Last Sunday was a beautiful day, I decided to go “off roading” in the Ochoco National Forest which is near home. My R1T had never been off paved roads and it was time to explore all the gravel Forest Service roads….. My exploration was going fine until about 28 miles in I heard a loud pop – there was no doubt that the right rear tire had a blowout – not a leak but a 1 inch hole in the center of the tread! I took delivery last December, before Rivian was shipping with spare tires, so no spare! I did have the Rivian tire repair kit which I figured would be no match for the hole but what the heck. As long as the hold was down towards the ground the tire held pressure – move forward a bit to expose the hole – flat tire again. Time to call for help BUT there was no cell service on my dual SIM iPhone – none from AT&T and none from T-Mobile – nothing. Sooo, I decided to try the iPhone satellite SOS feature – guess what? It worked great! They called my situation into the Crook County Sherriff and I asked that they also call my wife and let her know I was going to be way late but was OK. I was told to expect a 3 hour wait… so far so good, but the temperature was now 97 degrees and climbing. Wonder how much power the AC takes – turns out about 1.5% for 2 hours at 97 degrees. GREAT I was good for 30 hours or so 
The sun was streaming in the front windshield so I moved to the back seat to wait and contemplate life. After a while I looked up, and immediately above my head was a crack in the glass roof that I had never noticed – probably not from this adventure but something more that had to be delt with later. My new best friend, Sargent Steve from the Sheriff’s department arrived about 4 hours after this adventure started. Fortunately Steve spoke LAT / LON, as did I, because that was the only way to find me, so many miles off of the grid. Got a 1.5 hour ride back to town, hired a flatbed truck to go get my R1T. Steve hand drew a map for the flatbed drive who did not speak LAT / LON. The rest of the story – my truck was hauled to Les Schwab in Prineville late Sunday night. $550 got me a new tire installed two days later – had to be shipped from Portland. I have a Service Center appointment in Portland on OCOTBER 2nd to replace my wheels and tires with the 20 inch off road combo, add a spare tire with kit, and replace my glass roof – estimate $7,900. Lessons learned, carry a spare, know how to use the SOS on your iPhone, and I love my truck!!!
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The sun was streaming in the front windshield so I moved to the back seat to wait and contemplate life. After a while I looked up, and immediately above my head was a crack in the glass roof that I had never noticed – probably not from this adventure but something more that had to be delt with later. My new best friend, Sargent Steve from the Sheriff’s department arrived about 4 hours after this adventure started. Fortunately Steve spoke LAT / LON, as did I, because that was the only way to find me, so many miles off of the grid. Got a 1.5 hour ride back to town, hired a flatbed truck to go get my R1T. Steve hand drew a map for the flatbed drive who did not speak LAT / LON. The rest of the story – my truck was hauled to Les Schwab in Prineville late Sunday night. $550 got me a new tire installed two days later – had to be shipped from Portland. I have a Service Center appointment in Portland on OCOTBER 2nd to replace my wheels and tires with the 20 inch off road combo, add a spare tire with kit, and replace my glass roof – estimate $7,900. Lessons learned, carry a spare, know how to use the SOS on your iPhone, and I love my truck!!!
