I did a test drive of the R2 yesterday. I am not a reservation holder for Rivian , but I am for a Scout. I was considering the R2 as a stop gap vehicle as we are getting tired of all the reliability issues we are having with our Wrangle 4xE. Full disclosure: I love the ethos of Rivian—a software defined vehicle that can get better as it grows. Ultimately I was meh with the R2 and my wife hated it! Wanted to share in the hopes that Scout can get it right for mass consumers. The good: great tech, great test drive experience, R2 had tons of torque. The bad: no option to turn “off” one pedal driving. My wife wouldn’t even test drive it on a road—I got her to drive it in a parking lot for 2 mins. She got overwhelmed with all the screen views and nearly had a panic attack from sensory overload. She ultimately felt car sick by the end due to the regen/one pedal behavior that even at low is pretty aggressive. She also hated the moonroof—unable to open…even with the back window roll down its wasn’t open air enough. Lastly she didn’t like how low it sat. While ALL of this is personal preference and some can be addressed with future software updates my hope for the scout (and much of this is already confirmed): a blend of screens and knobs, minimal sensory overload potential from the screens (chill mode). Sitting higher and open air cabana roof. While for us the Rivian isn’t a no—it definitely is a not now. I am even more stoked now for the Scout!
R2 Test Drive
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Thanks for your thoughts. I’m really curious how tall the Scout will be on a normal setup with 33s.
Every once in a while I have this little thought that says get the EREV with 35s, maintenance be damned.
We are so much closer to being able to test drive our Scouts. Only 4 months or so and two years will have passed. It’s going by fast!
Every once in a while I have this little thought that says get the EREV with 35s, maintenance be damned.
We are so much closer to being able to test drive our Scouts. Only 4 months or so and two years will have passed. It’s going by fast!
2 years-hahahaha! Much longer for some but I hear you. Getting closer and closer
Oh I know. I first started talking about them in ‘22 and refused to buy anything till I saw the launch.
I'm having similar thoughts - similarly my wife doesn't like how Rivians look, and I didn't like the tech when I test drove an R1 recently. I just got a notice that my order slot for an R2 will open in October, so as the date gets closer I'll set up a test drive, but my guess at this point is that I'll ultimately cancel the R2 and wait for the Scout
I've don't recall that data being officially released but you can get pretty close by doing some math.
Scout says they have >160,000 reservations. It will probably go up as they get closer to release, when the configurator opens, etc. They will (hopefully) publish quarterly delivery numbers (this is easier with public companies as those numbers are required to be published). At that point one can simply keep checking Scout's website for when a new order can be expected to be delivered. Once that delivery date comes in meaningfully, you can be reasonably assured that the reservation list has been exhausted. Another way is by hanging out here and when folks start reporting their delivery date being earlier than they were told you can infer that Scout is "catching up" with their backlog. By dividing the reservation backlog by the deliveries to that point you can get a pretty good idea of conversion rate.
That’s the way-uh-huh, uh-huh-I like it!
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