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idk - seems like every car I've ever owned. Reads high if sitting in the sun and/or parked for a while. After some time on the road it reads fine. Definitely not something that concerns me in the slightest.
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Our seat coolers are utter life savers in places like that! I recall living in Tucson and having to steer with my knuckles because the steering wheel was too hot for the palms of my hands. And if I accidentally brushed a metal component that had been in the sun, like the key, it would leave a red burn. (My car was an '81 VW Rabbit with a black interior and no air conditioner--I was in college and it was _cheap_!)
Az here as well. I’ve found that the ventilated seats in my R1S suck. Like worthless kind of suck
 

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Az here as well. I’ve found that the ventilated seats in my R1S suck. Like worthless kind of suck
I frequently wish we could do side-by-sides with each other's vehicles: are our vehicles actually performing differently or are we judging them differently? I wouldn't be too susprised if the quality control on a "minor" subsystem like the seat cooler allowed for lots of vehicle-to-vehicle variation. I dunno. But(t) my R1T seats can actually get unpleasantly cool (they haven't yet been challenged by AZ sun! I'll be out there next summer, so I might learn something important)--at least according to my tush.
 

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I frequently wish we could do side-by-sides with each other's vehicles: are our vehicles actually performing differently or are we judging them differently? I wouldn't be too susprised if the quality control on a "minor" subsystem like the seat cooler allowed for lots of vehicle-to-vehicle variation. I dunno. But(t) my R1T seats can actually get unpleasantly cool (they haven't yet been challenged by AZ sun! I'll be out there next summer, so I might learn something important)--at least according to my tush.
Yeah it’s hard to tell they are even on. My raptor ventilated seats were fantastic. It would be good to compare to another Rivian’s seats
 

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Yeah it’s hard to tell they are even on. My raptor ventilated seats were fantastic. It would be good to compare to another Rivian’s seats
Wow! Maybe I'll give you a shout when I'm in the area with my truck. My mother in-law lives in one of the granny kennels in your area, so I'll probably be doing the trip to visit one of these days. We can do a sit test!
 

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Wow! Maybe I'll give you a shout when I'm in the area with my truck. My mother in-law lives in one of the granny kennels in your area, so I'll probably be doing the trip to visit one of these days. We can do a sit test!
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