Flimsy feeling materials, seemingly delicate construction, and maybe worst of all, buggy software. Oh, and of course the price is obscene.
The launch was delayed, delayed, delayed. Models were removed from the lineup entirely (SS level) and very basic stuff like a sunroof for example, wasn't...
I waited a 17 months for a Blazer EV --- and when it finally launched, it was an absolutely steaming turd of quality and disastrous dealer communication.
I made an immediate pivot, and bought an R1T. Much happier.
Ordered yellow. Not to be a dork, but the PAAK thing is just too modern for my old brain. Yeah, I'll carry my phone all the time, but I hate the lock/unlock annoyances. Fob FTW :)
Needs more lint !! (inside joke for some of us old software devs.)
I am kinda suprised each system doesn't have its own recovery partition (for lack of a better term) that allows a safe mode reboot, where updates could be safely reapplied. Further, I guess I would have also expected somewhere...
Current state of the dinner negotiation:
son = 100% we must take the Rivian; the earth (and RJ) will accept nothing less.
wife = stop drinking so much gin on a Thursday.
Looks like we're going to have a good old family meeting tonight at dinner! As a parent, husband, father, and responsible son (of my aging parents), I'm sure the ICE is the expected choice on this holiday trip.
As the person who refuses to believe he's getting old, I know the R1T would be...
There's a whole bunch of 'baggage' associated with Thanksgiving in my extended family. Let's get that out of the way. Show up late, and you might as well move to North Korea.
I have a new R1T in central North Carolina. Thanksgiving is in SW Florida. I can drive my ICE car with son...