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I see both perspectives:It’s a head scratcher to me as to why we need power vents. I would think the money they spent on that could have been spent on a safety item such as a top down 360 camera or a convenience item like a garage door opener. Thoughts?
The problem for both me and my wife is we don't always want the vent pushing air in the same place. We are both constantly changing both the fan speed and vent direction to stay comfortable. Personally, I would pay extra to have my vents manual. And I would pay even more to have a dedicated knob/buttons for fan speed.To others, it feels like luxury to have the vent positions tied to driver profile memory setting so they’re always where you want them.
I get it. I also hope that they can be manually positioned if there is a problem. I’m not counting on it, though. We’ve been exposed to many features which don’t allow this (power windows, power sunroof, power sunshades, power seat adjustment, and power steering wheel adjustment) and a couple which do (usually but not always power locks and power side view mirrors).The problem for both me and my wife is we don't always want the vent pushing air in the same place. We are both constantly changing both the fan speed and vent direction to stay comfortable. Personally, I would pay extra to have my vents manual. And I would pay even more to have a dedicated knob/buttons for fan speed.
I rarely adjust mine which is why tying the positions to memory is appealing to me. When switching drivers or getting back from service (hopefully a rare situation) I want them to be where I expect them. Like my steering wheel, seat, climate control, audio, driver preferences, and outside mirrors.I must be a minority here because I rarely fiddle with the vents. They are set once and I rarely touch them. I can't remember the last time I needed to adjust them. Both me and my wife have fairly different seating positions configured so where ever they currently point, seems to work for us both.
I guess the larger point here is that unlike power windows and auto-high beam which are mainstream "luxuries", it seems wasteful for Rivian to have spent R&D on these vents and could have invested that time (if not money) on something more useful. Heck, just from a cost savings stand point, this would have been one of the first I would have struck off the list (or replaced with a Sirius receiver instead)
All said and done - its there and lets see if this trend becomes more mainstream.
Come to think of it, I don’t change the direction of my vents very often. Makes sense to tie it to the user profile — I hadn’t considered that angle before now.I see both perspectives:
To some, it feels like needless complexity.
To others, it feels like luxury to have the vent positions tied to driver profile memory setting so they’re always where you want them.
edit: Similar discussion here…
https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/...oolest-pickup-truck-ever-made.2911/post-80371
I agree. I think this why some of us have concerns: Why spend time working on power vents while something ubiquitous, and important for off-road, like 360/bird’s eye view is missing?Top down camera is an essential for me. I’m heavily assuming/presuming that we’ll have the 360 degree or “birds eye” camera view before long by OTA update. Perhaps In conjunction with a camera upgrade for the production vehicles.
I have a 2008 Infiniti with a 360 camera, so the tech is not new. What has surprised me over the years is how slow the auto industry has been in embracing the 360 degree camera. The 2008 Infiniti also has push button start. That feature was also very slow to be embraced.I agree. I think this why some of us have concerns: Why spend time working on power vents while something ubiquitous, and important for off-road, like 360/bird’s eye view is missing?
I think the strategy was to get the required hardware in place and ship with at least just-good-enough software to make the hardware usable. Then OTA updates can add or enhance features using the previously-installed hardware.
So we have power vents (hardware) from the start and 360/bird’s eye coming, um, a little later. It makes sense to me if it plays out that way.