Welcome to California. There is no way around this for Rivian or any other car. It's based on the cost of the car and you bought an expensive car. It sucks, but we it's a small price to pay to drive PCH and the So Cal canyons with over 300 days of sunshine.
The best thing that can happen to Tesla and the EV industry as a whole is to remove Elon Musk from Tesla. If these stupid and rash decisions lead to that end goal, great.
But I'm not holding my breath. There are few companies with boards made up of this many feckless sycophants.
The Guide system was always a bad idea. They weren't provided access to useful information and they were just a middle layer to the service center. Hopefully they can employee as many of them as possible in the customer service layer, but it was doomed from the start.
If you rely on YouTube videos to steer your financial decisions it's likely most of them will be poorly guided.
But as with many here, I heard all the same stuff when I got my 2014 Model S. People said I was dumb the company would fail etc etc. Rivian is building great products and...
Ha!
My neighbor had one. It was a nightmare to refuel. Only a few stations and the were constantly down. And if you showed up and someone was using it, you had to wait until they were done AND wait for the pump to repressurize for 20 minutes before it would work again.
It's a good idea...
They haven't sent them out yet. They are just getting a tally of how many people are opting in. My R1T Vin is in the 4500s from 2022 so I'm relatively early and I'll post if I get one, but I'm not holding my breath.
There are adapters from Lectron and A2Z if you need one now.
That's good to know. I drove one of my other trucks to work this morning because I didn't want to have to worry about it while I waited for my Rivian follow up call. They eventually called and said they didn't think it would be a problem until my mobile appt next week.
Yeah not too bad considering some of the stories.
I just hate the way they make you panic by saying you will lose range and you have to call the service center immediately. It makes you wonder whether it’s smart to just have it towed or you could drive it for days without issue.
I got hit with the “replace 12v battery” red warning light tonight. First time in 18000 miles and about 18 months of ownership.
the funny thing is is happily pop in to auto zone and replace the 12v batteries if I could like all my ICE cars- but they want me to bring it in tomorrow. And although...
Pretty awful. I would post on Next Door as well. In SoCal, it's surprisingly affective. I would also make a flyer and put it around the parking garage and see if there is a security office that has any cameras etc.
I hate this kind of crime. I'm sorry it happened to you.