Kyle from Out of Spec Reviews shared his Rivian service experience in this new video.
Rivian service experience at 10,000 miles on an R1T
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Not worth watching that clown. It has been proven he gets special treatment so his opinions/experiences are not representative of what the rest of us get, and are therefore worthless.
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But he says in the video he doesn’t get special treatment and they don’t know who he is. That must be true right?
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Hahahaha.. now that's funny!
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If you believe that, I have some swamp land in Florida to sell you. I also have a large assortment of "pet rocks" to sell to you too.
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Mr. Disney did pretty well with swamp land in Florida. So how about an ice breaking cruise ship in Nevada?
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He didn’t preorder/reserve a truck. He has a business relationship with Magna (he admits this freely and regularly) and Rivian recently engaged with Magna for services. Soon thereafter this guy contacts Rivian and without prior reservation is able to skip the line and take immediate delivery of a truck, at reduced pricing (pre-3/1), and factory delivery experience, to boot.
All has been documented publically.
It is worth watching because he has driven the truck a lot more miles than many of us and therefore has seen problems that most of us have not seen yet. If he has gotten special treatment as a youtube celebrity that is Rivian's fault.
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Still worthless because he’s proven he has no journalistic integrity. You can’t trust what he says so it’s all worthless.
I like watching his Rivian videos and he has provided valuable well documented information about the R1T range under various conditions. He has also done a good job exposing the problems of the Electrify America chargers that we Rivian truck owners depend on. However since I am not a youtube celebrity yet I don't expect Rivian to treat me as nicely as they treat him.
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@GJG Read the forums. There's lots of backstory and context.
He undeniably got special treatment. I placed my LE R1T order almost two YEARS before he did and he already has a truck and has driven it 10,000 miles, whereas I have bubkis. He placed his order AFTER the March 1 price increase, but they gave him the old price - that's about $15,000 in cash discount. He was able to get an LE more than 18 months after LE editions were "sold out". Plenty of other people who placed their orders years before really want an LE - they've repeatedly asked since then but Rivian tells them they can't get one; however, he somehow manages that without "special treatment".
I personally kind of like Kyle's videos, but he jumped the line in a big way and he knows it. This is not just Rivian's "fault" - he knew he was jumping the line and he said OK to that and is now denying that. That's not honest.
Dont forget the Ferrari and Porsche carrera gt , beside the Range Rover but I digress. He picked it up from the factory? Not really a thing unless Rivian wants certain people to be able to for obvious reasons.
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Has anyone verified the speed of their Rivian vs another vehicle or GPS/mapping provider? I experienced a disparity and the higher the speed the greater the differential!!! Has anyone experienced this issue? Mark
It is well known that the Rivian speed reading is higher than actual. With the latest software update the difference was reduced to 1-2 mph.
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