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srkz replied to the thread Rivian consideration for buy-back and order timing?.Plenty of EVs on the road in NY, just 10x fewer than in California lol. San Francisco has like... 8 service centers.
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srkz replied to the thread Rivian consideration for buy-back and order timing?.Well he is in California, the nation's capital for vehicle sales, EV sales, EV service, and EV charging infrastructure. So... yes. A...
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srkz replied to the thread New R2 Purchase w/ 700 Miles Road Trip Thoughts.In my decades of CA driving experience... A CHP or Sherriff who is not currently engaged in a speed trap will not pull you over for...
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srkz replied to the thread Is Rivian's real strength making unreliability tolerable?.Anecdotal but my gen 1 R1T has had basically everything replaced by now except the HV pack - from the glass to the trim to the drive...
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srkz replied to the thread OS2 Arriving on R1 with 2026.31 OTA.Because nobody knows those things lol. All we have is a teaser image. The best possible case is that it will be the same as R2 except...
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srkz replied to the thread R2 overhead window switches: backwards?.This is an interesting thought experiment really. The switch makes perfect sense to me because it functions the same as all other...
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srkz replied to the thread OS2 Arriving on R1 with 2026.31 OTA.I'd love to be excited about this one but it's just a re-skin. The only "quality of life" improvement in OS2 is being able to swipe the...
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srkz replied to the thread Ketchum: Wait for LiDAR? - The Rivian R2 LiDAR story isn’t what you think.I think you're onto the answer without realizing it here. It is comparatively easier to make a very large, resource-heavy but very...
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srkz replied to the thread Point to Point Assisted Driving coming later this year. Widespread rollout in 2027..You assume they're still developing models for the Gen 2 chipset right now. They've been talking about RAP1 publicly for 8+ months now...
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srkz replied to the thread Crossed 2000 miles and nearly 100 hours in the R2... all I can say is I am happy with my purchase.A lot of the people you're seeing trade from R1 to R2 are a mixture of brand enthusiast, people who make money on new vehicles through...
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You are maybe too young to have lived through the grid shut down 20 years ago. Or you don’t live somewhere where the service can be...
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And in general, the dynamic of people commenting that someone else's complaint about a missing feature is trivial or out of touch is...
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srkz reacted to Supratachophobia's post in the thread My son used the R2 emergency door handle release for the first time yesterday. with
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srkz replied to the thread My son used the R2 emergency door handle release for the first time yesterday..I guess we’ll see over the next few years, but I have my doubts. China having banned “power-dependent” door releases from 2027 and being...
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srkz replied to the thread My son used the R2 emergency door handle release for the first time yesterday..Not all makes. European cars are mostly double pull, Honda and Toyota and others are single pull to unlock and unlatch. You’re welcome...
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srkz replied to the thread My son used the R2 emergency door handle release for the first time yesterday..Honestly my parents never used them, I’ve never used them, and I’ve never been in a car where they were being used on purpose. So...
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srkz replied to the thread My son used the R2 emergency door handle release for the first time yesterday..Both of these things are possible and currently implemented in cars you can buy today using mechanical latches and handles. Basically...
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srkz replied to the thread My son used the R2 emergency door handle release for the first time yesterday..I find it hard to believe this is true but I also can’t test it because my R1 has been in the shop for two weeks lol. edit: the owner’s...
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srkz replied to the thread My son used the R2 emergency door handle release for the first time yesterday..I mean I agree that this can’t be intentional behavior because it’s not how doors are supposed to work, but that’s also my point. The...
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srkz replied to the thread My son used the R2 emergency door handle release for the first time yesterday..Well the story is that OP’s son sat in the car too long before getting out and then wasn’t able to get out using the normal eLatch...
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srkz replied to the thread My son used the R2 emergency door handle release for the first time yesterday..Old cars didn’t do this but I haven’t been in any cars since 2020 that don’t override the lock from the inside. If not on the first pull...
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srkz replied to the thread My son used the R2 emergency door handle release for the first time yesterday..So OP has framed this as a good thing, but uh… the car just goes to sleep and effectively locks passengers inside by being unresponsive...
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srkz replied to the thread RivianTrackr: "Stop Buying EVs for the Trip You Take Twice a Year".Counterpoint: why pick “good enough” when “better” exists? If the answer is “because I like the style and vibes better” or “the back...
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srkz replied to the thread Beginning to get frustrated....Consensus seems to be that first gen R1 is a ticking time bomb, and in my personal experience I’ve noticed the more things need service...
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srkz replied to the thread Many people want to know how far the R2 can go. I wanted to know whether it could keep up with my actual life..For what it’s worth despite my negativity I agree that R2 is more than enough and the actual EV ownership experience (with Rivian...
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srkz replied to the thread Many people want to know how far the R2 can go. I wanted to know whether it could keep up with my actual life..For content related specifically to Rivian and how Rivian does things. How the R1 and R2 work, what they do well and what they need to...
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srkz replied to the thread Many people want to know how far the R2 can go. I wanted to know whether it could keep up with my actual life..It is a valid take, but it’s also true of every EV on sale for the last 5+ years, and still only true for people with a house that can...
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srkz replied to the thread Are there software releases for the R1 series coming soon?.They switched from 4-week to 8-week release cycle on R1 in September or October of last year. Next R1 update should be the first half...
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srkz replied to the thread R1 Update. Remember those?.They switched from 4-week to 8-week builds for R1 back in the fall of last year. Expect an R1 update every other month going forward...
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srkz replied to the thread Four years, four R1Ts. An adventure and a bitter-sweet cautionary tale..All of the other brands you listed use blended braking at the pedal, so when you press on the brake pedal it always uses available regen...
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srkz replied to the thread Four years, four R1Ts. An adventure and a bitter-sweet cautionary tale..Regarding the brake anomaly - do you guys happen to live at the top of a hill and regularly descend it in the mornings? Cold weather...
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srkz replied to the thread Stupid previous owner = $$$ L2 installation.In California the copper for a 50’ run to my garage was only about $350 last year, and that at retail Home Depot rates. My main panel...
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srkz replied to the thread Ketchum: Wait for LiDAR? - The Rivian R2 LiDAR story isn’t what you think.Some people really enjoy cooking good food, some people just want to eat it.
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srkz replied to the thread Will Gen3 hardware be included with R2 Launch Edition later?.I think it’s not about what they can or can’t do, and is more about what they determine to be economically advantageous to do. If for...
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srkz replied to the thread R1T 12v Bed Power, Some Wheels Going on Sale Soonish and... R2 Projects!.You have to go into camp mode and select manage energy > stay on. That will keep the 12V active indefinitely. You should also turn off...
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srkz replied to the thread Will Gen3 hardware be included with R2 Launch Edition later?.I never once called you a fool? You called *me* a fool for liking autonomy. And no, I haven’t been fooled twice, that’s the whole point...
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srkz replied to the thread Will Gen3 hardware be included with R2 Launch Edition later?.Pretending not to understand what words mean doesn't change their meaning. ;)
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srkz replied to the thread Will Gen3 hardware be included with R2 Launch Edition later?.fool /foÍžol/ A fool is a person who lacks good judgement or common sense. As a verb, it means to trick or deceive someone.
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srkz replied to the thread Will Gen3 hardware be included with R2 Launch Edition later?.I agree with both of you, but that's exactly what they did when they had a Gen 1 quad-motor R1 "launch edition" in 2022, stopped selling...
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srkz replied to the thread R2 w/ LiDAR, 19-inch wheels spied.Tesla has never had Lidar-equipped models, only a small fleet of mapping vehicles not for sale to customers.
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The R2 is about as much of an off-roader as a Jeep Renegade. It has some ground clearance and can manage some rough forest service roads...
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Other than a bit of extra ground clearance and available knobbier tires, the R2 has nothing that makes it particularly better at...