Rivian Meetup: Drive Electric Earth Day 2024

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 12, 2024

A couple of weeks back, our Rivian club organized an event. It was the Drive Electric Earth Day! It's an annual event organized to host EV owners. It's an event were EV owners come together and have their EV's out on display. Interacting with each other, getting to connect with fellow owners, and most importantly, making new friends.

The Meetup

The afternoon started at 12:30 at a meetup spot over at the Town Center. Matt and his Kate, John, Sami, and Crewe, Mike LaBree, Todd, Paul, Mike 813, Tom and Tammy and Nikki and I all met up so we could caravan over together.

If you’ve never seen 8 R1s rolling into an EV event, close your eyes, picture it. It’s awesome. We were immediately the highlight of the DEED there at the University of North Florida. That Jeep 4Xe to the left of my R1T belongs to John and Sami. It’s lifted on 37s! That thing is awesome!

The Event

There were three R1Ses, including this one which belongs to Henry Gare. Mike 813 had his there but by the time I started taking pics, he had already left. The third belonged to Buddy. It was a FG, BM, on 21s and he had just taken delivery a few days before the event.

We had a great time at the event. Afterwards, we headed over to M Shack for a burger and beer. Thanks to everyone that came out! Especially Tom and Tammy who came up from Orlando, to Mike who came up from Deerfield Beach.

It was awesome! I can’t wait for next years event…We went from JUST US last year, to 12 R1s today….who knows how many will be there next year. We had more R1s there than Tesla Model Ses. It was great!

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