Tacoma Vs. Rivian

Great pics!

It’s actually almost 15” of ground clearance (14.9”) https://rivian.com/support/article/what-is-the-maximum-ground-clearance

 

Oh nice! We had it jacked up all the way most of the time and only bottomed out once, even that would have been avoidable with a better line. We were getting a bit cocky by the last day and we’re just dropping over ledges without looking.

 

Wow great pics. How’s the road noise. I know there’s not engine noise but curious how the wind and tire noise are… can’t be worse than a stick taco that’s for sure.

 

Was it a rental?

 

No my friend's lifted Tacoma was totaled and he replaced it with the Rivian. We took it immediately down to Moab to see how it compared off road.

 

Nice rebar tie rod.

 

I'll bet he's ordering some spares for next time.

 

Funny how many people got bent out of shape about people using these rigs this way. And for dismissing experts in the comments explaining one of the things to watch out for. I had a feeling when I looked underneath one of these that the Tie Rods + torque + electric power steering would = broken CVs and Tie rods.

I have also come across a number of people that think that since its electric nothing can break....ICE is pretty reliable these days, IFS trucks with high torque, not so much.

 

Hopefully this was a repair to get it to a tow vehicle. I’d be grinding my teeth on the highway on the way home.

 

That would be a bold move.

 

Meanwhile, over at Jeep, somebody was visited by the Good Idea Fairy.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/jeep-...ff-road-driving-tech-to-help-out-on-the-trail

"These advanced off-road driving systems will help more customers in more countries around world join and enjoy the adventure."

 

Well that's not going to work out at all.

 

The real problem is if it works just well enough to get somebody into really sketchy situations requiring recovery. (eg: It self-drives the vehicle down into an area where there's rocks it can't get over, doesn't have room to turn around, and can't get enough traction to back out.)

Well, that and making trail traffic even more ridiculous.

 

Off road self driving sounds really boring to me. Driving is the best part.

 

I don’t know, it looks a little like sitting in a roller coaster except you can get way “off the rails”

https://youtu.be/wgAD7T6dKEE

 

If I wanted my offroad transportation to drive itself, I'd buy a horse.

 

I can't see the appeal of any selfdriving technology.

 

Now that I disagree with. As much as our Tesla's self-driving tech pisses me off at times, I'd be blind if I were to make that claim. It's great for long slogs on the highway where I'm in cruise control anyway.

 

I don't use cruise control too many changing variables on the road. Which is why I do not care for selfdriving.