buglas
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This weekend, my pregnant wife and I were unfortunately rear ended waiting at a red light on a freeway exit ramp. The other driver took off on foot (later apprehended) but their Nissan Versa was destroyed in the crash. We spent the rest of the day in the hospital checking on my wife and baby and thankfully everything looks okay.
I am so amazed and thankful how the Rivian fared in the collision and how much it absorbed the damage. Our airbags didn't even go off (the hospital said it would really good they didn't) while the other vehicle looked destroyed and had all their airbags deployed. Looking back at the footage, it didn't even look like they attempted to slow down and only veered left at the last second. I dread to think how we would have fared had we been in my wife's older, compact vehicle and am grateful we were in the R1T.
Going forward, I don't know (and don't look forward as I don't think the other party has insurance) to how the repair process will go or if this will be considered a total, based off some of the other repair threads I've seen on here but I now have so much faith in the Rivian's safety. We have a reservation for a R2 to replace my wife's car and hope that I can either get this repaired or replaced with another R1T. A few friends have also expressed interest in getting a Rivian now after seeing how this turned out.
I am so amazed and thankful how the Rivian fared in the collision and how much it absorbed the damage. Our airbags didn't even go off (the hospital said it would really good they didn't) while the other vehicle looked destroyed and had all their airbags deployed. Looking back at the footage, it didn't even look like they attempted to slow down and only veered left at the last second. I dread to think how we would have fared had we been in my wife's older, compact vehicle and am grateful we were in the R1T.
Going forward, I don't know (and don't look forward as I don't think the other party has insurance) to how the repair process will go or if this will be considered a total, based off some of the other repair threads I've seen on here but I now have so much faith in the Rivian's safety. We have a reservation for a R2 to replace my wife's car and hope that I can either get this repaired or replaced with another R1T. A few friends have also expressed interest in getting a Rivian now after seeing how this turned out.
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