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FYI - but if you actually care about this, then you need to be thinking more about specific producers and models (even foreign brands) than “buying American”. High-volume cars are all manufactured across a global supply chain and for many they are at-most “assembled” in their domestic market...

As a bit of a counterpoint to this - if you are considering the R3 then realistically you probably aren’t a hardcore off-road family so I would discount a lot of the R1S off-road capability. If you prioritize ride quality, comfort and are even a little bit value-oriented then I would test drive...

We do a Nuna Rava and Uppababy Mesa (both bulkier seats) in the second row without issue. Would be tough to do 3 across though unless you specifically bought all of the narrowest seats on the market. Our dog also refuses to go in the trunk so has to have all three rows up if she is in - would be...

I mean I don’t really understand your point. The R1T is an $80K+, inefficient truck that almost no one uses for work. Nothing about a Rivian is about “making it work.” Every version of these cars are luxury items and more car than 99% of their buyers truly “need”. Does a single person alive...

The R1S went production intent sometime in mid-2021 with first full production vehicles “delivered” in Dec 2021. That’s what I’m measuring from.

I’m a tech investor for a living, have owned an EV since 2021 and was driving them regularly before then. I know what early adoption looks like. The R1S has been on the market for 4 years now and EVs with similar tech in general have been mainstream for longer than that - we are past early...

Really appreciate the constructive feedback. Fortunately I’m not a tech novice (I’m a tech investor for a living) so have done some of this already and can resolve software issues for a time. Issue is that they either reoccur or are replaced by new issues a couple months (and updates) later...

Re-read my post - didn’t ask for sympathy, didn’t cite other rich people as my reason for buying, and didn’t say anything about what the R1S is “supposed to be”. You like the car - awesome for you. I don’t think it’s very good for the reasons I’ve stated. Doesn’t hurt me one bit I’ll just get...

By the way - I’ve never had my R1S randomly pull to the right or the trunk open on its own. It appears you have according to your posts - guess you must be AI too?

if you would like to believe I created this account and started posting on this forum a year ago for the sole purpose of posting this negative review then go right ahead. Perfectly in line with with the echo chamber mindset people seem to be into these days.

Thanks for the feedback and suggestions all. I’ll agree that a part of the issue may have been misplaced expectations - but ultimately in a mass market vehicle it doesn’t really matter so I stand by my review. I don’t hate the car and they have 2 more years to bring me on board so hoping for...

Yep. Will likely consider the Ioniq 9/EV 9 as potential replacement. Issue at the time was that the EV9 did not Tesla network access, was rated for sub-300 mile range and several of our trips involve travel in states with few charging options (once you get west of Birmingham in the mid-south...

Exactly this. Rivian isn’t even pretending they aren’t making a Luxury SUV - their spaces are almost exclusively in high-end shopping areas. The CEO isn’t talking about tank turns anymore, he openly compares the R1S to Cadillac EVs and the Model X - not off-road vehicles. He compares the R2 to...

I drive in auto/soft. Car seats are plugged into seat belt, no latch. Garage door problem is intermittent and still comes up after location reset / OS reboots. Very possible that all these issues are fixable, there have been others that were fixed (when I first got the car it would randomly...

Absolutely a possibility. But based on the distribution of where these cars are being sold in Atlanta - almost exclusively wealthy in-town Neighborhoods where some version of those 3 cars are ubiquitous and trucks/true full size SUVs are rare - I suspect many, many, many potential buyers will...

I have the same wake up problems with a FOB (which I had to buy separately- doesn’t come with the car fyi), with the app and with proximity unlock. Full reset seems to temporarily make it better but then it comes back. Rivian says that a future update will make it better - we will see. As far...

No I haven’t. I live in a neighborhood where most of the R1S are being bought to replace a Cayenne/XC90/Range Rover type car. The ride quality in the R1S is terrible compared to those.

Context / Use Case: Leased the Gen 2 R1S max pack (making us a two EV household) about a year ago as we welcomed our 2nd child. Needed a 3-row SUV that would be good for both around the city and for the 3-4 longer road trips (~400 miles) we take each year. Other cars we were considering at the...

Im really starting to think people that post on these forums don’t actually own Rivians. I just drove one 400 miles today. Rivian doesn’t have a market competitive L2 ADAS system right now. They are not remotely near L3/L4. RJ is turning into Elon with the over promising. The R1S and R2 will...

I’m on a road trip now and the handsfree highway assist has actively tried to murder us twice in the first 150 miles so I’m gonna say no they aren’t close to autonomy. First time it slammed on the brakes in the middle of 75 mph traffic flow. I assume because there was an 18-wheeler with its...