Yes, that very much seems to be the case, @LoneStar. I plan to say "Look, I'll take anything except black or white, plus any wheels and with or without off-road package is fine!"
-- I figure, wheels can be changed (I'll probably want 2 seasonal sets anyway), and while I will be hitting some...
I took that guide's statement with a huge grain of salt. There was another poster the same day (Monday) with an active guide helping them get assigned an available truck -- on Monday. I'm keeping an open mind about it for now.
Unlike last month, there have not been any guides assigned to May/June R1S reservation holders so far. I keep checking… and checking…. and checking….
These geniuses don't even specify what it is that they're claiming Rivian lied about. They get a bad "will this work?" response from some poor Yakima customer service flunky and extrapolate that to representing an official statement from Yakima. And somehow Rivian gets a negative headline out of...
Well, the first full week of May has come and (mostly) gone, with none of us May/June R1S people posting about getting a guide yet. Hard to say if it will happen before the great re-shuffling, but one thing I know: I’m stoked for our R1T peers getting their trucks! Congrats, and save us some...
When I saw it on a bright sunny day in Venice Hub recently it didn’t look too orange to me. Here are my pics of that one along with some others (iPhone 13 Pro Max, no filters / adjustments).
https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/forest-edge-interior-other-photos-from-rivian-venice-hub.5017/
It feels like some guides are far more proactive, offering to find any vehicle on their spreadsheet that might work for their buyer and getting it done, while others seem to be stuck in a waiting loop for the specific vehicle to come down the line.
The only R1S guide contacts have been April/May, and all of them had a much earlier pre-order date. No May/June R1S contacts have been posted yet, let alone June/July. There have been ZERO deliveries.
R1T is another thing entirely -- they're all over the place. But for R1S it sounds like you're...
A few posts down from this one....
https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/rivian-announces-a-milestone-in-our-progress-in-georgia-and-releases-plant-site-plans-map.5217/
also in the Investor/Company forum...