Buying back totaled R1T

[OverZealous]

$628 after tax for all 6 pieces. Interesting thing is only the rear pieces are specific to the R1T.

Thanks. That's a little better than I feared, but I agree it's stupid for 6 pieces of plastic trim.

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[SANZC02]

Roughly jow much are they? Because I'm going to be a lot more concerned about cutting those up to get the running boards I preordered to fit if replacing them is that expensive.

I would make cardboard templates, they are easy enough to patch and recut if needed and then transfer to the plastics for Final Cut.

This method has saved me a lot of money over the years. But then again, I tend to use the measure once cut twice method with my projects.

 

[OverZealous]

I would make cardboard templates, they are easy enough to patch and recut if needed and then transfer to the plastics for Final Cut.

This method has saved me a lot of money over the years. But then again, I tend to use the measure once cut twice method with my projects.

Yeah, I'm more worried about if I decide I don't want the running boards or I replace the truck down the road, the panels will now have holes cut in them. It might not look too bad from above, though.

 

[Donald Stanfield]

Personally I wouldn't try to repair a salvage R1. As someone who's done the rebuilt salvage thing a couple times in the past to save money, it's always a pain in the ass. The parts are going to cost more than you thought, and the process to get it going again is going to blow. The dealer (or factory in this case) is going to treat that thing like their red headed step child forever, basically never fixing anything under warranty ever again no matter how unrelated to the accident that totaled the car.

Salvage rebuilds only really make sense in two scenarios. First is you're buying a cheaper/ mainstream car like the last one I did was a Subaru Forester. There is a deep aftermarket and junkyard supply for parts, it's a cheap car to begin with and when you go to resell it there will be plenty of people willing to spend what you're asking. I spent 13k all in getting mine fixed including buying it wrecked from auction and I sold it last year for 12,500 after keeping it 3 years. I disclosed it was a rebuilt salvage too so it's not like I had to hide it or something.

Second are the people who like screwing around with cars as a hobby. All the extra chasing around and working on the car is something these people enjoy doing, and as such they are getting entertainment value out of working on the car. They can spend unlimited time because it's their hobby anyways.

The people who get into salvage cars because they want to afford a luxury car they couldn't otherwise are almost always disappointed. Half the point of having a luxury car is all the little bells and whistles that are easy to break and without a factory warranty on any of them you will get nickeled and dimed to death. The factory warranty is null and void for any and all issues, except safety recalls. So you replace a tailgate in a rear collision and get the car working or replace that minor underbody damage and 6 months later your infotainment system goes out Rivian is going to tell you tough break dude but its 2K for a new infotainment system.

 

[Donald Stanfield]

Personally I wouldn't try to repair a salvage R1. As someone who's done the rebuilt salvage thing a couple times in the past to save money, it's always a pain in the ass. The parts are going to cost more than you thought, and the process to get it going again is going to blow. The dealer (or factory in this case) is going to treat that thing like their red headed step child forever, basically never fixing anything under warranty ever again no matter how unrelated to the accident that totaled the car.

Salvage rebuilds only really make sense in two scenarios. First is you're buying a cheaper/ mainstream car like the last one I did was a Subaru Forester. There is a deep aftermarket and junkyard supply for parts, it's a cheap car to begin with and when you go to resell it there will be plenty of people willing to spend what you're asking. I spent 13k all in getting mine fixed including buying it wrecked from auction and I sold it last year for 12,500 after keeping it 3 years. I disclosed it was a rebuilt salvage too so it's not like I had to hide it or something.

Second are the people who like screwing around with cars as a hobby. All the extra chasing around and working on the car is something these people enjoy doing, and as such they are getting entertainment value out of working on the car. They can spend unlimited time because it's their hobby anyways.

The people who get into salvage cars because they want to afford a luxury car they couldn't otherwise are almost always disappointed. Half the point of having a luxury car is all the little bells and whistles that are easy to break and without a factory warranty on any of them you will get nickeled and dimed to death. The factory warranty is null and void for any and all issues, except safety recalls. So you replace a tailgate in a rear collision and get the car working or replace that minor underbody damage and 6 months later your infotainment system goes out Rivian is going to tell you tough break dude but its 2K for a new infotainment system.

Also if you plan on doing it I hope you are ready willing and able to do all the work yourself to fix it. The reason a car gets salvaged out in the first place is because repair cost comes too close to the value of the vehicle to fix it. You can save money with junkyard parts/ doing the work yourself but if you plan to take it to a pro to get much of anything fixed your costs will accrue fast as hell and it will soon not become worth it at all. The sunroof was damaged in the forester, those are pretty much not fixable. The quote to replace it with a new one was like 3K. Just for that one part. I did it myself, requiring tearing apart the whole headliner and the tons of wiring up there which was. a ton of work but got it done for 300 of a junkyard assembly.

Plus you're going to need to be driving around to pick up parts from all over. This thread really brought back the memories of how much of a hassle doing that was.

 

[Dirty_B]

On a separate note, seems like it is way too easy to determine these vehicles as totaled.

Rivian should be looking into it to see what can be done on their side. Seems so wasteful to total these vehicles and waste all of the material and energy used to build them. Does not really align with Rivian’s sustainability goals.

I'm hoping/thinking that'll be an artifact of the partnership with Munro and associates.

 

[Donald Stanfield]

Also if you plan on doing it I hope you are ready willing and able to do all the work yourself to fix it. The reason a car gets salvaged out in the first place is because repair cost comes too close to the value of the vehicle to fix it. You can save money with junkyard parts/ doing the work yourself but if you plan to take it to a pro to get much of anything fixed your costs will accrue fast as hell and it will soon not become worth it at all. The sunroof was damaged in the forester, those are pretty much not fixable. The quote to replace it with a new one was like 3K. Just for that one part. I did it myself, requiring tearing apart the whole headliner and the tons of wiring up there which was. a ton of work but got it done for 300 of a junkyard assembly.

Plus you're going to need to be driving around to pick up parts from all over. This thread really brought back the memories of how much of a hassle doing that was.

Also worth noting I did all this work WITH the crash book for the make and model cars I was dealing with. The crash book is the dealer internal guide that has how the entire car is put together, all the diagrams and part numbers, all the troubleshooting and anything else you want to know about the car.

If the R1 series even has one only Rivian has access to it so you won’t have anything to go on. You’re going to have to figure out how the Rivian was built for every single problem 100% yourself. This is salvage building on an expert level. That’s why there are only a handful of Aftermarket guys for Tesla in the country STILL after all the years they’ve been to market.

These guys have 100% taught themselves how to fix these vehicles either because they were hobbyists or really pissed off about right to repair laws like rich rebuilds. They have no problem tearing their cars down to nothing and building them back up. Unless that’s you, I’d forget about it.

 

[crashmtb]

That massive, singular side body panel is a real problem for repairability.

Same as any unibody vehicle, there are probsbly repair sections available. Cut out the damaged bits, weld in new ones.

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