I had the card in my wallet and it was fine, modulo some embarrassment and having to figure out where specifically to press the thing, but my point is that I *could* have been hosed. Plenty of people probably were. And for literal hours. Hours of downtime. It's a bad look and it's an indication...
It's back up but this has been a sobering and somewhat scary event.
Rivian: Decouple your auth experience from the PAAK and let users cache a 12hr token locally or something, I shouldn't get stranded at work because your oracle identity management service shit the bed, or you put a Users table...
I've had it for a long time. If your vehicle is asleep, you need to wake it before you can eg. turn on pre-heat. It sleeps after something like 15 minutes of no interaction
Not much to add but I share a number of your concerns, took delivery anyway, and am super glad I did. Love my truck.
You can't predict the future, so I figure just do what you want now and hope it works out/trust your future self to be capable of handling it.
Good luck with the choices...
Pretty sure any Bluetooth connection is going to be gated near that as well, so it doesn't necessarily explain the BT > Spotify preference stated above. If you're looking for >320kbps (well, it's all VBR these days so who knows what you're getting, I guess) and want a FLAC source or whatever...
The real downside to this is that you can't treat it like a standard offroader. I remember in the old Doug Demuro offroading video he event mentions how weird it is that you just put the petal down and this thing which should be prone to 0-60 in 3s instead starts to slowly climb over anything...
Mostly gotten "how do you like your rivian?" and I of course respond that I love it. As far out as places on the peninsula where you'd expect more of a gruff attitude, if not outright hate. Very pleasant interactions. Some stares and thumbs up, which is honestly kind of embarrassing.
Your Walmarts must be a mite bit scarier than mine :CWL:. I don't CC but that looks like a great setup; I often wonder what folks do for truck guns, and that makes sense. Shame they don't make em for my main driver (no, it's not a hi point).
Awesome posts, glad you're enjoying the truck. ?
Dang that's rough. I know some folks a little ways out in New Mexico who are 2020 preorders and nada, but you take the cake. Out of curiosity: would you be willing to go to in to a SC to pick it up?
I've heard that you can charge into the 12v system by removing the towing backplate and accessing the wires there (at least, on the T -- I assume the S has a similar to hookup). If I were you, I'd verify this (lol, seriously, due diligence, when messing with electronics, especially ones that...
"TRD E8R" or "TRD EATR" or some analog: because my friends all have tacoma and 4runner TRDs, which this machine eats for breakfast.
But also because it sounds like "turd eater", which is funny and self-deprecating and kind of a nod to the shit eating grin I get when driving it.