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I have heard great things about the Rivian trucks. They seem to have rabidly loyal customers, like the Teslas.

by ChrisMarshallNY 11mo ago

psunavy03 11mo ago
For $70-100K, I'd hope so.
- ChrisMarshallNY 11mo ago
  From what I understand, many of these jacked-up compensator trucks cost a similar amount. I remember when pickups were considerably cheaper than cars, but no more.
hnburnsy 11mo ago
>I have heard great things about the Rivian trucks. They seem to have rabidly loyal customers, like the Teslas Dead last... https://www.usatoday.com/story/cars/research/2025/10/24/consumer-reports-lists-rivian-dead-last-in-reliability-rankings/86877675007/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/cars/research/2025/10/24/cons... And have you seen the stories about fender benders? https://www.thedrive.com/news/rivian-r1t-fender-bender-turns-into-42000-repair-bill https://www.thedrive.com/news/rivian-r1t-fender-bender-turns... https://axleaddict.com/news/a-small-rivian-r1t-dent-just-cost-more-than-a-new-car-heres-why https://axleaddict.com/news/a-small-rivian-r1t-dent-just-cos... https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/7-months-later-and-a-50k-repair-bill-i-have-my-r1t-back.21063/ https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/7-months-later-an... https://insideevs.com/features/669752/rich-rebuilds-rivian-r1t-damage-repair-cost/ https://insideevs.com/features/669752/rich-rebuilds-rivian-r...
- JumpCrisscross 11mo ago
  From your first fender-bender link: “So a $42,000 rear bumper replacement seems exorbitant, but Apfelstadt says he’s happy with his truck.”
- gammarator 11mo ago
  Your linked article does say Rivian ranked first in satisfaction, which does support the GP’s “rabidly loyal.”
  - hnburnsy 11mo ago
    Nice catch thx!
cpwright 11mo ago
The bed is only 4.5' long. The 5.5' short bed available on an F150 Lightning is too short for me, the ICE F150 with a 6.5' bed at least lets you have flat sheet goods with the tail gate down.

I have heard great things about the Rivian trucks. They seem to have rabidly loyal customers, like the Teslas.

psunavy03 11mo ago

For $70-100K, I'd hope so.

ChrisMarshallNY 11mo ago
From what I understand, many of these jacked-up compensator trucks cost a similar amount. I remember when pickups were considerably cheaper than cars, but no more.

hnburnsy 11mo ago

>I have heard great things about the Rivian trucks. They seem to have rabidly loyal customers, like the Teslas Dead last... https://www.usatoday.com/story/cars/research/2025/10/24/consumer-reports-lists-rivian-dead-last-in-reliability-rankings/86877675007/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/cars/research/2025/10/24/cons... And have you seen the stories about fender benders? https://www.thedrive.com/news/rivian-r1t-fender-bender-turns-into-42000-repair-bill https://www.thedrive.com/news/rivian-r1t-fender-bender-turns... https://axleaddict.com/news/a-small-rivian-r1t-dent-just-cost-more-than-a-new-car-heres-why https://axleaddict.com/news/a-small-rivian-r1t-dent-just-cos... https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/7-months-later-and-a-50k-repair-bill-i-have-my-r1t-back.21063/ https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/7-months-later-an... https://insideevs.com/features/669752/rich-rebuilds-rivian-r1t-damage-repair-cost/ https://insideevs.com/features/669752/rich-rebuilds-rivian-r...

JumpCrisscross 11mo ago
From your first fender-bender link: “So a $42,000 rear bumper replacement seems exorbitant, but Apfelstadt says he’s happy with his truck.”
gammarator 11mo ago
Your linked article does say Rivian ranked first in satisfaction, which does support the GP’s “rabidly loyal.”
- hnburnsy 11mo ago
  Nice catch thx!

cpwright 11mo ago

The bed is only 4.5' long. The 5.5' short bed available on an F150 Lightning is too short for me, the ICE F150 with a 6.5' bed at least lets you have flat sheet goods with the tail gate down.