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  1. SpaceEVDriver

    Four Electric Pickup Trucks Drove Coast-To-Coast. Here's How They Stack Up

    Agreed. I have no interest in cannonballing a cross-country road trip, so all they did was convince me that the CT isn't even worthy of considering. If they had to do all of this and they still didn't come in many hours ahead, it's worse than I'd imagined. Based on these results, each of the...
  2. SpaceEVDriver

    R1T Rally Mode - Zion - Vegas - 1,605 Mile Trip - 886 kWh - $312

    There's a 62 kW CCS1 charger bank in Kanab. It's not wonderful, and regularly tops out around 35-50 kW, but it's something.
  3. SpaceEVDriver

    Experience shopping for an EV9 vs R1S - Update

    This is one of the strongest reasons we're still hoping Rivian convinces us to stay with them. We traded a Tacoma for a Tundra and regretted it. It was unwieldy and we ended up with a Tacoma again for various reasons, not least of which was size.
  4. SpaceEVDriver

    Traded in my R1T for an F150 Lightning

    It seems it also applies to the vehicles that are in the shop and (presumably) already built.
  5. SpaceEVDriver

    Traded in my R1T for an F150 Lightning

    Not according to Rivian's website. When does my deposit become non-refundable? For customers in the United States, your vehicle deposit will become non-refundable after you confirm your vehicle order. This confirmation is your signal to Rivian to schedule production of your configured Rivian...
  6. SpaceEVDriver

    Experience shopping for an EV9 vs R1S - Update

    I mostly agree. However, I'm in the mindset of going all electric, and there are two options for me to accomplish that: Lightning or R1T. IMO, there aren't any other BEV pickups that are even worth considering. I was hoping the Fisker Atlas would be promising, but I'm spooked away from Fisker...
  7. SpaceEVDriver

    Experience shopping for an EV9 vs R1S - Update

    Wow, 45 days is an eternity! This sounds like an excuse on Rivian's part not to change when they'll make the offer. The Carvana offer on my Tacoma is good for 2 weeks, so I may not get what they offered when (now...if) we finally pick up the R1T, but I know what ballpark it'll be. And it didn't...
  8. SpaceEVDriver

    Experience shopping for an EV9 vs R1S - Update

    I am actively being courted by Ford to buy a Lightning and am in limbo with the Rivian process. I could pick up a Lightning today for $20k less than the R1T (okay, $19k with the non-refundable deposit I already put down on the R1T). Sure, it can be argued that the R1T is a better vehicle, and I...
  9. SpaceEVDriver

    Best Color to Not Show Dirt

    We've owned a lot of vehicles in many different colors, and always have taken them offroad and gotten them dirty. Of the available Rivian colors, my opinion is: Best: Limestone & LA Silver Good: Glacier White Okay: Forest Green Meh: Rivian Blue, Red Canyon Bad: El Cap Granite, Midnight.
  10. SpaceEVDriver

    Need Advice on getting quad vs. dual

    As I understand it, if you care about drive modes and suspension height options, you get more with the quad motor option. But I'm just reading from the (possibly out-of-date?) website rather than speaking from any experience...
  11. SpaceEVDriver

    4500 mile towing journey - Portland to Tucson and back; with side trips.

    Fantastic write-up! Thanks! The South Rim of the Grand Canyon is at about 2440 meters (8,000 ft) elevation, so your truck missed something on the way there.
  12. SpaceEVDriver

    Traded in my R1T for an F150 Lightning

    We just decided yesterday to order the R1T and Ford called us making an offer on a Lightning that's so good the $1,000 non-refundable deposit on the R1T is becoming just background noise in the decision. We think we're sticking with the R1T, but gosh is the price on a Lightning looking good...
  13. SpaceEVDriver

    How much interest in a winch bumper build by SKoverland?

    Agreed, there are solutions, and that's the way we'll be doing it until I have a mount in the front. I just don't want a permanent winch installed at the front. Perhaps I posted to the wrong thread...
  14. SpaceEVDriver

    How much interest in a winch bumper build by SKoverland?

    I have a small-acreage property and family has a larger ranch. I often have use cases where a 2" receiver on the front of the truck makes more sense than using the 2" receiver on the back. Having a 2" receiver on the front would give me more winching flexibility as it would allow me to hook up...
  15. SpaceEVDriver

    How much interest in a winch bumper build by SKoverland?

    I'm not as interested in the winch bumper as I am interested in a 2" hitch mount for the front of the R1T. I suspect I'll have to fabricate it myself, but if there was something available to the tune of <$500, I'd certainly save myself some time and buy that.
  16. SpaceEVDriver

    Experience shopping for an EV9 vs R1S - Update

    As a new Rivian customer (well, returning--had a reservation a couple of years ago, but went with the Mustang Mach-E instead), I have to agree. The purchasing process isn't well-organized and which steps are supposed to happen in which order is not only poorly-communicated, it's poorly...
  17. SpaceEVDriver

    Ford Pulling Maverick and Broco EVs

    I don't think this is good for anyone, including Rivian. A larger market overall is better for the startups than (what appears to some to be) a shrinking market.
  18. SpaceEVDriver

    Just pressed the "Order" button! :O

    Okay! That was quicker than I'd expected. Pick-up will be available as soon as 19 March. So, no shake-down trip to Houston, but that's fine. We have another trip to TX in April and we'll take the truck then.
  19. SpaceEVDriver

    Just pressed the "Order" button! :O

    We would have preferred the Forest Green, but there weren't any in our shop. I might get it wrapped...
  20. SpaceEVDriver

    Just pressed the "Order" button! :O

    The process has gotten off to a teensy-bit of an inauspicious start. It's really minor and just website software and UX rather than anything important. The currently-active steps to complete my order include selecting insurance: either bringing my own or getting a quote from Rivian. To do my...


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