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Lol I don't think anyone is taking it personally, I just think some people are capable of realizing that compromises were made based on cost, space, weight, function, ease of production, etc and it's completely understandable (and hopefully, with a little perspective, not entirely disappointing)...

Yup, that's what I had thought too. Glad I'm not crazy.

My sister is currently at RIT! She loves it and I'm constantly amazed at how well they're preparing her for real world employment.

Are these issues that big of a deal??? Everything is relative, I get that people have different perspectives about what's important and what's not, but at the end of the day Rivian designed the vehicle a certain way and, barring things that can be changed entirely by software, it is what it is...

Folding seats typically don't have the structural integrity and range of motion needed to anchor a seatbelt, so third row seatbelts are almost universally bolted directly to reinforced areas of the the body with clips to hold them out of the way when needed.

I'm curious, how would the seatbelts fold out of the way?

Lol seriously. My mind is blown at the guy who needs 68 degrees and his wife 78. Like, what do they do in their house? The complaints about split tailgate functionality when it's literally the same as every other split tailgate on the market. The concern over "only" having 4 cupholders and 6...

If it can be done, I'll probably vinyl wrap the glass roof

Can you switch between T and S for launch editions?

Depending on where you live, if your local energy company uses net metering with time of use pricing then a west facing system can be just as effective as an equivalent kWh south facing system despite less production. For me in San Diego, energy produced during peak hours can be worth 1.5 to 6...

Can't tell if you're supporting my point or advocating for field to door strawberry delivery!

Not just a few bucks, it's significantly cheaper and logistically more sensible to ship new vehicles by rail in bulk, which is why pretty much every major vehicle manufacturer does it that way. It would be almost impossible to ship thousands of vehicles by long haul truck in a reliable and cost...

Your hot takes are fantastic. My Raptor averages 15-16 mpg, I'm paying CA gas prices, the R1S is absolutely the right vehicle for my family, and I'm definitely concerned about Rivian's poor energy management. Wasting 150 kWh per month to unnecessary standby consumption is irresponsible...

I'm sure it's not thaaaaat unsafe but you're not supposed to use both due to how it distributes force during a crash...or so carseat manufacturers say

I plan on routing charging leads from the battery to somewhere that's accessible from outside the vehicle. Nothing thick enough to jump the car, just enough for a portable solar panel to float the 12V when I'm out "adventuring" to minimize the need for DC-DC charging from the main pack and to...

My understanding is all exterior panels are aluminum. I don't have a source to quote so I could be 100% wrong, but pretty much every modern vehicle now has aluminum panels to save weight so I'd be shocked if they used anything else.

"I'm right, you're wrong" isn't agreeing to disagree lol. Your preference has no right or wrong, but what I'm saying is absolutely correct, in that it's technically correct. Which is, of course, the best kind of correct ;)

We're dancing around the same points but reaching different conclusions... -It runs the next day when you're driving, using more gas to charge the battery, which gets counted by the trip computer - all energy used is accounted for. -It just so happens the R1 was designed to "idle" overnight...

That's because its auxiliary systems aren't drawing a kWh or more overnight. ICE aux loads are designed within the constraints of 12V SLA batteries...they're efficient because they have to be. It seems ICE manufacturers are generally carrying this over to their BEV models, whereas BEV only...

Unless it's costing you a ton of extra money, why worry about it? You mentioned you have no problem averaging 2.2+ on the 15 min chart so your driving efficiency is in line with everyone else...you're just using more than anyone else sitting in the car reading books :p