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Confirms what I’ve been saying. Rivian basically designed the R1S by just putting a truck cap and 2-seat bench onto the R1T. Absolutely no thought into creating a proper HVAC for anyone but the first two seats. A portable handheld fan is probably better than the car fan for passengers in the...

Easy to test that by just turning on and off the third row vents and see what that intake vent does.

Ah, I see. That is just terrible engineering. So, the third row is basically getting hot air in the summer and cold air in the winter. C’mon Rivian.

Are we sure the intake for the 3rd row vents is in the cargo area? That would be the most unintelligent place to design the intake. You are literally just recirculating the stale air back there then. This horrible HVAC system just keeps on sounding worse as we learn more about it.

I considered but one thing I'm concerned about is if there were to ever be corrosion issues underneath years from now while still under warranty. They will certainly deny warranty then. I've already seen corrosion issues with the stock hardware during panel removal from install pictures by others.

Would be nice to get it serviced. However, non-critical appointment wait times are 3-4 months out at both service centers near me.

Don’t do it?? WTF?? Okay, so we should make sure to plug in our Rivians when we’re out in the middle of nowhere camping? I’m sure I’ll find a 120V or 240V outlet in the woods.

Yup. Not an exaggeration when I say these are the worst second-row seats of any 3-row vehicle I’ve ever sat in. It’s an adventure climbing in and out of the second row (without running steps) and then having to manipulate those second row seats.

True, the frunk appears it may be small. However, with the front drive all the way forward like this, I bet the interior cabin space will be large. Maybe more spacious than R1T and Lightning. The flat load frunk that Ford started is enviable. Why the hell is Rivian the only EV truck without the...

Please tell that to all the home sellers in my area. Home sales are still robust even though average prices are only down about 10% from the peak when mortgage rates were 2.5%.

It seems like whether service centers sell parts or certain items like the wristband is all up to the individual who is creating your order. People have mentioned buying certain things. However, the guy at the service center desk during my visit in a NorCal location would not sell me anything...

I have the newer Rivian sound system and I don’t understand how someone can say that the Rivian sound system is great. It really is one of the worst sounding car audio setup I’ve been in at this price range of $100K luxury cars. It lacks pretty much the entire frequency soundstage besides the...

It’d be interesting to see a comparison of the number of chargers besides the number of stations. I don’t know how many chargers per station Tesla was installing early on, but there’s a huge delta nowadays between Tesla and every other company, including Rivian.

2 months is nothing. Psshh I’m in NorCal and recently took delivery, and the first available service appointment for non-critical work was October. I can’t imagine what the wait will be like when Rivian reaches their goal to double the number of cars sold by the end of this year. They’re...

My problems with the A/C in the R1S are: compressor seems to be underpowered for this size vehicle and very loud it condenses like crazy. Always have a river flowing underneath every time I have the A/C while parked for over 5 minutes in a hot day there are no pillar vents in the second row...

Schedule a service appt to check the level of coolant. It’s a known issue by Rivian that some vehicles left the factory with either too little or too much, hindering the potential of the A/C. If that level is okay, then it’s just the compressor that is too weak, which is also well documented...

W But, the increase in range for Dual models partly comes from the car automatically going into FWD conserve mode on and off as necessary to conserve range. On the quad config, you have to manually select conserve and so was not factored into its EPA rating. If you use conserve with the quad...

Rivian says “within spec”. Also “within spec” is some people feeling the vibration of the windshield wiper motor through the accelerator pedal. What I want from Rivian regarding the HVAC is vents on the B pillar for the second row passengers. Those tiny vents in the back of the center console...

No, doesn’t make sense. There’s already little demand for the quad R1T with the dual motors coming out. Increase the price and no one is going to buy quad.

But, the dual doesn’t get THAT much better range than the quad. Plus, on conserve, it’s practically the same efficiency.