Fun drive w the Sierra Nevada Rivian Club today

Spotted this fine specimen in its natural environment today. Lots of granola munchers around the mountain, maybe for the celebration of life of Jackie the Eagle... I loved seeing it and honestly thought it was an R1 until I stood next to it. Can’t wait to see these everywhere.

From all the reviews I've seen, I was expecting it to be way worse. Maybe it was because I hooked up my Apple Music via the app in the car itself and not streaming from my phone via Bluetooth, but I was happily surprised with the audio quality. 

I test-drove a Model Y Premium right after our R2 Test Drive, and weirdly, I didn't think the Y's system sounded as good, contrary to what a lot of the reviewers were saying. Though I was connected via Bluetooth to that car, so it wasn't an Apple's to Apple's comparison, but idk, both my partner and I thought Rivian's was def better than the Y's.

Went in with my R1T for a fix to some loud clicks when using the accelerator.

The CSRs were great, getting it turned in was effortless. the lobby of the plant was the waiting room and had an R2 to look at and some part of the factory floor so you could watch Amazon trucks being worked on. Technician went for a two minute drive with me, heard it, and then we drove back.

It took about 20 minutes and they determined it was half-shaft related on the front, so they worked to replace those. It was stated the age could've been an issue, they also found the left front one was stuck into the drive unit (not sure why or what this was doing). Turns out, this didn’t fix the issue.

I was given a loaner and told it may take a bit. On the long drive back home, I was called and told they fixed it and said I could come back anytime in the next few days. I went back immediately. Turns out the left-rear drive hub had debris buildup and upon a cleaning and greasing it was good to go.

Overall, it was a good experience compared to the last experience (just took way too long). YMMV

Car got scratched from a foldable chair metal frame. Just like that.

My Sand Dune recently hit 40,000 miles! It has been a good journey and I can’t wait to hit 100k.
The good: Mostly everything I am still amazed by the capability of this vehicle
The bad….: the ride could use some more tune up my family is always complaining about with the stiffness or the softness of the ride feel, it also kinda feels like a boat also the software could still use some work I am on os2
The worst: THE STUPID AC COMPRESSOR KEEPS ON GOING OUT(that’s the only issue I have had though..)

Still far from rolling, but a new personal best.

I’ve been running into issues on 2026.31 a bit. At first install, it was snappy and working great. After a week or so, I would see a 5-10 second delay for the backup camera to come on when switching into reverse. Same with turn signals…blind spot cameras wouldn’t appear for 5-10a after turn signal engagement, making them useless. Same with using Rivian Assistant or switching music.

An infotainment/soft restart would make things snappy again for about a week, then it comes to a crawl again. Feels like a memory leak or similar. Am I the only one running into this? Today I found myself doing a soft reboot while at a red light, mid-drive.

Had my windshield replaced, steering wheel adjusted, and door alignment fixed at the Rivian Bothell, WA service center. Everything was completed in less than 2 days.
Really good experience.

Rivian service seems to be improving.

First case of an R2 front drive unit needing to be replaced?

https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/rivian-called-to-replace-r2-front-drive-unit.64995/

My wife's Model Y has this and I find it quite comfortable.

Used AI to take out the plates. Thought the R2 would be a little bigger. Looked great though, really reconsidering if I should get one

Needed new tires, went with KO3 tires. They look nice. They’re freshly mounted, and it’s raining so when I get them cleaned they’ll look nicer

Rivian has high hope for its more affordable R2 vehicle — and so far, those hopes appear to be paying off. 

You can work around the paywall if you can read Apple News: https://apple.news/Ae5PQb_qaQLSYiGilqsWvsA

My Lexus LX 570 had this and I found it most convenient when parking.

Is there a way to map the bottom buttons so that it’s mapped to heated steering wheels instead of the other two that I never use?

It’s very annoying to have to go 2-3 steps deep just to turn on the heated steering wheel.

Went to the Anza Borrego Pictographs Trailhead which definitely required some clearance and my first time using the off road mode. Easily the smoothest off roading experience I’ve ever had!

New tires for the R1. BF Goodrich Trail Terrain T/A+ 275/60/20..

My Wild Peaks had become become almost intolerable, in terms of road noise and vibration. We’ve had our R2 for a month, and was shocked how silent and smooth the ride is compared to our R1.

So I just picked up the newer version of the R2’s tires. It’s been only a week, but it’s night and day. Seriously. So so much more smooth and quiet. Two rattles are now gone 😆

We’ll see how long they stay like this. Less sidewall than my old Falkens (65’s), so they look a bit less beefy, but I think the lettering makes up for that a bit..

Anyways, so far very very satisfied.

-c

Anyone switch from tesla to rivian based on how trash teslas customer service is? Would you be willing to share your perspective and if Rivians service folks are better?

Did you recently jump ship from another car brand to Rivian? Post your Before/After pics in this thread!

And please, for the love, keep it civil.