What my Rivian Accident Reveals about the Tesla Cybertrucks Design Flaw
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Did your daughter break the Rivian's booty?
Lol, the poor weak Rivian. The point of the Cybertruck is that it probably would have been undamaged in both crashes, or if it was damaged it would be a matter of removing and replacing the damaged panel for way less than $10,000. But at least this second crash, almost certain the wall would sustain the only damage.
umm yea ev's are garbage how much time was wasted charging during that 2000 mile trip? also ev's will make the polution problem even worse. we will have to burn far more coal if everybody had one. and the spent batterys will just end up in poorer nations land fills cuz thats what recycling is. we do it with palstic you think any company is will actually recycle them prorperly if its not profitable. you still get more energy from a gallon of gas then what we would get from a battery. and from a logicstics standpoint a company would need far more ev's trucks then conventional ones just to keep up with the just intime delevery system. seems like a huge waste of resources. not to mention if a ev manufacture gos out of business or ends product support all you have is brick. a car that wont drive. let alone making any mods to it. ohh you missed your payment the car will drive itself back.
Sometimes I think I make bad decisions when it comes to cars. Then I watch Rich and feel better about myself.
Or hoovie
Or WhistlinDiesel
Not really. He writes them off and makes money on the videos. The rest of us just deal with depreciation and/or loss in money on aftermarket parts. Lol😅
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I do that radiator & trans fluid on time, every time, in both cars. I run Lucas Oil through the gas tanks to clean the injectors, get more power, and save fuel. At 150k and 190k miles, both cars engines purr and trans shifts perfectly on both the CVT automatic and the 5 speed manual. 2010 Pontiac Vibe (made in Fremont before sold to Tesla) and a 2013 Mazda 5 (sliding doors). About the newest cars you can get with no infotainment screen. I see these heaps and I'm glad I'm not the one putting work in. lol.
I love how the VW had no water, was constantly overheating, and still kept on ticking.
air cooled 😂
Classic tdi
@@cumbob But without the turbo. Or the direct injection.
@@robertkirchner7981Yeah with the turbo it'd definitely have been *smoked* 😅
It was the no brake fluid for me
I remember seeing someone's YT where they towed a pickup on a trailer up a highway onramp with a Rivian faster than the pickup being towed could itself go.
And of course, crab turns.
I loved the Rivian, thought it was THE most awesome thing.
Right up until 3:13 when Rich confessed to us that the designers at Rivian are on crack.
The Honda Ridgeline does NOT have a separate bed. It is still a unibody vehicle. They just added a black molding to create the illusion of a separate bed.
These are my favorite videos by Rich.
Him making comedy out of such a serious issue.
This is the first video of his that I have watched all the way through in quite awhile.
Yep, stand-up without the stand-up LoL 😆😆😆
"It's soo quiet!"
I've come to realize something. Rich's search for and attempts to keep a decent work truck is a significant part of this channel's content If you go back and look... the square body(s), the Big Red diesel farm truck, the Duramax, heck even Model D... kinda. Dude, make that a playlist, the saga rivals the MCU at this point.
He could've cut that short years ago and gotten a Ram or even an old Dakota.
Next he should get a Subaru Brat, or Daihatsu Midget.
@@Toastmaster_5000 Brumby, not a brat.... :D actually he needs a Suzuki Mighty boy.
@@Gnrnrvids Hmm never heard of the Brumbly - pretty interesting. Totally forgot about the Mighty Boy, which is right up Rich's alley.
@@Toastmaster_5000 Brat in Australia is a Brumby I think.
...pneumatic brakes in front and hydraulic ones on the back are a nice touch. It definitely eases the pressure on the foot when breaking. Also, floating calipers on floating wheels is a one killer combo.
Overall, I think 9.5 dinosaurs burnt on a maiden voyage is a pretty good score...:)
😂😂😂 pneumatic brakes😂😂😂😂
I am absolutely here for this build, do not abandon it!
I am a sheet metal worker who has worked in stainless shops. That thing should be damn easy to do body work on. I could see guys like me having a nice little side business doing body work on Cybertrucks.
I'm a stainless steel fabricator (sculptor). I agree, it shouldn't be very hard if you have the right tools.
Wonder if it's really structural and part of towing
@@Dularr Nah, just a facade, like so much of the EV market.
hahaha
that stainless might have lessons of its own to teach you pal
It takes a lot of tonnage to make those creases in the Cybertruck's high strength stainless steel. And to pull the frame back out when it's tweaked, etc.
It's not identical to the thinner gauge, milder s.s. sheetmetal commonly used in appliances and light industry.
Love it! Looks like you even got the premium edition. The base model did not have the faux wood grain or the clock. The German-made MK1 models called their premium package the "champagne edition" with slightly sparkly paint. I'm not sure what the package was called for the later Pennsylvania-built models.
The German made models had coil springs front and rear and fake wood was standard.
As far as I know the clock was an item you‘d have to order as extra..
Pabst Blue-Ribbon Edition?
@@dimsoneill The Turners Tea Edition
The laughing turning to coughing when approaching the little truck lol
I genuinely LOLed when in the middle of you talking, you had to slap the glovebox many times for it to close. That reminded me of the meme of people fighting their scooter seats.
I'd say I was surprised an EV was ridiculously overpriced for repairs but that'd be a lie.
They want to squeeze all the money out of the consumer
@@infernaldaedraivian isn’t making money from body shop repairs 💀. They focused so much on engineering and safety , and cared more about design that they faintly thought about repair costs. It’s stupid but hopefully the next gen fixes that.
@@isaiahlouisb2 BS The issue was a design flaw in the Rivian, that he bumper doesn't stick out from the rear and because of their unitized body design. When companies like Honda, Rivian, Tesla attempt to redesign the pickup truck they effectively went from a Proven Design to a Crap Design. Pickup Trucks should be body on frame and have a protruding rear bumper...
Price out a Mercedes repair sometime from the dealership. Pretty much any $90,000 vehicle isn't going to be cheap to fix.
Body on frame is inefficient and old school. It's time for an upgrade. Granted the protruding bumper thing is true though.
It’s not expensive to fix the body because it’s an EV. It’s expensive because it’s a low volume car with everything that goes with that. Same like if you needed repair on any low volume car. Look up body repair on the most recent NSX and compare that to any other Acura. The official recommendation is to ship your NSX back to Ohio for repair work.
You’re sense of humor is why I watch! Not the technology!
5:04 😂
@@ItsAlive111 His personality has been the key to his success not the content or his personal opinion.
YES YOU’RE! You are sense of humor is why I watch! Not the technology!
@@osuave7811 Yup. I can disagree with him and still laugh with him. Rich is a Gem.
probably the most impressive part is that you can get parts for that old truck.. i would bet my house that in 30 years you won't find rivian parts
When I had my Saturn with a Jetta diesel swap I had issues with the shift linkage too, couldn’t get first gear most of the time. Figured out that I could push down like I was engaging reverse and find first gear without issue. So instead of fixing the proper way that’s what I did.
That's a fix in my book
I used to remove the reverse lockout pull below the shift knob on all my fords. I'd tell people, "You better know how to drive a stick, and not find reverse by mistake, because you break it you bought it."
@@imnotarob0t1984 a free/easy fix is sometimes the best fix.
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Windage
Way back in the '70s, the insurance companies got good and torqued off at the auto manufacturers for the cars suffering so much damage in light collisions, and thus begat the 5mph bumpers in 1973. And the repair bills weren't 37K either. I wonder if history will repeat itself.
I had a one-year-old 'Vette in 1975 with zero deductibles for only $450 per year, rubber bumpers front and rear. Included a 50% surcharge for the fiberglass. To me it was a bargain. I was paying $250 per year for a '70 Sedan de Ville, same coverage.
before long, no-pay-out and listed as totaled. good luck.
Hi Rich, long-time viewer. So that truck is an American-made v w. And it came with a naturally-aspirated diesel and like me somebody put in a 1.9 l turbo diesel. They are great engines with taking care of and actually are pretty quick in the realm of diesel-powered vehicles. They never came with disc brakes on the rear and probably the issue you might have on the brakes is finding the right Master brake cylinder. I did one in a Jetta and ended up using a 90s model or late 80s GTI. The air filter is super hard to get and you have to get it out of a Jetta or go with something aftermarket. They exhaust manifold, well who knows what they did there it went out the back and down through the bottom with a flex hose or a exhaust pipe Bell fitting with spring clamps. Yes the little Volkswagen diesel has a pretty good resale probably still on that Turbo. And those reww they call them caddies have a following out there too specially in areas were then out all rusted to pieces. There's a guy up close by you by the name of Smythe performance I think who makes conversions for all the different Volkswagen cars into little trucks plus many other American sedans into pickup trucks. They Supply a complete bed kit to turn a golf and later models into a pickup truck. He might be helpful to you on the repair of that bed and any modifying or doing. Seems like a really nice guy and has a Facebook Channel. I hope that helps you Bose parts for the shifter and all of that are way cheaper and available out of San Diego at it by a place called metric man don't know if they're still there.
I chortled when I saw the insurance adjuster's recommendation of Saugus Auto Body. I remember them from my days as an auto parts delivery driver and...well they're about as nice as you'd expect for a shop in Lynn.
My local Rivian approved repair shop in Annapolis has five Amazon Rivian vans that have sat on their lot for about five months now. Most of them seem to have busted tail light assemblies. Amazon delivery drivers are definitely known for their driving prowess, gotta be some salvage vans on the market by now
I thought I might want a Rivian… not anymore! The VW isn’t safe, I’m more of a Lexus LS kinda guy.
Amazon vans are leased to private delivery firms or subcontractors.Must likely they will be repaired or these vans are operated to the max.
Why would you ever admit aloud that you desire an appliance AKA like 90% of Toyota/Lexus products are appliances
on the road today bring
Lol not to be salty, but I have 45k miles (on routes that vary from 50 to 150 miles) length and 3500 hours driving an Amazon van. Never had an incident. Interestingly your acceleration, cornering, braking, speed, and seatbelt compliance are monitored. Plus there is an AI camera that monitors your eyes on the road, following distanced, complete stops at stop signs, and can read speed limit signs. If the camera sees a red light - even if you entered the intersection on yellow that is an infraction. All this is tied to your bonus which at my company constitutes about 1/6 of my paycheck. Besides all the hours on the road, the monitoring I believe has improved my driving. So yes, I see incidents multiple times a week with other drivers from my company, but I’d say the long time drivers, are likely quite good drivers, very likely “better” than an average driver who only commutes to work and who’s paycheck isn’t tied to their every moment driving.
My wife’s first car…..slowest car we ever owned…..use to turn off the ac at stop lights and going up hills….you learn to use the auxiliary radiator under the dash.
This situation is absolutely outrageous. With insurance companies covering exorbitant repair costs for Tesla and now Rivian vehicles, there's a concerning potential for traditional car manufacturers to hike up their prices. Charging $37,000 for a minor repair is nothing short of criminal.
Yeah you can say what you want about the VW build quality but just like any of the cars of the cars I've owned all of them only cost 2000 at the most for body work especially with the small amount of damage on the rivian. The rivian doesn't even seem to have much separating bumper from quarter panel and gate
The idea of the steal on the cybertruck is that it doesn't dent.
My first watercooled car was a Westmoreland '80 Rabbit four door diesel. I traded a Casio keyboard for it. The car had 250k miles on its original drivetrain. I had previously driven only aircooled VWs, but this car was ridiculously reliable and got a consistent 40mpg. The Westmoreland cars had garbage interiors, but they carried on the inherent reliability of the Mk1 chassis.
One of my school friend's parents had a Mk1 Diesel Golf. They would maybe fill the tank once a month at most.
Regardless of its faults, I'd take that Rabbit any day.
Repairability trumps modernity.
Are we talking about Leenda?
@@LondonRednek 🤣
It may be repairable because it needs to be!
@@richardwolf6269 The rivian needs to be repaired but it isn't designed to be (at a fair price)
I'm really excited for this build. I have 2 torn down MK1 pickups that I'm currently rwd swapping. Excited to see how someone else goes about this. There are a few well build RWD ones on youtube/instagram, but its always interesting to see how other people go about it.
The body shops don’t work on it be cause Rivian refuses to sell parts to them. I was the 2nd parts person hired at Rivian…… Parts is a total disaster when it comes to body shops. The PNW was a mess with Accurate Auto Body.
The Ridgeline bed isn't really a separate part. That seam is just cosmetic. It's still unibody all the way back. Repairing one would probably be about like repairing a Rivian except the parts are probably cheaper.
I was going to comment on the same thing. However I just got rear ended in my Ridgeline and it was repaired no problems had it back in less than a week. I don’t think it’s a unibody issue just an expensive Rivian issue.
@@mmaxx9915 If the Rivian is aluminum that might explain the price difference too. Aluminum repairs are always expensive.
That seam is not cosmetic. The side bed panels are bolted on just like the front fenders.
@@quademasters249 Good point I think you are correct!
@@6664420 You are correct. That's pretty neat.
Where's Steven????
Leendas house
@@psychomachyy , just rolling with a T hey young one.
It sure seemed like his pixie dust was sprinkled on the editing of this one.
@@psychomachyy Well if one quacks like a duck, walks like a duck ... Plus fits the dictionary definition I will say it
@@steveseeger All of Rich's videos are edited by Carl, if you don't know who that is, you need to do some research...
bro i just wanna say it’s been so crazy to see your come up, from complaining about your full time job thru one of your first videos, to now doing a show with hbo max! that’s insane and it’s been dope to watch
The Cybertruck will have 2 layers per side of tempered stainless steel that is 3mm thick each. Typical body steel is not tempered or stainless and is about a small fraction of that. The armour on an M4 Sherman tank was as thin as one layer of 4mm crude industrial use carbon steel for reference. I believe that in the instance of a collision the design flaw will be revealed in the other vehicle.
Best comment 🤣
STEVON GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. RIP STEVON 🙏
he dies this episode?
Stevoff for now.
hes coming back there was an update on him last week finally
BORRRRING
2:41 top right chrome tab
Hey Rich, been watching for a while. Glad to hear about the tv gig working out! Glad your hard works really been paying off.
Basically the cyber trucks exoskeleton is pretty indestructible. Getting rear ended won't damage it but even if it does the panels can be swapped out fairly easy
Remember when we actually drove our vehicles. No unnecessary safety crap. Tail lights cost $50, 60. Lane centering sensors (radar) when mounted in the tail lights can raise the price to $800 to $1,000 apeice. And vehicles have been known to not start when the sensors are damaged due to safety concerns. Bumper and frount grill installations have similar issues.
Looking forward to when Stevoff is Stevon again
Stevon will be back after his honeymoon
Stevon meet a lovely lady boy in Thailand and married him/her/they/them.
Apparently he looks good in a bikini No not Stevon but his wife..
So Stevo will be busy getting off for a little while. Just hope he's got something On because men can get pregnant nowadays.
You mentioned that the Rabbit Pickup Truck was built in Philadelphia. I asked my dad, who worked at Volkswagen of America when these were made, and he said the Rabbit Pickup was assembled in Westmoreland, PA and that the body panels and rear axle were made at the stamping plant in Charleston, WV. I was a little kid at the time, so I don't remember that well, but I do remember going to work with my dad and seeing a rabbit pickup in the parking lot. I went to grade school in Greensburg when my dad worked in Westmoreland, which is about an hour SE of Pittsburgh, which is on the other side of the state from Philadelphia. Just sayin'. :)
my new LIGHTNING PRO was sideswiped by a smaller older sedan back in JANUARY... after driving it to no less than 5 different BODY SHOPS, not only in my own town, but two other neighboring towns within 40 miles, NOT A SINGLE BODY SHOP HAS CALLED ME BACK OR SCHEDULED ME IN FOR REPAIRS, now over 9 MONTHS later. They all were polite and had their shop 'manager' take a look at the relatively easy repairs, and yet not one has decided to take on the repairs... and not a single call to tell me why. Unique one-year Ford IcedBlueSilverMetallic paint? Aluminum body? EV? who knows...
I decided to just take the other vehicle's insurer's GEICO money and keep it and not even worry about the repairs, since they are probably not noticeable by anyone passing by and don't affect drivability at all. I also realize the logistics of repairs, when a 'loaner' or 'rental' vehicle comes into play - as I'm sure they would NOT have an EV to loan/rent me, and I don't relish having to pump gas at $3 a gallon, when I charge my truck at home at less than $1 per day.
1:35 sharing your spouse is usually a fast lane to a broken relationship 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol i feel you @rich, my daughter backed over a parked motorcyle right after i installed a rear back up camera, sensors and a 4.5" screen head unit.
I was also confused as to how she managed that.
Even without all that, you can see a motorcycle in your mirrors...
The same way my wife could not pull the car into the garage far enough, and brought the door down scratching all down the face of the bumper, the day after I had it repaired from her not pulling in far enough and bringing the garage door down on the rear bumper, scratching it all up. Or how my wife hit a curb going around a corner, blowing out the tire, and then when she is coming to pick me up in the other car, after I went with the tow truck driver to the tire shop, she hits the curb and blows out the tire on our second car as she is coming into the parking lot. We then had to sit there while they fixed both cars. And she wants to try being a school bus driver. lol
@jiminauburn5073 what? My ex was a terrible driver she was 5'4" and could barely see over the wheel though lol. I thought she was bad but she had about that many accidents in the eight years we were together
@@jiminauburn5073 hahaha ..
My mother once did a hit and run. I tried to tell her to stop but nope she completely ignored me and acted surprised when the police called our home. Damage was minor thankfully but I don't even know how she managed to hit that car
It would be a good idea to add a brace to connect the front of the lower control arms. It has a tendency to separate under hard acceleration and flex back under hard braking. These are pretty "flexible"! It happens with rust free cars, one can only imagine what it will do with a "ventilated" one!
A team of design engineers spent months on that design, and they decided it was best that way. Only an ignoramus would sit on a couch armed with a bag of potato chips and think he knows better.
@@AndriasTravels So how many of these have you modified? Those design engineers, of which you clearly aren't one, didn't design these to hold up to high increases in power. Instead of insulting people, go and do some fucking homework.
KermitGTT, is your Rivian rusty already?! After how many miles?
@@AndriasTravels2 revisions i know of on tesla cars came from random people in the public mentioning it to the them. Only an ignoramus would think an engineer wouldnt overlook something or make a bad decision...they thrive in doing so...btw Teslas have that brace lmao
@@Shadow0fd3ath24 Obviously, you are not an engineer, and you are not qualified call anyone an ignoramus. Otherwise, you would know these designs are done by teams over many months, not by some yahoo in between his lunch break and checking his facebook.
I had one of those when I was a young Marine. I drove the daylights out of it. I was laughed at by my muscle car friends, but that little Diesel pickup got 60+ MPG and I drove it all over the country. I'm a pretty big guy too, so it was funny getting out of it. Some of my Marine buddies thought it was funny to pick up the front end of that truck when I would try to leave the area. The last time they ever did it I grabbed a snow brush I had in the truck because I was from up north, eh. Anyway, while those guys were holding up the front of my truck I took the snow brush and wedged it on the throttle with it in gear, then stepped out and started walking away. That was a bunch of Marines that pooed on themselves. Good times! They never did that to me again.
I’ve always wanted one of those rabbit pickups! I’m envious and excited to see what you do with it :)
I watched a video of a Rivian owner load up his "truck" with a camper and try to go camping in the mountains... He resorted to using a gas generator running for hours only to get 15 miles of range... The whole time he kept trying to justify it. He received so muck backlash he deleted the video
Even with petrol/diesel trucks, when you haul/tow, you kill your range. It does not surprise me that the person had no range at the end of the day.
@@MakeItWithCalvin the off-road community hates EVs as well
Definitely think your lying. Someone went into the woods on low charge with a generator ready on hand? Either this is made up or they’re an idiot.
Convenient it was deleted eh?
@@MakeItWithCalvin The difference is, you can carry gas and wait like a minute to fill it up. Good luck doing that with an EV.
@@infernaldaedra Nope, most of the back country campers dislike having to help out someone who is so unprepared that they become a nuance. Years ago an idiot tried to off road a Subaru making a days work for the good sumeritan to tow his totaled car out of the National Forest...
The Boy Scout Motto Applies here as "Always Be Prepared" as an these idiots should have learned about the back country and what kind of vehicle instead of showing off their stupidity...
Sometimes I question my car choices, but watching Rich's experiences makes me feel more confident in my decisions. It's reassuring to see someone navigate through challenges and learn from them. 🤔🚗💡 It's a reminder that mistakes happen, and we can always find lessons in them. Thanks for sharing your insights and experiences with us!
this ^
came for the Rivian stayed for the VolksWagon.
Not only were they ignorant enough to build car's body in one piece, they were also ignorant enough to not give that body actual bumpers.
Relaxing...
Stevon will be back. @2:41
Blow this comment up
I don’t get it?
I saw steveon in a tavarish p1 video... he's probably busy doing other projects for the company. Agreed it's not the same without that fella. Missing the flute toots bros. Long live steveon.
To be fair that Tavarish video might have been well before the accident. I want to see him back as well, but keep in mind it was a near death experience. He might have to work through some stuff even if the court case isn't a factor.
Yah, the tavarish video was before the accident. Someone was able to see the filming date on Rich's watch in that video.
I think we can all agree that a denting in the back of a truck should not be tens of thousands of dollars to fix. That Volkswagon is rude as hell btw, we don't get them in the UK so I'm loving the look of it!
I have never seen one of these trucks! Omg I want one! Lol. I’m currently restoring my dad’s old 1985 gmc s15 4x4. After and engine and transmission rebuild, new radiator, new ignition coil, it’s finally running close to a new truck. Just need to fix a few more things so I can finish it off with a new paint job! I love this old truck
The cam cover breather spitting oil directly into the air intake is a recipe for an entertaining runaway at some point, so there’s that to look forward to.
Thought we would get weekly Stevon updates from here on out. Hope you guys get out of court soon
Court?
@@1970351C2V Stevon hit a woman in a Camry while driving a 1000 HP racecar on slicks in snow and ice for the channel. I would be amazed if she didn't immediately call all of the lawyers.
@@ischmidt The woman wasn't in the Camry at the time, he just hit a parked Camry.
Was that Audi asleep at the drag strip?😂
I think you said it was made in Philly but that would be incorrect. It was made in Westmoreland County pa in an old Chrysler plant closer to Pittsburgh.
Did anyone catch Chad shaking his head when they started the VW (10:15) 😂
These little trucks and the hatchback it was based on was still available new in South Africa till 2009. By then it was actually a great car! Dashboard was changed to resemble later VW models and the mirrors on the doors was moved forward with the quarter lights removed.
Finally a rivian video that mentions cybertruck but mostly talks about volkswagen
The hood pipe would kill me. This is the 1940's build, where if you roll the windows up it becomes a gas chamber.
That Volkswagen needs a tractor flap on the pipe.
Hoping there's no bad blood between rich and stevon cause its strange that rich isn't even mentioning him or his health at all.
What happened to Stevon? He was a major draw for me. The man who can do anything.
There's a Stevon easter egg hidden in the web browser tabs during the squarespace ad.
He mentioned him last video, he's fine, everything is fine.
@@quademasters249 you don't know about the accident?
@@drybread1146 what exactly?
Your deadpan sarcasm works well. Course I'm too old to actually laugh at anything but several times in the video I thought to myself, 'That was a funny comment'.
No coolant, no oil, no brake fluid, still runs. Yeah, that is 100% better than anything made today.
Somehow haven’t run into this channel until today. Jokes hit well. Fast paced edit. Great camera shots. Cars are all interesting. Rich is fun to listen to get through all information.
Time for a Rich binge 😁👍
Welcome !
You're missing years of hilarious videos
Those look like old SAAB rims on that VW
During inspection I was on the edge of my chair like when seeing Aliens (1979) for the first time.
5:18 that is NOT you lmaoo
*Saab SUPER AERO rims on the vw!!*
Uhkay Rich, can we have a bit of an update as to where you are holding Stevon prisoner?
I doubt that any body shop can handle repairs on the cybertruck for a while, they simply don’t have the knowledge and my guess specialty tools and glue. But Tesla is a lot bigger than Rivian and has their own repair shops, so my guess is you’ll have an easier time finding a shop that will do the repairs, it might simply not be near you and you’ll definitely won’t get another cybertruck as a loaner.
As for those that have knowledge on how to work with steel, you won’t be able to simply buy a piece of stainless steel and create a brand new panel or even simply fix the existing panel. The metal is so strong Tesla is using huge presses to bend them and they had to develop an air cushion system to do so without leaving tool marks. My guess is that will have no other choice then to buy the parts from Tesla.
Another thing to take into account is that, from what I’ve seen so far, the panels are indeed structural. The metal is so strong that denting it will require a good amount of force. This means that if you manage to dent a door panel, chances are that the structure behind will also be bent and you’ll need to replace the whole part.
You plate should say I got my car cracked for booty. But way shorter 😂
That's what I love about old Volkswagen, they'll fall apart, but they'll get you home.
"Or maybe don't let your friends drive it when you get it" 😅 Rich is cracking me up all through this video 😂
You're forgetting something about the cyber truck. It's not made of cheap steel. It also doesn't have many complicated curves. It doesn't take an expert to cut out a square weld the stainless together and then buff it to look the same.
I think the stainless steel body on the cyber truck will easily handle bumps from other cars without much damage. Panel alignments can be aligned and managed much easier if the panels are just straight sheets. So minor bumps will not be a problem for the CT, and a major crash will just total your 100K truck. No self repairs please ( a user can't do that if it is difficult for Tesla themselves to do so)
Hey Rich , I’m glad you weren’t hurt . Im always looking forward for hearing anything from you . One day I hope to own Rivian
Take be safe . I’m forward for more details from you 🥳👍🏽
Hi Rich I had an 80 Rabbit diesel that I drove 200k mile s or so. A couple of things I learned the hard way.
1) is the serpentine timing belt had something like a 30k replacement schedule, and it should be respected-- how do I know-- valves making contact with the top of pistons is a bad thing.
2) idler wheel bearings fail hard with no notice + see # 1!
3) the thermostat fails at random fairly often.
4) the stock aluminum / plastic radiator was total junk--too small and prone to failure. they made an after-mart all copper oversize one that worked good in Vegas where I had it.
5) the plug for the fan /would fail and give you intermittent fan operation check that.
6) the heater core rotted out / failed early --probably why it is in bypass.
7)The fuel fill was always Slow and BAD --- that clear hose is what lets the foam out to the filler neck and it needs to be routed with lots of love. Still, Always painful to fill.
8) It got a consistent 50 mpg --- I once drove it to La Paz, Baja Cal took the ferry to the mainland on down to Puerto Vallarta and then back to Vegas for under $100 in fuel. for 3500 miles.
Have fun.
Hmm, either my handbook and my local VW shop were lying or the wikipedia page does, because my 1985 mk2 diesel (built in Germany) had a timing chain. Even the handbook told me to "get the chain checked at 200k km" (about 125k miles) which I did, and it consisted of one of the mechanics coming out of the shop, listening to the engine running and telling me "well, it does run perfect, what do you want me to do?" So, the timing belt with a 30k replacement schedule... well... that's about a quarter of what I was told.
Drove that one to 235k km (that's about 145k miles), average consumption was normally about 5l/100km (47mpg), but I got it down to 3.5l/100km (67mpg) on long journeys. It was the most reliable car I ever had. The only thing it didn't like was cold starts below -20C (-4F).
I think it's time for limits on liability for vehicles that have exorbitant repair costs like this.
If someone CHOOSES to drive something that costs 10 times what a normal car does to fix, then THEY should have to cover the excess insurance premiums and/or repair costs.
Never loan your truck, and never move someone (beer and pizza isn't worth an entire day of work, let alone gas). Learned that the hard way in college.
You guys really need to get Stevon back already. I'll watch to support, but its not the same quality without the duo
Hell yea man! Congrats on the show! I use a friends account. You are welcome to watch here next time you come through SC to fix Sam's or Tavarish's cars
"'cool little diesel"
people on europe: "we made some of that motors have 600WHP"
Seems like that fender would have never crumpled in the first place if you had a Cybertruck. Funny how you always see the negative side of Tesla.
The Volkswagen diesel rabbit p/u is awesome. I've had 2. They go and go and go.
I used to deliver pizzas for Papa Gino's in Newton back in the late 90s. I bought a 84 Rabbit diesel just for that. I could fill the tank for $15 and deliver all week!
It is not that the shop does not know how to work on a Rivian. It is that to repair a Tesla or a Rivian you have to go to their "school" and become a Tesla shop or a Rivian shop. There is a federal law suit on "right to repair" to stop this action. Tesla will not sell parts to a shop who has not been to Tesla school. In CT there are only 4 shops that are Tesla approved and they all collude to charge a labor rate of $125 per hour when the going rate on body work is closer to $70 per hour. This is why your insurance on these cars is so expensive and rising.
They're intentionally making these cars expensive AF to work on. $40,000 to fix that issue? It's insanity.
Steveon come back from laying low in the tropical islands and help the channel be great again
This car is like the battlestar galactica, it’s impervious to an AI cylon software hack to disable the brakes or floor the accelerator. Congratulations Rich !
We had a 78 dasher diesel growing up as a kid. You just floored it all the time to barely keep up with traffic.
Still do that in my mk4 diesel
My tdi swapped caddy
Is 3x as fast and gets almost twice the mpg
0.65 5th gear goes 80mph at 3000rpm
@@fastinradfordable a Cadillac with a VW TDI engine ? Sounds amazing
Clever and incredibly prescient of you to be able to reveal a design flaw in a vehicle that, at the time you published, was not even in production, so you are in no position to suggest it has a design fault.
Rivians look awesome but the repair bills i have seen for these are massive. A new windshield was $1,600.
I truly enjoy RIch's sense of humor and content. Can we get an update on how Steven's doing?
Did you not watch the last video?
@@rippertaterchipper4117 Im about to can u tldr it for us
during squarespace ad he has a tab open saying "relax, stevon will be back"
I’ll buy the Saab wheels from you, you can use the shipping service or bring them to Australia. I hope the VW keeps trucking!
haha i noticed to that the vw had saab 9000 aero rims and they lock amazing 😁
8:05 “Well a guy in Florida built this”
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
At 2:41 during the squarespace ad in the top right corner there is a tab that reads:" Relax, Stevon will be back "....🎉😂
Is Stevon ever going to make a comeback?
I think restoring the rabbit truck is a good idea. Dont forget to lube the steering linkage bushings though
What some people are finding out is that this quest for uber efficiency is resulting in vehicles that are not easy to self-repair, or even find shops who can. So you are stuck with authorized service centers. It's a pain as a company grows and does not have all this built out. Having said that...I never really liked dealership service experiences, either. There was a time where I was all for having a sweet ride but I've scaled back and just go with simple vehicles that I can easily self-repair. It's getting harder and harder to find anything new that is not an overly tech heavy monstrosity. I actually still prefer to be able to replace my radio/head-unit with something I like but the new touchscreens are so integral to cars these days that even this becomes impossible.
I believe the bed of the Honda ridge line is not separate from the cab, the separation alone is a design feature to make it appear it is separate as it a unibody design.