Recent content by Doggman

There's this thing called the Internet. Literally nothing but fifty years worth of unsolicited, unhelpful opinions. You should stay away...;)

Presuming that you have a max battery you will add about 10% charge in about an hour and twenty to an hour and thirty minutes if your charging circuit can feed it the full 48 amps, temperature dependent. Adding 60% = between 8 and 10 hours depending upon environmental conditions and the...

130lb Great Pyrenees road tripping in the wayback of an R1S here. Even with a liner there's enough hair that's worked its way around the edges, under the seats, into the front and on the headliner that it looks like 90 year old Austin Powers' chest wig. This sucker leaves the upholstered...

Yeah, "perceived" is probably key. Driven sensibly any of the RIS powertrains with the large or max batteries have enough range to get 95% of people to 95% of the places they want to go 95% of the time. The mental component is going to be very personal - is your impulse to "launch" from every...

The frunk is roomy and there's a good amount of space under the rear deck, even when all the seats are up but rigid items like strollers, chairs, sticks, racquets, clubs, etc., can only be folded/compacted so much. You can add rooftop storage, which will affect range, particularly on road...

There are plenty of reasonable options available on Amazon. Prices vary with features (wifi enabled, app features, etc). I'd agree that Chargepoint is a good option that has been reliable for us for 5 years without any issues. The bigger chunk of the costs is likely how you are going...

Thanks for the data. I think this is great to give new owners some idea of how the function works before they are trying to figure it out on the go with dogs on board. My impression is that this does seem to work more or less as in the R1, at least my R1. We used it extensively during a...

Will chime in with another positive review. I'm not miles and miles from a SC but a good 45 minute drive with traffic. I've had a couple of visits for "adjustments" (alignment, body panel stuff). Both were easily scheduled on the app for within a business week and both times I was offered an...

Yeah, the Colorado EV tax credit gold rush is no more my friend. In 2020, between Fed and State I was able to recoup about 12 grand off a Polestar 2, today you might get $750 on an R2, nada on R1. Maybe if you're a barista trying to trade in your 2014 Wrangler for a used Leaf...

Gen1/Gen2 R1 doesn't have FCTA. Had it on my Landcruiser. Don't have the Landcruiser anymore (not specifically because of FCTA but it was a factor). My opinion - if Rivian had FCTA there'd be multiple 10 page threads bitching and moaning about what a PIA it is. Like a lot of nanny-ware on...

Yeah, you're probably right, most here probably didn't want to read an editorial that faults the sky for being blue and grass for being green. A) there's no such thing as an objective opinion. Presenting one's ideas as such is a bit obnoxious right out of the gate, particular on an enthusiasts...

Yeah, while I can stretch my imagination and semi-understand where the paranoia around the CPC having access to some information the car might be collecting comes from, realistically what can they be harvesting that Android Auto, Car Play, my phone, my Television, not to mention any number of...

Had a launch edition P2 as a daily drive for 4 years, never had a problem with it except it ate tires like Oreos and the range was insufficient when my work situation changed. I found that the build quality was exceptional and on par with ICE vehicles of equivalent and higher price (the wife's...

Not sure what the point is in coming to an enthusiast forum to argue their enthusiasms are misplaced, but whatever, to each their own...

We have an R1S (2026) and an iX (2024), so not an identical comparison, but close. We've had X3s and X5s in the not so distant past, so pretty familiar with BMW SUVs. I put in between 1500 and 2000 miles a month on the R1, now almost 10k, the Bimmer has 35k. I've not driven an R2. Neither...