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Appreciate the not-at-all dramatic response. I expect you and I will agree to disagree, but the powered tonneau is not a core vehicle system and it's not integral to Rivian's long term success. It's a nice to have, creature comfort that is made less important by the locking storage in the frunk...

I personally find these kinds of posts to be pretty surprising from early adopters. You've invested all this money in a product that more or less requires Rivian to stay in business in order for it to continue working properly, but are shocked and unsatisfied when they are forced to make...

- General experience trying to sleep in the back, regarding room and HVAC comfort / noise. - Ease of getting in to the second row versus the truck - Comparison of any noticeable build changes between your earlier VIN truck and newer VIN SUV - Any updated commentary on suspension clunk / thunk /...

"Limited production in 2023" means meaningful deliveries around mid 2024. The truck is still a longways off, though I have an early preorder and am looking forward to seeing the final design. As of now, there are some interesting contrasts to the R1 series. The 6.5 foot bed with sloped tonneau...

Called it!

As much fun as it is listening to people engage in endless financial dick measuring, I personally think the classic advice about avoiding vehicle debt at all costs has some weaknesses in the modern market: - Vehicles will never be investments but EVs that get meaningful OTA updates depreciate...

I had planned to finance around 50K @ 2.5%. The rate hikes, increasing cost of electricity, and current poor Rivian quality control / service experience at the moment have ensured I will be delaying my order as long as I can while maintaining pre-March pricing.

The biggest thing is getting 10 mil PPF on the front painted panels, which sems like it would be pretty easy to DIY given how flat the R1s front end is. The hood on such a high vehicle is not going to see much abuse, and I would think the front fenders are similar.

I highly doubt Rivian is doing anything new and interesting with their glass spec. I would think it's something to do with their installation process resulting in an uneven load distribution over the panel's edges.

Rivian is a brand new manufacturer scaling 3 different vehicle lines in parallel, losing money on every unit sold all during a severe component shortage and looming recession. There will continue to be changes. Perhaps you didn't do your homework.

IMO, no one should be towed anywhere on the company's dime unless the vehicle is undrivable. Towing vehicles to and from customers for alignment, cosmetic issues, or secondary functions was a nice idea, but not exactly scalable at the current rate of defects. Nor is it particularly good business...

Vanilla radar-based ACC with vision-based lane keeping is well-worn tech that should not be diving for the guard rails in 2022. Comma AI created a dead-reliable system just using an Android phone stuck to the windshield for god's sake. Repeated posts about Rivians suddenly darting across the...

I genuinely don't understand people making light of such a ridiculously dangerous failure mode, which could easily send you careening across lanes into an oncoming semi. One of these incidents is a fluke. Multiple low mileage incidents inside of 10K units is an abject failure of their quality...

Looks better than it has any right to and makes me wonder if real PPF can be applied to the OEM black 20s to enhance their durability without ruining the look. I agree the cost of them is a bit obscene but they are gorgeous.

Not a popular sentiment I'm sure, but seeing Kyle's latest video on drivetrain backlash really has me losing the faith. My view of being an early adopter means getting a price break to deal with manufacturing and software bugs like panel gaps, paint quality, bad sensors, squeaks and rattles...

IMO, there is no apt historical precedent for a software-defined vehicle manufacturer going out of business. You'd have all the part sourcing struggles of Holden/Fisker/Delorean combined with all of the anti-repair encryption hurdles of Apple and John Deere.

What's clear to me from this thread is that Rivian is very much using Tesla's playbook, with the sales advisors knowing pretty much nothing and feeling free to make up whatever they want. "Congrats, you have the NEW AND IMPROVED tonneau! Oh, wait, it's broken?"

As someone who is smack in the middle of very messy car accident litigation, the reason the big shops won't mount the tires is because they could potentially be liable for substantial damages on account of negligence if you blow a tire and get hurt or hurt someone else. Maybe the small mom and...

I find it to be a joke that the writer just happily accepted 30+ miles of energy loss a day as quirk of all EVs in the cold and that no real criticism was levied against Rivian. Their whole shtick is that people should go exploring with these and such extensive phantom drain could easily end up...

My current spec. Looks wicked! Enjoy.