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Jealous that you got got talk to Captain Slow

Modern Day Edsel. Many people think the Edsel was a lemon, but in reality it was actually a really well designed and modern line. The issue was that there was no market for it when it was released and it flopped so badly that it became synonymous with automotive failure. Lucid seems to have...

Ask any OEM other than Rivian and Tesla if it's hard. Or consider how much money VW shelled out to Rivian for software assistance (after already dumping billions into failed attempts).

I got the order invite on 6/16 and finalized my order and deposit same day, but I got an email from Rivian today saying "it's not too late to finalize my order and still be in the first wave." Anyone else get the same?

The large pack is 135kwh, so either someone shorted you a few cells or you don't actually have the "large" pack.

My first thought when I got that email was "stop trying to tell me how good it is when you won't tell me when I can get it for several more weeks."

To be fair, I didn't expect an order invite in the first wave, but it seems to be trending more towards location than loyalty at the moment. It's disappointing considering how much emphasis they put on loyalty in the initial aftermath of the launch event.

You may feel differently if you were driving a R1 that's out of warranty 😬

Speaking of being "prioritized," another big annoyance is that during the initial launch they made a big deal about current Rivian owners getting priority, but now it's clear that it's only priority relative to location. Frankly I don't understand their emphasis on proximity to a delivery...

At least repair costs have insurance. It's the out of warranty service costs that are prohibitive to ownership. An R1 over 50k miles is basically a ticking time bomb, especially if it's an early VIN.

It's not, although they are doing a pop up R1S drive event, but no R2 which makes tons of sense.

Gotta say this "rollout" has been pretty disappointing from a buyers perspective, even with years of experience with Rivian. They have been somewhat more communicative but still much of the same old Rivian. The "rando late adopter lottery" is probably most annoying, along with the hype around...

Just watched this and was shocked how biased they were on the 4Runner. I've put a few thousand miles on newer model 4Runners in the last few years and found them to be absolutely terrible to drive. Harsh ride quality, terrible steering, no throttle response, totally confused shifting. I have...

As a SC resident with a day 1 preorder and current R1S is owner that ain't heard shit, I'd say it's more likely that you just got incredibly lucky.