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This is great to hear. Nothing in my account but my delivery is Q4 this year so would make sense for them to prioritize earlier deliveries. I had wondered if Brooklyn would offer these as they must be one of the busiest covering Connecticut, NY state, eastern PA and NJ. Let us know how it goes.
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Just booked mine for Saturday! Weird that they didn't send an email about it.
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When is your expected delivery?
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Nice! Where upstate are you? I ski the cats and daks.
FYI they seem to pushing these out to folks in a organized way. I have my vehicle on the way and I did not get this invite. (Have driven T and S).
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I actually live in Westchester Co. and say "upstate" because I think the debate is funny
. Congrats on the scheduled delivery!who764
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I went up and drove the R1S out of the Brooklyn SC a couple weeks ago. It was great to see it in person and drive it, but the issue is the traffic in the area. You can't really get it on the highway or on a highway that isn't congested. It is understandable since it is Brooklyn, but I really want to feel it at speeds and listen for any of the road noise that has been mentioned. We just resorted to doing launches down relatively empty Brooklyn streets in between stop signs, which was still a blast.
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Funny. I am in LI, born and bread. Worked in Geneseo and undergrad at Binghamton, so I get that GW bridge is not upstate. Sadly when I are up I thought it was the start of upstate . . . .
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What did you make of the ride comfort over broken pavement? That is my main concern from some of the reviews relative to the T.
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It did not stand out to me as particularly uncomfortable. It jostled a little, but we were messing with the ride height a bunch, so we really didn't "dial it in." I have a Lightning which, while better than most full-size trucks, still rides like a truck on broken pavement. So the R1S didn't strike me as uncomfortable, but certainly more "truck-like" than our Highlander Hybrid.
Honestly, we were distracted a bit by the acceleration which I can only describe as "violent" (in the best way possible). The Lightning is quick, especially for such a large vehicle, but it is relatively smooth in that acceleration. The Rivian felt like it wanted to take off of an aircraft carrier. You could almost feel all four wheels barely gripping the road.
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One thing about the ride I did notice was the air compressor noise in the back seat. As I said, we we changed the ride height a couple of times, but that thing was humming for most of the trip. Again, something I would have like to test out on the highway to see if it was as noticeable at speed.
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Just returned from my R1S First Mile Drive in Brooklyn. Getting there - Every time I use Waze I say I will never use it again.... and then I do, mainly for the traffic info. This has to be the last time I use Waze! It routed me in a zig zag across Brooklyn that made no sense at all. I used Apple Maps on the return trip and it was much faster and more direct even though traffic was heavier.
Once I got there it was a great experience. Kevin, my Rivian Specialist for the event, was excellent. He knew the vehicle extremely well and was very friendly and conversational. We came to the realization that his wife was raised in a neghboring community in Pennsylvania and I am a casual aquaintance of his in-laws ... Small World!
I did not count them but there were probably 40-50 R1x in the lot plus EDVs on the side. Most were R1Ts but there were a decent number of R1S being prepared for delivery which was great to see. There was a Canyon Red R1S in the prep lot so I got to see what mine will look like, I'm staying with CR.
We spent about 15 to 20 minutes going over the features of the R1S. SInce I am 6'-3" I wanted to get a good feel for the space in the R1S. I had plenty of room, and the front area seemed almost but not quite as roomy as my Avalanche. Yes, dimensionally it is a few inches tighter but that was no issue for me. I then sat in the 2nd and third rows. With the second row in mid position and the driver's seat in my 6'-3" driving position, I had sufficient leg room to be comfortable for an hour or two in the 2nd row. In the 3rd row, it was a tighter fit, but with the 2nd row in the forward position, my legs just fit when seated in the 3rd row. My opinion is that for an adult under 5'-8" or so, the 3rd row legroom is sufficient for 15-60 minute trips - but your mileage may vary. I'm used to dealing with these issues in smaller cars and on airplanes, so I have grown to be tolerant of limited legroom. The only time I notice any headroom issues was getting in the 3rd row but that is to be expected. Once seated there was plenty of headroom in all rows. The space behind the 3rd row was about the size I expected, but the frunk was larger than I expected. The R1S space was more than acceptable to me since I will be the driver 90% of the time.
This was my second time driving an EV (first was a Tesla S demo a few years ago), but I had no issues immediately adapting to the regen braking. It felt normal to me after a few minutes. I believe that is because I have driven stick shift for years and still do, and it's pretty much like lifting off in 1st or 2nd gear. My Case compact tractor has a hydrostatic transmission and behaves similarly as well.
You have limited ability to jump on the pedal in Brooklyn due to the traffic on the driving loop, but I was able to do a few rolling launches at low speed and a couple starting at 30 mph on the 4 lane part of the test drive. Impressive! I am used to 3.5 second 0 to 60 acceleration from riding my BMW K1200 bike, but considering the mass of the Rivian, this is remarkable!
No suspension clunks or noises that I could hear, and I only heard the compressor kick in when we were sitting still. It was very quiet. Other than a defect, it's hard to understand why the compressor noise reported by others is so variable on different vehicles. I kept it in high/normal suspension the entire time. Ride quality was acceptable to me. I only noticed one front/rear sway event when we were on the highway part of the drive. It seems to me that could be tuned out in software.
I'm sold. Is it perfect - no - but (just like my Avalanche) it's just about a perfect blend of what I'm looking for. Kevin said that he feels the current delivery windows are fairly accurate, so my April - June delivery is hopefully April!
Once I got there it was a great experience. Kevin, my Rivian Specialist for the event, was excellent. He knew the vehicle extremely well and was very friendly and conversational. We came to the realization that his wife was raised in a neghboring community in Pennsylvania and I am a casual aquaintance of his in-laws ... Small World!
I did not count them but there were probably 40-50 R1x in the lot plus EDVs on the side. Most were R1Ts but there were a decent number of R1S being prepared for delivery which was great to see. There was a Canyon Red R1S in the prep lot so I got to see what mine will look like, I'm staying with CR.
We spent about 15 to 20 minutes going over the features of the R1S. SInce I am 6'-3" I wanted to get a good feel for the space in the R1S. I had plenty of room, and the front area seemed almost but not quite as roomy as my Avalanche. Yes, dimensionally it is a few inches tighter but that was no issue for me. I then sat in the 2nd and third rows. With the second row in mid position and the driver's seat in my 6'-3" driving position, I had sufficient leg room to be comfortable for an hour or two in the 2nd row. In the 3rd row, it was a tighter fit, but with the 2nd row in the forward position, my legs just fit when seated in the 3rd row. My opinion is that for an adult under 5'-8" or so, the 3rd row legroom is sufficient for 15-60 minute trips - but your mileage may vary. I'm used to dealing with these issues in smaller cars and on airplanes, so I have grown to be tolerant of limited legroom. The only time I notice any headroom issues was getting in the 3rd row but that is to be expected. Once seated there was plenty of headroom in all rows. The space behind the 3rd row was about the size I expected, but the frunk was larger than I expected. The R1S space was more than acceptable to me since I will be the driver 90% of the time.
This was my second time driving an EV (first was a Tesla S demo a few years ago), but I had no issues immediately adapting to the regen braking. It felt normal to me after a few minutes. I believe that is because I have driven stick shift for years and still do, and it's pretty much like lifting off in 1st or 2nd gear. My Case compact tractor has a hydrostatic transmission and behaves similarly as well.
You have limited ability to jump on the pedal in Brooklyn due to the traffic on the driving loop, but I was able to do a few rolling launches at low speed and a couple starting at 30 mph on the 4 lane part of the test drive. Impressive! I am used to 3.5 second 0 to 60 acceleration from riding my BMW K1200 bike, but considering the mass of the Rivian, this is remarkable!
No suspension clunks or noises that I could hear, and I only heard the compressor kick in when we were sitting still. It was very quiet. Other than a defect, it's hard to understand why the compressor noise reported by others is so variable on different vehicles. I kept it in high/normal suspension the entire time. Ride quality was acceptable to me. I only noticed one front/rear sway event when we were on the highway part of the drive. It seems to me that could be tuned out in software.
I'm sold. Is it perfect - no - but (just like my Avalanche) it's just about a perfect blend of what I'm looking for. Kevin said that he feels the current delivery windows are fairly accurate, so my April - June delivery is hopefully April!
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