The initial walkaround reminded me of all the things I’d heard but forgotten. I pulled up next to a sharp white one loaded with a rooftop tent on a rack.
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The parking lot was full of them, and they looked, well, really sweet. While these have been slowly trickling out over the last few months, I have only seen one in the wild so far. Pulling into the Rivian Service Center in Denver, I was shocked to see a line of about 30 brand-new Rivians lined up side by side. Rivian R1T Review: Everything but the Specs But for my fellow pickup lovers, from one to another, this was my impression of the Rivian R1T. You can find all those online hereand at myriad other news stories and reviews. I’m not going to go into every feature and spec. While I didn’t get to take it off the pavement, the initial drive was eye-opening. Then, last week, I had the chance to actually hop behind the wheel and take one for an hour-long spin around Denver and Golden, Colorado. Could this new, electric-native brand really sway diesel-loving pickup drivers? Could the rush of electric acceleration replace the iconic rumble of a V8? The Rivian R1T I test drove, parked along Lookout Mountain in Golden, Colorado (photos/Sean McCoy) So, I’ve been incredibly curious about the Rivian R1T since I first laid eyes on it at the 2019 Outdoor Retailer tradeshow. Maybe that’s why, even for us living in cities like Denver, pickups are a treasured tool and something we latch onto as a part of our identity.
Maybe that’s why you find them cruising around mall parking lots. While arguably flawed in many ways, pickups represent a rugged ideal of country living to many people. Just look at these 48 pages of lyrics mentioning pickup trucksin country songs. Pickups are also a powerful symbol of Americana. And maybe best, I spend a lot of nights sleeping in the bed under the shelter of my topper. I tow equipment and campers or load the bed with mulch or horse manure for fertilizer. I haul camping gear and hunting gear and bikes. Over the past 20 years, I’ve owned three pickups in a row, two Ford Rangers, and an F-150. In the campy words of Joe Diffie’s ’90s country standard “Pickup Man,” “ You can set my truck on fire, roll it down a hill, but I still wouldn’t trade it for a Coupe DeVille.” Will dyed-in-the-wool pickup owners consider a fully electric truck like the Rivian R1T? I took a spin in one to find out. Home » Motors » I’m a ‘Pickup Man.’ One Drive in a Rivian Almost Converted Me to Electric
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