I always find this opinion that it looks smaller than some people expected very interesting.
I think there's probably just a brief learning curve and you took the time to play with them and figure it out. I was focused on other things so was fumbling with the scroll wheels withing really trying to master them. I LOVED the way they felt in hand and the scrolling feel was excellent...I just found them awkward to click in and out without accidentally scrolling. There's probably a right way to hold them and I didnt find it lol.
Ooh, I'm interested in your thoughts then. I have the same sound system (2018) & never been impressed. It is the nicest car I've had thus far, but Lexus seems to love decade old technology.
Aww. I used to live down the steet from the Laguna Space. I would always pop in for the various events and movies they would have. I miss it so much
I moved to Dallas for work/logitical reasons because I was travelling every other week and the west coast was very inconvenient. Texas sucks though, I will be leaving. I need mountains and ocean and nice weather again.
Since you have a G2 Quad vs my experience with the G1 Quad...I assume your G2 still feels much quicker than the R2 Performance?
Gen 2 is ridiculously quick. What I was impressed with in the R2 is the suspension and handling. It is a home run as far as I am concerned.
BTW Laguna Beach was beautiful yesterday. Hope you get back th CA!
I do most of my driving in sport mode haha. I actually feel like my R1 feels firmer and the steering heavier in sport. But handling and throttle response were much sportier in the R2. The R2 in sport almost feels as comforable as the R1 in soft, but more athletic than the R1 in Sport. I havent driven a Tri though so can't compare directly.
The wheel telescopes. You just didn't do it right.I’m a first day reservation holder but don’t own a Rivian. I do own 3 Teslas and the first was a Model 3 purchased in May 2018. I received the email for a demo drive yesterday morning and immediately signed up for a drive.
First the really big news for anyone living in S Placer County, there’s a new “Tier 1” service center on Granite Dr in Rocklin between the Tesla and Porsche dealers! It literally opened last Thursday in prep for R2. The manager stated it was Rivian’s largest center to date. The two things that will keep me from buying a R2 immediately are no close by service center, now resolved, and the lack of self driving.
I’ve ridden in two R1S’s before and have test driven one so I have some familiarity with Rivian. The manager went over the car for me. We set regen at the highest level, selected the performance mode, adjusted the controls and he let me drive it for 30 minutes by myself. First up the only real complaint popped up, no telescoping steering wheel. Really in a $60,000 car in 2026? Big miss IMO. I’m 6’2” and like my seat back. In my normal driving position the wheel was too far away. Self driving will fix that for long trips. In the plus side I adjusted both front seats for me, jumped in the back seats and my knees had 2”+ of clearance before hitting the back of the front seat.
The R2 drive really nice, way better than my Model Y Performance rally car edition. Lots of room inside, I have a tall family, and the car was very fast. Unfortunately the speed limiter was set to 81 mph so now test of high speed wind noise. My test drive had the 20” wheels with the Trail Terrain tires and they were smooth and quiet.
I didn’t test the sound system but did test the autopilot and it’s basically adaptive cruise control with lane keep. Unless I missed something it’s pretty basic and not much different from other cars I’ve owned.
Other details have been well covered so I won’t go into them.
Overall I was very impressed with R2 and it exceeded my expectations. The Lidar equipped cars come soon enough.
The only question I have is it time to buy Rivian stock?
Was your test drive on 20”s or 21”s?
