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Thanks for posting. My wife and I rode the White Rim on mountain bikes about three years ago, on a supported tour, but I wouldn’t mind going back on four wheels. Question: do you think it would have been harder or easier going the other direction? Our tour company’s diesel Ford SuperDuty support...

Definitely yes. Pretty much every Bay Area county except SF has a lot of remote rural land with steep unpaved roads. Some private, some public land. And huge fire risk in summer through late fall. I think the R1T is very appropriate for this application … more so than the typical domestic ICE...

I forgot to check when I got my drive a few days ago, but is there no 12V outlet in the bed? That seems like a huge no-no for an “adventure truck”. I don’t want to be forced to put my 12V battery and fridge in the cab, nor do I want to connect them to 110VAC though perhaps that’s not a big deal...

My Tacoma gets that dusty after just a short time on a high speed dirt road. Aftermarket tailgate gaskets, plus sealing other gaps helps. I don’t have one, but BedRug carpet kits also purportedly help seal the gaps well. I’m hoping that as the Rivian installed base grows, the pickup aftermarket...

I’m inclined to not order any tonneau and count on the aftermarket. I have a cheap ($200) soft rollup tonneau on my current truck and its versatility and effectiveness are great. I wish Rivian would allow access to the volume reserved for the retracted tonneau, so it could be used for storage...

Thanks for the comments. Just to be clear, I’m not “curious about a tonneau”. I have a soft tonneau on my current truck and find it exceptionally useful and functional; best $200 accessory I’ve ever bought. @Yellow Buddy your experience sounds good. Dirt, gravel, goat feed, straw etc are the...

I’m not sure I understand the term “bed bounce”, as in my experience owning several pickups over the years I’ve never felt the bed itself bounce on its mounts. But if this refers to the entire rear end bouncing around on stiff suspension, especially with an unladen truck, I just took a test...

I’ve read a lot about the tonneaus, took a test drive yesterday and played with the power cover, which worked fine on the test unit. I’d like some more general feedback on tonneau experience before I lock down my configuration, and my question is for actual owners who get their trucks dirty...

We have a few in our town of 50k and any drive up into the SF Bay Area 30 miles away nets one or two sightings. Given that the Tesla Model Y and Model 3 are #1 and #2 motor vehicles in sales in California this year, and the domestic full-size trucks and Tacoma are all top sellers here, I’m not...

Are Rivians available in Canada? I just got back from 3 weeks on the road in the BC/Alberta Rockies, plus driving from and back to California. Saw Rivians almost every day in the States, nothing north of the border. Teslas everywhere especially in the Okanagan area, but also the Kootenays. A few...

I’m not in LA but in the area between Oakland/San Jose/Santa Cruz/Monterey I’ve been seeing a couple of R1T’s a week.

I’m glad you wrote “may not have spent much time offroad“, and werent sure that I haven’t. I live in California and have driven thousands of miles on desert washboard and unpaved roads all over the West for the past 40+ years. I’ve had screws and bolts loosen and welds break too. But I’m not...

Nice work! To be blunt, I’m surprised at some of the negative comments. Without knowing the actual materials used, and the OP’s desired load rating, you can’t say it’s “too weak” or “unsafe”. As for screws vs welds, well, your wheels are screwed on, not welded on to the hubs. The reality is...

I had to do a 150 mile round trip freeway drive through the Bay Area and saw three R1T’s. One was going the other way but two stayed close enough going my direction that I could check them out and compare them visually against other vehicles on I-880. Looked really nice to me. Near the end of my...

I just spent several days in that area in my ICE truck. Gassed up in Christmas Valley and Denio and was getting >300 mile range with hundreds of miles off pavement and in 4x4, mostly 4 high. But … gas was over $7 in Denio and over $8 in Fields Station (didn’t get fuel there, just a milkshake). A...

I may have the terminology wrong for the specific technology. Regardless, according to rivian.com, the Adventure Network is: "Open to Rivian owners, these locations will allow you to travel along popular routes and out into the wilderness" While Inyokern and Bishop are certainly on popular...

I hate to sound cranky, but what do these locations have to do with "adventure"? I thought that was for trailheads or places off the beaten path that might otherwise be tough for an EV to find charging. Inyokern and Bishop are both real towns on a major US highway. And both have Superchargers...

Starting with your last comment, I too haven’t heard anything bad from Munro about materials or assembly either, so that does beg the question what they meant about “build quality”. To your other comments, here are my opinions based on 35 years working for companies that designed, built, sold...

Interesting, but from what I’ve seen, Sandy loves the fit and finish, material perceived quality, panel gap management etc - but that doesn’t necessarily mean that overall “build quality” is very good. Our VW for example, despite being a bottom of the line model, has superb fit and finish inside...

I think this is the best Rivian video I’ve seen. I have a pickup which I use like Jerry (except no towing). And I have a sub-$200 rollup vinyl tonneau cover on it. It still works just as well as new after 3 years of being stretched over awkward loads, forced over my tailgate bike pad, and...