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I'm actually still reading this thread with interest. *** Robert F. Kennedy SENIOR once quoted this line from George Bernard Shaw's play "Methuselah": "You see things; and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?" Envisioning something better, in every way that...

Although both odometer and clock matter to me, I spend more time wanting an easy-to-see real-time clock than odometer. While it's constantly visible, the clock is in the most inconvenient location possible and I don't know how to move or duplicate it. On a recent trip, the clock was obscured...

Charging heats the battery anyway, whether or not preconditioning is simultaneously going on. From my informal observations, @carsly has it about correctly. If time is not an urgent issue, it seems more efficient to arrive at a DCFC at a lower temperature (as long as it's 50 or above) than at...

Dealers' legitimate fear is that, after dealers built the corporation's business, the corporation starts cutting the dealers out of the business. It looks as if WA figured out how to allow legitimately new automobile makers to sell directly, while pretty much shutting out the "independent...

My phone app allows me to adjust the charging rate in real time, but only if the location is already mapped. I can't tell it to adjust the charging rate at some future time, and I can't tell it to automatically apply the specified rate to the location it's currently at. Clumsy, but it works...

The most obvious reason for waiting until the bells and lights stop, and the arm comes to a stop all the way up, is that you can't see (and often can't hear) a train coming the opposite way from the train that just passed. This can happen at almost any multi-track crossing. One of a railway...

I'm proud that this forum is, by and large, fact-based and civil. At this time, I only have one thing to add: From what I've seen, under-the-panels care at a solar farm tends to focus on grazing animals such as sheep. As long as numbers are managed to avoid overgrazing, this maintains the...

I learned that trick from Piet Hein's poem, @SANZC02: “Whenever you're called on to make up your mind, and you're hampered by not having any, the best way to solve the dilemma, you'll find, is simply by spinning a penny. No - not so that chance shall decide the affair while you're passively...

Great, @stfulton1! I hope it's everything you currently expect! You got good, balanced advice above, I think. The only thing I would add is that (855) RIVIAN-5 gets you 24/7 response from Rivian's technical support team in Plymouth, Michigan. In my experience, the team in Plymouth has some...

Bummer. We haven't needed alignment, and we're on the opposite side of I-5, but I hope some forum members might have alignment suggestions. This might require a new thread title in order to get the right views. Very best wishes!

Agreed, @VSG. My distress wasn't that they changed their mind about safety -- it was that they made it my problem to locate and implement a "Plan B." It wasn't easy to load all the rims and tires in the R1S along with the rest of the cargo. They could have detailed an employee to help move...

TL/DR version: When you've seen one store in a big chain, you've seen ONE STORE. I'm thrilled with the competence and diligence of our local Costco Tire in Warrenton, Oregon. In spring 2024, @Mark_AZR1T and I taught Costco/Warrenton's tire manager how to do everything on our first R1S. I...

One of our favorite hotels has exactly one Level 2 charger. Front desk staff have been marvelous about reaching out to owners of vehicles that have finished charging. We try to pay it forward by telling the staff whether our charging is "must have" or "nice to have." If it's "nice to have,"...

I had the problem the OP describes. Portland (OR) Service Center fixed it. Only took a few minutes. Best wishes!

Please be sure to study the forum rules about sales offers, and bring this into compliance ASAP. Best of luck in France!

If the attachment is too strong, it can rip your grille. That's why I like SnapPlate. Annoying when it rips off (it hasn't for me), but the alternative is worse. Best to all!

Currently driving Portland SC's 2002 Quad Large R1T loaner "Bluey," VIN #005xx and odometer 39.2K, while Portland replaces whining front motors on our R1S under warranty. I don't know what service Bluey has needed over the years, but it seems to be a sweet ride at present. Best to all!

After seeing your post, @godfodder0901, I decided to do just that. Wouldn't you know it, that was the week the Rivians started displaying the correct limits in that stretch. I don't know how it got corrected, but it was. Thanks and best wishes!

I am REALLY looking forward to upgrading backup from Bolts to R2, but it doesn't sound as if the R2 will address this serious safety concern. Wassym has been right about a lot of things, and my wife and I will certainly test drive and discuss, but I can't make Wassym's Reddit reply make sense...

Reliable hotel charging is very important to us. We find it through a two-step process. Step 1: I find a hotel that SAYS it has EV charging, by narrowing my search in either the aaa.com web site or the hotel chain's web site. That's easy -- just a few extra clicks. Step 2: I verify the...