[Jonny Lieberman]

Hi there!

I’m Jonny Lieberman from MotorTrend (we did that whole cross country off-road TAT thing and gave the R1T our 2022 Truck of the Year award) and I got my Compass Yellow over Forest Edge R1T Launch Edition three days ago.

I love the truck!
Nice to be here.
Cheers,

-Jonny-

 

[Livinginkaos]

Right on ! Now I'm hungry....

 

[R99]

Hi there!

I’m Jonny Lieberman from MotorTrend (we did that whole cross country off-road TAT thing and gave the R1T our 2022 Truck of the Year award) and I got my Compass Yellow over Forest Edge R1T Launch Edition three days ago.

I love the truck!
Nice to be here.
Cheers,

-Jonny-

Congrats Jonny and welcome to the forum! Unique color combo that you went with. How does this truck compare to the one you tested for Motor Trend?

 

[NorthernRivian]

Glad to have you here @Jonny Lieberman! What other ways to configure the R1T did you consider before going with that spec?

 

[MadtownRivian]

Look how clean and straight those panels look on this one? <jealous> You must have got the "reviewer" special with extra QC , cause mine sure isn't like that 😀 Welcome!

 

[Jonny Lieberman]

Congrats Jonny and welcome to the forum! Unique color combo that you went with. How does this truck compare to the one you tested for Motor Trend?

Oh man, longish answer, but let me try. Spec-wise I believe it's identical save for the colors. Off-road wheels and tires, underbody armor, all that jazz.

That said, the super glitchy truck I drove for 1,850 miles over the TAT was both better and worse. Why worse? We'd constantly have to reboot the thing, and major systems would stop working or not work at all.

THAT SAID, we had access to a special engineering menu where we could program our own drive modes!! I should have taken better notes, but we could dial up rear-wheel bias and traction fully off for a super rally mode. Stuff like that. The truck also had a Max Power Mode, which not only played the clip from the Simpsons Max Power episode, but then overboosted the motors. It probably dropped the 0-60 time by half a second or even more.

I loved that truck.

Now, we drove another R1T for our Truck of the Year testing, although I didn't attend that event. Agreed with the results, however!

 

[Jonny Lieberman]

Glad to have you here @Jonny Lieberman! What other ways to configure the R1T did you consider before going with that spec?

I mean, I looked at blue, green, and red for a hot second (I like actual colors), but had to be Compass Yellow, and doule HAD TO BE Day Old Guacamole on the inside.

 

[Jonny Lieberman]

Look how clean and straight those panels look on this one? <jealous> You must have got the "reviewer" special with extra QC , cause mine sure isn't like that 😀 Welcome!

No? My seems quite nice! That pic is from the day I bought it, so it is extra clean.

 

[Kiminbend]

Hi there!

I’m Jonny Lieberman from MotorTrend (we did that whole cross country off-road TAT thing and gave the R1T our 2022 Truck of the Year award) and I got my Compass Yellow over Forest Edge R1T Launch Edition three days ago.

I love the truck!
Nice to be here.
Cheers,

-Jonny-

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Congratulations and welcome to the forum!

 

[EaglesPDX]

Is it because it is in the shade that it looks different than this Compass Yellow?

 

[Jonny Lieberman]

Is it because it is in the shade that it looks different than this Compass Yellow?

Naw. That's just non-color corrected GoPro footage versus a photo from a pretty decent camera (iPhone13)

 

[Livinginkaos]

Is it because it is in the shade that it looks different than this Compass Yellow?

Pretty sure it's because it's compass yellow with Forest edge interior.

 

[EaglesPDX]

That's just non-color corrected GoPro footage versus a photo from a pretty decent camera (iPhone13)

So really more the darker yellow. Hopefully I'll get to see a Compass Yellow in person before buying. I think Seattle is the staging area for PDX. If they had one on the lot there, I'd drive up to take a look. See if I can find the Seattle service center email and ask them to tell me when they have one.

 

[Livinginkaos]

So really more the darker yellow. Hopefully I'll get to see a Compass Yellow in person before buying. I think Seattle is the staging area for PDX. If they had one on the lot there, I'd drive up to take a look. See if I can find the Seattle service center email and ask them to tell me when they have one.

Yes you are correct. PDX is only a delivery center currently. They originate in Seattle.

 

[Jonny Lieberman]

So really more the darker yellow. Hopefully I'll get to see a Compass Yellow in person before buying. I think Seattle is the staging area for PDX. If they had one on the lot there, I'd drive up to take a look. See if I can find the Seattle service center email and ask them to tell me when they have one.

It's a pretty rare shade. Like, down here in Los Angeles, they have dozens of R1Ts. Mine was the only yellow one, and it was there for about three weeks

 

[JimmyEV]

Oh man, longish answer, but let me try. Spec-wise I believe it's identical save for the colors. Off-road wheels and tires, underbody armor, all that jazz.

That said, the super glitchy truck I drove for 1,850 miles over the TAT was both better and worse. Why worse? We'd constantly have to reboot the thing, and major systems would stop working or not work at all.

THAT SAID, we had access to a special engineering menu where we could program our own drive modes!! I should have taken better notes, but we could dial up rear-wheel bias and traction fully off for a super rally mode. Stuff like that. The truck also had a Max Power Mode, which not only played the clip from the Simpsons Max Power episode, but then overboosted the motors. It probably dropped the 0-60 time by half a second or even more.

I loved that truck.

Now, we drove another R1T for our Truck of the Year testing, although I didn't attend that event. Agreed with the results, however!

Welcome @Jonny Lieberman! Did you have to a lot of reprogramming with the drive modes when you were doing the Trans America Trail trip?

 

[camaroz1985]

Congrats! Great config. Now just need to get Spike in one...

 

[LindsayH]

Welcome @Jonny Lieberman Brave man going for the Yeller! I also love the real colors, and shifted around an awful lot with my config. Even when I started my 8 steps, I changed mind again and went back to Launch Green - the OG choice - after my test drive was in LG and it just felt like it "fit" me And I'm too cheap for the paid colors I also couldn't be happier, but yeah same panel alignment issues here as mentioned above, and a tonneau cover that was defective on arrival (but does the job til I get it fixed). Service Center will sort it all out. Only I notice it, cos I've read so much about it already...

 

[Victerry]

Hi there!

I’m Jonny Lieberman from MotorTrend (we did that whole cross country off-road TAT thing and gave the R1T our 2022 Truck of the Year award) and I got my Compass Yellow over Forest Edge R1T Launch Edition three days ago.

I love the truck!
Nice to be here.
Cheers,

-Jonny-

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Nice one Johnny, I also received my Compass Yellow in May and think it's the best color out there! Everybody seems to like it!

 

[Victerry]

Nice Compas yellow truck, with Ocean Coast interior! What? I originally ordered a Canyon Red with Ocean Coast interior. I changed that to Compass Yellow with Black Mountain due to the Ocean Coast interior being delayed. This one must be one of the early models that they use for promotional purposes.