Frankie
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I've been reading the forum for months but just decided today to join and contribute as today I drove the R1T!
Received an email Tuesday am and I scheduled for today in NY Metro area. Wonderful Rivian employee Pete was my Rivian Demo Driver and showed up at my home (Rivian gives you an option on where you'd like to meet). The R1T was LA Silver pre=production vehicle with Forest Edge interior and was beautiful (I have a pre-order for El Cap Granite, Max Pack with 20" AT Wheels). (You are required to wear a mask and keep windows down for Covid precautions.)
A few impressions as I think about them...in no priority order:
1. The 20" AT tires seem much bigger than I expected, look a bit massive actually, and look awesome.
2. The standard rims for the 20" are more attractive than I thought....the inner section is darker than expected and, well, they just look excellent.
3. Vehicle size is perfect (for me, at least). The design makes the truck look sporty/ a bit edgy. REALLY liked it.
4. Ride quality is quite impressive. Smooth, you don't feel like you're in a heavy truck at all. Handling is superb. Feels like a sports car.
5. Took it to an amusement park's empty parking lot for some testing and a policeman came barreling over and stopped us.....only because he knew about and was interested in Rivian and wanted to discuss. I told him I was doing the First Mile Drive and he just said: "HAVE FUN". Did some tight S turns. With the windows down you could hear the AT tires a bit during the tight, hard turns....no surprise there. I never felt even close to losing traction/control.
6. Interior quality is really nice. My wife was in backseat entire time and said it was very comfortable.
7. The sunroof is gorgeous.
8. There is a small, for lack of a better word, spoiler, over the back window which looks sporty/racy. It's a small detail but was a surprise to me and I loved it.
9. Acceleration is what everyone expects.....I couldn't punch it completely (Friday afternoon traffic in NY metro area isn't very forgiving) but its plenty powerful.
10. Audio quality was great ( I'm into audio quality, high end equipment, etc. and I was impressed).
11. The tonneau cover looks great but on this vehicle (possibly onthe pre-production vehicles acc. to Pete?)t wasn't working so I couldn't see it roll up. It was covering the bed the whole time so I couldn't get in there and get a real feel for truck bed size.
12. However, the truck bed...with the door open, will probably be sufficient for most of the stuff we all want to do.
13. The truck is very quiet.
14. The Touch Screens seem good....I probably should have spent more time assessing but time allotment was short.
15. I did notice, I think, a slight difference in width of seams between the sides of the truck bed door....again, pre production vehicle, so likely to be fixed.
16. Initially, months ago, the lights struck me as a bit odd. Before today I had decided they were cool....after today I think they're fantastic....they look high end and have some little details (like Rivian branding) that make them look top quality. Both front and rear lighting was great.
17. Gear tunnel is as expected.....a bonus.
18. The sound you hear when signaling to go left or right....is that of a heartbeat (interesting touch).
19. Initial impression of getting into the truck is that it was a little higher step up than I expected.
20. The visibility as you're driving, due to the design of the truck, the slopes/angles, etc....is Fantastic.
I probably left out some stuff and will contribute later if it comes to mind. I'll leave with what's running through my mind right now:
Updated with some photos:
Received an email Tuesday am and I scheduled for today in NY Metro area. Wonderful Rivian employee Pete was my Rivian Demo Driver and showed up at my home (Rivian gives you an option on where you'd like to meet). The R1T was LA Silver pre=production vehicle with Forest Edge interior and was beautiful (I have a pre-order for El Cap Granite, Max Pack with 20" AT Wheels). (You are required to wear a mask and keep windows down for Covid precautions.)
A few impressions as I think about them...in no priority order:
1. The 20" AT tires seem much bigger than I expected, look a bit massive actually, and look awesome.
2. The standard rims for the 20" are more attractive than I thought....the inner section is darker than expected and, well, they just look excellent.
3. Vehicle size is perfect (for me, at least). The design makes the truck look sporty/ a bit edgy. REALLY liked it.
4. Ride quality is quite impressive. Smooth, you don't feel like you're in a heavy truck at all. Handling is superb. Feels like a sports car.
5. Took it to an amusement park's empty parking lot for some testing and a policeman came barreling over and stopped us.....only because he knew about and was interested in Rivian and wanted to discuss. I told him I was doing the First Mile Drive and he just said: "HAVE FUN". Did some tight S turns. With the windows down you could hear the AT tires a bit during the tight, hard turns....no surprise there. I never felt even close to losing traction/control.
6. Interior quality is really nice. My wife was in backseat entire time and said it was very comfortable.
7. The sunroof is gorgeous.
8. There is a small, for lack of a better word, spoiler, over the back window which looks sporty/racy. It's a small detail but was a surprise to me and I loved it.
9. Acceleration is what everyone expects.....I couldn't punch it completely (Friday afternoon traffic in NY metro area isn't very forgiving) but its plenty powerful.
10. Audio quality was great ( I'm into audio quality, high end equipment, etc. and I was impressed).
11. The tonneau cover looks great but on this vehicle (possibly onthe pre-production vehicles acc. to Pete?)t wasn't working so I couldn't see it roll up. It was covering the bed the whole time so I couldn't get in there and get a real feel for truck bed size.
12. However, the truck bed...with the door open, will probably be sufficient for most of the stuff we all want to do.
13. The truck is very quiet.
14. The Touch Screens seem good....I probably should have spent more time assessing but time allotment was short.
15. I did notice, I think, a slight difference in width of seams between the sides of the truck bed door....again, pre production vehicle, so likely to be fixed.
16. Initially, months ago, the lights struck me as a bit odd. Before today I had decided they were cool....after today I think they're fantastic....they look high end and have some little details (like Rivian branding) that make them look top quality. Both front and rear lighting was great.
17. Gear tunnel is as expected.....a bonus.
18. The sound you hear when signaling to go left or right....is that of a heartbeat (interesting touch).
19. Initial impression of getting into the truck is that it was a little higher step up than I expected.
20. The visibility as you're driving, due to the design of the truck, the slopes/angles, etc....is Fantastic.
I probably left out some stuff and will contribute later if it comes to mind. I'll leave with what's running through my mind right now:
A) This is a fantastic machine in all aspects.
B) The size of the tires relative to the truck were what impressed me the most....they make a beautiful truck look bad **s.
Updated with some photos:
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