Borealis a Consideration?

[UnsungZero_OldTimeAdMan]

How do you feel about selecting Borealis...

Bold?
Attention Grabber?
Beautiful?
Fot the Ladies?
Very unique and distinctive?
Can/Can't Live with out over time?
Must Have while available?
Let me tell you why I love or Hate..

I can't sort it out either...

If you like it... If you don't like it... Honestly, who cares? If it's not for you, it's not for you. Nothing to sort out. If someone else get one, it's their prerogative and they are not spending your money.

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[Great Gatsby]

We're getting it to replace my wife's ICE SUV. She really wants a purple car. We saw the swatch at the demo drive and put it in the sun and I think it'll be a well balanced color and not too grimace-y. At any rate, I'm just excited that she's excited and was open to getting a Rivian and going EV after I raved about my R1T after switching from a Model Y, so who am I to question the color? We're also getting the 20's and I love the look with Borealis.

Only thing we debated was coastal cloud vs black crater and she ultimately decided she prefers the dark interior. I was hoping we could have a his and hers setup where I have the dark interior and she has the light, but having thought harder about it, I think I agree the dark looks better. I had the white interior on my Model Y and, while coastal cloud is much nicer and toned down, I can't argue that the black interior is less distracting and the lack of two tone colors is more appealing. Yes, I'm coping a little bit!

I’ll rub salt on the wound. Coastal cloud is better, just looks more open and nicer. It also looks really good and contrast well with Borealis. You still have time to convince your wife to make the right move!

 

[Jeremy3292]

I’ll rub salt on the wound. Coastal cloud is better, just looks more open and nicer. It also looks really good and contrast well with Borealis. You still have time to convince your wife to make the right move!

I was going to try and say the same thing, until he said at the end he’s already coping

 

[Redmond Chad]

Very much of the mindset that if the color of a vehicle makes you question your masculinity, then the color may not be the problem.

Continuing in the vein of Great Gatsby: Video HERE

If you like it... If you don't like it... Honestly, who cares?

Continuing in the vein of UnsungZero:

In 2009 I bought a Tesla Roadster. It was available in yellow:

• I loved the yellow (kind of an orangey-schoolbus yellow, similar to my R2's brake covers)
• I figured yellow was the safest for a small car as it's the easiest to see in daylight. (I thought the gray was beautiful, but I didn't want to blend into wet PNW pavement in a car that was only 44" tall)
• I figured yellow would make it a better conversation starter - most people didn't know EVs even existed back then, and I wanted to help change that.

Despite good reasons to go yellow, I hesitated briefly. Such an expensive car was already an enormous departure for me. Would choosing yellow make me look like a jerk seeking attention?

Maybe it would for some people. But so what? People that matter to me won't judge me on such superfluous criteria. Those that would judge don't matter.

I got the yellow, and I'm really glad I did! Too bad it's not available for the R2...

Get what you like.

 

[rvnxyz001]

Fot the Ladies?

What colors are for men?

About Borealis, I think it is amazing. The majority of cars on the road are pretty boring, like white, black, and gray, which look super sad. More colors - better.

 

[Blue in NC]

I have been going back and forth on Borealis. Initially, it was the color that caught my eye. But then I worried I might grow tired of it after a year or two (so then I was going for CC). Now I am back looking seriously at it again because it's so unique. Just need to decide if I can live with it for many years (but if not, I could always wrap it later).

 

[Friscorays]

Do we need an R2? Not really.
Do we need a borealis R2? Most definitely.
The second we saw borealis on an R1, we were in love and praying it would be available on the R2 as we already have a first generation R1S. If borealis was not offered on the R2, we would most likely not be proceeding with our order anytime soon. As is, we plan on placing our order on day one of paint becoming available now that the coastal cloud hurdle has been cleared.

 

[ZheWiz]

We are also (im)patiently waiting for Borealis. My wife is replacing her Jeep, she picked the exterior color - Borealis and left the interior color up to me. Coastal Cloud it is! I think that combo is amazing.

 

[WreckItRivian]

We are also (im)patiently waiting for Borealis. My wife is replacing her Jeep, she picked the exterior color - Borealis and left the interior color up to me. Coastal Cloud it is! I think that combo is amazing.

I am likewise impatiently waiting for borealis, I already have my order invite and September cannot come soon enough. Now the real question becomes, when in September? and are we going to get a priority invite like the CC and FG folks? Guess I will just have to wait and see!

 

[ZheWiz]

I am likewise impatiently waiting for borealis, I already have my order invite and September cannot come soon enough. Now the real question becomes, when in September? and are we going to get a priority invite like the CC and FG folks? Guess I will just have to wait and see!

Yep, we're in the same boat...holding the invite until Borealis is available. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it won't be early September. Nothing seems to get released "early" with Rivian...always the last minute. LOL. Last week of September is MUCH more likely, but fingers crossed!

 

[Jeremy3292]

I waited from 6/11 order invite to 8/18 to order forest green, so don't compromise on what you want. You'll regret it later.

 

[rvnxyz001]

It doesn't really look like "Borealis" in real life, but it would be interesting to see if the color changes depending on the lighting. Otherwise, a more honest name for this color would be "Eggplant" or "Ube" (purple sweet potato) , still amazing color

 

[WreckItRivian]

Yep, we're in the same boat...holding the invite until Borealis is available. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it won't be early September. Nothing seems to get released "early" with Rivian...always the last minute. LOL. Last week of September is MUCH more likely, but fingers crossed!

That was my initial thought as well, the FG and CC didn't become available until the last week of August, but was offered limited a week before. I'm crossing my fingers for a mid September email invite!

 

[WreckItRivian]

It doesn't really look like "Borealis" in real life, but it would be interesting to see if the color changes depending on the lighting. Otherwise, a more honest name for this color would be "Eggplant" or "Ube" (purple sweet potato) , still amazing color

I've watched this video on repeat so many times and every time fall more in love with the color. I am lucky that there is a borealis R1T in my hometown, so I have been able to see it in the shade, cloud cover, bright sun, etc. as well.

 

[iamnid]

There's a Borealis R1S in my neighborhood that I see a few times a week. Based on that, here are my thoughts:

Bold? Maybe in the right light. 90% of the time it looks almost black.
Attention Grabber? Again, only in bright light; otherwise, no.
Beautiful? Sure, if you're into that.
Fot the Ladies? I don't think so.
Very unique and distinctive? In bright light, yes. In shade - boring.
Can/Can't Live with out over time? No idea.
Must Have while available? Not for me (I have Rivian Blue and am disappointed in R2 colors)
Let me tell you why I love or Hate.

If you like purple, I think it's a no brainer. That said, most of the photos you'll see of it are making it appear much more vibrant than it really is. It really does look close to black most of the time, and I'm seeing it regularly in southern California where it's sunny most of the time I'm seeing it. It's similar to Catalina Cove where it's much darker in person than it appears in photos.

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