Kitsap Rivian Enthusiasts (Washington State)

Hello Kitsap Rivianners! I am a new R1T owner who is in the consideration phase of moving out to your areas and have a question: any of you guys using the ferries to get your Rivians to and from the islands? Asking because of the particularly hefty weight as a vehicle... TIA!

Ferry is no problem. I’m on the BI route every week.

@PappaBolt

Thanks for the feedback @PappaBolt, good to know we will be able to keep the Rivian if we make the move!

I do want to note that ferries on Rivians actually do have a major problem in that the GPS can't handle it and requires a full reset to figure out where you are once you get to the other side. As someone who drives my rivian on ferries up to 20x a week, I can assure you that this is not just a minor annoyance, and its something I have never seen any other high end car have a problem with. So, when anyone asks me how the vehicle is now and if I am happy with it, this is the first thing I say... do not buy a Rivian if you regularly use ferries until they fix this bug. I'm on all the WSDOT major routes, including BI-Sea and Kingston-Edmonds and it sucks each and every time I have to stop using the built in mapping software until I reset it.

So, I want to anti-recommend buying a Rivian in Kitsap for now if you are a regular ferry user.

Its a shame, too, because the software fix would be trivial. Check GPS coordinates every 5 minutes, If dead-reckoning is more than 500' off, reset to GPS location. Honestly this would just be good practice anyway.. it makes it clear that they trust their dead reckoning over GPS for normal operations and never verify until the system resets, which is silly.

@Purlah

@Purlah FUD

I’m on WSF ferries every week and don’t have a problem with GPS reconnecting once off the boat.

Pleased to report this seems has quietly been taken care of it most recent update.

Kitsap Rivian Enthusiasts (Washington State)

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