Recent content by TractorJackie

Thank you for this cautionary tale, and the prompt to check EVERYTHING before heading out. You inspired me, as I recently had a trailer come off the hitch at 55-60 mph on the freeway. I credit my good outcome to the fact that—just ONE WEEK earlier—a neighbor saw my trailer setup and made this...

Safety. I agree it feels like a setback to not have that feature while towing. But I recently dodged a near disaster towing a trailer, and if I hadn't been forced to be 100% mentally engaged, it could have been really, really bad. Towing stuff can turn bad in the blink of an eye.

Or you ask other users on the Rivian forum, which is what this community is here for.

Here you go! Summer Lake Hot Springs

A professional electrician friend of mine told me to step down the amps to preserve the cable. If you're charging overnight, you won't notice any difference anyway.

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I haven't seen anything about it since the AI Day. Alexa is useless, and this new assistant looked amazeballs.

Forgot to mention... I'm not a newby. I've been driving an EV for more than six years. This isn't my first rodeo. My Rivian is new, but I had a Tesla Model Y for five years and went on a LOT of road trips in it. Just not as deep into the abyss as this trip. I don't know about "most people," but...

The answer would have been to charge to 100% in Central Oregon. Boom.

Thank you for explaining what most people think and do, and that my travels are not really road tripping. Oh, and you forgot to add "little lady."

As the OP, I'm going to clarify something about my use of ChatGPT on that trip. It's important. I don't use Chat for navigation, ever. I use the Rivian app first, send to the car, etc. Or I just use the car's navigation. My mistake on this trip, not Chat's... My mistake was that I didn't map...

Not me. I just happened to have it with me and asked if they could use some video and photos, since I was going to be stuck there a while. I also offered tractor work or firewood splitting, but they had that already. :)

2026 R1S Dual w/Large Battery

This is exactly what I was feeling at the time. Ha ha