatively planning to fly from Maine to Illinois and pick it up in Normal next week, then drive down to Austin and pick up our stuff down there, then drive ATX > Maine. Nothing like a good 3,000 mile road trip to break in a new truck! Good thing EVs don't have break-in time like ICE...

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[SomervilleR1T]

Truck is built, and 8-step complete (one day after initial guide call)!

Launch Green / Forest Edge, 20" wheels, reinforced underbody shield and spare tire.

Tentatively planning to fly from Maine to Illinois and pick it up in Normal next week, then drive down to Austin and pick up our stuff down there, then drive ATX > Maine. Nothing like a good 3,000 mile road trip to break in a new truck! Good thing EVs don't have break-in time like ICE...

That would be a VERY interesting trip as a “break in” ride

 

[SomervilleR1T]

It's here!!

A very long day of cleaning all the winter off my car inside and out, removing all my mods and junk, and finished prepping it for trade 15 minutes before my delivery time. I got an automated text message about 40 minutes before saying they were on their way. So, I sat on my front step and watched every car passing by until suddenly a Rivian appeared and pulled into my driveway!!

Delivery was super easy. I had him skip the usual walkthrough stuff as I've studied it all for months. Probably spent more time walking him through my tesla.

When I brought up Chelsea, he said they actually got the first R1T there on Thursday, and psst..they will be open on Monday!!

I pretty much had to immediately pack the truck and head up to VT. What an incredible piece of swiss army knife machinery. An insanely fast and chuckable sports car on the highways and twisties, an shakes off the rutty dirt roads like nothing. This is JUST what I need for our new place in VT.

Needless to say it's dirty already!

Gorgeous color! When are you bringing it out around town to concentrate the gawkers?

 

[swhme]

Apparently logistics didn’t get the memo about me coming to Normal to pick up my R1T and put it on a truck to Boston. So, the news of the day is… there’s a truck loaded with R1Ts on its way to the Boston Service Center, scheduled to arrive by the 18th! (I can’t imagine it will actually take 6 days to get there, so I’m guessing that timeline includes the time for them to do inspections when they arrive— my guide says they do two inspections before it’s cleared to be delivered)

Will I have the first Rivian registered in Maine? Anybody know of another?

 

[swhme]

Will I have the first Rivian registered in Maine? Anybody know of another?

Looks like @fromawayfarm beat me to it… maybe I’ll drive up to Whitefield next weekend and we can make it the most Rivians per capita of any city in the country

 

[Jamuso]

Saw a truck load of Rivians heading down 84E in CT this morning, headed towards Chelsea (i'm guessing).

 

[jose]

R1Ts?

 

[Jamuso]

R1Ts?

from what i could see yes...was driving the opposite side of the highway

 

[SomervilleR1T]

R1Ts?

I think an R1S is still a unicorn…

 

[lostpacket]

Just went by the Chelsey service center and there were ~13 R1Ts outside and another ~4 inside.

Mostly launch green. A couple white, one blue, one red, one midnight, 1-2 El cap, a few limestone.

 

[SomervilleR1T]

WOW! I really, really wish they would / could tell us how many preorders there are in MA. You know I’ll be making another trip over tonight or tomorrow morning to look at interiors etc. I’ll try not to drool on any of them.

 

[swhme]

Oh man, oh man…. If anybody goes to drool, and you see a LG/FE with vin ending in 4646, let me know!

 

[jose]

I’m going Monday, I’ll try to take pictures

 

[SomervilleR1T]

Just went by the Chelsey service center and there were ~13 R1Ts outside and another ~4 inside.

Mostly launch green. A couple white, one blue, one red, one midnight, 1-2 El cap, a few limestone.

Oh man, oh man…. If anybody goes to drool, and you see a LG/FE with vin ending in 4646, let me know!

if I see it I’m gonna want to get inside to see FE as I’ve been flip flopping on FE and Black Mountain a number of times now!

 

[swhme]

if I see it I’m gonna want to get inside to see FE as I’ve been flip flopping on FE and Black Mountain a number of times now!

FE 100,000%

Black looks nice, forest edge looks next level

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