Are You a Pure Rivian Only Household?

[Dark-Fx]

Thank you for reading my mind and saving me some typing!! Look at Tesla, the darling of Wall street investors and progenitor of the modern electric vehicle to which others aspired to measure up to. They were a solid investment (for a vehicle, I'm not discussing the stock) up to just a month ago. Today you're looked at as a social pariah if you own one.


History has recently repeated itself but with Fisker being the brand this time. Lots of bragging going on at the now non-existing Fisker forum with owners proudly proclaiming "all Fisker household here!" spending sometimes up to $140K for two Fiskers only to be completely gutted when Fisker suddenly went belly-up over the course of a couple of months time. No parts, no repairs, no warranty, insurance co's are refusing to insure them.

I didn't have any issues with my Fisker that resulted in it not driving, with the exception of shortly after delivery, where it was fixed within the week. Had it been further into my ownership, it would have been something I could have solved on my own.

The software update that I got in my last week of ownership solved all of my complaints about the drivetrain, and I likely wouldn't have bothered trading in for my R1S-tri motor had it happened earlier. There were still a few other issues with it that weren't much more than an annoyance. Had Chase not offered me significantly more than "market value" for the vehicle, I'd still be driving it. I'd still consider repurchasing one at market value if I were in a situation to need another vehicle now. Had Fisker delivered on day 1 with the software I sold the car with, they'd probably still be around.

I generally think having a Rivian in the same situation would be far worse because of the dependence on the dynamic systems operating properly. The Fisker overall was a pretty well built vehicle, it just suffered from bad software early on, and a few design issues that all "early first model year" vehicles could suffer from.

I'm happy with the R1S, but I will miss the ability to open the vehicle up so much once the weather gets nice here. (RJ, where's my removable roof??)

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[Luvolbikes]

RJ and his company get my highest respect and admiration. Love my R1t but I am not monogamous. Love my Volt and Equinox ev. I believe GM is making an honest effort to lead in the domestic ev market.

 

[RIV206]

Well, tonight we just pulled the trigger on a R1T standard range so in a week or 2 we are officially a Rivian only family. Very curious to see how different this drives than my R1S launch edition.

 

[HBDave]

We have been all electric for 6 years. All Rivian for two... I would say no complaints, but small things here and there. Overall happy with switch from Tesla.

 

[bfilippo]

Well, tonight we just pulled the trigger on a R1T standard range so in a week or 2 we are officially a Rivian only family. Very curious to see how different this drives than my R1S launch edition.

We have that exact setup. I would say the Gen2 R1T drives pretty similar to our R1S LE, but it does feel a bit more planted to the ground, in general. Obviously acceleration isn't quite the same, but the cameras and headlights are a nice improvement.

 

[KW_88_SS]

We typically buy Porche and Ford(Lincoln) products. I didn't love the Lightning's range so, this was the first time we deviated. No Ragerts.

 

[Ralph]

We had both R1T and R1S until December. I traded my T for an Silverado EV RST. We still have the R1S and we have an R2 reservation as well.

We are also considering upgrading wife’s S to a Gen 2

It certainly makes sense that you own multiple manufacturers considering the business you are in.

But it seems like only a few days ago you were "done with Rivian"? Has something changed?

 

[comtns]

RJ and his company get my highest respect and admiration. Love my R1t but I am not monogamous. Love my Volt and Equinox ev. I believe GM is making an honest effort to lead in the domestic ev market.

I liked my Volt too, and GM's EV pickup sounds like it has good range (but maybe some bed shape issues for taking a camper insert). But I was surprised to read of the Bolt's 50kW max charging rate. Sure, there's potentially a market for city only runabouts as second cars, but no wonder the memes about cars taking an hour to DC charge on a road trip, yikes. My base model 3 could take 170kW, and that was the slowest of the Teslas, or of most makes. Some GM EV stuff seems promising, other surprisingly awkward. I hope they can steer more toward the former, and away from the latter.

 

[Electrified Outdoors]

It certainly makes sense that you own multiple manufacturers considering the business you are in.

But it seems like only a few days ago you were "done with Rivian"? Has something changed?

Well, I did just post an update.

 

[Gen(R3)Xer]

I will always have some sort of sports car alongside my daily driver. The wife is really interested in the R3X, but it'll obviously be awhile before that comes out and who knows if something else will strike her fancy before then.

Yeah, the R3X will not come out until 2028 at the earliest. It all depends on the success of the R2 and the rollout of the Georgia plant.

 

[RIV206]

Our standard range R1T joined the fleet today making us a Rivian only household! I know it's been said before but cannot believe how much better the camera quality is on Gen2. Plus love the El Cap color. Don't mind the non wood look on the dash, it kinda looks modern (plus since it's not available anymore it makes it more special I suppose). The horn sounds normal which was a nice surprise to the muffled dying dog sound my R1S makes.

 

[GA_Rivian]

Voted Yes, although technically we also own a Subaru Forester. Have owned our R1T 15 months through two Montana winters, down to -45F or so one winter and -30F or so this past one. I have driven the Subaru once in that time, when my wife and I had to go different places. I think my wife has driven the Subaru a couple more times, but that's it. Truck is housed in an unheated one-sided shed. 2-3 feet of snow on the level for 5 months. It's 65+ miles to town, we go once a week pretty much regardless of weather, once a month or so 100 miles one way to son's house. 4000k round trip to Arkansas, several 1800 to Oregon and back. Tow a horse trailer, small travel trailer, or small boat trailer on occasion.

 

[PaythePiper]

Y and a R1S. Rivian reliability isn’t strong enough to own only Rivians and Tesla doesn’t make a legitimate SUV to own only teslas

 

[SteveInBend]

I voted "No". Our R1T is our only vehicle with 4 wheels. However, bicycles are classified as vehicles in Oregon, so our household is a 7 vehicle household.

1 - electric automobile
2 - ebikes
4 -analog bikes

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