R2 Launch Watch

[J Alynn]

I dont remember a life without a car payment lol! I like getting a new vehicle every couple of years. I have a sickness I know

If my wife wasn’t our financial planner and vault keeper I’d be in same boat. First car I’ve paid off in YEARS. Seem to always trade

 

[J Alynn]

Respectfully, I disagree. SM is building the big beautiful paint shop. Put it to good use. I want to see Scouts rolling off the line in all the colors of the rainbow. Plus I’m not taking my brand new Traveler and trusting that someone is going to wrap her properly and not ruin the paint. I’ve always been told that paint needs to cure for a period of time before you wrap. I want my Traveler to come off the line in PBY.

Look how great it is when you get all the Scouts together and they are all different colors. This was at Nats last year.

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I’ll take paint any day

 

[maynard]

Respectfully, I disagree. SM is building the big beautiful paint shop. Put it to good use. I want to see Scouts rolling off the line in all the colors of the rainbow. Plus I’m not taking my brand new Traveler and trusting that someone is going to wrap her properly and not ruin the paint. I’ve always been told that paint needs to cure for a period of time before you wrap. I want my Traveler to come off the line in PBY.

Look how great it is when you get all the Scouts together and they are all different colors. This was at Nats last year. View attachment 14220

My desired color scheme!
Love it!
(but I will go Silo green if they don't offer this...)

 

[RodorW]

I think Silo Green is one of the best colors I've ever "hated." When I first saw it, I thought it was leaning too much towards brown, and really thought it was ugly. Though my truck when I was 16 was a Silverado in Pewter, and for as much as I like blues and other vibrant colors, until we get more official color options closer to launch, I'm sold on Silo and have really come around on it after seeing the difference light makes with that color

 

[SaraLiz]

I ended up putting in a reservation yesterday after reviewing all the info. I test drove an R1S last fall and liked a lot about it, just wasn't looking to spend $100k on a vehicle when I was anticipating a Scout coming.

With the shifting timelines and my Ioniq lease ending in Dec '27, the R2 definitely became more interesting. I also like that it is a bit smaller vehicle. However, I'm worried about it being too small. Next vehicle needs to be able to accommodate a large dog crate behind the rear seats. Our current Rav4 does not. And the R2 is technically less cargo volume behind the rear. But it being boxy may still make it functional, as the slope of the Rav is really what kills the kennel fit. Will have to see when demo vehicles start being available.

The thing that I still don't like about Rivian is the lack of buttons. I'm intrigued by their new haptic steering wheel scroll approach though.

 

[rehajm]

The thing that I still don't like about Rivian is the lack of buttons. I'm intrigued by their new haptic steering wheel scroll approach though

The haptic scroll wheels are very cool- good feedback and zero learning curve…