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As a Rivian fan, the kitchen is an overpriced POS compared to the original vision. Original concept fit in the R1Ts gear tunnel and would slide out and basically be a full kitchen. Not sure if it was a cost issue or engineering issue, but they nixed that and replaced it with a glorified $1400 hot plate. The one they released is usable with the S so that's good, but a far cry from the original concept.
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As a Rivian fan, the kitchen is an overpriced POS compared to the original vision. Original concept fit in the R1Ts gear tunnel and would slide out and basically be a full kitchen. Not sure if it was a cost issue or engineering issue, but they nixed that and replaced it with a glorified $1400 hot plate. The one they released is usable with the S so that's good, but a far cry from the original concept.
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Are used cars getting more? Carvana sent me an email wanting to give me another 1,000 from their original offer 3 months ago. It may be their tactic to buy cars but I never had this happen to me before.
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Unfortunately Hyundai is cancelling the Ioniq 6
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“Let’s copy the Infiniti J30 which was ugly and failed and make ours uglier so it fails even harder”. That was one really offensive looking car. Seems the N version lives.
