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I hear ya. But given the auto industry economy in general and Rivian's financial precariousness at this early stage, it's wise to appeal to the largest customer base. There is a reason why the vast majority of apartments are painted in neutral tones. Beige is boring, but it isn't terribly...

Hate to tell you this, but even with the premium audio, you are likely going to be disappointed. See the numerous threads here and on YouTube regarding the lackluster audio perfomance in the Trucks. There is a youtube video showing how you can spend 4hrs of your time replacing the so-called...

I agree. When you are driving the vehicle you really want, you will soon forget any possible savings you might have missed out on, but if you are driving the vehicle you settled for, every time you drive it, you will be annoyed, or regretful, or rue the compromises you made to save a few bucks...

It's hard to gauge the point of discussion here. Are you looking to pinpoint the price of the R3 years before it reaches the market? Good luck with that. The economy will be different then. Unless there is a major economic depression with catastrophic deflation, prices will be higher. When...

Stellantis, GM and even Ford are no longer led by CEOs driven to make great vehicles, rather the executive suite is focused on maximizing profit in the medium and short term, because that is how they are rewarded. The vehicles they churn out are as cheaply built, and as unsafe, and as...

I love these fascinating threads. So if you're old like me, you might remember a consumer product format called Betamax, developed by a little company called Sony. It's a very long story filled with passion, high stakes, blackmail, espionage, intrigue, and yes, even sex, but skipping all the...

Yes, I agree. Short of surveying everyone who works at the big three, I have no way of knowing for sure, but I do suspect there are those working there that for whatever reasons aren’t particularly thrilled with BEV‘s, if not outright hostile to the idea of the demise of the internal combustion...

I think the F-150 Lightening is an important vehicle that served and still serves an absolutely essential purpose. First, while it is true that Ford basically slapped a BEV drive train on an existing ICE platform, rather than engineer a truly efficient EV from the chassis up (imagine how much...

Perhaps when I am too old to drive myself safely, I might consider it. Then again, I also hate subscriptions to anything other than magazines (remember those?) I don't even pay for cable TV (remember that?) I use something called a TV antenna that wirelessly picks up high definition digital...

I just think it's ironic that currently, AI is seen by CEOs as a huge cost savings/labor reduction/stock price increasing/profit money maker in the white collar world, you know, much like robotic automation was seen 40 years ago in manufacturing. But servicing increasingly complex machines like...

I think the lack of a true subwoofer fully explains why I find the audio disappointing, especially when compared to my previous ride which had a remarkably good Bose system, that included a killer woofer for a fraction of the money. The older I get, and the more my hearing inevitably...

Forget the curved screen, I like the sunroof! Now if only it incorporated a sliding shade, it would be perfect! Other than the electric translucence, this is not new tech, btw; It's got to be at least 30 years old, but evidently too expensive to include in a 100K vehicle. :/

Rivian as a company is facing many challenges to its long term survival, no doubt. But another way to look at this is that despite being a new and, frankly unknown company (only two people I have encountered so far knew of or had heard of Rivian) they were second only to Tesla in non-legacy...

No issues so far, works like a charm. Helps on your mileage, offers a fair amount of protection for anything you’re hauling in the bed that will fit under the cover. Every once in a while, I might squirt some WD-40 white grease in the track, but it doesn’t seem to need it.

Technically, anything manufactured from Canada to Peru, (including Mexico, for the geographically challenged) is "Made in America" But what if it is made in Hawaii? Nope, although it is "Made in the United States" What is the most "'merican" name in the automobile industry? Dunno, Lincoln...

I have found that silver is the best color for hiding dirt, unlike say, white, black or forest green (which is what I got, I love green, I just don't like it $2500 more than silver). I wanted to get silver, but in order to qualify for the $7500 incentive, I had to take delivery before September...

wow, are we that old that people don’t remember that this was the standard way you would routinely unlock your car? There was also the wire coat hanger trick, or if you were desperate because you locked your keys in your car, you could sometimes call the police and they would come out with a...

I can attest that the roof sunshades do make a huge difference in the internal cabin temperature over the course of the day, even with roofs that have the electric diffusion engaged. I am new owner of an R1T, and would love to be entered into the contest to get an R1T sunshade, in gray or silver...

If they covered the screen buttons for lock and unlock, I missed it. I also forgot how to open the bed compartment to the spare tire (which I did not order) even though the guy opened it for me. My friend found the lever himself when I was trying to show him the compartment. I think I have...

That guy does it to you too? Man, where did he get his license?