Ryan Schoen

@rhodesrants The emptiest it has been since CC arrived in Indy.

**Very Long MEVCO R1T Story Time** Let me start off the story with Stephanie (@R1Stephanie) saw the MEVCO R1Ts hit social media for sale a few months back. They were $57,000 on Facebook Marketplace and priced to move. By the time she and her husband Tom had discussed it, they were all sold out. They were gone in a heartbeat. She was very disappointed and rightfully so - she wanted a unique vehicle at a fair price. When would she ever get an opportunity like that again? MEVCO went out of business, meaning there are only so many of these bright green R1Ts in existence. Shortly thereafter, the MEVCO R1Ts showed up on the secondary market again but this time with some markup over the Marketplace price. I reached out to the sellers and they were very straightforward in that they were not willing get anywhere near the $57,000 price. Rightfully so, they wanted to turn a profit on their inventory vehicle. How much over $57,000 would you be willing to pay? Knowing the original price, not much is the correct answer. The reseller's firm price was much higher than her budget. Stephanie once again was left without the truck she really had her heart set on. Now I'll throw my bit on the plot how a bunch of my chance encounters, new friends, and dumb luck came into play to wish this truck into existence. Over a year ago, Jeremy (@pjcombss) noticed he and I worked in the same building. We became friends and when I got my Dune R1T a year ago he posted the below tweet/picture of the truck at our office. (2) Rivian owner Ryan (@blatzman) saw Jeremy's tweet and identified my truck while heading to Sam's Club. He DM'd me and we also struck up a friendship as (2) Rivian owners in Indianapolis. We have a lot in common and he's a giant like myself - he might even be the tallest Rivian owner I know. Ryan has a huge stockpile of Rivian accessories that he acquired from various places. He sells them on Facebook Marketplace from time-to-time. Any time I'm looking for a deal on a Rivian accessory on Marketplace, his listings show up in my searches. I may have beat him to the punch on the 22 inch Sport Dark wheels that are on my Dune though! Just under 2 weeks ago, Ryan and I were trying to meet up to chat Rivian things. We went back and forth via text. I had proposed Tuesday night at Costco, but had to cancel that due to an unforeseen conflict. We finally settled on meeting up that night - Sunday night. Ryan came over and brought beers. I haven't bought beer after I changed my diet/lifestyle over a year ago, so it was a nice treat to have a drink. We're sitting there drinking beers, talking nerdy Rivian things, and somehow the topic of Ryan's Marketplace sales came up. He says to me "so I just sold a camp speaker and a flashlight to the MEVCO guy". I reacted like a dog would if you said the word "squirrel". I turn to him and go "too bad he doesn't have any more trucks, I have a friend that wanted to buy one". Ryan says "he has 3 more trucks he's about to list for sale in a few weeks". My eyes open wide and in my head I say "holy shit". I asked him "can you get his contact information" and "tell him you have a serious buyer". Keep in mind this is getting late on a Sunday night and we've both had a few beers. Ryan opens Facebook Messenger and starts typing out a message to Matt Cahir (MEVCO Former CEO). In parallel, I text Stephanie "are you free", "I need to call you", "right now", and "get Tom". So we do a group video call, I introduce Ryan, and tell Ryan to "tell them what you just told me". While on the video call Matt Cahir responds to Ryan's messages, says he still has the trucks to sell, and gives Ryan his contact information. Ryan sends me the contact information and relay it to Stephanie. Knowing Matt is available, we quickly wrap up the video call so Stephanie/Tom can try to reach Matt. Ryan and I go back to drinking beer and we might have done a quick demo drive of his Gen 1 R1S with the newly installed Comma 4. We await news from Stephanie. I'll let Stephanie take over the rest of the story of her journey to getting a MEVCO R1T. She got the truck she wanted and I am 1000% happy/excited for her! I may have sent her daily/hourly "SITREP" texts over the last few weeks regarding her purchase journey. P.S. It was great to have @pjcombss and @blatzman come by the house to see the MEVCO R1T when Tom drove the truck through Indianapolis on Friday. Thank you guys for being great friends and making connections with me which led to this day!

Spotted, one @Rivian R1T Dune! #awesome @Hilbe

@R1Stephanie @Rivian @R1Stephanie sounds like Tom will drive the R1S. That's the same in my house. My wife drives our R1T and I drive the R1S with the kids. @Hilbe shames me for my wife driving the truck in our household