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I find that posts containing ALL CAPS should generally be ignored. Trust me, Blue Cruise is miles ahead of the Rivian equivalent (Driver +) but probably not worth what they're asking for it.

They're finally getting around to spending the VW mitigation trust money from 2019. A 50 kW charger is better than nothing but I'm glad the IRA funds require 150 kW chargers.

*This article written with ChatGPT.

The recommended cold PSI is 48. The tires are warm because it was driven 40+ miles before the photo was taken.

Some updates. We're averaging about 2.5 miles/kwh at 77 mph on a 70 degree day in dry conditions on a NW route with a 529 foot increase in elevation and a 10 MPH NE tail wind. The payload capacity on the R1S is pretty good, even compared to the Lightning. 1779 pounds for the R1s vs. 1697...

I'd estimate that we could have gotten around $60-62K selling privately. If Rivian had offered $54000 on the trade in, we would have saved around $3800 on taxes vs selling to Carmax. We don't have the time or patience to deal with private party buyers, so we were willing to eat the cost...

You'd probably do better in a higher-demand area like California

I didn't want to reward them for not beating the Carmax price. Plus, I have some resentment from difficult interactions I've had with them in the past.

We picked up our R1S and sold the Lightning to Carmax yesterday (10/25/23). I'll have more thoughts on the R1S pickup process and initial impressions of the Rivian later but wanted to share information on the trade in offers we received for the Lightning. We didn't want to deal with the hassle...

We owned a Ram Limited with air suspension prior to the Lightning. The Ram was great, but we didn't want to go to another full size truck from the Lightning. And the fuel economy on Ram was pretty terrible, especially compared to competitors like the F150 Powerboost. We were cross shopping...

Rivian offered $48,310 on our 2022 Lariat ER with 16,000 miles. This was much lower than other quotes that I got even after accounting for the sales tax benefits of trading in to Rivian. I will post the rest of the quotes I got on the Lightning after I sell it later this week. I've decided...

Update 10/24/23: Pickup for the R1S is tomorrow (10/25) and these are my observations about the sales process so far: -I ordered the R1S on 10/18 evening and we will be picking it up tomorrow (10/25) afternoon. That's less than 7 days, even though it had to be shipped from Normal, IL. The...

I'm glad you picked up the sarcasm in my 300 hours statement. I was highlighting the futility of using a mobile solar array to charge a truck with a 131 kWh battery or even a SxS with a 14 kWh battery.

Why not?

And will arrive after Christmas and cost $98.99.

We wanted something smaller than the Lightning, preferably an SUV so we could sleep in the back if needed. It was either the R1S or the Expedition. The R1S has the same wheelbase as the Expedition and the R1S has the benefit of 1400 pounds of additional mass. The R1S Payload is going to be...

Does it have the multi contour seat delete?

I'm definitely not going to argue with you on the noise isolation of the R1's. The Lightning is unmatched outside of the ultra luxury segment. There was a update in September that improved the ride considerably. I will say that the ride was dramatically better in the R1S that we test drove 2...

I thought about that and would have given it a shot if we were holding onto the Lightning. There's a possibility that the charger would throw an error with a setup like this.

Out of curiosity, is trailer brake control and sway control available on the R1 outside of trailer mode?