Former Rivian R1S owner, almost twice. Can’t wait for the Scout

[Chavannigans]

Amazing. I’m here less than a day and already had to block someone. It’s amazing because the tone and language remind me of a user on the Rivian forum who is demeaning, dismissive, and disrespectful of owners who vocalize their negative experiences with Rivian.

Gaslighting individuals stating they can’t possibly have such a bad experience and the issues they reported on were not as bad as they said they were is not a community benefit. Being a blind fanboy is not a benefit either, no matter what that user thinks.


I hope you never experience what I had to endure, or listen your wife sob uncontrollably driving home after a horrible experience trying to buy a $140k SUV from a manufacturer who clearly doesn’t give 2Fs about you.

I have had similar headaches as posted above, and it affected my business/income so it was more than just a disappointing customer service experience, but I hope you can find a place here if you are genuinely interested in Scouts.

You havent been here very long and are already stirring up some drama, but I am sure we can find some common ground and cooler heads can prevail.

There are a lot of really awesome people here that want Scout Motors to succeed so it can be advantageous to read the room and understand where other people are coming from too.

 

[strider]

According to the OP they gave them another chance and struck out again. I don't have any experience w/ Rivian but from what I read they are following Tesla's playbook almost exactly. The early Teslas were all hand-built and perfect with Elon personally inspecting every car that went out the door. R1TVT has a Launch edition so it was likely in this category. Then later they needed to hit ever-increasing delivery targets so QA started getting rushed at the factory and they relied on service to fix any issues after delivery. They were delivering cars in truly sad states. When my number came up for my MXP I went in fully expecting to reject the car. I spent over 30 minutes crawling all over it, checking everything I could short of actually driving it. There was a slight misalignment of the rear hatch and the silk screening on the backup PRND bar had a scratch in it. Service solved both issues quickly and my car has been flawless.

Tesla software stability has also been up and down over the years (although I guess that applies to all tech these days....).

All that to say, I hope Scout is realistic in their delivery projections. I also hope they avoiding going public as long as they can as Wall Street is the one that sets these ridiculous targets and the company has no choice but to meet them in any way they can or face financial destruction.