Recent content by Pherdnut

Lack of supply I suspect. No 3rd parties yet, driving the price down. Hopefully a lot of costs come down as the supply chain gets back to normal. Assuming nobody else is planning any geopolitical blunders for a while.

120/month by USAA in a not great neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago. 2016 Mazda CX-9 was like 75ish. If Rivian can't beat companies like Progressive, I doubt they'll beat USAA.

I think it's pretty obvious to most that Rivian was never going to be a leader in this right out of the gate. If adaptive cruise control works, everything else is gravy for me. Until I can actually take a nap or watch a movie and let the car do the rest, I don't really hate driving so much that...

Yeah, it was described by a Carbuzz source as a cross between a "Subaru WRX wagon and an Isuzu VehiCROSS." In the specs thread.

I am torn between blue and LG. Has LG aged well for everybody that has one?

IMO, it's a pretty easy stock to go long in and just view every dip as a new discount. No point in sweating unrealized gains/losses before it adds a decimal point in 2-3 years.

Given the performance they were talking about, I suspect this is going to be Rivian's Roadster equivalent. But everything we've heard about it was before they got way more private investment than they were originally seeking. Like 8+ billion when targeting 3.5 to get started. I suspect the R2R...

GL. I hope you get a crap-ton for it. Maybe we'll see you in one when there's some decent aftermarket extenders to wall off the 7' you can get with the gate down. And thanks for the 21 vs 20 observation. I'd been wondering about the noise factor. It's hard to turn down the off road wheels when...

Got contacted recently for the May/June window. Recommended going with the direct assisted delivery option where they bring the car to you and teach you how to drive it before I said I would need to delay to July.

It can tow more than 11k. Just not very fast.

It's weird they wouldn't have kept it just a smidge less wide but it wouldn't be hard to fudge an eighth of an inch. Just screw a little bit higher one side, a little bit lower on the other. The angle would be barely noticeable. I tightened a couple of mine too hard and they bent a little. No...

Edit: Oh, I see. I'll check how much width the plates can accommodate when I have a chance. 3.6" is surprisingly wide. I would guess yes though. I don't know why Yakima told you you needed something special either because I find it hard to believe. These things are designed to be universal...

I shopped a Thule Tepui Explorer in anticipation of an R1T. Dimensions closed are: 48 x 56 x 12. "clamp" is a very simple metal bar nutted tightly on very long screws. Should be installable on any rack system that can handle the weight. Love the tent but extra memory foam mattress recommended...

Whoa! Thanks for the heads up! Was wondering if IL was ever going to get around to it.

So did you get the sense it wasn't a big thing to delay an LE delivery by a month or two?