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Re: the possibility of tint cracking the sunroof, I just ran this down with Rivian support. Kicking myself for not seeing the following on my own, but at least it took the Rivian guy 25 minutes to find it: Guess my strategy is tint the roof and hope that if it cracks, it does so before the...

I'm curious to know what's the latest estimated order invitation date. Haven't yet noticed any date later than early '27 (although impossible to keep up with this flood). With a reservation list of well over 200,000 IIRC, and production of only 20,000 this year, seems like they are thinking the...

If she tells you to check back with her in August it may not be indicative of the same goodness.

Interesting, The Amazing Kreskin has foreseen this behavior in my own very near future as well!

I'm actually wickedly curious to know what is the latest estimated order invitation date. (Haven't yet noticed any date later than early '27, although I can't keep up with this flood.) With a reservation list of well over 200,000 IIRC, and production of only 20,000 this year, seems like they...

Very pleased with my 12/26 to 2/27 estimated window. Probably good alignment with RAP1/LIDAR which I was waiting on in any case. Reservation made 9/25, not an R1 owner.

Uhhh, nearly all of the 800v Korean EGMPs are now under $50K, even up into the top-spec trims. Our RWD mid-spec Ioniq5 was low $50s when purchased in '22, but the late '25 across the board $10k MSRP drops for Ioniq5 have made the car very price-competitive (assuming you can tolerate the ICCU...

Agreed. Nothing in my very brief driving time felt at all wobbly, undirected or otherwise unenjoyable, but the greater ride height did make me feel a little more disconnected from the road in comparison with our lower-riding Ioniq5. Hardly unexpected.

A little risky in urban or other areas where park-by-feel is practiced?

For sure. The attitude that if someone picks any nit whatsoever with the car then there must be something wrong with them is unfortunate, if hardly rare in car forums, and typically says more about the dogmatist than the person offering the criticism. Products are seldom improved by blind worship.

Our test drive yesterday was a smashing success: my wife decided that (i) she can live with enforced OPD and (ii) she's down with Forest Green after seeing several R1 FGs parked in the lot! (Still not sure I don't prefer CC, but FG is no worse than a very close second with me and way better than...

Dual dataset Cartesian graphs with a common x-axis unit (e g., time) are nearly always shown with the differing y-axis units respectively labeling independent y-axes on the left and right. No y-axis labels at all would be exceedingly uninformative, although in a space-constrained display where...

Terrific effort, thank you very much!

Agreed entirely. As someone who spent a career writing event-loop-driven GUI apps, this really seems like something that could be tweaked by software. Instead of processing every scrolling detent motion event instantly, first pause for a short interval to see if it's quickly followed by a...

Absolutely (re: least favorite color). There's something about a black R1 that makes it look totally not-a-Rivian to me. Every (thankfully rare) time I see one I think wow, that's a weird looking Suburban.

Yesterday I spoke with a local Rivian sales guy here in Honolulu to ask about the sunroof tinting, who has apparently gotten questions on this from many people. He told me he'd talk to the service advisor and get back to me. Being of skeptical inclination I don't put much faith in a claim on...

I use AA not because I need it per se, but because I need two of its apps: Googlemaps for nav and an mp3 player for my large music library. Googlemaps on Rivian? Check! An mp3 player? Zip, zilch, nada. Can't even play direct from a USB stick rather than a phone. I am not interested in paying a...

That's the Euronanny state for you. They don't realize that watermelons must be earned to be appreciated! Pull yourself up by your own watermelons, I think the saying goes.

The Amazing Kreskin foresees a new ICCU in your future! (Ioniq5 owner with one ICCU notch on his belt here. Somewhat disturbingly, in one of the recent R2 Utah press drive videos there's an interview with a Rivian engineer bragging on how they consolidated a number of separate charging-related...

Same here. Unfortunate that Rivian does not offer a motorized sunshade option like various other OEMs (both premium and otherwise), which I'd be very happy to shell out for. If I can't find clear evidence that the Rivian warranty does not exclude XPEL-sourced tint I suppose we'll drive naked...