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I watched this. Is anyone impressed that mess wipes off leather (vinyl)? I'm more concerned about the parts that appear to be fabric like on the dashboard, door cards, and upper seatback. Rub peanut butter on there and show me how easy it is to remove. THEN, I'd be impressed.
 

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If the buyers of Rivian's have such shitty kids, I may not want to be associated with the brand. Especially since it will tank the used market.
Have you ever tried to get gunk out of ventilated seats. Impossible.
 

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I watched this. Is anyone impressed that mess wipes off leather (vinyl)? I'm more concerned about the parts that appear to be fabric like on the dashboard, door cards, and upper seatback. Rub peanut butter on there and show me how easy it is to remove. THEN, I'd be impressed.
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If the buyers of Rivian's have such shitty kids, I may not want to be associated with the brand. Especially since it will tank the used market.
Have you ever tried to get gunk out of ventilated seats. Impossible.
It's a demo/commerical to demnstrate that the car's interior is easy to clean and up for dealing with familes and pets. If you think there aren't situations like this happening with almost all mass-market & nearly mass-market brands & you don't want to be associated with those, you're gonna be stuck buying cars that are high six-figure to seven-figure costs.
 

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This is great, but what I want to see is the towable trailer where the kids can sit and travel?
Does it come with a cooler And IPad holders And battery backup?
Meth lab for our little rascals. Love that trailer idea, brilliant, plausible deniability for me 'n the missus! Just updated my build with the tow package.
 

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I've had my truck thrown up in twice and have had to clean up shit on more than one occasion. Fyi, it's easy to clean shit off the headliner if you want to take my word for it. I'm not explaining anything else.
 
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Yeah, food is… fine. Some food can be hard to clean.

I want to see melted crayons on the back seat. Chinese food spilled between a front seat and the center console then forgotten about for a week. A candy bar dropped in the back seat, then kicked under the front seat in the Phoenix summer. A whole can or Big Gulp of diet soda spilled.

And all of it sitting for more than a minute or two before cleanup.
 

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I watched this. Is anyone impressed that mess wipes off leather (vinyl)? I'm more concerned about the parts that appear to be fabric like on the dashboard, door cards, and upper seatback. Rub peanut butter on there and show me how easy it is to remove. THEN, I'd be impressed.
Some is easier to clean than others. I know out of spec has a detailer who compared cleaning a tesla interior to a Rivian and he said he found Rivian easier to clean. The owner of the Rivian was a farm owner/worker, so he had a lot of dirt and stuff in his Rivian on the seats and interior. So between the two, he did prefer cleaning the Rivian.
 

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Some is easier to clean than others. I know out of spec has a detailer who compared cleaning a tesla interior to a Rivian and he said he found Rivian easier to clean. The owner of the Rivian was a farm owner/worker, so he had a lot of dirt and stuff in his Rivian on the seats and interior. So between the two, he did prefer cleaning the Rivian.
Having owned both, agreed. I will say, both with the light interior, stuff doesn't really stick or stain as much as one would expect. Not that the Tesla is difficult to clean, but a few wipes with a wet cloth on the R1 with a strong elbow just about kept it looking new for my duration with the vehicle.

Rivian isn't just being cute with this commercial. They are right. They are very easy clean, and this is coming from someone who doesn't necessarily baby their vehicles.
 

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Some is easier to clean than others. I know out of spec has a detailer who compared cleaning a tesla interior to a Rivian and he said he found Rivian easier to clean. The owner of the Rivian was a farm owner/worker, so he had a lot of dirt and stuff in his Rivian on the seats and interior. So between the two, he did prefer cleaning the Rivian.
I think you're missing my point. The R2 appears to have fabric on the dash, door cards, and seatbacks. The R1 doesn't have this. I'm curious how this will stain and how easy it will be to clean.
 

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I think you're missing my point. The R2 appears to have fabric on the dash, door cards, and seatbacks. The R1 doesn't have this. I'm curious how this will stain and how easy it will be to clean.
Good point. Didn't even think of this. Based on their past material selection, can't foresee it being too difficult. Even the recycled microfiber headliner on the R1 was relatively easy to clean (and mine was white).
 

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After a camping trip this past weekend with our 18 month old who now wants to climb everywhere and touch everything while eating messy foods.. I’m pretty happy with the r1 cleanability, it was a mess
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