Recent content by SANZC02

I would rather have the R2 than the 12.5k profit. My R2 total is 67,450 out the door in SoCal.

In my experience the cold weather penalty traveling is really only around the first hundred miles of the day. I’ve done several long trips in my Tesla and R1S in sub 20 degree weather and after around the first hundred miles of the day the rest of the day was pretty much normal as everything...

2.6 m/kWh at almost 80 mph is not bad, especially not knowing what wind conditions and elevation are. That is 385 watts per mile, I’ve had times in my Model S where around 80 I get 375-380 watts per mile. Consumption really goes up when going past 70.

I use ABRP to create the route, I have it set up for my cars, it doesn’t need live data for how I use it but I can get it from both vehicles on the basic plan. Using ABRP just makes it easy to plan in the living room before I have to leave. I could use the on board navigation but for me easier...

Curious what infrastructure issues you have had recently on road trips. I road trip frequently and I have not had any real issues. My latest road trip,I finished last week had 59 charge sessions, only charger I had to wait 10 minutes for was at a Tesla charger in Westlake Cliff, NJ. 3...

I’ve done several long trips, just got back from a 6900 mile trip last week in my R1S from CA->FL->MA->CA My suggestion is use ABRP (A Better Route Planner) to get your route. When you get to the charging stops it calls out put the address of the next charging stops in the Rivian navigation...

I’ll let you go on thinking the vehicles do not read the signs, clearly you do not think they do. Tesla and Rivian are not the only ones doing this, these days there are lots of models that blend map data and speed limit signs to determine the speed limit. A few others are Mercedes, BMW, Audi...

Good write up, thanks. I think you will adjust to the UI pretty quick. I have an older Tesla and it did not take long to get adjusted to my R1S UI. I think existing R1 owners are going to have a small adjustment as well as the UI on the R2 is a little different than the R1 series. I was...

Maybe they are just starting to matchup the vehicles at the local SCs. I was in Canton MA on 6/15 and they had 4 on the lot not yet assigned. They had 3 unassigned in Costa Mesa on 6/23 when I did a R2 test drive as well. At least I was told they had not been assigned at the time. No...

I don’t get people’s aversion to 1 pedal driving, once people get the hang of proper modulation of the foot instead of on and off it is so much better. Even the ability to modulate speeds on a twisty road is better. Pretty sure anyone with stick shift experience will adjust quickly but anyone...

My G1 R1S is very consistent about changing the speed limit right when I pass a standard white speed limit sign. Not construction or temporary though. It will revert to the map data speed limit down the road a ways without passing any other signs. I’ve had the vehicle for almost 3.5 years...

This might help understand key things currently missing. Pet mode missing as well but not listed in that article.

I asked not currently doing plant tours.

It will be interesting to see if you get a VIN after your test drive. I also had a 6/17 order, did a test drive this past Tuesday and had a VIN less than 24 hours later.

White and 21s ordered spare tire as well.