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Hey everyone,

I had to drop off my roof rail keys at the body shop today so that they can continue disassembly and was able to get nice disassembled pictures of my R1T. They will be repainting a significant portion of the truck because of the scratches and will be installing the new spoiler. There happened to be a Rivian employee at the body shop advising them as well.

You can see the paint problems I had here
https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/bellevue-pickup-get-it-3-31-2022.4399/


Rivian R1T R1S My Partially Disassembled R1T at the Body Shop For Repaint 20220518_112119
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Rivian R1T R1S My Partially Disassembled R1T at the Body Shop For Repaint 20220518_112129
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Rivian R1T R1S My Partially Disassembled R1T at the Body Shop For Repaint 20220518_112233
Rivian R1T R1S My Partially Disassembled R1T at the Body Shop For Repaint 20220518_112237


And for the poor person who happened to get smacked in the charge port...here's your vehicle...
Rivian R1T R1S My Partially Disassembled R1T at the Body Shop For Repaint 20220518_112330


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Has there been an unusual number of Rivian already in accidents? Not saying anything is wrong with the car, I think us drivers are driving these 7000lb monsters like little Toyota Celicas...
 
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Has there been an unusual number of Rivian already in accidents? Not saying anything is wrong with the car, I think us drivers are driving these 7000lb monsters like little Toyota Celicas...
Body shop said they've worked on over 30 Rivians so far. Some for paint, some for accidents. I didn't ask the full spread.
 

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Body shop said they've worked on over 30 Rivians so far. Some for paint, some for accidents. I didn't ask the full spread.
Yours was for paint, right?

Care to share what body shop this is? I wonder if they can pop a dent I have in the front... Self inflicted.
 
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Yours was for paint, right?

Care to share what body shop this is? I wonder if they can pop a dent I have in the front... Self inflicted.
Yup it's to address all the delivery issues I had. This is Accurate Auto Body in Redmond. I'm guessing it's the only Rivian certified one in the state.
 
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@Riviot the shop was also super busy and when I was in the lobby they were booking for end of June repairs.
 

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From my brief First-Mile test drive and being my first EV driving experience, I wouldn't be at all surprised to find out that regenerative braking contributed to some accidents. Not that it would be the R1 driver's fault. Only that it is such a sudden pronounced deceleration that drivers in cars behind it may be caught off-guard and rear-end it.
 

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Has there been an unusual number of Rivian already in accidents? Not saying anything is wrong with the car, I think us drivers are driving these 7000lb monsters like little Toyota Celicas...
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Has there been an unusual number of Rivian already in accidents? Not saying anything is wrong with the car, I think us drivers are driving these 7000lb monsters like little Toyota Celicas...
Don't forget that this truck is more like a rocket when it comes to acceleration. Not everyone is great at dealing with that.
 

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From my brief First-Mile test drive and being my first EV driving experience, I wouldn't be at all surprised to find out that regenerative braking contributed to some accidents. Not that it would be the R1 driver's fault. Only that it is such a sudden pronounced deceleration that drivers in cars behind it may be caught off-guard and rear-end it.
Not sure with the Rivian, but when I first got my Model S in 2014 that was an issue. The brake lights came on with the brake pedal but a lot of times you are just lifting off throttle - but Tesla quickly made sure that the brake lights come on when you are decelerating at a certain rate even if you aren't touching the brakes.
 

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Has there been an unusual number of Rivian already in accidents? Not saying anything is wrong with the car, I think us drivers are driving these 7000lb monsters like little Toyota Celicas...
I went yesterday to quote for the lady who rear ended me and there was about 7 in the shop at the time. They also noted they have done many repairs
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