I’m sick and uninterested in automakers being so goddamn severe on a regular basis. There’s no whimsy, no pageantry, no enjoyable in anyway. Fortunately, Rivian seen this dearth of enjoyable proper in time for Halloween and has determined to roll out some reskins for its R1 automobiles that’ll enable them to “gown up” for the vacation.
Rivian says homeowners will have the ability to watch their R1S SUVs and R1T pickup vans rework with lighting, sounds and visible references to KITT from “Knight Rider,” the DeLorean time machine from “Again to the Future” and a “Haunted Rivian” costume. I really like this shit, man. I don’t care if it’s goofy. For a number of years now, Rivian has been including little Halloween easter eggs to its vehicles, however it’s now taking it up a notch with these “Automobile Costumes.” Let’s break down what every “Costume” provides.
First up, we’ve acquired KITT from “Knight Rider.” All homeowners must do is go to the “Get Spooky” card on the primary web page of the Rivian App. From there, choose the Gear Guard (Rivian’s little mascot dude) dressed like Michael Knight to activate it. After that, the inside shows will rework to seem like KITT’s diagnostic display screen, and it’ll play the unique theme music. Gen 2 R1S and R1T homeowners may also be handled to the up to date exterior lightbar reworking into the cascading purple beam KITT had together with some scanner sound results. Clearly, this solely works whereas in park, however it’s nonetheless cool as hell.
Subsequent, we’ve acquired the “Again to the Future” Time Machine. Click on the Gear Guard dressed up as Doc Brown, and your screens will develop into the Time Machine’s interface and also you’ll get acceleration sounds from the movie. Should you hit the 88 mph button (it doesn’t have something to do with pace), you’ll see much more themed lighting and sound results from the back and front of your R1. Hear, I actually don’t care if it is a gimmick. It’s a gimmick I get pleasure from and that’s all that issues.
Lastly, we get to the Haunted Rivian, which isn’t primarily based on any present mental property, however it’s nonetheless fairly cute. Hit the Gear Guard dressed as a scarecrow, and also you’ll have the ability to choose eight totally different sound results and a handful of coloration schemes (purple, yellow, purple and inexperienced). Your inside show will probably be taken over by static and ghosts. Gen 1 Rivian homeowners will get a inexperienced animation on the automobile’s exterior, however Gen 2 homeowners will see no matter coloration they’ve chosen.
There are a number of extra little odds and ends which might be being added, together with an Owl chirp if you lock or unlock the doorways. Moreover, pedestrians within the driver show will flip into zombies, and bicyclists and motorcyclists will probably be headless horsemen. Camp mode additionally will get a reskin that includes crows, pumpkins and inexperienced flames at nighttime. The drive modes additionally get new spooky paintings as nicely.
Rivian homeowners will have the ability to get pleasure from all of this Halloween foolishness beginning on Friday, October 18 at 12:01 p.m. native time. I’m very jealous of them, as my automobile doesn’t do something enjoyable like this. I do know it’s somewhat bit hokey and doesn’t imply a lot for the general driving expertise of the automobile, however I actually want extra automakers did stuff like this. I imply, everybody has screens and over-the-air updates now, so extra automobile firms must be benefiting from that reality and getting foolish with it.
