What my Rivian Accident Reveals about the Tesla Cybertrucks Design Flaw 

update on the rivian here! -

Sometimes I think I make bad decisions when it comes to cars. Then I watch Rich and feel better about myself.

You guys really need to get Stevon back already. I'll watch to support, but its not the same quality without the duo

How is steven doing?

I'd say I was surprised an EV was ridiculously overpriced for repairs but that'd be a lie.

Where's Steven????

STEVON GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. RIP STEVON 🙏

Is stevon alive

Where is Steven?

“She doesn’t want you to know her gender” 💀💀

Steveon come back from laying low in the tropical islands and help the channel be great again

I love how the VW had no water, was constantly overheating, and still kept on ticking.

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.

These are my favorite videos by Rich.

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.

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.

...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.

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.

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.

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.