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I'm REALLY hoping that's the case - but if I really am planning to keep it another 4 years the XCare warranty is probably worth it. The other piece I've read is that they won't cover any repairs that exceed the insurance value of the vehicle. So, in four years let's say I'm at 130K so the...

Didn't seem to affect my quote, but the extended warranty doesn't begin for 30 days after you bought it. I am still under warranty for the battery - just not everything else.

I've never never purchased an extended warranty, but the cost of Rivian maintenance I've seen posted here is scary! Since we're planning on keeping this for another four (or more) years, I should probably just pull the trigger. I looked at the XCare pricing and they make it pretty easy to just...

We're about to cross the "it's covered by warranty" threshold into "sorry buddy, you're SOL" and I'm a little nervous. Not yet nervous enough to buy an extended warranty, but we'll see how that goes in the next month or so. Like many early adopters, we've had our share of issues, including...

Ouch - I don't think anyone can give you anything more specific than "a long time." It's probably the location of the hit (charging port) that will give you the most grief. Deer remain one of my biggest concerns when driving on interstates at 70+ mph. I'm hoping that (someday) LIDAR will be...

An electric fridge/freezer will be one of my first purchases when we get our R2 - like you, we have one in our R1S and it's become just too handy to live without. We've got our R2 test drive on Wednesday and I'm planning to measure the subtrunk then, but will wait until we take delivery to...

Our R1S was our first EV and we did our test drive on the streets of Brooklyn - You'll be fine in the Tysons area. And remember, one-pedal driving doesn't mean there's no brake. You'll be able to put your foot on the brake and stop at any point. If anything, it will stop a lot faster than...

I usually use the Bluetti when camping or tailgating and I always have the Rivian to recharge it so I never bothered to get any solar. I definitely did think about it though in the hour that I was sitting there charging - we had bright sun during the day pretty much every day. Even one 200W...

It's your caveat that has been the issue with every battery system I've seen: As soon as they are plugged in to charge, the others immediately pass the full draw through to the source. You have a 3600W battery and it's really happy powering 2000W of appliances, but as soon as you plug it in it...

Thanks - I wished I could have helped more people. His neighbor drove about 40 miles to buy a generator. It's still a mess with trees pushed alongside the roads. I was afraid that it would be a lot longer for them to get power back because a pole in the back corner of a neighbor's property...

On July 4th, we had a storm with high winds (I heard 123 mph in areas) that either broke or pushed over thousands of trees in the Lancaster PA area - with up to 30,000 homes without power. While we didn't lose power once (all underground power lines and no trees older than 25 years), friends of...

This made me laugh - when I took my twins (girls) for their driving tests I told them only one had to pass and I was out of the Uber business. Thankfully they both passed. I'm sure you've developed your own methodology to solve the "who gets to..." issue, but this is what I did: As soon as...

Just a quick note about some excellent Vion customer service... I had purchased their sunshades for our R1S when they first came out (before they had coverage for the rear window). I reached out to them about it and they promptly responded and made it very easy to get the additional shade for...

For what it's worth (I'm in Lancaster County), I've been very happy with CJ's Tires in Lititz. They have locations in Chester County (Lionville). I have my own pucks and I give them the attached PDF when I take it to them for an inspection or to rotate the tires. Just ask them when you bring...

Nice trip! I've backpacked the West Rim Trail (30 miles - basically following the west rim of the PA Grand Canyon) a number of times and your post reminds me that I need to get back there.

I was afraid of that too...so I checked it: https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/r1s-subtrunk-fridge.57853/post-986903 Basically, I put a data logger next to the fridge in the subtrunk with the cover on and after two hours it was 18 degrees warmer than the interior (auto thermostat set...

I don't remember which OTA it was, but sometime in the fall of '23 we got an update that changed how the accelerator responds at low speeds - giving you finer control when parking.

I always put it in park. I have a friend who's Mercedes automatically put it in park when you opened the door. He took his wife's Subaru out and forgot something so he returned home - hopped out and the car kept rolling! He was lucky he didn't hit anything (like his garage door) before he got...

Why the brake and not simply lift up on the stalk? I don't like flashing brake lights when I'm not actually braking...