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  1. 8 business days until Thanksgiving… are LE preorder holders getting contacted by our guides?

    I think the more important date is the the expiration of the quiet period: "The quiet period begins when the registration statement is made effective and lasts for 40 days after the stock starts trading and is for analysts employed by the offering’s managing underwriters and 25 days for...
  2. My Norcal Sonoma First Mile Event Impressions and Videos

    We had a test at home on Tuesday - generally agree with these points. My wife was particularly disappointed in the frunk - the one in our Boxster gets regular use...low liftover height...holds grocery bags upright...and we were surprised at how "meh" it was too. The magnets on the flap were a...
  3. Fixed Rear Window

    In the bed with the tailgate down? You really run lumber through a glass window? What happens if you, um, brake quickly?
  4. new deliveries?

    He has to initiate a process that takes...I forget...5 to 10 minutes...during which the car cannot be driven.
  5. new deliveries?

    And that was another interesting thing...there was no drama for acceleration. In comparison, when I accelerate on an onramp in my Boxster (a MUCH slower car) my wife immediately says something like "don't kill us"...and we're just getting up to the speed limit. Around 90 mph in the Rivian and...
  6. new deliveries?

    Agree completely. Some might even be OTA software updates. We had another issue - the car was apparently set to normal height, my wife and I both remarked (after) how awkward it was to get into / out of compared to our GX470. That has a running board, well positioned handholds, and wider doors...
  7. new deliveries?

    He showed me the ODO - 411 (?) miles? Range estimate...now that was interesting. He started in Conserve, was fully charged (presumably at Bellevue about 5 miles from me), and it showed something like 290 miles. We drove around locally a bit...jumped on the freeway (I floored it) for a few miles...
  8. new deliveries?

    I think this is part of it. We had almost an hour yesterday with a new (400mi) production LE that they brought to our house. Within the first 5 minutes I ask "is this how to operate the tonneau" and the demo person said "that's been locked out". Drop the tailgate and I'm staring at rusting bolts...
  9. Seattle First Mile Test Drives Registration!

    We're set for Tuesday 8:00-8:45. When I showed my wife the invite her first comments were "I hope it's not silver" and "I have a call at 8:30" :rolleyes: The good news - this is my street:
  10. Seattle First Mile Event -- FULL?!

    I just checked my email - found a reservation email from about 90 minutes ago...logged into my account and it was on the menu...and booked a session for 8:00-8:45 on the 16th. I'm a Feb 2019 R1T LE reservation holder...had added my name to the 1st mile list...and bought 25 shares on the IPO...
  11. Offering price increase? Again?

    Was that with Morgan Stanley? I ask as my wife hands me physical mail from them...<sigh>
  12. Offering price increase? Again?

    I also appreciated the Forbes analysis. And here it is...90 minutes after the nominal time for the final price...and crickets. And the confirmation deadline is ticking down. One other thing that is weighing heavily on me is...I had a MS account for my company's ESPP. But I needed to set up a...
  13. Offering price increase? Again?

    Looks like we'll know in about 2 hours - have to confirm today. My feet are getting...less warm.
  14. Sunday’s ‘Today’ show doing a segment from Normal about Rivian

    Are you sure? It's 6:25 here on the West Coast, I told my wife, she said "there is no Today show on Sunday". Update: Apparently there is a "Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist".
  15. Vehicle Life Expectancy

    I have been pondering exactly this issue - my GX470 has 214K miles…generally consumables plus every now and then an eye popping mechanical repair. I could certainly drive it for another decade. I’m now 61 so my years for an “adventure vehicle” are finite - but I’d like like to think that I could...
  16. Did Rivian get 'Bezos'd'?

    Well...I gotta say that Bezos trolling Rivian on Twitter was not a good look for either of them:
  17. What would you do if price increased?

    Agree - if Rivian delays early LE shipments into 2022 then that credit could be signficant cost increase depending on what happens to that credit in 2022. Here are the current versions on the table: So if the House version moves forward that $69k for SUVs is going to be a problem for R1S. My...
  18. Watch the R1T tonneau cover roll up automatically (with water on top)

    I'm actually less concerned about water than about organic material. In the PNW you can't go anywhere without being subject to tree debris...needles...sap. Heck, even bird poop. Where's this stuff going to go when the tonneau retracts? Some will fall off...some will get in...there's gotta be...
  19. inside EVs: Hummer First Drive

    The driver wasn't saying it was funny - he was saying it felt "really weird" and "doesn't do what you expect it to do". Which is not a feeling you'd want in a car, right? Unlike Tank Turn, amirighti? ;)





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