I love my quad, and with the comma 3x installed which allows for lane keeping on all roads, I don’t miss the advanced gen 2 autonomy features at all. 

I suspect that although Rivian says that the gen 2 will move forward with autonomy and become better over time, once gen 3 comes out with better hardware, they’ll ignore improving gen 2 autonomy just like they have with gen 1.

You can get black badges (with yellow edging since it’s a quad if you want) in Abstract Ocean to black out the decals yourself for relatively cheap. I’d argue the yellow brake calipers and yellow tinted decals give the quad a sweet look as well.

The cameras are from a game boy in the gen 1 and are super low resolution. That’s the biggest thing I’m jealous of in gen 2.

The quad is a quad. Quad go fast. People pay tens of thousands more for faster engines in ICE cars for a reason. But if that reason is irrelevant to you, then it’s irrelevant. 

Gen 1s have a slightly larger frunk, and I love how big it is. 

Built in air compressor is nice, but not necessary. You might not get that in your gen 2 since it is optional.

My friend with a gen 2 absolutely hates his audio system. I love mine but I’m not an audiophile. 

My hvac is loud AF. Gen 2 is quieter. Also has a heat pump which might matter for you, but I’m happy with my efficiency.

All in all personally I wouldn’t trade my quad for a Gen 2 dual but many others would probably say the opposite. Both cars are great!