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I want some extra information when stuff fails - call it an "engineering mode debug" and make it selectable if you want. This truck has a lot of systems and occasionally throws a failure that looks really serious but may not be actually that big a deal. I'd like to know what it is. We've...

107K is a lot but Rivian's already basically up to 97K (when I look at just my config.) Some of us got pretty lucky but for a 10K difference I'd have that GMC. You get more range, more standard interior layout, better deliverable power, carplay, a clever bed, and supercruise which frankly beats...

If only there was a way to just copy the functionality of your phone but in a way you didn't have to fiddle with it while driving. Alas, it will probably take them years to develop something like this and there's just no other way.

It's a bad system to deal with someone in a panic. If you're about to lose control or go off the road the fine motor control in your foot is probably not at the level you want to finesse the pedal into coasting. In a regular car just lifting off is something a reasonable driver can do to...

It'd be nice to be able to just set charge level directly as opposed to 3 buttons. If I go away for a while I'd rather just leave it set to charge to 30-40% which is technically better.

I'm just going to add another vote for carplay/aa, I know they don't want to add it, but man it would make a lot of things easier. I'd also really like more regen settings so like in low traction/snow but still on a road it's easier to manage 'coasting'. You don't want to brake hard on slick...

This started getting me today (car sitting in the garage) and it's frankly infuriating. It's just a new problem I didn't have to deal in my last car, but because this randomly decides it wants to be awake and doing *something* it keeps shutting my music down. FFS a damn power button would help...

Tonneau could probably be fixed with deeper gear mesh into the 'rack' of the slats, seems like most of the problems are related to it jumping a tooth, which given they don't have a lot of mesh seems easily possible. 2 motors is more complicated to sync (and their multi-point supported bar from...

What are your bikes hooked to in front? Do those circular panels just punch outs we can mount more hooks to?

One thing I've noticed recently is more tech reviewers starting to review cars, particularly the EVs. Most normal automotive publications will gush about how fast it is, how well it drives (and it does, it's seriously unlike anything else), a bit of off roading, etc but they don't talk at all...

Tint places say that but I'm pretty sure it's just because they want to sell tint. The window blocks ~80% of visible light, some of IR and UV is going to be included in that as well, and heat energy in your car, contrary to popular belief does not come entirely from IR. Visible light, IR and UV...

When I observed this it was below 65F in my garage and the vehicle had not been driven or charged that day. If a battery "cooling" system is running in that scenario, it's poorly designed. I force-stop their app when I'm not using the car because it prevents my phone from ever going into deep...

Yeah you want a high volume air pump for stuff like inflatable boats, air mattresses, etc. An air compressor is usually a reciprocating piston pump which is great for forcing a small volume of air into a pressurized vessel. A high volume pump is more like a high static-pressure fan which can't...

Anyone notice just strange noises coming from the car at idle for no reason? Like - gear guard off, sitting in a garage, at home, not touched for several hours, there's some fan ramping noise that starts getting really loud under the hood like it's doing *something* serious, but for the life of...

I think the big thing they have to work on (Rivan) is the disengagement. From seeing stuff like Supercruise the handoffs are clear and warnings show up when you have to do something, Rivian's system seems apt to make a sharp move to "avoid" an accident that several people have complained about...

They have to fix that - other driver assists would warn the driver and cut out - give me that clear handoff not some random jerk in the other direction. As it stands adaptive cruise is super handy, but if I can't trust D+ to not do this (and I can trust myself) it's just one more thing to pay...

I'm curious to see what my range is on a ski trip, but I already expect to use less heat than average since I dress warm for that already. Easier to put all the winter gear on at the house than up at the mountain ?

I've never had them offer to come to me for fixes that should all have been doable without bringing it to them. I can understand this policy for non-warranty work, but for issues out of the owner's control, penalizing them for that is ridiculous.

Considering we can set charge rates on the truck itself (and the AC charger is onboard) it should do this automatically. The vehicle is in control of how much power to take in a charge, an EVSE is basically a relay in a box with some primitive communication that says "don't take more power than...

They're moving at the same rate and speed but the car will change camber based on your ride height. You gain almost a full degree negative camber going from mid to lowest. This can add some wear to the inner edges (although on my truck which I checked this on all those values are within a...