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My pre-order date was April 30, 2020. Back in November '21 they estimated April-May 2022 delivery. I feel like it's a victory that at least in this one case the company achieved something ahead of schedule!
The delivery experience was efficient - my guide called me on wednesday, then I got the paperwork done online via the website. They were able to arrange the DMV registration paperwork online as well. I did a trade in of my old Prius which they assessed sight unseen (just based on mileage and my stated "Good" condition) and just knocked the assessed value off the price of the R1T. Then on Saturday a few minutes before the scheduled time, a guy from the company showed up with the R1T on a small flatbed, quickly looked at our trade-in, and showed us around the new truck. It took about 45 minutes. I learned from him that the LA area service center is in El Segundo by the way.
So far so good: I haven't put it through the paces to test its true capabilities, so far just the suburban adventures of shuttling kids around to school. Boy they are excited to be one of the first ones in town with such a cool vehicle. My 8 year old loves crawling through the gear tunnel.
It drives very smoothly. It's a much larger vehicle than I'm used to but it really doesn't feel like it because it's so responsive and the visibility is great. This is not unique to Rivian and may not be news to most of you but since I haven't bought a new car in 10+ years, I've never experienced modern safety features like the ultrasonic blind spot sensor and radar. Very handy tools.
I went with the 21" road tires for efficiency's sake: I do plan to do some mild off road driving for camping with the kids, but realistically, 90% of my time in the truck will be driving around town.
I really like the LA silver color - it's a nice unique silvery-white and more understated than the yellow or blue, so probably not drawing as many stares. Though we have gotten a few. We live in a fairly affluent area with a high rate of EV adoption (teslas everywhere) so I do expect a lot of queries from folks.
I hope the rest of you have an equally good experience and also receive your vehicles ahead of schedule!
The delivery experience was efficient - my guide called me on wednesday, then I got the paperwork done online via the website. They were able to arrange the DMV registration paperwork online as well. I did a trade in of my old Prius which they assessed sight unseen (just based on mileage and my stated "Good" condition) and just knocked the assessed value off the price of the R1T. Then on Saturday a few minutes before the scheduled time, a guy from the company showed up with the R1T on a small flatbed, quickly looked at our trade-in, and showed us around the new truck. It took about 45 minutes. I learned from him that the LA area service center is in El Segundo by the way.
So far so good: I haven't put it through the paces to test its true capabilities, so far just the suburban adventures of shuttling kids around to school. Boy they are excited to be one of the first ones in town with such a cool vehicle. My 8 year old loves crawling through the gear tunnel.
It drives very smoothly. It's a much larger vehicle than I'm used to but it really doesn't feel like it because it's so responsive and the visibility is great. This is not unique to Rivian and may not be news to most of you but since I haven't bought a new car in 10+ years, I've never experienced modern safety features like the ultrasonic blind spot sensor and radar. Very handy tools.
I went with the 21" road tires for efficiency's sake: I do plan to do some mild off road driving for camping with the kids, but realistically, 90% of my time in the truck will be driving around town.
I really like the LA silver color - it's a nice unique silvery-white and more understated than the yellow or blue, so probably not drawing as many stares. Though we have gotten a few. We live in a fairly affluent area with a high rate of EV adoption (teslas everywhere) so I do expect a lot of queries from folks.
I hope the rest of you have an equally good experience and also receive your vehicles ahead of schedule!