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Thanks for this, yes, standard running boards can be flimsy and are not designed to support the vehicle weight. I should have specifically wrote rock-sliders that also function as running boards much like the following. (I don't think anyone has yet designed one for Rivian :(

While there were lots of hatch backs in the late '70s, the one the R3 most reminds me of is AMC's Gremlin, and you know, it did LOOK pretty cool in its day, a shame it was such a disappointment of a vehicle, although compared to it's domestic competition, the Pinto and the Vega, it's not bad...

Runnning boards offer a number of benefits that some might find compelling: A helpful step for ingress/egress, especially for small kids, and the elderly, like my 87-year-old mom who finds it difficult to get in and out of the truck. If designed and installed correctly, can double as rock...

Rome wasn't built in a day, but Pompei was destroyed in one

NBC news has an interesting cost calculator where you input your tank size, number of fill ups/month and state and see how much more you would have paid in gas since late February. In my case that would've worked out to about $500 more, which is a lot, but not much in comparison to the higher...

I don't disagree that we should expect better. But there is a difference between the world as it should be and the world as it is. I strive for the ideal, I deal with the reality.

For me, the ridiculously comical headlights did not stop me from purchasing my R1T, but I still think they are ridiculously comical. There is a far better chance that Rivian will revise the R2 charge door and a 2% chance they will give the R1 headlights that are more serious and less "adorable."

Don't know about Rivian, but it looks like you were smart enough to figure it out ;)

TBH, I don't think any new R2 owners should be surprised at all when they discover flaws and glitches on their brand new R2 SUVs because it's a new model from a still relatively new company. Indeed, I think it would be naive to think otherwise. Ironically, they are paying premium prices to be...

Well, yeah, that is the sort of dystopian future we are choosing to live, but my larger point, larger than just Waymo taxis and checkout kiosks was that we don't have to, and maybe, just maybe we shouldn't. I say that, but I'm as guilty as the next human at sometimes choosing to go to the...

Apparently, the future will be filled with misanthropes who feel so threatened by their fellow citizens, they will eschew any human contact outside of their small circle of family and trusted friends. As I wrote previously with intended sarcasm, but unintended prophetic accuracy: I look...

Many engineers find it unimaginable that others do not think systematically like they do. Software development teams are tasked with delivering code that does a specific thing in a specific way within specific parameters. AI works with recognized patterns. Then Life happens, and the system...

I have a forest green R1T bc they had it in stock, and if I waited for the free LA silver, I'd risk loosing out on the $7500 rebate. Now I like green; it's my favorite color; I just don't like it $2500 more than silver. Silver is great just bc it hides dirt so well, you can drive it dirty and...

Nah, not even at 1/2 price. But, here's what I would gladly pay 5K for, if Rivian offered it on the R1T and was serious -- any two or more of the following options, in order of most wanted: A conventional moon roof or double-row moon roof with retractable tinted glass you could shade, cover...

Well, to be fair, we aren't talking about one of these anymore: But, on a Rivian, a part with two tone plastic painted aero, step motors, cameras, lighted blind spot indicators, entry spot light, Heaters(?) and other sensors(?) plus associated wiring, harness and connectors -- so there's all...

The closest RAN station to home is 219 miles away, or about a 3.75 hr drive. And it is in a direction I would rarely go.

Maybe because the jokes were so bad....

I asked the assistant what battery pack I had installed, it incorrectly said I had the large pack twice in a row, the second time after I told it I had the max pack installed. It acknowledged the error, apologized for it, then repeated the error. Curious. Several friends agree that both the...

I think if Elon keeps going the way he is, no doubt he will be committed eventually.

I love the forest edge interior, how I wish it had been available when I ordered my R1T last year. But. Let me reiterate a previous post: In defense of silver, it is the best color for hiding dirt. But I agree this generation loves monochrome. …. Then again, I lived through the entire decade...