This seems like an possible ideal scenario. SoCal seems to no longer have guides. My experience thus far has been just ping-pongin' to different people at SC or customer service. I guess that's part of why I was curious if anyone's found a way to escalate. Will keep trying.
Great points. Uncertain if I'll be keeping the vehicle, the lease was meant as a way to both test the lifestyle fit and level of commitment to the car. However to your point, I did try to compare apples to apples from 2024 models using the online calculator, though residual is likely higher...
So I put in an order to lease a 2023 R1 at a great MF (0.0001) and Residual but at last min of pickup (literally days), the vehicle is suddenly no longer available. Due to limited 2023 inventory, I'm told to select from remaining inventory. Since there's no more QM in my configuration...
Quad motor does not come with anything other than Large. It looks like apples to apples your dealer has lower price than Rivian official.
Maybe check the demo site at https://demovehicles.rivian.com/collections/all for fair comparison since you are buying it technically 'used'. Though 200...
Pretty sure this is a new process. My previous interaction (about a month back) in attempting to Lease did not have residual either. Looks like they do now before you accept the offer.
Does the kayak run from the RTT racks to racks on the roof? (Ie 4 racks total?). Also it looks like it’s a Condor XL? Seems to fit surprisingly well on the bed, I’d assumed the bed would be too small for XL.
Curious on people's input too as I'm in similar situation to you - also looking at a 90ishk R1T and choosing between leasing or buying out right (also saved a chunk of cash). Having leased last 3 vehicles, I'm also fairly familiar with the leasing process. I was originally going lease and...