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We have some friends that restored and customized a 1995 Land Rover Defender to a camper. They upgraded the engine to a turbo diesel. She decided she wanted a convection stovetop to avoid propane. They knew the guy that designed the Rivian gear tunnel kitchen and they adapted it to the...

The disastrous scenario. Your Rivian 12 volt “motorcycle” battery poops out on a back road near Numb Knut, North Dakota. Unfortunately, you don’t have a TORX 20 bit in your pocket (insert inappropriate joke here) to remove the wheel well cover and access the manual frunk release and implement...

I just received this notice from CA DMV. :(

I was getting a tire balance at the West Sacramento Center and noticed this R1T. They then mentioned that Caltrans bought 450 Rivians!

Some things are not in the manual. Under the front cover for the windshield wipers is a 12 volt connector suitable for jump start cables or trickle charger. With close access to the firewall you don’t have to unbolt the passenger seat for 12 volt connections. Phone, GPS, Thinkware camera...

I had to remove the frunk tray to install the second horn that the Rivian bean counter removed in production. The Road Runner “”meep meep” was embarrassing. I used a 500HZ PIAA horn - made in Japan. It is now respectable. After putting everything back together, the hood would not close all...

My wife and I hiked to “The Wave” in Vermillion Cliffs fifteen years ago when we both able to do seven miles of sand dunes and slick rock. I decided this time to drive to White Pocket - considered “more better” than the Wave - since I now had a vehicle capable of getting there. Being an EV...

The RAN in Truckee CA is great with a “high end” coffee shop and bakery next door. (The focaccia is to die for.) There is a Tesla V3 SC in Fernley, NV but that is the last reliable charger until Salt Lake City. Flakey EA chargers and L2 at hotels are your only option. I have done this...

They just took down the fence on a new Tesla site next to the movie theater at Delta Shores in South Sacramento. Lots of drive through spots for the trailer travelers and the "charger port location challenged". A dozen different food venues nearby. It's not "live" on the map yet but it...

I took trip from Sacramento to Long Beach and then San Diego an back. The Long Beach and San Diego were L2 hotel charging. The trip down I5 was seamless with RAN. The Los Alamitos Fairfield Inn Marriott has seven L2 chargers for $10 a night. The Brew Kitchen Alehouse around the corner is a...

The Amazon Rivian pulled up and I noticed the Amazon arrow was a similar blue to the Rivian Blue. (The driver loved the delivery van and wished he could buy one.)

I am aware of these designations... I noticed on the Rivian maps there is little yellow icon on certain cities that disappear when you zoom in. Does anyone know if these are potential RAN sites?

I’m looking forward to more charging options while traveling hither and yon. I was very excited when Elon opened the Tesla V3 network but was disappointed when I found that older V2 Superchargers were not accessible as of yet - such as in West Yellowstone which is a DC desert for non-Tesla. I...

I purchased a vent mount from OpenSourceEV for my Garmin DriveSmart 86 but it had some fitting issues. My new R1S had a slightly different dash design so the end tab wouldn’t properly seat. Rob sent me a redesigned one but that one was still a little off. His “Next Generation” is much...

Now that I have irritated the grammarians… The good news - I got my R1S a year ahead of schedule. The bad news - they took away the 12 volt outlets in the dash and the frunk. (I do hope it was a supply chain issue and not a cost cutting attempt or utility decision, lest we question the...

We just acquired an R1S - awesome vehicle. I’m going to be installing a 2 meter HAM radio for coverage in marginal cell areas. Apparently, I have a “new” model that does not have 12 volt outlets in either the frunk or under the dash in the main cabin. I’m open to ideas for dangling...