Where's my Tank Turn?

[C.R. Rivian]

from The Rival R1T Has Crucial Advantages Over Rivals to Consider (motorbiscuit.com):

" The F-150 Lightning has a 23.9-foot turning radius, and the R1T has a turning diameter of 45 feet, which can be broken down to a turning radius of 22.5 feet. You can take advantage of the Tank Turn feature to turn on a dime as well."

Gee, unless I've missed something, they got to play with a toy that has been withheld from the rest of us.

Anything new on tank turn?

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[bd5400]

They didn’t drive an R1T with tank turn. They did minimal background research on an R1T and then added a reference to tank turn in their article, based on something they saw online.

 

[DaveA]

If you thought the tick/tock was bad now...imagine people abusing tank turn.

 

[MountainBikeDude]

Really, aside from it being more of party trick, I couldn't see a situation where a trail is so narrow that I can't attempt a turn around, but I'm good with doing a 180 into the heaps of things I'm trying to avoid by not doing the 20 point turn in the first place.

I do want to do donuts in the snow and mud tho!

 

[COdogman]

It’s coming…s00n

 

[ads75]

Pirelli is hoping tank turn is released more than anyone else.

 

[COdogman]

Pirelli is hoping tank turn is released more than anyone else.

It should be called ”Tire trash Turn”

 

[R1Tom]

Imagine those drive shafts.....

 

[Davethadog]

Imagine those drive shafts.....

You'll have to keep imagining because there are no drive shafts.

 

[R1Tom]

You'll have to keep imagining because there are no drive shafts.

Another name for a half-shaft. Same as the rod for the tonneau...in strict sense that is a drive shaft too.

 

[Kevlar]

Where's my tank turn? ---where's my truck?

 

[VSG]

"Where's my Tank Turn?"

You were never promised "tank turn". That was a conceptual feature that never made it to production and was killed even before the configurator opened up in Nov 2020. Like every other vehicle ever, the pre-release advertising shows a pre-production model that contains features and design elements not available on production models, or not available in the US, etc. etc. That's what all those disclaimers say at the bottom of your TV screen.

I personally don't visit sites like that where they just scrape old info off the internet and present it as their own "content".

 

[Prime]

Mercedes promoting tank turn now on their upcoming electric g wagon.

 

[Dark-Fx]

Pop the inverter case open and flip the polarity of one side of the motors front and back.

 

[Sgt Beavis]

Really, aside from it being more of party trick, I couldn't see a situation where a trail is so narrow that I can't attempt a turn around, but I'm good with doing a 180 into the heaps of things I'm trying to avoid by not doing the 20 point turn in the first place.

I can easily name multiple trails in Colorado where the trail is too narrow for even a tank turn. This would be very useful in off roading around here. The switchbacks on Black Bear trail (and many others) would be super easy with tank turn.

So I'd be happy to have it, but I also don't think we'll be getting it. I agree with many others that it's too much wear and tear on the drivetrain and would be misused in a away that is very damaging to trails.

Instead I'll be happy if Rivian's off road mode locks up the inner rear wheel on turns so the radius can be reduced. This too would be very useful on switchbacks.

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