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Another, very small, advantage to being plugged in is you won't use any precious battery energy to heat the cabin to something tolerable before you depart. This would probably be something like 1 kWh, so it's not a huge deal. But I always figure that pulling energy from the wall is preferable to...

This seems about right--for the vehicle. Repairing the deer, not so much! Glad you were unharmed!

How about a Rivian app for Garmin/Apple/Samsung watches? (But mostly Garmin since, of course, it's all about me!) All I need it to do is lock/unlock the vehicle. (I think this is true for most people: if we're doing something adventurous, like going to a gym, all most of us need is a way to get...

Maybe we need a new thread for the names people give their home chargers! Mine is ""Zapn00dle."

Brilliant! May I suggest that you name your AC charger "Steinmetz"? (If you call it "Westinghouse" you'll just confuse people.)

Nice! Thanks!

In addition to owning Rivian stock, I own some Archer Aviation. I think that's the Rivian of the skies!

Thanks! What yoke and pedals did you go for? I'm looking at the Turtle Beach yoke and Thrustmaster pedals, but I'm not convinced about either. The yoke is way more important to me than the pedals.

I'm glad there's an "off-topic" board on this site as this is _way_ off topic--but I think there are some people on this forum who can provide a very valuable perspective. I'm building a home flight simulator cockpit, powered by an XBox Series X running MS Flight Simulator 2024 (which gets...

That's a very reasonable plan--stay cool while making the decision. You need to make a purchase of this scale rationally. There _are_ cons (in addition to the price). I'm five months into my ownership of an R1T and don't regret the purchase at all, but each of us is different. (Also, I got a...

Sorry I missed this when originally posted--it's probably too late for a response now. But, FWIW, I've had great experiences with Auto Beauty Specialists. They're not in West County, sorry to say. But they are Rivian-certified. Good luck!

A resource that I would love to see is some sort of tutorial on the decision matrix in buying a wheel. Frankly, my sole criterion has always been "is it round?" As long as I get a positive on that one, I'm good! I see that there's an aesthetic component--that's reasonable. But is that all that...

I use an Oukitel WP30 (Android 13). It's very much like my Rivian: giant battery (11000 mAh), IP68/69 ruggedized (I _have_ driven over it with my riding mower), and heavy enough that I think it might be illegal to use it on some bridges! I don't think it supports UWB--no mention of this in any...

Oh, I agree--about 90%. They mostly say "it's an EV" but it's really all that other stuff. Except for one thing that blindsided me in my recent repair: calibration! After everything was done, the shop had to have a dude from Rivian come out and calibrate....ummm, stuff (cameras and such) to the...

That is really useful, thanks!!! I hope I remember to consult this thread before I do the actual trip!

That's nuts! (I _think_ that would be illegal in the U.S., but I'm not sure.) I agree--keep the "character." When I got my little dent, I considered just keeping it: it's a truck, not a sports car. But it's only a couple of months old, so I took the plunge and got the repair. Sooner or later...

I am also with State Farm. When I got a fender-bender, I initially rewched out to a couple of local shops on their internal list. None of them would touch my R1T. Wouldn't even give a quote--they were courteous, but told me flat-out that they don't work on EVs. I informed State Farm of this and...

I just wanted to give credit where due to the St. Louis Service Center (Hazelwood): they got me in in a bit over a week (my local, "regular," mechanic is so busy that two weeks is the minimum I can expect, so a week for an SC appointment is fine). My wife followed in a car as we presumed it...

Yeah, I remember when my flight instructor did basically the same thing in a Cessna 150 at 5,000 feet. Just cut the engine and said (deadpan) "oh, no! Engine failure! What do you do?" Talk about a hard reboot!

Just call her "Siri" and see how passive-aggressive she can be!