Recent content by NinjaWrap

Not a current Rivian owner, reserved about 30 minutes into the unveiling. I wonder if the alleged October end date for Launch edition means RAP1+lidar follows right after. I can’t imagine buying one without the new hardware in a month or two gap where you don’t get all the included LE stuff.

I’ve seen it happen with legacy autos so it’s just something to expect. The thing to watch is if it’s happening often or not.

my early 2018 Model 3 caused me about 10 trips to the service center (2.5 hours away) my 2019 Model 3 and wife's 2021 Model Y each had once visit in 4 years each. my Cybertruck has been to service twice in 18 months and currently cannot charge at home due to PCS failure. It happened over a month...

I'll go with 21 and then look at what Martian is making for R2

Most of this is very nitpicky and odd to cancel over. The only one I will address is aftermarket accessories. The reason there aren't many is because R1S/R1T are low volume cars. R2 will have a ton of aftermarket accessories because that's a much larger addressable market for the makers of those...

I was worried about the free color not being a good color to wrap (door jambs being visible with doors open, etc) but I think it's totally fine. Black is better, and I wish that was free, but this will be ok as well.

Vibe coding a small app? Of course that's easy now. Writing software integrated into every function of the vehicle and making sure it's bug free (or as close as possible) without affecting other systems, no, ChatGPT/Claude isn't going to write all that for you - who wants pet mode to put a...

I definitely think so. It would take a LOT for me to consider buying a car from a legacy automaker again. Software is very important to me.

Down for me

Yeah, I think it's just such a rare problem that the majority don't need an EREV. My son is an example of where BEV doesn't make sense. He can't charge where he lives off campus, and on campus only has a couple slow charging options. The Volt has been great for him. He charges when he can, but...

or in two Tesla household, I hit the button on the charge handle to plug in wife's Y and my Cybertruck charge port opens

8 years of only driving EVs in our household and never once have I felt like I needed to keep spare electricity with me and we don't even have superchargers in my county. Even right now with a failed PCS that doesn't allow me to charge at home, it's definitely an inconvenience to go charge the...

Cybertruck is the first Tesla that I think warrants any criticism of reliability. The number of people who have had voluntary buybacks or lemon law buybacks is pretty high and the PCS issue (which I’m experiencing now) seems to be very widespread. I wouldn’t be surprised if every Cybertruck from...

I’ve owned Teslas for 8 years and live 2.5 from the closest three service centers. They are now providing loaners again but for a while they were only giving uber credits and we almost got stuck there with no way home six years ago when we arrived and they told us no loaners available. They...

Mostly agree. As an early FSD beta tester (pre public release) I’ve been letting my cars do as much driving as possible - making turns, stopping at traffic lights and stop signs etc - for 5+ years. I still do have to take over for speed limit issues in my town, but when I travel I literally...