adrianp89
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Welcome to the forum…. But literally everyone of your posts is exactly the same.
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That’s because all of the topics on the respective forums related to towing rigs, towing limits, etc. thought it might be helpful, I’ll remove. It might be helpful if identical topics were consolidated, lolWelcome to the forum…. But literally everyone of your posts is exactly the same.
I don't see why not. They will probably do a cash only deal no receipt. You need new tires but I would patch it and get a new truck lol.
Could also call around for a used tire. Not ideal but if your trading in soon - another good cheap option. You won't get anywhere near the $1600 back on trade.
No different than you being at half a tank in an ICE. Being honest here - you shouldn't ever really be in a situation where you only have 50 miles left, unless your on a road trip. With the Tesla we typically topped off before getting to our location so we knew we where good around where we were going.
Side note - get some seat belts on the cart!
Yea, I kinda get the "half tank in" premise. The issue is I'm towing through a charging desert essentially. The distance is far enough that I'll be sneaking up on 5-10% reserve capacity if I take the boat with me. My internal Boy Scout won't let me drop below 20% SOC or so on a trip. My use case is kinda weird because I have a really high energy usage (because towing), and I'm going through what amounts to a charging desert. There are some 50A 240V plugs available and some slow charging stations, but nowhere to really get a good quick charge within my circle of travel with the boat.
So in this instance I would have been around 55% SOC (assuming R1T with 135kWh pack and 800Wh/mi usage on ABRP after leaving on 100%) when the ER run was triggered. I dropped the boat and left it, and hauled butt to the ER in the Q7 this time. Hospital was 45mi away, and we made it there in a shade under 40min. I suppose I would have done the same thing in a Rivian, and still been able to make the trip without incident. Would have been a little slower trip and closer to the edge on energy usage had I left the boat attached.
I REALLY like the Rivian, and I REALLY want to get an EV that tows. I'm having the hardest time letting go of the flexibility that comes from an ICE in a charging desert. I'm struggling with the "Just because I CAN, does that mean I SHOULD?" arguement.
Side note response: golf cart was stationary when accident happened. Older brother had pulled into playground, parked, and 4yr old tripped getting out, did a barrel roll and bonked his head on a larger than normal piece of rock. Belts are a good idea, no doubt, but wouldn't have helped him here. Just klutzy moment on rough terrain. We should probably be a little more vigilant on letting them travel outside viewing distance with the golf cart, no arguments there either, however they both handled it fairly well. 10yr old stripped his shirt off and applied pressure, then drove cart back to camp (like 6 spaces up) to get help.
**EDIT** Here's my plugshare map. Filtered to 50kW and higher outlets.
Red circles is home.
Blue circles are Ramps (We were near top left blue circle on Saturday, it's the easiest to solve)
Highlights will require a charge. Others can make it there and back on 1 charge
Assuming: 800Wh/mi usage and 90% SOC departure.
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**EDIT#2**
I 100% understand that all of this concern goes completely out the window if we stay the night somewhere. Even a 110V charge overnight will get us that small amount to easily cover the trip home. The highlighted spaces are a shade over 2hrs away, so they're on the fringe of "day trips" anyway for us. If we overnight (in particular at a campground with RV hookups) we're in good shape.
It's really |...| that close to being completely ironed out for me and for me to make a reservation.
It's want. It's all want. No real need. My Q7 only has 67k miles on it. Needs a bit of work ($3k-ish), and I have some strong love/hate feelings for it......but it's a very nice vehicle and I'm just being a selfish first world dweller......I'm complaining about driving a VERY nice luxury SUV, because I don't want to spend a small percentage on maintenance.@2kwik4u
Your threads read as if you need/want another vehicle ASAP, yet aren’t deliveries of newly reserved Rivians pushed to late 2023 at the earliest? You have much less need for instant gratification than I if you can wait that long! Plus, what else will be coming down the pike in the next 18 months that you’ll long for, instead?
I'm ordering new tires. My dumbass bought the fancy car, my dumbass can pay for the fancy tires to go with it.
No different than you being at half a tank in an ICE. Being honest here - you shouldn't ever really be in a situation where you only have 50 miles left, unless your on a road trip. With the Tesla we typically topped off before getting to our location so we knew we where good around where we were going.
Side note - get some seat belts on the cart!
I'm ordering new tires. My dumbass bought the fancy car, my dumbass can pay for the fancy tires to go with it.
21" wheels are stupid, let's be real. They should be 20 or 22, odd size wheels never have much in tire choices.
funny that I’ve never once been unable to find tires for my various cars in 15”, 17”, 19”, or 21”. Had them all in the past 5 years and no lack of options. Silly comment.