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Yes, but those serve totally different purposes. PPF actually protects your vehicle from damage and will cost around $5,000 for professional install. Some people can DIY it, but few do. Ceramic coating doesn’t protect your vehicle from anything other than UV. It basically fills in the...

Yep, this is the only inexcusable issue I have with my truck. I bought it as an early adopter and expected issues - I can deal with some annoying stuff for arguably the best family-capable vehicle under like $300k. It’s still the best vehicle on the market for the money. I know Rivian has...

I wish it was something that simple, but nah, nothing obvious. I have my first service set up for Tuesday - I only have 12,000 miles - so I’ll mention it to them. Since I’m not having much vampire drain in the summer, I figure it just is what it is. It’s still much better than driving an ICE...

Only responding because I’m also in Oregon (Portland metro area) - mine is parked outside and I’m getting about that much and maybe a little more. Around 4-7% per day. It’s been like that all 3 winters I’ve had it though, so I don’t think it’s gonna change. Summer has pretty minimal drain per...

Honest question - how can you just get a single part replaced, such as a lightbar? When I had to do what should have been a minor repair, I had to use a Rivian-certified repair facility because Rivian wouldn’t sell parts to another shop or me directly. From what I’ve been told, a...

Also, I’m honored to be mistaken for @COdogman - I didn’t respond with a .gif so that should have been a dead giveaway.

Ugh, yep, I feel like a dummy now that I re-read the specs. I pulled the 2025 docs from Rivian and it’s a little different, but yeah, you choose length or payload. Based on my builds, I’d pick space over the extra payload because I can make a lighter, more efficient build but I can’t add more...

YMMV, but I’d take the extra 30 inches over additional payload, but the price difference isn’t clear. The range is insufficient for anything other than established campgrounds with an RV hookup though. edit: fixed my dumbness (here, at least).

Trump is just burying federal attorneys in lawsuits while also trying to fire said attorneys and the support staff that will assist in defending his policies. It’s comical incompetence. Without attorneys to defend the lawsuits, it’ll be hard for Trump to win. The ones who remain will be too...

Sounds like an unusual situation based on your follow-up. The vinyl vs the dark ash wood is a major difference and, personally, I wouldn’t be okay with the vinyl. The wood really makes the truck’s interior special, especially on the steering wheel. Hope you find one soon.

Perhaps Farley is underestimating the damage his dealer network caused. Sure, people don’t want to buy a $100,000 F-150. Maybe they would have been interested at a $50,000-$70,000 F-150, but his shady dealers wouldn’t dare sell one at MSRP. I suspect it had as much to do with people not being...

Do everything you can to avoid Precision. I’ll spare you the details here, but I had a scratched door and a small dent on the fender that went way over the quote and took almost 50 days to repair after I dropped off the truck…despite me paying the parts deposit up front and not giving them the...

Same, I need someone to explain this to me like it’s 1995. Cool thread though!

Phone as a key has gotten progressively more frustrating and less reliable over the 2 years I’ve had it. I suspect it’s related to Rivian’s efforts to reduce vampire drain, but it’s been worse than ever over the past few updates. I just sit there with Gary doing his gear guard thing for 20+...

It’s a trap!

I know you said you use Apple Music, but do you happen to also use Spotify? If so, any comparison? Gen 1 R1T Meridian here too, and Apple Music’s bass response is SO much better than Spotify’s, but I don’t like the Apple Music platform. I wish we had that sound quality from Spotify.

We definitely don’t have the ability to have energy independence relying on oil - unless you mean at $25 per gallon, which would essentially end the US as we know it. I don’t know what you mean when you say we don’t rely on others - the Middle East and Venezuela (and Russia, depending on the...

First, come on buddy, OP just got their vehicle totaled. A couple hundred bucks worth of accessories are technically part of the vehicle, but why do you need to make a comment like this? And no, they do NOT belong to the insurance company. Totaling the vehicle out means the insurance company...

You want to be convinced with evidence that cannot be provided. You clearly want someone to say that yes, Rivian will survive, or no, Rivian will not survive. No one can answer that question - it’s impossible to know. Many people who have been on the forums for a few years are Rivian...

You want someone to give a definitive yes or a definitive no, which is not possible. No amount of explanation will answer your actual question. Buy the Rivian if you want it. If you want a Tesla, buy that instead.