Recent content by SoCal Rob

Even if he knows nothing about competitors’ products, he knows that "take over every single pixel" claim is not true because of their work with VW. To me, if you have to lie to try to win an argument then you’ve lost the argument. I wrote before that if Tesla really implements screen...

Here’s a shot of an R2 we saw earlier today in Laguna Hills. First one I’ve seen without a camouflage wrap on the road and it’s sporting California temporary tags.

I’m pretty sure the R3(X) shares enough with the R2 front end that the costs would prevent any significant modifications.

Same here and I’m on the iOS app. My watch is working fine and I always have the card key as the last resort.

First, I think we agree that software defined vehicles (or just software defined infotainment) is not the negative that @mkg3 was making it out to be in comparison to vehicles which are NOT software defined infotainment any way. Also, I may have been too subtle with this part in bold: Can...

If this is your yardstick for useful life then a typical software defined EV lasts longer than a typical hardware defined ICEV. I haven’t purchased an ICEV since 2017, but my experience is that: A typical hardware defined ICEV will NEVER be able to do things that a newer model YEAR has added...

We got our Gen2 in May of 2025 and we’ve never gotten flashed by drivers or noticed by pedestrians. In fact, we’ve had the opposite problem where the system is too conservative on dark dirt roads. It seems to identify trees, low signs, and other items as vehicles or pedestrians and then carves...

tl;dr When there is not an ‘A‘ in the headlight icon, pushing the stalk switches between low beam and full always-on high beam. When there is an ‘A’ in the headlight icon, pushing the stalk switches between low beam and adaptive high beam. We were experimenting with this after my husband...

Nope, we need an R1S because we have 6 or 7 people in the vehicle way more frequently than we move rocks. This is the exception and not the rule. Plus, the weight of the rock was less than the weight of the passengers we have sitting back there from time to time. I find it odd for someone who...

What exact build did you want that Rivian never made? I remember looking through the R1 Shop trying to find exactly what I wanted and it didn’t take more than 5 days, IIRC. Did you want an exterior color that Rivian prohibited with Forest Edge, the Explore trim level that got axed, a 2-row R1S...

We hauled about 750 pounds of rock that we got from our property which is VERY off road. For the record, with just us onboard our former LR3 would scrape its belly in Rock Crawl (high height suspension setting) going through the dry washes to/from there while our R1S in Rock Crawl (high height...

While using Autopilot in a couple Tesla loaners I had over a year ago, I discovered that it can’t stay engaged through a lane change. If that’s still the case then I’m fine with Autopilot being eliminated from new builds since I suspect it’s the reason I see so many Teslas hanging out in the far...

A button can make things SO much easier! I don’t know what I would’ve done while recovering from shoulder surgery if I didn’t have buttons on my shirts.

It sounds more like an instance of a bad part: I don’t recall seeing many (any?) other cases of a failure like this on here.

Exactly. I was almost done typing this when I saw your new post. It’s fine to switch because Rivian engineers have control over when you can and can’t switch. If their engineers, who know the most about the design and limitations of the clutches in this application, think they don’t need to...