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This is a great blog site, most the trouble is small, mostly functional. Online stuff is prone.
This place is undoubtedly well-moderated, even if sometimes I don't think so. The admin does a good job of removing the entitled threads to keep things from getting too toxic, and the members do a good job of criticizing whiny posts.
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An example of whiny post, My hood is extreemly reflective after getting a ceramic coating, "they" should have sloped it so to stop the glare.
 

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An example of whiny post, My hood is extreemly reflective after getting a ceramic coating, "they" should have sloped it so to stop the glare.
Not nearly whiny enough for what I'm talking about. You'd have to say something like, "Rivian is going to be liable for the death and destruction of my family because the hood isn't sloped adequately to counter the paint glare." Then you include a demand for Rivian to provide you with a free matte wrap to "solve" your "situation" and declare that if Rivian fails to do so, they actively want your family dead.
 

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Ohm Boy, you have continuity & are published! So I wont call you Shirley. Great movie and actors.
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Leave it open. My goal was to always have snow on my roof that lasts from Mammoth, CA to Los Angeles. OBviously on a SUV it won't get that far because its a 300 mile drive with good head wind and driving 80-90 mph+. This one time it was very very cold after a big storm... Almost drove back all the way with snow on the roof.

Of course, I was a kid and I was always hoping for that. Now, as an adult, I want that to happen as well, but its not realistic unless you have a bed in the back.
 
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Of course, I was a kid and I was always hoping for that. Now, as an adult, I want that to happen as well, but its not realistic unless you have a bed in the back.
Seems like the thing to do, in that case, is leave the tonneau open while the snow is falling and then to close it before beginning the drive, trapping the snow in the bed, ready to be tossed as snowballs at the unsuspecting denizens of your destination.
 

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Seems like the thing to do, in that case, is leave the tonneau open while the snow is falling and then to close it before beginning the drive, trapping the snow in the bed, ready to be tossed as snowballs at the unsuspecting denizens of your destination.
haha! yea and these vehicles don't product as much heat as ICE so would definitely work.
 

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Closed here in the snowball of Muskoka Ontario Canada! One problem I've found is the tailgate/ tonneau open buttons are recessed, and freeze up making them unusable. Same with the charging port not opening or closing. First world problem!

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According to comments on this Reddit post, it’s the rear defrost icon that activates it. Also a better visual on where the elements are. I happily stand corrected on that point!

Now, if that’s the case, I wish we could toggle rear defrost from the app 🙃
https://www.reddit.com/r/Rivian/s/caqWOT8waB
I tried this today. If you turn on the defrost from climate controls in the app, it turns on both the front and the rear defrost. So technically there is a way to toggle this from the app, unfortunately it is coupled to the super hot front defroster. I guess it is likely in many cases where you need to defrost the wiper it's probably because it is snowing, in which case you probably want to defrost the front windshield as well.
 

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Gen2 Rivian R1T's are apparently not made for snowy climates. My tonneau broke on the first snow and detached completely from the track. That happened at above 32F temps.
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