I should have also noted a good chunk of the trip across California is into serious headwinds/crosswinds. Anyone who has driven from Redding to LA knows that entire stretch can be ridiculous. Going 75mph+ with those winds and the cargo box meant aero was really aerNo.
As for the A/Ts, I see...
TL;DR ... keeping the Rivian for now.
Honestly, if the Raptor weren't still a challenge to get at or below sticker, and the Raptor R both impossible to get and suffering with leak issues, I would have seriously considered going back as soon as I returned from this trip. I'll admit I looked at...
Wheels are Fuel Ammo, which doesn’t come in R1T fitment ... so I’m assuming they’re the 5x139.7 Dodge fitment with hubcentric adapters for the R1T.
Wonder if they’re the ET20 or ET01 (+20 or +1) offset? Look great, if a bit heavy.
Rack looks nice too. Prefer this to most of the other rooftop...
I may post a separate trip report of my journey, but for now I'll limit this mostly to observations from along the way.
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Trip:
Drove from Bend, OR to San Diego (~1000 miles) over two days, then up to Temecula, CA where we stayed for about 10 days. While there we had a daily commute...
FWIW, I just did 3000 miles on .14 and it was exactly as described ... super loud and vibrated through the firewall. The vibration through the accelerator pedal was particularly annoying, and left my foot feeling all tingly. Did not like.
Anyway, that was before update [to .18]
Having just done 3000 miles over the past 14 days, I can tell you the in-vehicle NAV route planner is worthless (in a practical sense). Best is to create a route in google maps, use PlugShare to determine primary stops (and “contingencies) then use the truck’s NAV to guide from one predetermined...
You might miss some of the scenery, but you’d be well served staying on I-5 until Anderson and hitting the EA 350kW chargers at the Safeway there … then take 36 out of Red Bluff east to Lake Almanor and back onto your original route. There’s a RAN in Truckee, so you’re fine once you get to the...
I just returned from driving nearly 3000 miles over 14 days and used EA chargers 75% of the time. The *experience* was a mixed bag … from availability at a given station (working vs not, in use vs open), to output (real versus stated) to the people (charging to 100% at 12kW for no reason, asking...
I’m at an Airbnb right now and have been using Rivian’s included “convenience” charger off a 20A / 120V circuit in the garage. The 240V options at this property are too far/inconvenient to use. I dial down the Amp setting in the vehicle, plug into standard wall outlet (with nothing else drawing...
Is the update proving stable? I’m on a road trip, 1000 miles from home. Don’t want to update only to find some line of code is draining the 12v or bricking the vehicle like the .10 (or whatever) update did.
Like others, my steering wheel was off a couple degrees upon delivery (VIN 18xxx, Jan 2023 build / Feb 2023 delivery) and pulled to the right. Had a local motorsport shop who specialize in corner balancing, modified suspension alignments, track set ups, etc (as well as road cars) perform an...
Bummer. I really liked that combo, and prefer the faux bead lock to the smooth beauty ring ... which Makes them more Tesla/car EV than adventure vehicle IMO.
Was going to have custom forged wheels built (at 3x the cost) and put that on hold to order these. Now I’m not so sure.
Also see the...
Did the faux bead ring version of the R1000 get pulled? I actually like that look (prefer to the smooth) and was getting ready to place my order, but don’t see the option. I’m on a road trip and the option was definitely there (drop down menu selection) when I was heading out on Tuesday.
I’ve...
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Our community is Firewise compliant and we follow their guidelines. My son is also a wildland firefighter, so we have a resident expert … so to speak. ?
In lieu of bigger (more meaningful) mods to come -- like wheels, bed rack, aux lighting, etc -- here are a few shots of the @EveryAmp Dash Anchors (17mm) and Metisinno MagSafe magnetic phone mounts. I have one on each side of the center display, for driver (shown with my iPhone 14 Pro) and...
Not my R1T, which has full clear XPEL, but here’s my RS5 with XPEL Stealth when it was filthy this winter.
And what it looks like clean, for comparison
Posted the following in one of the many "delivered out of alignment" threads and figured I'd crosspost here just to keep track of it in the journal ...
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When I took delivery my R1T was slightly out of alignment. Steering wheel is just tad off when traveling straight, and if I let go...