jdinsb
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- First Name
- James
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- Santa Barbara, CA
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- R1S, Dual Max
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Picked up my R1S a few weeks ago. I'm coming from a Model Y LR and below is my perspective on the R1S after 500 miles as a daily driver. R1S specs: El Cap Granite, Ocean Coast, Dual Motor Max Pack, 22" Sport Dark Wheels.
4 Things I love
4 Things I wish were better
4 software updates on my wishlist
Overall impression
Blown away. I was nervous about buyers remorse and that left after about 15 miles on the drive home from El Segundo. Very impressed with the quality of the R1S and how nice it is to drive. My only regret is I didn't pull the trigger sooner.
4 Things I love
- The ride quality is fantastic. I'd heard about bumpiness and rigidity of ride quality, but compared to the Tesla I'm very impressed. R1S quality feels comparable to the 7 series I used to drive. I used to feel like my teeth were rattling going over the smallest changes in road quality.
- The UI and control center is very well done. Tap targets, responsiveness, intuitiveness are all ahead of Tesla in my opinion. Sure, missing some features, but the core is built very, very well.
- Granularity of climate control is lovely. Solved a big problem we had in the Tesla where I'd want AC but couldn't turn the vents off for the passenger area.
- Overall look, feel, quality exceeded my expectations. Tesla felt cheap, and it was cheaper, but the R1S beats it in nearly every way. The fit and finish of most things is immaculate, and the overall build quality feels durable and luxurious. I was nervous this would not live up to the cost, but it does.
4 Things I wish were better
- Lots of little noises. I'm sure I'll grow accustomed to these, but the nicks and noises when the suspension is adjusting, or when shifting gears, or when accelerating are noticeably more annoying than the Tesla was. This is a huge nit and I'm sure I'll forget these exist in a few weeks.
- Serviceability. There were a few issues at delivery that I have not been able to get Rivian to commit to fixing on a reasonable timetable. Small scuff on the Halo, read door child lock does not disengage, few small panel gaps. For a $110k car I expected immediate attention (or at least that's what I got with a Tesla that cost roughly half). Instead I'm getting timelines 4+ months out for a mobile appointment.
- Auto-lock/unlock proximity control. Very annoying at home to have the car unlock/lock all the time when passing the garage. And also very annoying to have to disable this behavior at home just to avoid it waking/unlocking/etc. This was never an issue with the Tesla.
- Lane control seems uncalibrated. Jerky at times if I put turn signal on too late, or need to veer to avoid an obstacle. I like the feature, but will be turning it off to avoid unpredictability.
4 software updates on my wishlist
- Side camera preview when turn signal engages. Miss this a lot from the Tesla.
- Auto adjust side mirrors when in reverse. This seems like such low hanging fruit and an obvious miss. The 360 camera view helps, but this would be nice for navigating curbs.
- Auto-window shutting when I lock. Maybe I missed this setting or in the manual, but this was a great feature in the Tesla and I grew quite used to it.
- Automatic garage door opening/closing. One less thing to think about
Overall impression
Blown away. I was nervous about buyers remorse and that left after about 15 miles on the drive home from El Segundo. Very impressed with the quality of the R1S and how nice it is to drive. My only regret is I didn't pull the trigger sooner.
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