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Ahhhh, of course! I use it for checking all the other things that go wrong on vehicles but forgot about emissions.

I believe you but why? I thought there was a standard set of OBDC II data every vehicle needed to supply. I get that all the relevant codes are vehicle specific and most shops don’t look for them. But one would figure the Rivian codes have to be available somewhere

https://altaerv.com/ Good-looking mods to the T and the S

Wow - that was a tiny drain! Just out of curiosity, which battery do you have? I believe the 2025 standard battery is LFP while the large and max are NMC. If you have the standard battery, i understand Rivian’s comment about charging to 100% (LFPs are happy being charged to 100). While a...

Looks like a design feature. The rear wheel clearly failed to operate as designed. 🤣

Great story and pics. Got me thinking about the C button on the Mach 5.: I would like to request circular saws be reclassified as recovery gear

Well done! Having backup drivers is key. Little did I expect that getting a Rivian meant no back up drivers. For me, my right leg and rear start to cramp after 2 hours. Thank god for the need to charge every 3 hours

Some door dings are accidents - wind gusts, someone slips on ice, etc. But other ones are due to carelessness and lack of awareness of others. We put out cones around our work truck because we need the clearance to get the picks, rock bars, McLeods, and Pulaskis back in the truck. We’ve given up...

Someone mentioned that , for the running boards to be effective against door dings, you need to leave the truck in it’s highest suspension position

Let’s be honest. It is not the truck. It is Gary wanting attention. I used to think Gary not unlocking the truck via PAAK was because he wanted me to take a moment before driving the truck. However, during the fireworks on the 4th, he let slip his true self. He does not like to be left alone and...

Nice write-up. Always good to hear about experiences on long trips. I’m starting to see 5 stages to range anxiety (YMMV): 1. Fear of driving at less than 70, then 50, then 30% charge - resulting in way too many stops to charge back to 80% 2. Anger that 15-20% of a trip will be consumed by...

I think you’re right in enforcement currently being low to nonexistent. I was pulled over in 1990 in VA for lacking a front plate but am seeing more VA vehicles without front plates.

I’m partial to DC as well. For 40 years, I blamed the horrible drivers on the transient nature of DC’s population. Every 4 years there was a turnover in population with new administration / embassy staff. None here knows how to drive in the snow. Now I’m not so sure that the turnover is the...

And it wasn’t me. Mine is silver.

I got a question. Ya know how many ICE vehicles have hill descent control systems, does lifting off the go pedal on a Rivian when heading downhill engage a similar system? I appreciate that G1 quad wheels are controlled separately when accelerating and have true torque vectoring. Are all one...

As said above and elsewhere, R1s have a lot of off-road chops, especially for a truck that, when back on paved roads, can still launch with the best of them. (Just air up first) But being good also means that R1s do not always let you know when things are getting dicey. I originally disagreed...

I agree the clearer phrase would be “tires for 21” wheels” but I’m now wondering what is the diameter of the donut hole in tires for 21” wheels? Also, I’m probably going to go with the Michelins.

👆 This is so true. A buddy was recounting how he has lost faith in his Tundra and Toyota in general from the engine recall to dumb stuff breaking - like the plastic housing surrounding the base of the seats and the headliner drooping after 3 years). The Toyota dealership near him is giving him...

(I stand corrected. See Godfodder’s post above) If needed, I got a pic somewhere of my old Rivian battery when it was replaced. Also, when the tech replaced the battery, he disabled the onboard electronics from pulling from the 12v until reconnected. I’ve replaced many batteries in ICE...

Ford Galaxy 500. I remember my parents telling me stories that they had seatbelts installed as an aftermarket option.