PSA: Please use caution when launching in sport mode

[Jafresh]

I woke up to this disturbing sight after 2 launches the previous evening for my teenage niece and nephews first time in the R1S LE.. Back in Black may have been played at a high volume at the time. Although smiles and laughter ensued, it was not worth having a precious flying creature embedded very deeply into the grill.

Please use sport mode with caution.

Sincerely,

Your concerned fellow Rivian owner.

Ps. This message does not apply to the dual motor option.

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[Donald Stanfield]

Is that a bird? You must be like my wife, she's always hitting birds. She doesn't try to they just fly into her fairly regularly.

 

[Jafresh]

Is that a bird? You must be like my wife, she's always hitting birds. She doesn't try to they just fly into her fairly regularly.

Yup. A bird was up in my grill.

 

[thrill]

Few know that Rivian was secretly funded by a "Super Genius" as part of his lifelong obsession with a certain creature.

 

[Ash]

I woke up to this disturbing sight after 2 launches the previous evening for my teenage niece and nephews first time in the R1S LE.. Back in Black may have been played at a high volume at the time. Although smiles and laughter ensued, it was not worth having a precious flying creature embedded very deeply into the grill.

Please use sport mode with caution.

Sincerely,

Your concerned fellow Rivian owner.

Ps. This message does not apply to the dual motor option.

These vehicles are stupidly fast and I love it. It's wildly entertaining to drive a big truck that's faster than everything else on the road all the time. I pray for birdkind for this is not the last. ?

 

[1T2022]

this shit was launched fast enough to catch bird

 

[atebit]

I think that was Flat Stanley‘s pet bird. Or at least it could be now.

 

[duessell]

I had this happen in my Model 3 just cruising on a 2-lane highway.

 

[Jafresh]

this shit was launched fast enough to catch bird

new name is Birdcatcher

 

[AxelR]

Had this on my 911. Took me a lot of work to remove all the parts after ripping the creature apart as it was so stuck/embedded in the radiator protection net.
Good luck.

 

[MisterTea]

 

[COdogman]

 

[lefkonj]

If you season that up nicely would make a nice snack, at least it won't go to waste.

 

[Neuneleven]

your lucky you caught if fast. I picked up a 911 over a decade ago and driving it back home the very first day, saw a bird, heard a thud - don't inquire about the speed!. Bird strike! Poor bird, I thought.
A few days later, I start having first a mild then increasingly putrid smell in the car.
start to inspect the car and see some feathers near one of the front air scoops. Bend in for a closer look, then the stench hit me. The bird exacted revenge for it death on me by making my car stink and rotting in the air scoop. I hosed that air scoop out immediately - while standing in the rain outside my garage. Neighbours who saw me must have called me loco

 

[jollyroger]

Birds aren’t real

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