I was actually opposed to it because I felt like the whiners didn't realize that Rivian was simply adjusting the price to the market price. Where they were acting like they were somehow entitled to $20K in profit off their $1K reservation. There is a big difference between being disappointed...
I didn't watch the video because I don't think a sample of 1 says much, and I don't think one owner has more relevance than other owners.
Anyways as to the issues
1. I think the service is completely disjointed too, but it doesn't prevent me from keeping my Rivian or getting a new one. I just...
They might be able to get federal funding on new stations, but I don't think they're counting on that. All that money gets funneled through each state so its probably going to be a pain to get it. Plus there are rules on payment which have already been mentioned.
As I understand it they always...
The good thing about owning a Rivian is it gives you plenty of chances to evaluate your local service center. :p
The first time at the Bellevue Service center everything went smoothly, and I got uber credits versus a rental. The appointment was to fix the telematics (? on name) module.
The...
I'm not trying to create FUD at all.
It's simply sharing an observation that there are a lot of critical failures for a vehicle where only 20K or so have been delivered.
Now that 20K figure is just an estimate as I don't think we know exactly how many R1T/R1S's have been delivered.
For fail...
This whole idea that there are ghost users spreading FUD is basically like "The election was stolen" kind of thing. Maybe put down the conspiracy theories and give people posting problems the benefit of the doubt.
I would also advise people not to attack people posting rants about their...
What fud have I brought up?
I wouldn't say a person is bringing up fud if they simply have high expectations or if they a different perspective. Like no one took issue with my comment that there were a lot of Rivians in the PNW or that the Rivian R1S looks better in person.
But, the fact...
True, but the frequency as a function of the fleet size is a bit alarming for the Rivian.
I've been on online forums for a long, and I have a long history of fairly new vehicles. So I'm not new to seeing a lot of negative experiences.
But, what I'm not used to seeing is the sheer amount of...
It's likely a combo of conserve and wind.
What I miss from the Tesla is the ability to have trip energy where you can see the efficiency over miles, and you can adjust how many miles. The Rivian is fixed at one (15 miles) and doesn't really tell you what the rated amount is for the mode you're...
But, where?
Sure I get that its supposed to look just like another F-150, but I have never seen one.
I can't go more than a day without seeing a Rivian R1T/R1S.
Yesterday there was an R1T in front of me, and the other day I was in Portland and an R1S owner walked into the Barbershop I was in...
Have you spent much time on the F-150 Lighting forums and Facebook groups?
I have not, but I have spent a lot of time on Rivian forums and Facebook groups and every day I see another person dead in the water (sometimes literally) due to some issue with their Rivian where they're stranded.
I...
My issue is they're simply not fast enough in the fastest manually setting.
I'll do a comparison test between my Rivian, Jeep, and Sprinter to demonstrate that the Rivian wipers are much slower.
It's entirely possible that mine have an issue.
I've actually never owned a vehicle with a wiper system as bad as the Rivian.
The highest setting is half the speed of what I expect. The autowipers sometimes work well, but a lot of times don't wipe fast enough.
I'm not too concerned about the autowipers, but I have service scheduled to see...
I really wish we could have the 360 degree view in the left most driver view.
Usually when I park I want to see the 360 degree view and its annoying having to hit two buttons to have it come up.
At work I've started to back up a bit before pulling forwards just to give myself a bit more room...
I thought I responded to this point yesterday, but apparently that was another post of the same thing.
Maybe Rivian customer service should spend more time on this forum.
They'd learn a lot.
I don't have an original problem with my car, and I never had a single original problem.
Just dupes...
I would only report things to Mapbox that they have control over, and can fix. Things like Navigation issues.
For this issue I would continue to create tickets. In fact I would advocate creating a thread specifically asking people who are impacted by this to create a ticket, and then we all...