Off-roading: A little confidence lost

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!

Vincent

Member

Dec 5, 2024

A club member recently got his Rivian R1T and has had it for about 2 weeks now. Said he's pleased with its operation the 3 times he has had to drive it even though he didn’t receive it until he had made his first payment and was paying insurance on a vehicle he hadn’t driven. He felt happy tho when he finally got to receive the vehicle. So where he lives, he has back door access to some of the best 4WD roads in America. What the R1T was made for right?

He decided to test that theory and took it out Saturday for some mild off roading and a nice hike. Upon returning and turning it on, multiple warning lights came on indicating it was unable to lower from the 15” Off Road height and speed would be limited to 20mph. Luckily there were backcountry roads to get him home ( no cell service) but it was still a long journey.

He contacted a Service Advisor and attempting an unsuccessful vehicle reset, it was determined that it would need to be towed to a Service Center. Complained that it tookl over 24 hours for a tow to finally come and then it was a dolly system and not the roll back as promised.

It was also taken to the tow companies vehicle lot and not immediately transported to the Service Center as promised. Almost 24 hours later it was still at the tow services vehicle lot no closer to the Service Center.

They offered me a rental vehicle which he declined and hopes to get his vehicle repaired and returned ASAP.

Personally, I don't have a bad experience with my R1T while off-roading, at least not yet. Even tho I sympathized with him, I still believe the R1T is one of the best off-road trucks ever made. Not sure what the outcome will be but for someone like him, I think he needs a really good trip experience to build back that confidence he might have lost.

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