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If you’re taking delivery soon then I hope yours goes as well as ours did! Things went very smoothly. Way, way better than any other new car buying experience I've had.

Everything looks great, and it is nearly flawless as far as I can tell. There is one minor issue: when the lift gate opens it makes a noise because there is a slight rub on the roof panel behind the shark fin antenna. I put in a service ticket via the app while we were there. I loved being able to attach a video to the service ticket in addition to entering a text description. To be clear, the tail gate and lift gate alignment look really, really good. Not absolutely perfect but close enough that nothing bothers me… and I can be pretty picky. I don't think it's worth messing with anything other than the part that makes noise so I am content with the aesthetics. This is a 7xxx VIN built in April.

Victor is our guide, David at Costa Mesa setup the delivery appointment / verified everything was in line, and Adam was our delivery person. All three were outstanding! I don't think I could've been happier with the process, especially given other new car buying experiences. I took our external USB-C storage for Gear Guard along and Adam went through the process of formatting it with us. Getting help in such a relaxed setting was something new. We’ve purchased quite a few new cars over the years and this was the first time in my life that we spent less time on sales paperwork than getting assistance with vehicle overview, setup, and Q&A. Added bonus: there’s no attempt at up-selling at the end of the signing process when you just want to get into your new car.

With the unusually cloudy weather we’ve had in 2023, the strangest part of the delivery process was that it was sunny. :cool: This is the best picture we got, although my husband wasn't wearing his sunglasses so he looks like he's scowling. He isn’t, it's just the glare.

Rivian R1T R1S If you’re taking delivery… hope yours goes as well as ours did! IMG_2327


Looking forward to off-roading s00n…
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If you’re taking delivery soon then I hope yours goes as well as ours did! Things went very smoothly. Way, way better than any other new car buying experience I've had.

Everything looks great, and it is nearly flawless as far as I can tell. There is one minor issue: when the lift gate opens it makes a noise because there is a slight rub on the roof panel behind the shark fin antenna. I put in a service ticket via the app while we were there. I loved being able to attach a video to the service ticket in addition to entering a text description. To be clear, the tail gate and lift gate alignment look really, really good. Not absolutely perfect but close enough that nothing bothers me… and I can be pretty picky. I don't think it's worth messing with anything other than the part that makes noise so I am content with the aesthetics. This is a 7xxx VIN built in April.

Victor is our guide, David at Costa Mesa setup the delivery appointment / verified everything was in line, and Adam was our delivery person. All three were outstanding! I don't think I could've been happier with the process, especially given other new car buying experiences. I took our external USB-C storage for Gear Guard along and Adam went through the process of formatting it with us. Getting help in such a relaxed setting was something new. We’ve purchased quite a few new cars over the years and this was the first time in my life that we spent less time on sales paperwork than getting assistance with vehicle overview, setup, and Q&A. Added bonus: there’s no attempt at up-selling at the end of the signing process when you just want to get into your new car.

With the unusually cloudy weather we’ve had in 2023, the strangest part of the delivery process was that it was sunny. :cool: This is the best picture we got, although my husband wasn't wearing his sunglasses so he looks like he's scowling. He isn’t, it's just the glare.
IMG_2327.jpeg


Looking forward to off-roading s00n…
Your photo didn’t load correctly. We’d love to see it.
 

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Thanks for the update! I hopefully take delivery tomorrow (Saturday). The only possible glitch is that my Credit Union sent payment via Fed Ex standard delivery, which is up to 4:30 PM delivery. Rivian says they have a 1 PM cut off to process payments. ACH was not possible according to Plaid, apparently my credit union is not a Plaid "subscriber".

Mine is also a 74xx VIN so I hope the build quality is like yours!
 

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Congrats !! can't wait to get mine. Can you elaborate more on the usb drive and what its for? Is there any other device to have ready at your delivery?
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Your photo didn’t load correctly. We’d love to see it.
Sorry, pic added. I’ll take more when we go off-road in a few weeks…
 
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Congratulations. I know you’ve been waiting a while. Also I’m excited to hear your thoughts off roading because it sounds like you have more experience with a similar type traction control to what the Rivian has compared to lockers.
 

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You have exceptional taste in selected configuration from the shop. 😉
 

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Congrats !! can't wait to get mine. Can you elaborate more on the usb drive and what its for? Is there any other device to have ready at your delivery?
TIA
I took delivery of my R1T on Tuesday. The Gear Guard allows you to attach a storage device between 128GB and 2TB in size to capture Drive Cam videos. I picked up a 1TB Samsung t7 ssd. I did it after picking up our new truck.

https://stories.rivian.com/software-update-drive-cam
 

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Looks awesome and congrats! Glad the delivery process went well! Mine went like that too, and agree that process is top notch when it goes right, which I suspect is most of the time.
 

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About time!

Rivian R1T R1S If you’re taking delivery… hope yours goes as well as ours did! 1686317136621
 

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Thanks for the info and the links about the usb drive.
 

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Congrats, Rob! I hope the R1S takes you everywhere the LR3 did and more.
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