A Trip to the Vancouver Rivian Service Center

Morgan · 2024-12-22T17:10:59+00:00

Now that I've installed the SnapPlate front license plate holder, I finally filled out the EveryAmp review. Here it is. Hope it helps others: Shipped promptly, so the license plate holder arrived well before we picked up the car. Engineered and built VERY precisely to hold the plate very close to the front bumper without scraping. Installation instructions were clear, would have benefited from one more picture showing how to find the center slots in the grille. Grille Depth Adjustment instructions were also clear; with one half-turn adjustment of three screws, the license plate holder fit PERFECTLY in place. Check the EveryAmp web site for photographs of how much their product blocks the front camera image at every setting. After reviewing the photos, I chose the center setting. I find the camera interference at that setting is trivial for me. There's a lot of competition for the front-of-R1 real estate. My understanding is that Rivian's front plate holder requires drilling a hole in a perfectly good vehicle, and can also block a small part of the camera image. Tow hook mounts take a tow hook out of commission, and can block a sensor. EveryAmp's mount is designed to protect the grille by snapping off when attacked by a car-wash brush, so you have to dismount it (relatively easy to do) and remount it before washing. I'm still happy with the EveryAmp product, which we have installed in our R1S and now R1T. Very best wishes!

Rivian Blue

Member

Dec 9, 2024

Over the weekend, our Rivian club paid a visit to the Vancouver Rivian Space with our friends. The space is in a cool outcrop at a mall outside of the city.

Unfortunately, there was no way to park an R1 inside. So what did Rivian do? They engineered around it and created an AR virtual vehicle walkthrough experience!

They can configure the experience for either R1T or R1S, and any of the available interior and exterior colors. It really is quite something to be able to not just walk around a virtual R1, but to actually walk inside of it and view around.

The experiencer is represented by a familiar figure on a monitor for others to watch in real time.There's even an easter egg that I won't reveal. You will have to check it out for yourself.The Vancouver Space is beautiful, as you would expect.