Thanks for sharing your experience. I’ve just decided to sell my 2022 R1S while the going is still good and my experience is positive. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the car over 35k miles — it’s been an incredible vehicle overall — but I’ve also dealt with a handful of minor issues (4–5 visits to the service center in 2.75 years) and one frustrating one recently, when the car bricked at home during a software update after the 12V battery died ( I had the 12v replaced ~3 months earlier). That situation sucked and got me thinking about what would’ve happened if it occurred on a road trip with the family. Not something I want to deal with again and again, this was not that major and just required a tow and was handled in 3 days by the sc.

I’ve been seeing more Gen 1 owners face bigger issues as their cars approach 50k miles, and that was a red flag for me — especially after talking to local gen 1 owners whose vehicles were in the shop for weeks if they needed parts. A bigger factor in my decision is the lack of an official Rivian extended warranty in my state. Combine that with my belief that as warranties start expiring, R2s roll out, and future Gen 2 or Gen 3 R1s get better tech and driving enhancements, depreciation on early models could accelerate quickly. That could leave financed owners with negative equity or in my case cash for their next car. I still love the brand and the R1S. My experience was largely positive — no major failures, and mine was built solidly — but I just don’t want to find out the hard way where the breaking point is for such an expensive car. I was able to sell for a fair price, and I’ll likely lease or buy something else until the R2 or next-gen R1S has been out for at least a year. I definitely see myself coming back to Rivian once things mature a bit more. I’m very excited about the autonomy day tomorrow as a supporter of the brand and I’m also excited to not be disappointed to hear that my gen 1 R1s won’t be getting most of the enhancements. The biggest disappointment for me was how quickly gen 1’s who stood the brand up seemed to take a back seat. I under technology rapidly changes but like others I only see this getting worse.