Recent content by zefram47

Reviewers, in general, are in an out of so many vehicles constantly that the lack of CP/AA is probably far more obvious and more annoying. An actual owner of a vehicle will quickly learn the quirks of the built-in system and as long as it provides the needed functionality the majority of owners...

There is nothing fundamentally different about suspension in an EV than an ICE platform. Once you dump torque from the motor/drivetrain into an axle, it all behaves the same after that. Geometry is geometry and an EV drivetrain doesn't change that. Rivian may have made specific design...

Been a listener/viewer of the Carmudgeon Podcast for quite awhile now. Fantastic comment that often refers to the videos Cammisa makes for Hagerty as well and covers some behind the scenes stuff from the reviews. I thought this was a great conversation / interview and loved that it was more...

LMAO, so you've never actually watched any of Cammisa's content before? Pretty stereotypical for him and definitely of the Carmudgeon podcast in general. Fantastic content, as usual for them. Perhaps you require an adjustment to your sense of humor. Love the fact that it wasn't just another...

Enough is relative to what you want to do and how much margin/risk you want. In the Toyota community here in Colorado you can do probably 90% of the trails in the state with a 3-inch lift and 33 inch tires (over the 31 inch stock) along with whatever armor makes you comfortable. Doesn't stop...

This won't affect the springs at all. They're installed above the tophat. Effectively it's only pushing the lower mount point down. As far as the shock knows it'll sit at the same "ride height" it was before, the spring will be compressed the same amount, etc. The control arms and CV will...

On-road...you're increasing the CV axle angles which will cause a small amount of additional wear. Obviously you'd be increasing the entry height. That may not be an issue, but for some it will be more of a pain on the daily especially if you frequently have older folks trying to get in and...

Spacer lifts are bad. Anyone who actually plans to try going off-road with actual obstacles should just avoid this and wait for suspension upgrades that use longer dampers and springs to also get better articulation. I was in the Toyota off-road community for quite a while and we'd usually see...

Guess CarPlay and UI gloss wasn't a dealbreaker after all. :rolleyes:

Mine is a 2-battery truck, but I started getting weird/random errors long before I finally got the 12v warning over Memorial Day weekend. My truck was built Feb 2023 and I have 48k miles. Since I got the batteries swapped I haven't had any of the random errors I was getting, but ACC kicking...

Calling any Subaru an off-roader is laughable, but at least the Trailseeker is an EV, so you don't have to worry about burning up a CVT. But really, few if any of these two are going to see a dirt road let alone a proper off-road trail. There are relatively few of us that even off-road the R1...

Not sure if it's because I ordered the RIvian harness with my Comma4, but it came with a long USB-C/OBD-C cable as well as the short one. I just used the one long male-male cable up to the Janka Cross-Glide mount. Then use the molded short cable between the Comma4 and the removable part of the...

Just got mine and it came from South Carolina via USPS.

Sounds more like a you thing, or perhaps R1S people. In the R1T I use the frunk and the gear tunnel all the time and use the bed as the "last-resort" storage unless I'm hauling larger items. The frunk and gear tunnel were the single biggest reasons I was willing to get a truck over the SUV.

All the R1s are currently covered by 4yr/50k comprehensive except that Gen1 Quad which was 5yr/60k. The battery/motor/inverter warranty varies depending on the drive configuration, but ranges from 8yr/120k (Dual Standard) to 8yr/175k (Gen1 Quad)...