I actually love the segments of RCR videos that are not actually about the car, but about what the car says about us. This is what makes RCR truly unique.

@sednoid

Жыл бұрын

It's exactly what I subscribe for.

@onimaxblade8988

Жыл бұрын

I'm one of those people who only vaguely understands a lot of car talk too so the real juiciness is in talking about that stuff.

@kuebby

Жыл бұрын

Those are the best part.

@sedrickwells8545

Жыл бұрын

I mean I thought that's why we're all here

@ultimatedrift8549

Жыл бұрын

Why I've been a fan since 2013

The guy wearing the same color shirt as the truck while immediately getting out to wipe away the bugs off the front of what is supposed to be a rugged adventure mobile is so on point with who I picture drives these things. It's like the C6 corvette owner but on the other side of the spectrum.

@5Ci0N

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the Civic Type R guy

@Soxcessful

Жыл бұрын

And the same yellow tumbler in the cup holder….

@funstang2008

Жыл бұрын

I think the owner may have been a hipster ten years ago.

@matthewwatt2295

Жыл бұрын

They're making a video, nothing wrong with making the car look good

@griffins750

Жыл бұрын

Honestly though when it looks that good I'd want to do the same, these cars are like the electric versions of a RangeRover/LandRover. Sure they're capable but only so much as "capability" is luxury item to be sold to customers at a premium.

"This truck feels like it was built by engineers, not a meme lord who bought his way into the scientific community." Shots fired!

@SpaceGhost1984

Жыл бұрын

It is one of the most succinct and accurate descriptions of that man.

@benvaun1330

Жыл бұрын

No lies were told in that statement.

@rowleyryan9025

Жыл бұрын

Fuck Elon bro he made EVs such a joke. Can’t stand the sight of a Tesla anymore

@batterybuilding

Жыл бұрын

That’s one large and fragile ego you’re messing with.

@musalwesaisha4200

Жыл бұрын

Elon should not watch this

"Built by engineers instead of a meme lord who bought his way into the scientific community" should be Rivian's tagline.

@tjwatson0403

Жыл бұрын

I liked and unliked this comment just so I could like it twice

@stoneylonesome4062

Жыл бұрын

I’m glad people are starting to push back against the Musk cultists.

@davedixon2167

Жыл бұрын

@@stoneylonesome4062 Tesla is only on top anymore because of the superchargers I think - every non-Tesla EV video I've seen, it seems the charging stations from any other company are a total crapshoot when it comes to working at all, let alone working well. I wouldn't buy a Tesla because I like Elon, but I might do it over another brand just for the infrastructure. If they fully open it to everyone then game on.

@stoneylonesome4062

Жыл бұрын

@@davedixon2167 There needs to be some EU-style legislation mandating that all EV manufacturers who want to sell in the USA need to standardize on a common plug platform/system. Kinda like how the EU did with USB-C. Because this is a fucking shitshow that the free market obviously hasn’t done a good job with.

@davedixon2167

Жыл бұрын

@@stoneylonesome4062 agreed 👍

Categorizing Nashville as the Los Angeles of the Appalachians is a strangely fitting judgement.

@helxis

Жыл бұрын

Nashville doesn't count as Appalachia, and is closer to LV than LA. Come on over to Knoxville!

@jaredsmith8394

Жыл бұрын

i dont get why nashville blew up

@wongtimefunguy

Жыл бұрын

​@@jaredsmith8394It's easy to drive too.

@matthewbailey1126

Жыл бұрын

Nashville is like 5 hours from Appalachia

@2URLex

Жыл бұрын

Lots of Californians moved into East TN and basically ruined it. He’s not far off.

Seeing a car in such a fun color is pretty refreshing

@evan12697

Жыл бұрын

I believe in yellow car supremacy

@Been.Here.Since.2007

Жыл бұрын

So many failures in yellow.

@g1sunstreaker584

Жыл бұрын

@@evan12697 yellow supremacy in general tbh

@devinpaul9026

Жыл бұрын

Kinda makes ya wonder why they couldn't do that for REAL cars, huh?

@WithCarePlz

Жыл бұрын

What up

“I’m gonna make an identity, out of simping for Mother Earth!” Nailed it! 😂

From the number of Ferengi references, I know that the RCR guys are Trek fans, and I'm all about it

@nickgee7291

Жыл бұрын

THE RULES OF ACQUISITION!

@louiearmstrong

Жыл бұрын

Resistance is futile, you will be electrified

@areitu

Жыл бұрын

@@nickgee7291 “once you have their money, never give it back” - First rule of acquisition

@davidhammond8308

Жыл бұрын

"The line has to be drawn here!"

@nickgee7291

Жыл бұрын

@@areitu hahahah! I love that one!

I'm only three minutes into this review and it's already the DEFINITIVE Rivian review. Someone finally reviewed this thing.

The matching shirt is purely intentional I assume and I applaud the owner for such an action. Brilliant!

@cargogh

Жыл бұрын

The drawstring hanging like a necklace keeps us looking.

@AHungryHunky

Жыл бұрын

Rivian, the official Truck of "all my clothes shopping is done at the L.L. Bean and I wear Hikers exclusively"

@tylerjohnson7825

Жыл бұрын

Also has a yellow thermos you can see at 12:34. Matchy-matchy!

@noahman27

Жыл бұрын

Also the Yellow travel thermos in the front console.

@hellatightdude

Жыл бұрын

I couldn’t have made up a more stereotypical looking Rivian owner if I tried.

Don't get me wrong, I am thrilled that Rivian 1) offers colors other than monochrome, and 2) that the owner chose it. But the head-on driving shots of this particular truck immediately said "Minions" to me.

@artbk

Жыл бұрын

There you go! I knew i had it associated to something, but it hadn't surfaced until now....

@P51DFreak25

11 ай бұрын

The vehicle has really grown on me

@esperago

11 ай бұрын

Yes, I originally liked it but then realized that companies don't normally make this color because it is reserved for taxis.

"Vegan leather" is Don Draper levels of marketing genius. It infuriates me that so many people have fallen for it (and that I didn't think of it)!

@dubvuchyea502

Жыл бұрын

"Can you guys make me one with actual leather please? I don't have a mental illness."

@manuelias86

Жыл бұрын

All the avocados are getting skinned

@puppable

Жыл бұрын

There is no vegan leather, there is only *pleather*

@brutalbasspro

Жыл бұрын

If its made out of real vegans im all for it.

@Lunar_Capital

Жыл бұрын

@@puppable Rewording for a profit never sounded smarter

The official car of getting sold with less than 500 miles on Bring-A-Trailer with less than a year of ownership.

@iamatlantis1

Жыл бұрын

Cars and bids is the way of the future. Dont resist it.

@commietearsdrinker

Жыл бұрын

@@iamatlantis1 It's less of a jab at BaT and more the fact that no one really buys this thing to actually own it. The most mileage I've seen in one of these was just under 3k. Who spends 80k on a car just to sell it a year later?

@retrocompaq5212

Жыл бұрын

@@commietearsdrinker stupid gen x that thinks evs is the future

@super-kami-guru

Жыл бұрын

@@commietearsdrinker can't blame them for selling when people are paying over MSRP for used trucks :/

@Zeiss120

Жыл бұрын

​@@super-kami-guru thank God that trend is changing

Brian’s balance between literary criticism and economics is refreshing. A lot of us English majors can’t seem to get theories off the page and out of the classroom.

@Andyface79

Жыл бұрын

As a former English major this is 1000 percent right.

@12ealDealOfficial

Жыл бұрын

English majors take literary theory off the page and out of the classroom all the time, often with a predictable political slant and on the internet espousing some type of moral superiority. Real life is rarely a factor. - I majored in English

@Andyface79

Жыл бұрын

@@12ealDealOfficial Sounds like you went to Community College. Seriously though, he makes a fair point. Nothing about this is slanted, it's coming from a place of common sense. Does he espouse moral superiority? He has opinions but I don't think that's the same thing.

The "skateboard/ladder" thing mentioned reminds me of how much tech folks enjoy reinventing existing concepts and then resignifying them to claim newness.

A 'showin off truck' is spot on. When the wife says the GMC is getting old and the silverado is too dirty for family dinner night at Longhorn

@thejunkman

Жыл бұрын

And here my "dress" pickup is the one that has carpet instead of the rubber floor mat.

@ariellubonja7856

Жыл бұрын

Why do people get a truck for going to dinners? $50k? You can get an E-class Mercedes

@stevemiller1626

Жыл бұрын

Perfect lol

@tripleoo0

Жыл бұрын

@@ariellubonja7856 For the same reason that family dinner night is at a chain restaurant rather than a local place with a good reputation; it's how you put on the airs of someone with far less means than you actually have. It's a virtue signal inside a virtue signal.

I’m like 98% sure Deep Space Nine is Mr Regular’s favorite Star Trek.

@TheHairyNord

Жыл бұрын

DS9 is excellent! That opening theme...

@saeedhossain6099

Жыл бұрын

it should be everyones, the others are just space pirates melodrama

@radicalbro1

Жыл бұрын

@@saeedhossain6099 Bro....Next Generation??

@saeedhossain6099

Жыл бұрын

@@radicalbro1 yes, space pirates hopping from adventure to adventure exploring places people already be at, it's like the OG with fewer bikini's. DS9 had multipolar geopolitics, trade economics, medical ethics, it was a good show for deep plot analysis. without a bunch of tech and a couple of kidnapping, TNG would have been a pretty flat series. I've watched TNG, DS9 and voyager multiple times. put an eye patch on Pickard and you've got jack Sparrow. these are jokes

@jochenstacker7448

Жыл бұрын

It would have to be, it's just intelligent, cynical and jaded enough that it would be right up his street.

I can just tell, when someone asks Mr Regular “Kirk or Picard?”, Mr Regular answers “Sisko”.

The guy rocking perfectly clean offshore made LLBean to look rugged with his truck coulda been the whole commentary of the truck and still said enough

You got a car review, social satire, and an analysis of current car trends and of the car industry as a whole. All that in 24 minutes.

@SahiPie

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to RCR

I love that your review isn’t so much a review of the truck as it is a comprehensive evaluation of the type of individual to own one at the moment.

This video's underrated line: "maybe don't blast Dream Theater when you're rolling through a residential area".😂

@frostpatches

Жыл бұрын

That got me good

@jordan177606

Жыл бұрын

this is me everyday. You will hear 6:00 at 6 o' clock and you can't stop me

@TheKolyaRice

Жыл бұрын

try not to have a Panic Attack when I drive by

@jordan177606

Жыл бұрын

@@TheKolyaRice I will live Another Day!

@geoffcelander8561

Жыл бұрын

So funny!!

I drove one yesterday and these things are crazy. It's as fast as any sports car I've driven (I haven't driven other high performance EVs). Funnily enough my brother-in-law who owns it doesn't fit the stereotype at all. He's a moderate who isn't particularly interested in environmental issues beyond conservation for hunting purposes and just thought it was the best truck on the market.

@derek17005

Жыл бұрын

And that's all it's going to take to get the masses to switch. Make an actual vehicle with good range, good build quality, and be reasonable in the asking price, and it won't matter if it's the most conservative of conservatives. They'll snatch them up en masse.

@svn5994

Жыл бұрын

Lol best truck on the market lol

@e4ee4e9

Жыл бұрын

Without doubt the EV trucks are near top of the market

@Solotocius

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, stereotypes tend to be, well... stereotypical

@fakename287

Жыл бұрын

@@e4ee4e9 lol

Some idiot is going to crack the battery case in the woods and cause one of the worst forest fires in human history 😅

Those traction boards are very useful for when you get a little stuck in sand. Our lifeguards use them all the time and I've seen them used a ton on the trail. The vehicles Matt saves on his channel are usually in need of much more to get them out (that's why Matt's been called)

I been watching you for like... the better part of a decade. I really appreciate your meta commentary, keep it up. And thank you.

I really enjoyed this review-as with all of your reviews-Doug's was a really good, comprehensive look at the truck itself, yours explores the dichotomy and juxtaposition of a truck like this and where it belongs!

My favorite channel to nerd out while I turd out.

@g1sunstreaker584

Жыл бұрын

🤝

@eyeamstrongest

Жыл бұрын

🤝

@kaitlynallard-watson8001

Жыл бұрын

🤝

@stefthepef

Жыл бұрын

Ye Olde Morning Dumppe

@ThiccMints

Жыл бұрын

🤝

I live in a tiny, formerly very methy mountain town that gentrified to the extent of adding a zero to everything over the last few years. These things, and $300k+ Sprinter vans are everywhere now. All the nature we used to chill in has become condos for Rivian types to move into and enjoy the ever reducing nature.

@bayareaomg

Жыл бұрын

what town?

@fraziercrawford

Жыл бұрын

If I had any literary capabilities whatsoever I would have a field day with the adjectival differences between nature and the Sprinter parked in it. How every single composite piece of the natural landscape compliments, flows into, and supports each other piece. Completely fucking ruined by the presence of an artifical and exclusionary construct that is so incapable of supporting or integrating with anything outside of itself that literally poisons and flattens everything it comes into contact with

@mauer594

Жыл бұрын

Look upon half of the Appalachian region and weep. Here in SC the Greenville/upstate mtro area has gone wild. No affordable housing left because people from primarily places like Michigan/NH/Connecticut move here.

@life_of_riley88

Жыл бұрын

As a California resident who remembers what it was like here long ago. . .I feel sorry for you Appalachians.

@calvenknox8552

24 күн бұрын

Colorado wept

The tires do not have the founders initials on them, it's simply a P and S for Pirelli Scorpion. This owner is fully embracing the "look at what i know, while knowing nothing" mindset

@MrSlowestD16

Жыл бұрын

Eh, Google a picture of one. I'm not saying the owner is in the right, but it definitely looks more like RSJ than PS. Seems the reps have been telling the story to a lot of customers, IDK if it's true or just BS, but it looks more like that than a PS IMO.

@jordanprasifka9122

Жыл бұрын

@@MrSlowestD16I would think (but could be wrong i suppose) If the founders name is R.J. Scaringe, then why would they be written RSJ, wouldn't it be RJS? having bought a set for my truck i can say that when driving in the dirt it makes a psd imprint that can be read as ps in any direction. Also Porsche is using them as the factory tire on the new 911 Dakar and i don't think they would appreciate the initials of another manufactures founder on their car

@MrSlowestD16

Жыл бұрын

@@jordanprasifka9122 Yeah I agree it would be RJS. I think the Rivian sales reps' claims sounds a bit sketch. I just meant the tread looks more like RSJ than PS to me. But I see what you're talking about by it being read either way. Sounds more plausible than the Rivian claim, but it's an odd claim for a company to make without something sorta backing it up. It's not significant enough for it to be worth lying about out of the blue, y'know? Maybe a Pirelli rep said it as a joke to the CEO and he ran with it, IDK, lol.

@TheBowerbird

Жыл бұрын

It's not the owner, it's the thinks-he's-funny Regular Car Reviews guy who is ignorant. The tread on these tires is the same as normal Pirelli scorpions.

@ambient_whooshing1455

9 ай бұрын

R = Rain, S = Snow, P = Pavement, not sure about J....but these are tread wear indicators. My Continental Extreme Contact Plus have them as well. - - sorry, conti is DWS for dry / wet / snow

Love the little clips at the end, discussing little features and gimmicks like the flashlight and finding all the times the name appears on the truck, please include more in the future!

Went overlanding with a buddy of mine in Arizona a couple weeks ago. We got stuck on a river bank trying to cross, the gentlemen kind enough to stop and help us recover apparently worked in a fancy offroad lodge further up on the trail. The owner of the lodge stopped by to check out if we needed more help. He was mudding a fully built rivian along the trail. Definitely a cool sight to see.

Yes! I’ve been waiting for Mr. Regular to review one of these because I have always been curious about what he thought about it.

Rivian R1T is the living embodiment of I want to eat my cake and have it too.

@extragoogleaccount6061

10 ай бұрын

And yet you know it would be awesome to have

@junyangli8882

9 ай бұрын

@@extragoogleaccount6061 Why? I don’t see it. If I want a frivolous vehicle then I’d just go frivolous. Why half ass it?

Suffered a string of personal tragedies recently. Your videos are the only thing that can still make me smile. Thank you.

Cool, I love this channel. His descriptions and humor are spot on 👍

“It’s alllll over” had me dying

Rivian R1T, the official car of PC Principal from South Park.

The Hail Mary Mallon reference is an absolute home run. Nice work RCR.

Love all the DS9 references, among all of the other references, and everything else. Catching up on all of the backlog content I have. Thanks for always killing it, guys.

I wish car companies made cars in fun colors

@drownthepoor

Жыл бұрын

​@@Mr.Marbles The manufacturers make lots of cars in those colors because they're safe. Because a person may want a car in a specific color, but they'll settle for neutral colors if they like the vehicle enough. It's why I had a bright orange car and loved it for the color, and got a better car and settled for it in black.

@evan12697

Жыл бұрын

Interestingly sometimes its a bargaining point. I wanted a red Subaru but the lot didnt have one so i knocked them down $5k just to take the white one (which i could wrap for less if i really wanted to lol)

@alastairward2774

Жыл бұрын

They do, at least in Europe it's not a surprise to see a car in yellow.

@WithCarePlz

Жыл бұрын

Hi

@bearworldwide101

Жыл бұрын

Agree I miss all the baby poo green minivans with wood grain or two tone metallic colors really any weird colors I miss.

20:40 A 1000 lumen lightbulb running off a 21700 li-ion battery cell is pretty useful. We run them in electric skateboard rides often; and they can illuminate the whole road about 50-100 feet Infront of us.

@mista414

Жыл бұрын

Electric skateboard rides sound pretty cool

@kleinbottled79

Жыл бұрын

Yeah good basic formula for a flashlight, but that Rivan one was pretty big for a 21700 powered light. Could be much smaller. Convoy or Sofirn will sell you something similar but more size efficient for under $30.

@TheBowerbird

Жыл бұрын

I'm a trail runner and i used mine for pacing a friend long into the night who was doing a 100K race. We were out there about 5 hours for the leg I joined and it lasted the entire time.

Great review and I like your more nuanced take on ev's in general.

Rivian have said multiple times that they will open up their charging network eventually. RJ just said it again on the Waveform podcast. Doing so is a requirement to get any federal funding for building chargers, this is also part of why Tesla has started to open up their chargers in the US to other EVs.

@stevethepocket

Жыл бұрын

They should have opened up their charging port design too. It's actually better than the weird five-prong thing everyone else is using, but because only Teslas can have it, it's useless and doomed to disappear rather than do any real good. It's already banned in Europe.

@oldieznut1

Жыл бұрын

The first ones are online as of last month.

Love these torch/flashlight reviews videos.

My man was wearing a shirt and had a Yeti the same color as his Rivian. Dude loves that truck, and I can't knock that enthusiasm

Love this video RCR thank you

17:40 those are really nice camera placements, they aren't obvious compared to what most companies do, honestly. Well done.

Ah, Good Friday followed by a Regular Monday.

@g1sunstreaker584

Жыл бұрын

LMAO

@gisilberht

Жыл бұрын

😢

I really like the non monologue segment when Mr Regular was counting the Rivian stamps.....I love the monologues too, they're relaxing and informative. If I had a literature teacher in college that fused cars with concepts in English Lit then the course would be easier for me to grasp.

It would be great if the government would make law that says car chargers should have a standard plug for all types of cars. Also oil companies should simply add those chargers on the existing gas stations. I mean, oil manufacturers have tons of money, and they could slowly transition into lithium mining, battery production, and charger stations.

@Stetrain

Жыл бұрын

They made a standard plug (CCS) a requirement for getting federal funding for chargers, so everyone is either using that plug or offering adapters to it. Some gas stations do gave chargers. Wawa, Sheetz, and Buc-ees already have chargers at many locations, Pilot/Flying J are adding them. It makes more sense at a nicer stations where you might want to spend 30min, not the tiny sketchy gas stations where you just want to get gas and get out.

@stevangucu522

Жыл бұрын

@Stetrain But since we are going towards EV, and cars are developing faster than the infrastructure, power stations should be everywhere available. From big towns to the most rural places.

@Stetrain

Жыл бұрын

@@stevangucu522 You need fewer EV fast chargers than gas stations because we should also be installing slow chargers at homes, apartments, and offices. Fast chargers are for road trips, not commuting.

I can't believe this is my first video I have ever seen from you XD. Amazing....

In Oregons silver falls state park, rivian just installed chargers and they are free till 2025 for all ccs cars. Just charged my volt at one last week.

@theGiver3

Жыл бұрын

Hilarious, yours must have been one of the cars someone else mentioned seeing charging at the station that another person saw two weeks ago

Together with the Lucid Air, this looks like one of the most well-finished American cars I've ever seen. I didn't expect this when clicking to watch this, but I actually like it.

@audioiconoclayst

Жыл бұрын

You should have a closer look...

@fransb8543

Жыл бұрын

@@audioiconoclayst I'm only judging from the footage I've seen, I haven't seen one in real life, as here in the Netherlands there's not much of a big truck scene. Well, actually there kinda is where I live but it's all loud v8 ram trucks with massive trailers hauling JCB's. I've been inside quite a few Tesla cars (older and more recent model S's and 3's) and I wasn't too impressed.

RCR, the ONLY channel that talks about CARS and the People who Drive Them.

Seeing ur shadow as u run for moving side shots in p lot , puting in work son mad props

I've been loving all the DS9 references lately. Didn't know you guys were trekkies, but they've fit in with your narratives so far 👍

@seththomas9105

Жыл бұрын

Trekkies, or Trekkers? There is a difference.

@BoopdaBeep

Жыл бұрын

It's mostly a matter of preference, but both are essentially the same thing. Some view "Trekkie" as derogatory, but personally, being a lifelong fan myself, I don't mind either name. To me, it's just a label, and that's not what I watch Star Trek for.

@tripleoo0

Жыл бұрын

Roman actually parodied the DS9 theme in one of their old reviews, either the Corvette C4 or Nissan 300ZX Z32.

I live in a college town. Been seeing some college administrators that live in the hilltowns buying these things so they appear both eco conscious and show off their 6 figure salaries.

@stevebuscemi3622

18 күн бұрын

I'm liberal but I still cum from OLD MONEY

A nice truck with a nice respectable owner. 👍 Awesome video!

the rules of acquisition make me cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum - my rcr impression thank you thank you

the Asop rock reference got me love ya rcr

This truck SCREAMS Newport, RI. This is driven by people that Pretend to care about the environment and do absolutely nothing with the bed 😂

Was not expecting a Rivian on RCR today! Very nice!

Thank you for bringing up Ferengi again. Truly the sign of a great youtuber.

"Meme lord who bought his way into the scientific community" god DAMN that was merciless. Love it.

Been watching you since 2014, always happy to see a new RCR

@StoneTheCr0w

Жыл бұрын

No one asked.

That was cool seeing this truck up close like that, I’ve never even seen one on the road.

I just realized you sound like Joel McHale. Great video as always!

Nice to know you're not buying an obnoxious panel gap on wheels with the "RT1" :P

Great review! Thanks

Mr Regular please, and I mean PLEASE. Never again should you ever feel the need to apologize for another segment on literary theory. It is honestly one of the best attributes of RCR.

Finally, a truck with proper spare tire placement.

@darnon2031

Жыл бұрын

Until you need to unload half of what you have in the bed to get at it, and God help you if you have anything particularly heavy sat atop it.

@valengreymoon5623

Жыл бұрын

Yep, there's cons to everything, unfortunately.

@mwal223

Жыл бұрын

It's worse than normal spare tires. God help anyone who uses the truck bed

@errhka

Жыл бұрын

@@darnon2031 if you know you are putting something big in there that can't be moved, then take the tire out as a precaution. People are making up problems lol

@mwal223

Жыл бұрын

@@errhka lol if you have to plan around the spare tire, it's a flaw. It just speaks to the fact the rivian isn't intended for duty use. The truck bed is for your hiking backpack, not your tool pouch.

I think the tipping point will be when it’s cheaper to buy a crate electric motor than it is to buy a crate ICE motor.

@nevermindful

Жыл бұрын

it already is cheaper to do that but you also need an inverter and battery and cooling ( and 1~3 more motors)

@Stetrain

Жыл бұрын

Electric motors are cheap. Batteries not included.

@solitaryclusterofneurons598

Жыл бұрын

On a tangeant here, but I really hope battery technology evolves to become not only cheaper/longer lasting, but most importantly MUCH LIGHTER than they currently are. I'm trying to be open minded to electric cars and can accept the loss of sound/gear changes, but the weight is the problem to me. A new Fiat 500e weighs the same as an old 5 Series BM, or nearly 1.5x more than it's petrol equivilent lmao. Really hope by the end of this decade, EV's end up weighing the same as their ICE counterparts!

My favorite detail is the white light bar across the front that evokes the white-painted grilles and bumpers of 1950s-70s work trucks without being self-consciously retro. It looks especially good with bright colors like this.

Nicely done with Hail Mary Mallon's reference to the track Whales!

Dope vehicle. I think the R1S (you have it wrong in the title btw, it's R1T not RT1) SUV is the car with the highest Dougscore rn. And to me, in hindsight after seeing it already made and the reflections made in this video, it really feels like that could be its best descriptor. It's a "Highest Dougscore Truck" kind of by design. It's "practical" in the American, Dougscore way of being practical in big wide roads and stroads, wide parking lots, etc, basically being a car that has a lot of cubic feet of room, lots of cubbies, storage spots, well thought out cabin. It's impressively quick and its dynamics seem well engineered. It uses modern technology to help the user of the car (user feels like a better term than driver). It's even technically a competent off roader. But even taking into account all these more or less objective Dougscore facts (bar a couple like "styling" and "coolness") somehow if still feels "wrong" to me that this "product of our times" vehicle would rank so well. Something so non-sensical in all aspects (electric cars shine in being close-to-city dailies, why is it a huge pickup truck/SUV? off roaders are for venturing where there's no infrastructure, why is it electric?), something so heavy (complete opposite to the dynamic ideals of Chapman for example) kind of ironically manages to be the "best at everything" car. It seems to be both an incredible vehicle, and a really interesting "concept" or "phenomenon" to analyze like you did in the video.

@justinmcroberts4633

Жыл бұрын

The problem with the “Doug” score is that it’s 50% subjective. And his objective scores reflect that a tan, all wheel drive, V-12 hybrid, 8 seat station wagon that costs 30k would be a 10/10 in all categories.

@theGiver3

Жыл бұрын

​@@misorodzinak8829 that car sounds like a blast, tbh! Hell, the grand wagoneer is long enough already, they just need to make it less tall and it's 75% of the way there

@jimrustle270

Жыл бұрын

Nice to hear someone reference stroads on an RCR.

When I off road, traction boards, dif lockers, lowering tire pressure, and a shovel has gotten me out of every tight spot I’ve gotten myself into. They work, but like all tools, you gotta use ‘em right.

26 seconds in, and the video is already gold. Has anyone else observed that RCR always knows how to icebreak their videos with the best jabs?

7:00 I hope we are getting another Not A Car soon :D, Mr Regular is top two best Not A Car Reviewers.

I hope some day we stop telling other people what their values are and listen to what people have to say instead. I have an aging F150 that I bought to make lumber runs when I bought a fixer upper house. It was my first truck at age 50. My favorite vehicle I ever owned was a Miata because I like fun. Now I've grown accustomed to the practicality of a truck but I still like cars much better. Hence... I want an El Camino. Why mention all this? Because If I had the money, I'd buy a Rivian. I'm also into science and I want to move in the right direction with my choices. It's a truck, but it's fast and fun. It's also better than burning stuff. (I'm doing my own pv install this year, so it'd be solar charged) I don't give a rat's fuck what other people think of me. Always portraying vehicle purchases as ego driven narcissism is fun if it's something expensive, but that assumption says more about the observer than the driver. Maybe the owner is a pretentious douche, but maybe they like something that's fun but also kinda practical. I'm fairly certain the pretentious douche has the lifted diesel with wheel spacers and led lights underneath.

it has a smiling front - it looks so friendly, i love it!!!

Hail Mary Mallon reference right off the bat! I accidentally walked by the Rivian distribution office in Brooklyn this past Saturday, stuck in between hipster neighborhoods and industrial zones. I saw so many Rivians.

Rivian said it lost almost $6.8 billion in 2022, compared to almost $4.7 billion the previous year.

@juanmortaco831

Жыл бұрын

You must think the Cybertruck is an amazing truck, huh lol.

@kesslerrb

Жыл бұрын

The T company has had positive earnings the last three years.

@juanmortaco831

Жыл бұрын

@@kesslerrb there's no denying that. The Cybertruck is not only several years late but it is also far from production ready, and it also looks like a joke of a "truck". Elon is losing his marbles.

I'd love to see you do a Lucid Air review!

YO!!! Starting the video with a Hail Mary Mallon reference! What a G!!

One of the absolute best channels on KZread

I wonder if that last comparison the owner is talking about was actually Jason Cammisa's Hagerty drag race, with the Rivian towing a Syclone against the Raptor.

If the Aztek had a baby with the Cyber Truck.

Respect for keeping the dead battery flashlight segment in

The wit. The snark. THE TRUUUTHHH. Another great review.

“When i was in the army” there it is, cant imagine the interest rate

"I care about the environment so i am going to make a bunch of extra chargers" oh thats nice "BUT it only works for our cars so it is taking resources and land that only benefit our customers" i suppose that would sum up the theme of today's video?

This was the most interesting take on the Rivian I’ve seen so far

I’m shockingly excited to see the Currituck County, NC access permit in the corner of the window; that’s where I grew up!

Loving all the DS9 references!

@alastairward2774

Жыл бұрын

I think DS9 aired in the US during Mr Regular's formative teenage years.

The color matched yeti mug is everything you need to know about rivian owners

Just found this guy via VinWiki and the New Yorker. His mention of Heisler’s hit hard so I subscribed. Where should I start?

i used work on these in the factory (I live in normal). Now that i dont, watching RCR review a car i might've done water testing on is pretty cool.

A flashlight that’s charged is always brighter than a dead flashlight.

Those recovery boards work absolutely great if you're a logging road weekend warrior