Rivian R1S 1 Year 15k mi Review - The truth of how it's held up and our experience

[@loganrossignol]

Agree on driver+. We really need to make sure we nudge Rivian on this. The capability for more is there on Gen 1. It's just the time investment.

[@robp3431]

Nice update ! The R1S is my fav EV, and if there were a closer service center, I would have no hesitation purchasing one.

[@dianewallace6064]

I like your Chrome delete. Looks great! I like the blacked-out options and matte colors for Gen2.

[@Eventurefamily]

Definitely! I know chrome is supposed to designate luxury, but I've never loved it. The black looks so much better to me.

[@dianewallace6064]

27:00 My Ioniq 6 twin. Your children are learning all about EVs. Nice enthusiasm about shredding the slopes there.

[@Eventurefamily]

Even Arlo can point out Rivians, Teslas, and iXes, so I must be doing something right. Though he thinks any car with the Chevy bow tie badge is an Equinox.

[@jasonwillis7345]

Interesting. I see you were driving in conserve mode at about 15k miles. I was wondering how the tires were holding up. I am at 10k and just starting to notice the tread wear. No tire rotations? Significant tread wear?

[@Eventurefamily]

I generally only use it on longer trips where I need to stretch for range, so over the 15k miles, probably only a couple thousand have been on conserve mode. I haven't observed any significant wear on the front tires over the rear and we haven't done any rotations yet. I expect we probably will around 20-25k based on what others report, but for some reason, we tend to have longer tire life than average. Our Buick Enclave the R1S replaced went 60k miles on the original tires and no rotations and they told us they were still fine at the last appointment.

[@dianewallace6064]

36:00 Oh Deer

[@Eventurefamily]

😂

[@cscorona1]

I’ve had a different experience with the driver+. I’ve actually found it to be way more reliable than supercruise, and it isn’t constantly watching my eyes to make sure I’m paying attention. I can just have my hand resting on the wheel of my Gen 2 R1T, and it never shuts off. Supercruise on my Lyriq usually gives me an “unavailable” error every 10-15 minutes or so (at least).

[@Eventurefamily]

Interesting. To me, Supercruise has been more reliable and shuts off less around here, so maybe it's down to location specifics with different roads. Both systems still cut off way more than I'd like, especially with construction or if I'm in the right lane, but Supercruise has generally been less flaky than Driver+

[@cscorona1]

@ mine is a gen 2, which has the better cameras as well, which I think helps its performance

[@xmas1888]

Based on RivianTrackr, the update coming within the next week should include Chromecast and KZbin, as well as some holiday fun!

[@Eventurefamily]

Yes and I'm super excited for it! It seems like a great update with almost all of the features I've been asking for including Sirius, so I can't wait. I'll definitely share an update on it once we get it.

[@dianewallace6064]

Stadium headlights. Looks smiley.