And I lucked out! I expect it will be shipped to the Chelsea center for pickup (or delivery to me in VT) before the quarter ends which is sweet.I almost pulled the trigger on that very truck when I was looking, but decided I wanted Limestone more than the power tonneau. Had I known the location of my Limestone truck was Orlando and not the Normal the site said I probably would have bought that one. With a VIN that high it has to be one of the last trucks with the power tonneau. My current R1T has the PT and it is convenient, but leaks more water than after market options. Just a heads up if you don't have one now (it isn't terrible though).Thanks OP! While I’ve really been looking for an R1S, I ended up pulling the trigger on this R1T because it was too good a deal to pass up and in almost my ideal spec (all but the reinforced underbody).
Forest Green/Forest Edge/Dark 20”/Powered Tonneau (had to confirm with my sales guy): https://demovehicles.rivian.com/pro...-9896-miles-66307?_pos=8&_fid=e6f4fd99f&_ss=c
I’ve been trying to find a lightly used R1S in this color combo (or Limestone/FE) for under $80k for a couple months to no avail, and while I wish I could wait for the upcoming refresh that’s likely right around the corner, the Ioniq 5 I’m currently driving is being bought back by Hyundai in a couple weeks, so the timing for this is spot on!
I have confirmed that we will be getting the $7500 tax credit since this is a business purchase (thus a fleet vehicle). It’s treated as a new vehicle as far as the IRS is concerned which is sweet.
My Rivian sales guy is motivated to make this happen before Q1 ends, and called me at 8 pm Thursday after I reserved this Wednesday night. Apparently I found one of the few with a powered Tonneau, which wasn’t clear to me when I clicked “buy” (for $0), but I figured I should lock it in and then find out with nothing to lose ??‍
I suggest if you’re in the market and see one or more you think you may want, just reserve for $0 when you see it so you can get more details on the specific unit. You don’t really have anything to lose, since clicking “buy” on the Shopify isn’t a binding commitment of any kind.
One weird thing is that when I first looked Wednesday evening, there were 104 vehicles in the shop. All four R1S were “Sold Out” (unfortunately—those were a crazy deal for some lucky few!). Then when I was speaking with my sales guy Thursday morning, I asked if I could see some photos of the truck, since the listing for mine seemed to have been removed. At that point there were only 84 in the shop (most were marked as Sold Out). He didn’t know why it had been taken off the Shopify page, but the only way we could see the photos of the truck was for him to have it added back on the site by someone on the backend.
He said this demo page was very early days and a bit buggy, but I feel lucky to have an opportunity to get basically a new-ish old stock early VIN truck (with meridian and 12V plugs) for basically pre-march price with full Warranty and tax benefit.
It definitely felt like I found a needle in a haystack! For some reason the page didn’t say it had the powered tonneau (like some of the others do), and the photo of the bed is of a white or limestone truck. But the sales guy double confirmed that it does have one. I’m hoping that as a demo vehicle they would have installed the redesigned tonneau, and generally fixed any defects, especially if it was used to show prospective buyers ?? no guarantee on that, as it could also have been a service center loaner, and I’ll probably never know.
Mine has been fixed. Don't wait for a phone call if it hasn't been fixed. Set a service date when you pick it up. My original tonneau was broke when delivered and it didn't get fixed for 18 months (Dec '23). If you wait on them it never happens. I took the truck in for something else and asked if they could fix the tonneau while they hade it...."oh, sure". There is a custom bed cover shop in Peoria that I will use. Not sure what brands they have, but they've done lots of Rivians and several friends have used them. They have a waterproof option.
Thanks OP! While I’ve really been looking for an R1S, I ended up pulling the trigger on this R1T because it was too good a deal to pass up and in almost my ideal spec (all but the reinforced underbody).
Forest Green/Forest Edge/Dark 20”/Powered Tonneau (had to confirm with my sales guy): https://demovehicles.rivian.com/pro...-9896-miles-66307?_pos=8&_fid=e6f4fd99f&_ss=c
I’ve been trying to find a lightly used R1S in this color combo (or Limestone/FE) for under $80k for a couple months to no avail, and while I wish I could wait for the upcoming refresh that’s likely right around the corner, the Ioniq 5 I’m currently driving is being bought back by Hyundai in a couple weeks, so the timing for this is spot on!
I have confirmed that we will be getting the $7500 tax credit since this is a business purchase (thus a fleet vehicle). It’s treated as a new vehicle as far as the IRS is concerned which is sweet.
My Rivian sales guy is motivated to make this happen before Q1 ends, and called me at 8 pm Thursday after I reserved this Wednesday night. Apparently I found one of the few with a powered Tonneau, which wasn’t clear to me when I clicked “buy” (for $0), but I figured I should lock it in and then find out with nothing to lose ??‍
I suggest if you’re in the market and see one or more you think you may want, just reserve for $0 when you see it so you can get more details on the specific unit. You don’t really have anything to lose, since clicking “buy” on the Shopify isn’t a binding commitment of any kind.
One weird thing is that when I first looked Wednesday evening, there were 104 vehicles in the shop. All four R1S were “Sold Out” (unfortunately—those were a crazy deal for some lucky few!). Then when I was speaking with my sales guy Thursday morning, I asked if I could see some photos of the truck, since the listing for mine seemed to have been removed. At that point there were only 84 in the shop (most were marked as Sold Out). He didn’t know why it had been taken off the Shopify page, but the only way we could see the photos of the truck was for him to have it added back on the site by someone on the backend.
He said this demo page was very early days and a bit buggy, but I feel lucky to have an opportunity to get basically a new-ish old stock early VIN truck (with meridian and 12V plugs) for basically pre-march price with full Warranty and tax benefit.
Hello, I am little confused about $7500 credit.. are you buying it under your business?Thanks OP! While I’ve really been looking for an R1S, I ended up pulling the trigger on this R1T because it was too good a deal to pass up and in almost my ideal spec (all but the reinforced underbody).
Forest Green/Forest Edge/Dark 20”/Powered Tonneau (had to confirm with my sales guy): https://demovehicles.rivian.com/pro...-9896-miles-66307?_pos=8&_fid=e6f4fd99f&_ss=c
I’ve been trying to find a lightly used R1S in this color combo (or Limestone/FE) for under $80k for a couple months to no avail, and while I wish I could wait for the upcoming refresh that’s likely right around the corner, the Ioniq 5 I’m currently driving is being bought back by Hyundai in a couple weeks, so the timing for this is spot on!
I have confirmed that we will be getting the $7500 tax credit since this is a business purchase (thus a fleet vehicle). It’s treated as a new vehicle as far as the IRS is concerned which is sweet.
My Rivian sales guy is motivated to make this happen before Q1 ends, and called me at 8 pm Thursday after I reserved this Wednesday night. Apparently I found one of the few with a powered Tonneau, which wasn’t clear to me when I clicked “buy” (for $0), but I figured I should lock it in and then find out with nothing to lose ??‍
I suggest if you’re in the market and see one or more you think you may want, just reserve for $0 when you see it so you can get more details on the specific unit. You don’t really have anything to lose, since clicking “buy” on the Shopify isn’t a binding commitment of any kind.
One weird thing is that when I first looked Wednesday evening, there were 104 vehicles in the shop. All four R1S were “Sold Out” (unfortunately—those were a crazy deal for some lucky few!). Then when I was speaking with my sales guy Thursday morning, I asked if I could see some photos of the truck, since the listing for mine seemed to have been removed. At that point there were only 84 in the shop (most were marked as Sold Out). He didn’t know why it had been taken off the Shopify page, but the only way we could see the photos of the truck was for him to have it added back on the site by someone on the backend.
He said this demo page was very early days and a bit buggy, but I feel lucky to have an opportunity to get basically a new-ish old stock early VIN truck (with meridian and 12V plugs) for basically pre-march price with full Warranty and tax benefit.
Yes. This is going to be a work vehicle for me (primarily). Unlike the very complex IRS rules around Clean Vehicle Credits for normal consumers, the Commercial Clean Vehicle Credits guidance is fairly straighforward, and any new Rivian qualifies for the $7500. Even though the R1T I reserved has almost 10k miles, since it hasn't been titled, I guess it still qualifies as "new" (at least in the eyes of the IRS??‍
): https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/commercial-clean-vehicle-credit
Does the new design sound smoother than the original? I was always worried "this time will be the last" whenever I used the one on my father's truck. If we didn't live over 3 hours from a service center, I'm sure we would have gotten it replaced by now, but he's been putting it off until there's some other reason to have the thing flatbedded down to Chelsea, MA (from Central VT).
I don't know what it the original sounded like. Mine was broke when the truck was delivered. Why have it flatbedded? Just drive it down and get a loaner. That's what I do. Depends how bad you want it fixed.
Wow, that’s crazy that it didn’t work from day 1!
20” wheels don’t necessarily come with reinforced underbody. The ones that do list them in the bullet points.
They were willing to ship the vehicle to your local SC? When I reached out to a guide they said no shipping. If they will ship - was the cost included in the price?Thanks OP! While I’ve really been looking for an R1S, I ended up pulling the trigger on this R1T because it was too good a deal to pass up and in almost my ideal spec (all but the reinforced underbody).
Forest Green/Forest Edge/Dark 20”/Powered Tonneau (had to confirm with my sales guy): https://demovehicles.rivian.com/pro...-9896-miles-66307?_pos=8&_fid=e6f4fd99f&_ss=c
I’ve been trying to find a lightly used R1S in this color combo (or Limestone/FE) for under $80k for a couple months to no avail, and while I wish I could wait for the upcoming refresh that’s likely right around the corner, the Ioniq 5 I’m currently driving is being bought back by Hyundai in a couple weeks, so the timing for this is spot on!
I have confirmed that we will be getting the $7500 tax credit since this is a business purchase (thus a fleet vehicle). It’s treated as a new vehicle as far as the IRS is concerned which is sweet.
My Rivian sales guy is motivated to make this happen before Q1 ends, and called me at 8 pm Thursday after I reserved this Wednesday night. Apparently I found one of the few with a powered Tonneau, which wasn’t clear to me when I clicked “buy” (for $0), but I figured I should lock it in and then find out with nothing to lose ??‍
I suggest if you’re in the market and see one or more you think you may want, just reserve for $0 when you see it so you can get more details on the specific unit. You don’t really have anything to lose, since clicking “buy” on the Shopify isn’t a binding commitment of any kind.
One weird thing is that when I first looked Wednesday evening, there were 104 vehicles in the shop. All four R1S were “Sold Out” (unfortunately—those were a crazy deal for some lucky few!). Then when I was speaking with my sales guy Thursday morning, I asked if I could see some photos of the truck, since the listing for mine seemed to have been removed. At that point there were only 84 in the shop (most were marked as Sold Out). He didn’t know why it had been taken off the Shopify page, but the only way we could see the photos of the truck was for him to have it added back on the site by someone on the backend.
He said this demo page was very early days and a bit buggy, but I feel lucky to have an opportunity to get basically a new-ish old stock early VIN truck (with meridian and 12V plugs) for basically pre-march price with full Warranty and tax benefit.
