Rivian R1S
Sitting next to an SUV with that model designation.
Nice looking rig, appears to be in the same chassis as pickup. No plates out.
Marty
Nice looking rig, appears to be in the same chassis as pickup. No plates out.
Marty
Forum Discussion
time2roll wrote:
PA12DRVR wrote:
, never mind the dearth of charging stations up here in the GWN.
https://www.plugshare.com/
Sorry. Not an American. What is GWN.
Thanks.PA12DRVR wrote:
, never mind the dearth of charging stations up here in the GWN.
https://www.plugshare.com/PA12DRVR wrote:
Grit dog wrote:
Well they are as fast as they are ugly!
I’d love to have a ripper 11 second EV. But even though it smoked a TRX, if I had to drop $100k on a pickup truck for some silly reason it would be a TRX Redeye or the baddest new diesel 1 ton in my favorite color! Not an ugly midsize toaster oven.
Back in the day, when I worked for Baker Poppa in Ewe-stun, I was the first employee to get a Prius, the then closest thing to an EV....so I've got nothing against EV's per se, but for this kind of price tag a quick look through the local fora and boards indicates: Could probably buy 2 relatively late model diesel (certainly gas) pickups, not new but close; Could buy an airworthy C180, although would need at least cosmetic work; could buy a moderately upgraded PA-12; could cover 65% of the cost of a rough C182; could make a 65% down payment on a new tricked out 24' ocean boat or could buy a low-time late model 24 or 26' in the same make in nice condition ready to go; or could buy 3 new sno-gos and a smaller Kubota tractor.
The $$ just doesn't make this sort of vehicle attractive, never mind the dearth of charging stations up here in the GWN.
Lol! Spot on! And even better perspective on what I was trying to say.
Or to put it another way, these things are like 60% status symbol, 30% claiming you’re doing your part to save the earth, 5% transportation, 4% investment (if you play your cards right) and 1% towing!
PS in your scenario, I’m not a pilot, I have enough trucks so my option would be 1 new sno go and a huge downpayment on something 26’ long shiny aluminum with 2 - 250 Yamahas on the back!Grit dog wrote:
Well they are as fast as they are ugly!
I’d love to have a ripper 11 second EV. But even though it smoked a TRX, if I had to drop $100k on a pickup truck for some silly reason it would be a TRX Redeye or the baddest new diesel 1 ton in my favorite color! Not an ugly midsize toaster oven.
Back in the day, when I worked for Baker Poppa in Ewe-stun, I was the first employee to get a Prius, the then closest thing to an EV....so I've got nothing against EV's per se, but for this kind of price tag a quick look through the local fora and boards indicates: Could probably buy 2 relatively late model diesel (certainly gas) pickups, not new but close; Could buy an airworthy C180, although would need at least cosmetic work; could buy a moderately upgraded PA-12; could cover 65% of the cost of a rough C182; could make a 65% down payment on a new tricked out 24' ocean boat or could buy a low-time late model 24 or 26' in the same make in nice condition ready to go; or could buy 3 new sno-gos and a smaller Kubota tractor.
The $$ just doesn't make this sort of vehicle attractive, never mind the dearth of charging stations up here in the GWN.Reisender wrote:
ronharmless wrote:
Hum!! That’s the opposite of what I noticed last summer. I was camping and thought somehow I got misplaced into the big fiver’s section. It felt like I was camping in a teeny tiny TT compared to the rest of the sites (and mines 28 ft). One was even being pulled by a class 8 tractor. Now makes me wonder what the real statistics are about the size of the campers being sold. This seat of the pants blathering is probably very subjective and possibly not very objective. Real data backed up with links would be very useful.
Yah for sure. I think a lot depends where you are and where you travel. There would be very few spots that would handle a 28 foot rig in many of the provincial and forestry parks we stayed in over the summer.
Now snowbird parks, whole different ball game of course. We snowbirded for years in a 40 foot diesel pusher.
Aside from it not mattering what sort of useless stats about how many RVs of different sizes are sold or in use, you both have good points.
The term “There’s an @ss for every seat.” comes to mind.
Although geographically and politically, even though there are ALOT of big RVs of every sort out here in the left part of the country, I believe the concentration of smaller units, canned ham trailers and such is probably greater than other areas.time2roll wrote:
agesilaus wrote:
I am still waiting to get a report on using a Rivian as a toad. If it works I might just trade....
Not of great interest to Class A, B and C Rvers.
ROFLronharmless wrote:
Hum!! That’s the opposite of what I noticed last summer. I was camping and thought somehow I got misplaced into the big fiver’s section. It felt like I was camping in a teeny tiny TT compared to the rest of the sites (and mines 28 ft). One was even being pulled by a class 8 tractor. Now makes me wonder what the real statistics are about the size of the campers being sold. This seat of the pants blathering is probably very subjective and possibly not very objective. Real data backed up with links would be very useful.
Yah for sure. I think a lot depends where you are and where you travel. There would be very few spots that would handle a 28 foot rig in many of the provincial and forestry parks we stayed in over the summer.
Now snowbird parks, whole different ball game of course. We snowbirded for years in a 40 foot diesel pusher.- Hum!! That’s the opposite of what I noticed last summer. I was camping and thought somehow I got misplaced into the big fiver’s section. It felt like I was camping in a teeny tiny TT compared to the rest of the sites (and mines 28 ft). One was even being pulled by a class 8 tractor. Now makes me wonder what the real statistics are about the size of the campers being sold. This seat of the pants blathering is probably very subjective and possibly not very objective. Real data backed up with links would be very useful.
agesilaus wrote:
spoon059 wrote:
Reisender wrote:
Maybe. But a lot of people tow light as well. Both the lightnings and Rivians have decent towing ranges when towing smaller single axle trailers. We saw one towing a T@B this fall on the Sunshine Coast. Never had a chance to talk to him. Think it was an American plate. He was coming off the ferry and we were getting ready to go on. Sharp looking little truck though. Kind of a darker green colour.
Yup, and some people tow heavy. So it was a legit question. Not sure why people have their knickers in a twist over it...
And this is an RV forum and most folks here are towing Fivers and Travel Trailers. Or maybe planning to do so. Why else would we be looking at Tow Trucks forum? Not of great interest to Class A, B and C Rvers. Not too many camping using a 8 foot Tractor Supply flatbed.
Depends where you are I guess. One of things that we noticed this summer on our cross country tour was most of the rigs on the road were smaller trailers being towed by SUV’s and small trucks. The campgrounds were full of them. Many of the bigger units had lots of grass growing up around them. The result of expensive fuel I suppose. But many of the campgrounds we were in were provincial parks that couldn’t handle bigger rigs anyway. Heck, some of the sites we got were tight for our 18 footer. Especially in northern Ontario provincial parks going over the Great Lakes. Nice though. There were also a lot of small C’s and B’s. I could have disconnected but we wanted the site open.
agesilaus wrote:
I am still waiting to get a report on using a Rivian as a toad. If it works I might just trade....
Not of great interest to Class A, B and C Rvers.
