Ask us Rivian R1T owners ANYTHING [AMA]!

[ajbrutman]

Since Rivian currently does not have a way to have a wired connection to the stereo system you could either use the SXM app on your phone and stream it to the vehicle via BT, or you could get one of these little units that works via BT, although you would have to install an antenna somewhere on the truck, which usually isn't too hard.
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I simply could not imagine putting something external like that in an 80,000 dollar vehicle that was just completely designed from the ground up

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[ajbrutman]

For @Mark_AZR1T @805Badger @kylealden @ajbrutman @bael @RivChris @ssiminou @Lsthrz and anyone else who has signed PBA, what does 8-step program look like? Do you get an email, is there anything in the app, a special logo in your web account? Surely I can't be the only one franticly checking the app and account hourly looking for something new.

I'm simultaneously nervous about them trying to deliver while I'm out of town, but also antsy to move on to the next step. S00000n!

I am expecting it to come in at the end of this week-beginning of next, Ill be able to answer that more clearly then.

 

[Riviot]

I am expecting it to come in at the end of this week-beginning of next, Ill be able to answer that more clearly then.

Sorry for the confusion, all. I meant to be asking the new owners about the 8-step program on behalf of those I tagged.

And another thing, I stand by using Program and not Process. Rivian's got us addicted!

 

[bd5400]

I'm not, sorry if the wording was vague/ confusing.

I'm hoping you could provide the measurement from the ground to the top rail of the truck bed, at lowest suspension setting

There is some overhead storage at the back of garage that I'm hoping the bed will fit under.
A bit of tailgate limbo, if you will.

I don't know if this applies to the R1T, but my GX has air suspension and the manual explicitly warns users not to park under anything that is lower than the max height of the vehicle. While it's likely just to prevent user error, as I've never had my car raise itself up beyond normal height while parked, I would still be nervous about relying on the suspension being in the lowest setting to fit in the garage.

 

[MountainBikeDude]

It is the un-planned for exceptions that get you, right?

100% but also the brazenness of some of the bike theft in and around Vancouver. I think its getting better, but have learned the lesson well.

 

[Grabs10]

What is the distance on the lifting points? From front to back and side to side?

 

[COdogman]

I simply could not imagine putting something external like that in an 80,000 dollar vehicle that was just completely designed from the ground up

I can't either, but to each his own....?‍

 

[RivChris]

Sorry for the confusion, all. I meant to be asking the new owners about the 8-step program on behalf of those I tagged.

And another thing, I stand by using Program and not Process. Rivian's got us addicted!

Ah well thank you! Apparently reading comprehension is not my strong suit! Nor is patience, I want my truck!

 

[harkco]

I have a quick question... Does the R1T fit decently in a standard single car garage?

 

[freshpow]

I have a quick question... Does the R1T fit decently in a standard single car garage?

Time to bust out your tape measure, Kevin

 

[timesinks]

I have a quick question... Does the R1T fit decently in a standard single car garage?

I don't know if there is a "standard" garage. Our 2-car garage exterior dimensions are 20'x20' with 2"x6" framing. If there were nothing in the garage, the truck would just fit, but you wouldn't have enough room to walk in front of it to get through the door into the house. After tool storage and bikes, we basically gave up on storing vehicles in the garage.

 

[J__Fox]

From the looks of the pictures, it seems you all got the off road package with hooks and under carriage protection. Has anyone been able to look under to see what exactly the extra protection entails? Is it “worth” the extra charge?

 

[whereismyr1t]

They may not have the off road package, tow hooks are now included without the package so the pictures you see could be misleading.

 

[kylealden]

This was retconned in the newer movies. The Kessel run is a standard-length trip but the whole 'less than 12 parsecs' thing came into play because Han actually took a slightly alternate path that was shorter. There is debate over whether this was considered making the Kessel Run or not, but regardless, and as much as I hate the retcon of it... it makes sense.

Finally, my moment has come!

This was originally retconned in the Jedi Academy book trilogy in the 90s (and somewhat re-retconned in the Solo movie). In the books, Kessel is a spice mining planet located in the center of a cluster of black holes (the Maw Cluster) which is extraordinarily precarious because hyperdrives don't behave well around gravity wells, and like to eat ships.

There are mapped "safe routes," but they're circuitous and actively patrolled - bad for, say, spice smugglers. The infamous "kessel run" is smuggling spice out of the Maw Cluster - Han's/the Falcon's record is notable because it's the shortest known route, which is both a feat of navigational prowess and ship/hyperdrive performance. It's sort of like saying you made it out of a corn maze in the fewest steps. Or got your Wordle in the fewest guesses. Not necessarily a proxy for "faster," but a fun retcon.

Anyway, I was very cool in school and got laid a lot.

 

[harkco]

Time to bust out your tape measure, Kevin

Yeah - I have measured, and confident it will fit - was just curious for those parking in a single garage how practical it is. I have a 3 car garage and my Raptor takes up two of those spaces. I made a deal with my wife that she can have the double side back when I get the R1T. Just wondering how miserable that will be.

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