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 autos 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 remodel 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 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 automobiles, but it surely’s now taking it up a notch with these “Automotive Costumes.” Let’s break down what every “Costume” affords.
First up, we’ve bought 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 remodel to appear to be KITT’s diagnostic display, and it’ll play the unique theme tune. Gen 2 R1S and R1T homeowners may even 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, but it surely’s nonetheless cool as hell.
Subsequent, we’ve bought 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 velocity), 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 take pleasure in and that’s all that issues.
Lastly, we get to the Haunted Rivian, which isn’t primarily based on any current mental property, but it surely’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 likely be taken over by static and ghosts. Gen 1 Rivian homeowners will get a inexperienced animation on the car’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 whenever you lock or unlock the doorways. Moreover, pedestrians within the driver show will flip into zombies, and bicyclists and motorcyclists will likely 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 properly.
Rivian homeowners will have the ability to take pleasure in 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 automotive 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 automotive, however I actually want extra automakers did stuff like this. I imply, everybody has screens and over-the-air updates now, so extra automotive corporations must be making the most of that reality and getting foolish with it.
