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  1. AbhorViolence

    Got a call out of the Blue that Rivian wants to replace the battery.

    Mine is an R1T but similar build time, early June, purchased in July 2023. I did get a whole bunch of weird battery errors once when my battery dropped below 5% (it seemed to suddenly go from ~5% to 1% then 0% as I made it the last couple miles to the charger - seemed to do this after I...
  2. AbhorViolence

    My R1S delivery adventure. Delivered 1/13/2024

    Congrats. That must feel amazing. I've been working toward similar but unfortunately went too hard into RIVN and got utterly crushed when it crashed. 😭
  3. AbhorViolence

    I Have a Rivian Van (Delivery 500) On Demo

    I low key was hoping they'd reveal exactly that along at the R2 reveal on the 7th. I'm super excited about R3... but still, waiting for this.
  4. AbhorViolence

    Rivian VIN Decoder

    For the reasons I stated. Forged wheels, vs not. Yes you will have worse efficiency in the beginning with the stock tires. But when you change them you can swap to a bunch of 275/60/20 options for much better efficiency (and much lower cost), on par with or better than the 21s. See threads on...
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    Rivian VIN Decoder

    What was your original config? You really want the 20". Better wheels and much better tire options.
  6. AbhorViolence

    Rivian VIN Decoder

    Mine is 25k and it's from the shop, stamped June of last year, picked up July. Yours is probably around an April/May 2023 build. It's up to you, and there's probably nothing really wrong with that one, but being that it's nearly a year "old", I personally would probably try to get a 2024 at...
  7. AbhorViolence

    No Cybertruck for me :(

    Good. $1000 is a reasonable penalty to teach you not to make such a bad decision as nearly buying that awful thing. Much better to pay it than actually go through with the purchase. Too bad the $1000 is going to Tesla.
  8. AbhorViolence

    First big issue after 15k mi - can't change ride height

    Just recently crossed 15k miles and have been overall incredibly happy with my truck. Bunch of small issues like squeaks, only kind of big issue was the AC not working in the heat last summer. Fixed. Yesterday morning I went to drive as usual and when I got on the highway and tried to switch to...
  9. AbhorViolence

    Switched from Launch Edition Quad to Dual Motor Max Pack Performance -- my impressions / review

    Did you get it recalibrated for the different tire size? If not then you need to subtract -3.2% from your (still excellent) numbers. That would put you at 2.83 mi/kWh which is still phenomenal. I'm hoping for 2.5 when I get new tires (planning on going to 275/60/20 or may even try 55, from...
  10. AbhorViolence

    20-inch Atomic Wheels [AW10] range test on AT and Road tires

    So actual efficiency for test #3 after adjusting for size difference is 1.94. About +13% improvement over the comparable (same wheel) test #2. If I get similar improvement from my stock 20s I'll get as much as 354mi (in conserve).
  11. AbhorViolence

    20-inch Atomic Wheels [AW10] range test on AT and Road tires

    This is the way. The stock 20s are much better (forged) wheels than the 21s, and crucially you have a lot more tire options, like these excellent new Michelins. I specifically got my truck with 20s for this reason with the intent of swapping them to road tires for better efficiency.
  12. AbhorViolence

    Switched from 22" Darks to 20" EV1 R800 Wheels (bronze) + KO2 275/60 Tires

    Looks very nice. I personally wouldn't want to do this due to reduced efficiency from the wheels offset (drag) and the more aggressive tires, as well as increased noise. Those are great tires though, had a set on my old Tacoma before. But with all the miles I'm driving lately I'm looking to go...
  13. AbhorViolence

    My R1S delivery adventure. Delivered 1/13/2024

    Yeah you also need to factor in less overall maintenance (oil changes etc), but that's offset by higher tire expense... And the list goes on. But overall if you're only paying around $0.10/kWh you're going to be ahead, how much depends on how much you drive. And yeah I don't know how cold it...
  14. AbhorViolence

    R1 refresh update coming in 2024 with upgraded “Ascent” trim / model

    Agree even 200hp on a single wheel is nice, but considering it's a 7000+ lb vehicle I can see cases (off road) where more could be useful or even necessary. Would you agree?
  15. AbhorViolence

    My Prospeed roof rack setup on R1T

    Very nice. Any before/after efficiency numbers? I imagine it's a fairly small hit but I'm curious exactly how much.
  16. AbhorViolence

    My R1S delivery adventure. Delivered 1/13/2024

    I came from a 25 year old Tacoma, so I hear you on how much of a change it is! Quite a lot of new things to learn. I've been enjoying reading your updates. I'm already over 14,000 miles in 6 months, having never driven anywhere near this many miles before in such a short time (typically avg...
  17. AbhorViolence

    Why the efficiency graph is way off vs real efficiency.

    The right most point (green area in your pic) of the graph is the current efficiency. That seems to be pretty accurate in my experience. Then there's the average of the last 15 mins of this (the entire current graph) calculated with the number at the bottom. This also seems to be pretty accurate...
  18. AbhorViolence

    20" Michelin Defender LTX Platinum Tires review -- For all of you thinking about a 20" tire! Your wait is over!

    Can anyone confirm that if I order tires from Costco (need to order them to the store for install), of a different size than stock, that they will indeed install them? I still thankfully have quite a bit of tread on my stock ATs (13k miles in 6 months) but I'm looking at the new Michelin...
  19. AbhorViolence

    My R1S delivery adventure. Delivered 1/13/2024

    Congrats! I also used USSFCU, similar rate, happy with that and was able to get through all the paperwork without too much trouble (thought it did require several phone calls). But now my issue is they have been totally unresponsive when I've tried to contact them re getting the title released...


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