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Ditto... btw, I'm sure we wouldn't need much persuasion to join an overlanding activity. This needs to come out of the garage for more than just a quick test lap.

We are running the hi-lo pro with a Thule T2 Classic. The T2 alone makes contact with the closed tailgate in the up position and with the open tailgate in the leaned down position. The hi-lo fixes both problems. Only complaint is we don't really need the full 11" of extension (half that would...

It doesn't look quite as bad as you're making it out to be... From US-285 north of Salida w/o routing through Salida: 11 minutes Between the same two points, routing via 2nd and G: 22 minutes So the routing to catch the RAN adds 11 minutes to the total trip time for a N-S trip. The same...

Even if it's just 120V, plugging it in can at least offset or even overcome the phantom drain. If you're really only driving on weekends, it may even make a dent in your actual usage. Just be aware if you're plugging it in on a 15A circuit with anything else plugged in that you may want to turn...

Nobody runs to the internet forums to say "OMG, I was actually able to charge my car on my trip!" There's a huge bias toward sharing the negative experiences. Just because you only read negative accounts all day long does not mean that reflects the typical experience. We haven't charged much...

Personally, I prefer this approach if "town" isn't too far away. If I'm going to be stopping for 20-40 minutes, I'd rather be some place I can walk to get a coffee, grab a sandwich, or use a restroom in that period of time. The extra 5 minutes of round trip driving allows for doing something...

Looks great!

We got one of the first non-employee R1Ts in March. It had been built in January when they were doing employee deliveries. Somebody overlooked the fact that the employee delivery program welcome letter was left in our frunk. The letter contained directions for accessing their internal-facing...

And to frame it differently, the spec max height with antenna is 6'6.2". I am saying I would not enter a 6'6" garage just because it happened to fit on a lower suspension setting. That said, I did take it into a 6'7" garage this week...

I have been in garages with about an inch to spare, so I'll continue being very conservative in my decision-making here.

I am (perhaps irrationally) terrified of the height changing when I'm in a garage, so I will only enter if the posted clearance is higher than the manual's max height. And I will only enter on standard -- never relying on low or lowest to squeak by. No trust on this one from me.

The accessories include gear guard, and as I mentioned, we were parked in a busy public lot and captured 405 videos. Averaging a bit over 500W isn't too surprising to me in that environment. I don't know for sure about the architecture, but I suspect there is a single DC converter from the high...

The new software shows some more details about completed charging sessions! Left it on overnight on a Public Level 2 EVSE. It is a busy parking lot in an area that doesn't see many Rivians, and there were 405 gear guard videos from the night. But as you can see, average draw for "low voltage...

Yeah, people throw around the voided warranty all the time. There's no such thing. You're exactly right -- to exclude coverage, they would have to show that the otherwise-would-be-covered problem you're having was caused by your use of that menu (or your after market mod, or whatever else).

I would guess they're telling you if you need it, don't stress too much about it. But the manual clearly advises using the Daily limit (70%) if you don't need the additional range on any given day.

If the main panel isn't in the garage, I'd feed a beefy subpanel (maybe 150A so you can have the EVSEs but also garage circuits, etc.). Then I'd get 1" conduit in the walls to a 4-square for each bay. I'd bring dedicated circuits of 6AWG wire to both boxes. If I didn't have a hardwire charger...

Don't trust everything you read on the internet. That article is objectively trash.

That cable type is not for home use. [Edited: @ajdelange pointed out there is an exception that allows it to be used in one- and two-family homes if installed according to the Romex codes]. The simplest approach for DIY would be a metallic cable...

Breakers are not as precise as most people think. They will trip for going overcurrent, but this can take much longer than you'd expect. For example, at double the rated current (100A on a 50A breaker), 10 seconds would be a reasonable expectation. What's more, a very-long-running 48A load on a...

I'd avoid putting it in the same conduit. It could possibly be allowed if the ethernet cable jacket were listed for the 240V of the main circuit (harder to find than you might think!), but you'd likely trigger a bunch of other arcane requirements that your inspector may or may not care about...