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My point is most ICE vehicles do not slow down as abruptly as EVs when you remove your foot from the pedal. in my full size truck I can coast at 40mph for more than a few seconds but you don’t seem to believe the physics supports that. As @Craigins said, there are other dynamics at play other...

That's the thing.... I totally understand that... you were told a price and they should stick to it. But people are saying now that Rivian shouldn't be held to that standard anymore. That due to "fairness", Rivian should be able to raise their prices to accommodate for higher costs. And I get...

Redundancy can be good... but duplication at higher costs is not. I'd like to see how this plays out too.

Am I the only one who sees the irony in this? When Rivian decided to raise prices for everyone, reservation owners were very vocal, even canceling orders. And that is the same exact premise, they would have to pay more than the current price when they reserved. So why is it fair now? Because...

Sure... that's fair. But let's not kid ourselves. This "Reservation System" is basically floating cash for Rivian. This question might have been been answered already but what if Rivian goes under? Is the $1k still refundable? And let me ask everyone who thinks this is fair... what if Rivian...

Missing my point but I don’t feel like going back to school.

Man... you went all Einstein on me. Test it yourself, get in an ICE car (especially a big one), accelerate to say maybe 40mph... and let go of the pedal... depending on type of road, you may still accelerate, coast at the same speed... or decelerate. I can't be the only one who has...

I get it, this allows Rivian to not take a loss on orders that are years old. But... Rivian is holding $1k of money for thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of people for that same amount of time. And with interest rates rising, I'm not putting $1k into Rivian with zero return... not even...

Sorry but I'm probably the only one who doesn't like this move. It's like how they increased prices without letting reservation holders... or on the fencers know. $1k down and it doesn't lock the current price in? Like another poster said... not very compelling. Oh well.

Can you just go there sit in one and check it out? I don't really need to drive it but want to see how big/small it is.

Sure. But not immediately or as abruptly as when you take you foot off an EV accelerator pedal in OPD mode. I just tested it coming home from lunch and an ICE could actually go faster if you were accelerating at the time you took your food off the pedal due to momentum. But back to the OP's...

Actually, not always true. My other car is a full size ICE truck and when I'm going at speed, taking my foot off doesn't result in instant deceleration, hence the "coasting" reference. Yes, it eventually slows down but at a "natural" pace and will not stop because at idle, there is still power...

I don't think there is a "Low" mode on the Model Y. I meant "Chill" instead of Creep, but that is only for acceleration. Creep is for the stopping mode (vs Hold and Roll). It would be nice to have a Low mode for coasting.

I found OPD difficult when I first got my Y and decided not to even use it, but even Tesla's lowest mode (Creep), regen braking still was apparent (esp to my passengers who would complain of motion sickness). Part of this issue is that Telsas don't have a mode that allows coasting that most...

Yep, that's why I like it... but @Swilly does make a point that having that lower extension open may make it more difficult to access the back. Going to have to make that lower tailgate MultiFlex™ in the next version. :)

Liking the 2-piece tailgate. Most minivans and medium SUVs are just one-piecers.

I think it really depends on your usage. I recently went through this with just an ICE full-size truck vs an ICE large SUV. If not for the supply-chain issues, in retrospect, I would have gone with the SUV because my truck usage cases seem to be less than my SUV/seating/internal storage needs...

I would have preferred a grace period... it would have got me off the fence.

I used to think when the prices first came out, that Rivians were overpriced. But know that I've been shopping full-size trucks and SUVs (all ICE because there is no other big SUV than the X), I've come to realize that the R1S is priced well... even with the hikes. A nicely equipped SUV with...

Limestone looks lighter than the configurator but exactly the color I'm looking for. Thanks!