Recent content by Redmond Chad

Ditto for my 2023 R1S. I am getting rid of it...but only because my R2 is on the way.

Agreed. I never thought I'd buy two of the same car either. But about a decade ago, my wife had a car she loved (Model S), and I needed to get a bigger car so I could drive my elderly mother around (the Tesla Roadster no longer worked for her). Limiting our choices to EVs gave us fewer options...

I had no luck in the Seattle area until I got the invitation to order. Then it was easy. I've heard that if you show up in person they can schedule you...but you have to drive there twice, and that may vary by location.

Same here. The look is cleaner AND it's easier to wash. Although I might not debadge my R2. Rivian is new enough that it can help get their name out, and the R2 badge is one of the easiest ways to figure out which Rivian it is. It is HERE.

Based on past cars, I'd say silver seems to be one of the best at hiding dirt. I think medium-dark low-metallic colors do fairly well too. For example, my Launch Green R1S does pretty good. You can tell the dirt is there, but somehow it's not dramatically different when you wash it like most...

My wife and I have been parking EVs - always with regen set to the max level - in our garage since 2009. Neither of us have ever had a problem. In fact i never thought it might be a problem until I read this. It is different, but you will learn how to control the car very quickly. Try an empty...

Oh...look at those glistening chocolate chunks...*wheez*

Especially once you see the first negative report on the YL. It won't be long...

I am not sure that cannibalizing the R1S is a bad thing. Some say it is because the R1S is more expensive, but the price isn't what matters - margin is. The R2 costs a LOT less to build, and more sales on the volume platform might help increase margin, making the effect even bigger. Of course...

I don't want to discount your preference; I really hope you end up with a set of cars you like. But I would like to offer a different perspective to the audience. The majority of the gas cars (and motorcycles) that I owned before going electric in 2009 had a manual transmission. I loved...

I submitted the form at the beginning of this thread to add myself to the order tracker.

Many people say they enjoy good engine noise, but I suspect it's not really that they enjoy noise. I think it's the association of the noise with the feel of the torque that they enjoy. Before ordering my first EV, I thought I would miss engine noise. I probably did for a while, but now I love...

I agree with hsctiger. I had Tesla Roadster #690 and Model S #112. Sure, both had some issues. But the company's service was very different then - it had to be. They really worked hard to take care of issues and make things as easy as possible on us. Sure, a car with no issues would have been...

I was invited to order on June 17 2026. I have an R1S, I live near a service center, and I reserved my R2 the first day (though not early in the day). I spent some time researching and test driving other cars. I was hoping for something even smaller than the R2. But there are not many that are...

Agreed that kneel behavior changing could be a big deal...especially if it's been happening, and I haven't heard about it even though I follow these forums. OP might not hear until it's too late. Now I see that it was covered in THIS thread about a software update about 4 months ago.