SASSquatch
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Excellent and thoughtful review. A lot of the issues you bring up are indicative of first generation/first production model issues that all new OEMs are going to go through.
We haven't had all that many new OEMs the last decade. Tesla was really the last major one and they went through very documented issues (and frankly still are when it comes to QC/build quality).
The realization that the R1 was overkill for your needs is unfortunately a lesson you were unlikely to avoid until you actually owned the vehicle.
I spent mucho $$ on Turo renting an R1T for a week to see how it fit my needs and even though I loved the truck, I wondered whether something smaller, more efficient, less capable for the things I care less about, wouldn't be a better fit.
Maybe that means R2? We'll see.
Either way, thanks for the post.
We haven't had all that many new OEMs the last decade. Tesla was really the last major one and they went through very documented issues (and frankly still are when it comes to QC/build quality).
The realization that the R1 was overkill for your needs is unfortunately a lesson you were unlikely to avoid until you actually owned the vehicle.
I spent mucho $$ on Turo renting an R1T for a week to see how it fit my needs and even though I loved the truck, I wondered whether something smaller, more efficient, less capable for the things I care less about, wouldn't be a better fit.
Maybe that means R2? We'll see.
Either way, thanks for the post.
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