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  1. Rivian Insurance: An unexpectedly good experience

    We switched all of our insurance to Nationwide ("Rivian insurance"). Including home & my wife's car. The bundled deal beat everything our previous companies (including USAA & Erie) could do. Zero complaints, zero issues. Obviously Ymmv. 😉 Editing to add: Not sure if they still do it, but...

  2. Why is Rivian R2 config site down

    Huh. Maybe Tesla fanbois hacked it? 🤣 (don't @ me, that was just a joke!)

  3. Credit card for part of purchase?

    No idea, but if they don't maybe you could use one of those "balance transfer checks" (check that draws directly on your CC account)? 🤷 Just an idea. Good luck!

  4. Rivian trims workforce by about 2% amid profitability push

    I haven't seen this posted here yet. Popping up on various news feeds earlier today: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/rivian-lays-off-hundreds-workers-wsj-reports-2026-06-16/...

  5. No real AM or FM radio in the R2

    Oh yeahhh!

  6. No real AM or FM radio in the R2

    If Rivian won't give us FM radio, I'm going to pop on over to my local Radio Shack and pick up one of these bad boys. 😄

  7. No real AM or FM radio in the R2

    Anecdotally, the wife & I took our dog to the new Moo Thru ice cream joint in Burke, VA last night. No cell signal while we were there. Neither of our phones (Verizon) had bars. Rivian (AT&T) said "Rivian assistant offline" when I tried talking to it. FM radio worked fine. I realize this is...

  8. No real AM or FM radio in the R2

    I don’t like this. I get saving money, but the local news/weather/traffic station is on my FM radio every time as soon as I sit in *any* car. Don’t need another streaming service playing ads over-top of when I want to hear the traffic report or glitching the stream because the data signal is...

  9. RJ on high $ collision repairs: "should never happen"

    Was just reading that earlier. Transcript at this link: https://www.thedrive.com/news/r2-profits-r4-is-very-cool-rad-variants-rivians-ceo-just-gave-us-the-roadmap Some of the comments stand out to me, like: "There’s two sort of two elements for repairability. One is something breaking...

  10. R2 Owner's Manual Guide posted!

    I mean, I am one of those people who doesn't like the hidden pull-handle cord thingamajigs to open the doors from inside. 🤷 Then I guess I will just die, LOL. You can come take care of all my cats. 😹😹

  11. R2 Owner's Manual Guide posted!

    Probably in the <1% on this, but I do carry one of those "all-in-one" AM/FM/Shortwave/Weather radios", that can be charged normally or operated via hand-crank or solar panel to charge, and can also charge other devices (e.g., phones) from its built-in battery. Keep it under the back seat next...

  12. Front Sensors Off with 2026.15.01 update

    I asked the same thing yesterday. It makes sense that version numbers will have to diverge at some point. Just didn't realize that point was now. 😆

  13. R2 Owner's Manual Guide posted!

    Wait, what? I didn't even think to ask about that. Never even crossed my mind, just assumed it would have it. I assume not everyone has a local news/weather/traffic station in their area. But where I am, it's the first thing I turn on every time I sit in any vehicle. I don't care that I could...

  14. What’s Coming in Rivian’s 2026.15.30 Hotfix

    Currently on 2026.15.0. Just got offered 2026.15.01. Release notes seem the same (all RA stuff). Did I miss where they re-released 2026.15.30 as 2026.15.01?

  15. Accidentally canceled reservation instead of demo drive!!

    This is probably a "no", but what about someone transferring their reservation to you? Or work with someone who won't be able to take the vehicle (for whatever reason) to use their reservation slot? Good luck, I hope you get it resolved in some manner. 🙏
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