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Both my delivery specialist and the rep that curated my First Mile drive pointed out "you can throw ice in the frunk and use it as a cooler".

Every vehicle is expected to operate in the rain and on wet roads. Water gets all up in the undercarriage, during normal operation. The R1T/R1S, in particular, are designed to ford water that is several feet deep. Draining through the frunk valve should not cause any issues -- even if there are components under there. It's designed to get wet.
Those were all of my ass-u-m(e)ptions as well, but as like many other things, we get different input from different Rivian sources. One of them that said it was not recommended also pointed out it will be your truck and you can do what you want. Back when I had the max pack ordered, I figured there would be at least a few forum/youtube videos confirming whether it was a good or bad idea, but I haven't seen them yet.
About the only other issue I see is that it is a passive pressure valve type drain, not one you open and close. So the water will be draining as the ice melts so you won't get that ice bath. And the frunk will get pretty hot pretty fast, so the beverages might need to be consumed relatively quickly if you want them cold. But that is definitely not an issue with certain friends I'll be with!
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One person saw me opening the frunk and intially thought I needed help, which got his attention. He then realized what was going on, and he hadn't seen one before and came up and commented positively.
 

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One person saw me opening the frunk and intially thought I needed help, which got his attention. He then realized what was going on, and he hadn't seen one before and came up and commented positively.
It's so funny how dudes will rush to help a guy struggling with a manly task. Years ago I broke down in rural Texas at a gas station, and a parade of dudes wanted to impress their arm-ladies by offering to help. I was under the car and looked like I knew what I was doing, so I guess they figured I wouldn't call their bluff. But I was merely doing some performance theater for my own lady, and failing at it. So I took up each offer for help, and each amounted to nothing more than staring and poking at the engine compartment (it was the starter) before admitting they were unable to help.

Finally one dude actually made good on his offer, and we nearly got our ice-beast running again, but alas no joy. He offered me and my lady a ride in his truck parked around back, and he was conveniently headed to our home town. We went around back and realized that his truck was a semi loaded with used cars. There was no room on the semi for our beater, depriving us of a perfect story. But we took the offered ride back home anyway, and it was a blast. There are some cool truckers out there.
 

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I have also had it where you tell them it's a Rivian and they ask again yeah but who makes it as if its a Ford Rivian.
 

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I have also had it where you tell them it's a Rivian and they ask again yeah but who makes it as if its a Ford Rivian.
I figure I’ll lead with “it’s a new American manufacturer out of Illinois, called Rivian”. Gotta get in front of the obvious, unless you just enjoy that conversation 🙂
 

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if the cost was a feature - then that would be what i get asked the most - "if you dont mind - what did this cost?"
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