Recent content by ERguy

I finally had a chance to test drive the R1S. My estimated delivery date is rapidly approaching. The test drive was the final nail in the coffin. I'm going to buy the Rivian and immediate sell it to a friend. I'm going to stick with my 2023 BMW which has Android Auto, physical buttons for...

Right... You can do everything you need to without Alexa... If you don't mind taking your eyes off the road to click through pointless touchscreen menus that could have been negated if Rivian had only implemented a useful voice assistant. I shouldn't have to choose between pulling over or...

Serious question... How is it possible you consistently go so long without driving your cars? Do you intentionally buy EVs just to let them collect dust? In your examples, you let 4 cars sit for a combined total of 12-24 months. That's a lot of time with your cars spent parked. Do you have...

As mentioned in the post right after your comment, you should have received an email explaining the process. You were supposed to download it, print it, and sign it in "wet ink." I never claimed you had to mail it back. You were supposed to sign it and save it for your tax records so you could...

Correct. That's the date Rivian signed it. Any contract is valid only once all parties have signed. It doesn't matter when Rivian signs a contract if you don't sign it too. A preprinted date is only useful if the buyer actually signed it, which this person did not do.

No... Whatever you do don't just sign it when filing. As stated in the email, you were supposed to print it out and sign it last summer then save a copy for your records. If you sign it now, or any time after 8/16/22, it's a completely useless piece of paper because the binding contract (or...

I think your definition of "inferior product" is just different than the person you're trying to engage in your posts. You clearly want a vehicle you can show off to the neighborhood kids by drag racing at stoplights and going mudding. If you want the fastest truck/suv then sure the Rivian...

Even iDrive7 supports maps in the HUD and gauge cluster... At least it does for Android Auto. I don't have experience with Carplay. I have a 2023 BMW with the most current version of iDrive7. I could potentially take delivery of my R1S this summer, but the UI and software in the Rivian would be...

My pre-price hike order moved up several months, so my order doesn't fit the picture painted by the MSN article. I probably won't even buy it now though, so Rivian will come out ahead by selling it for full price to someone else when I pass.

Aka the the CEO of the only company that would have access to the raw data. Now if some other source reported this data without Twitter verifying it... Then I would understand your skepticism.

Precisely my point. Musk has been polarizing for quite some time, but there are more than enough Elon fans and Tesla supporters to keep Tesla growing for now to counteract any negative publicity he generates.

What do you mean? If you mean is it being reported by third parties? The answer is yes. If you asking where the data is coming from... Of course it's coming from Twitter. Where else would any 3rd party get access to the number of Twitter memberships? It would have to come from Twitter...

Tesla stock is slightly up over the last 5 day, and Rivian stock is down. The media is 100% fueling this hysteria about Elon Musk's behavior supposedly harming Twitter. Contrary to what the news would have you believe, people aren't running from Twitter or Tesla. New Twitter memberships are...

Thanks for the post! I'm somewhat interested in the Macan EV. I think that 314 mile range was a typo. The article you linked states the range has not been released but that they anticipate it to be at least 300 miles. That's no guarantee though. If the Macan can deliver > 300 mile range and...

Doesn't conserve mode place the Rivian in front wheel drive? If Rivian figured out how to disengage the rear wheels to temporarily allow front wheel drive, why can the front wheels not also be disengaged in a similar fashion? Are the front motors somehow different than the rear motors?