A Note from New England: Enjoying the Ride After 1 Year and 14K Miles

[Brookliner]

A little double entendre here for you all today. With nearly 14,000 miles and one solid year of ownership under my belt, I’m loving the drive of my truck and all the changes rapidly happening in the EV world.

I have this dream of my kid getting my truck 10 years from now after I’ve moved on to an R5T with a 300 kWh battery pack that charges inductively in 10 minutes from 1%–99%, while she’s fiddling with an old CCS/NACS adapter and uploading software she wrote with a high-school friend to finally get Tank Turn working.

I’m really enjoying being a relatively early adapter. I’ve gone all over northern New England and Eastern Canada in my yellow truck. It’s all scratched up from my bike and my canoe and the branches I’ve squeezed past and the curb stones I’ve ridden over to get at a wall outlet to eek out a few more miles overnight to get out of the EVSE desert that used to be Maine and New Hampshire.

I’m super excited to see how this all goes. Reminds me of the day I pulled a TRS80 out of a trash heap back before email was common place. I had fun feeling my way through the early Internet with a 9600 baud modem and software that came via US post on a floppy disks. And now I’m doing this.

I’m loving it. It’s been a great ride so far.

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[NY_Rob]

Great photos and fun write up.... love to see people enjoy the journey vs. only the destination.

Still got the Trash 80?

 

[Brookliner]

Still got the Trash 80?

Nah… I got tight on space in my thirties and some things had to give. I gave it away and haven’t a clue where it went.

 

[Harvest]

Thanks for sharing the story with your Rivian. It's really great to hear you are taking your daughter for adventures, that's so important. My daughters are now in the early 30s, so I don't get to adventure with them nearly as often, but have enjoyed a little Rivian time with them. And you are right, we are the early adopters (had mine 9 months now) but hopefully the world of transportation will be mostly electric for the next generation, with much of it sustainably and cleanly powered.

 

[Donald Stanfield]

I assume your daughter is 6 or so with the 10 years remark. My son turns 13 this year so it's much sooner and he won't be getting an 835HP super truck as his first vehicle. Something much slower will be his first set of wheels. Sometimes I can't even believe I'm allowed to drive something like this around.

 

[doit82]

Great camp site. Where is that? A fellow New Englander would like to know.

John

 

[lawmangm]

Solid color choice (and great write up)!

 

[R1Sky Business]

A little double entendre here for you all today. With nearly 14,000 miles and one solid year of ownership under my belt, I’m loving the drive of my truck and all the changes rapidly happening in the EV world.

I have this dream of my kid getting my truck 10 years from now after I’ve moved on to an R5T with a 300 kWh battery pack that charges inductively in 10 minutes from 1%–99%, while she’s fiddling with an old CCS/NACS adapter and uploading software she wrote with a high-school friend to finally get Tank Turn working.

I’m really enjoying being a relatively early adapter. I’ve gone all over northern New England and Eastern Canada in my yellow truck. It’s all scratched up from my bike and my canoe and the branches I’ve squeezed past and the curb stones I’ve ridden over to get at a wall outlet to eek out a few more miles overnight to get out of the EVSE desert that used to be Maine and New Hampshire.

I’m super excited to see how this all goes. Reminds me of the day I pulled a TRS80 out of a trash heap back before email was common place. I had fun feeling my way through the early Internet with a 9600 baud modem and software that came via US post on a floppy disks. And now I’m doing this.

I’m loving it. It’s been a great ride so far.

Lucky kid

 

[Brookliner]

Great camp site. Where is that? A fellow New Englander would like to know.

John

South Arm Campground in Andover, ME. Be forewarned, the electrical is all off a diesel generator. It shuts off at 9pm and isn’t great for charging EVs.

 

[rbr19870445]

Lol Tank Turn. Great concept, easy and likely to be highly abused. I'm sad they got rid of it but it was probably the right thing to do.

 

[swhme]

I’d recognize those cross bars anywhere! Great write up.

 

[kewlasu]

I'll have my 1 year anniversary in 2 days and a little over 14k just going around in circles in Maine ? as my daily driver. Good as new and still shine like Maine cloudy days ?‍

 

[Brookliner]

I’d recognize those cross bars anywhere! Great write up.

Ha! Actually, the crossbars you sold me are in the gear tunnel; you must have x-ray vision. Here they are holding a canoe to the roof.

 

[Brookliner]

Hey all
Don’t forget to check out the New England Rivian Club on RivianForum.com.

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