larrydallas
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Probably Rivian reading all my self adulating posts. In keeping with that theme; I gave myself a valentine gift on 2/14/22 (order date). You gents have most probably been waiting a lot longer. Would have loved to be in the same batch as you so we could have shared the excitement together. Cheers.
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What was order date?Ditto! July-Sept isn’t great, but way better than before!
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Ditto! July-Sept isn’t great, but way better than before!
I don't understand these estimates. I got moved up, too (much to my surprise). But instead of Jul-Sep 2023 like most people here, I am in Oct-Dec 2023. I thought Rivian is batch producing, why break up these orders into two separate quarters?Mine pulled in six months, so I'm a very happy camper.
I am not bitter about this since I have already mentally prepared myself for not seeing my R1S until 2024 at the earliest and that may still be the case despite of this "new estimate."
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2/28/22 order; LA Silver Black Mountain Tow Hooks Spare Tire. Yeah, I know; I just got here compared to most of you.
Fall 2022 messaging from Rivian placed my delivery window at January to December 2024.
On January 31, 2023 the new delivery window is January - June 2024.
Slight "improvement".
I know that wags out there in the Forums say that Rivian is conspiring to lower the priority on these orders due to low margin. Rivian is going to have to honor these orders and I doubt that the margin is going to improve by kicking the can down the road. Do it now or do it when the margin may be worse; but they have to do it.
Just remember, this is the company that realized they had an issue with bolts on the R1T suspension. The rumor mongers and conspiracy buffs were all about, "Oh My God!! Oh shit or dear!! A 12,000 VEHICLE RECALL!!! Is Rivian FOLDING!!!???"
No, they "Cowboyed Up", owned the problem and fixed it.
In contrast, anybody remember the car that had the disquieting tendency to burst into flame from rear end collisions?
But Rivian didn't gamble lives on whether they could "get away with it" like another manufacturer did back in the day.
Could it be true that Rivian is manipulating fulfillment of "low margin" configurations? Yes.
Could it be total BS? Yes.
I can't prove that Rivian isn't pushing out deliveries of low margin configurations anymore than the rumor mongers can prove it is so.
But, I remain committed to Rivian as I've not experienced or read anything fact-based to move me off of that. If that changes based on something more than rumor-driven speculation, then so may my decision.
But until or unless that happens, I'm in.
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Not sure either, but here are a few thoughts.
When they say batching, what do they base it on? I initially thought similar configurations, and maybe that is true ,but what do they consider in the config? Exterior color only, or tires, or internal, or ADV vs LE? Maybe things are batched by delivery region, or order date (doubtful on order date).
Another thing is our new range should be interpreted as September 2023, which could be the last week in September, and maybe your's is delivered in early October.
God knows their batch and production plans....and delivery plans
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It wouldn’t be completely surprising if they’re grouping batches as well to drive efficiency into their supply chain. LAS seems to be lower priority than LG, Limestone, ECG. But perhaps they’re running 2-3 consecutive batches and you’re just in a later one… Congrats on moving up! That said, we all still have plenty of time to be disappointed before Q3/Q4…
EDIT: I have a friend who ordered on the exact same day. He lives 5 miles from me equidistant to the SC. Limestone/BM/22” darks, UBS, PPF. He got moved up to Mar-Apr. ??
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If you mean that priority = cost effective, then absolutely.....LAS seems to be lower priority than LG, Limestone, ECG...
EDIT: I have a friend who ordered on the exact same day. He lives 5 miles from me equidistant to the SC. Limestone/BM/22” darks, UBS, PPF. He got moved up to Mar-Apr. ??
The colors you've listed are far more popular than silver. Since they only have one paint shop, it makes a lot of sense to do as much of the same color at a time.
Frankly, I don't know why Rivian offered 9 different colors as they are starting to mfg for the first time. If they had 4~5 colors, the ramp up would have been easier and faster.
