Toolbox

[Xlargetophat]

I don't mind a toolbox accessory but I see something interesting here.

At 55:46 you can look in the tool box and see foam to hold the tools in. Which to me is wasted space.. and who wants their flash light and binoculars in the back like that. A dirty shovel stored with binoculars where the lens could get dirty. Also I don't like being forced to have the tools. The axe is probably junky and I don't care if it can be a shovel. No offense but everyone has their particulars.

Throwing tools at us is a markup scam. Imo.

We all have tools already and we can go to the store and buy the ones we like. I like wood handles treated with pine tar. Rivians flashlight is at least easy to get to. 99% of the time we'll be in the cab wanting it.

 

[R1TVT]

Scout can sell all the axes they want (as accessories)... The same way any OEM may partner with third parties to develop specific add-ons that may work well with their vehicles.

Keep in mind that these are all prototypes and prototype accessories. Since we don't yet have a production spec, and don't have production pricing or trim levels, saying that they are throwing tools and mark-ups at us is just speculation about something we aren't yet close to knowing.

Theoretically, buyers could also have an option to buy a tool chest as a stand-alone accessory (if that tool chest makes it to production) and opt NOT to buy tools in it. All TBD... But I would not be surprised if there is a Scout store online. Many accessories may be "Scout-branded" but made by a third party... Like a RTT made by GFC or Yakima that has Rivian's name on it (for example).

Good for Scout for showing the art of the possible with their prototypes!

 

[J Alynn]

This is no different than furnishing a model home. No need to get you fruit of the looms in a bunch-it’s just for show and tell to give people ideas. I’ve never seen a manufacturer force a storage unit full of tools on anyone. And hey-Halloween is coming up so maybe they have costumes packed in there or they are planning a cross country killing spree. Dig enough and I’m sure there’s a hockey mask, machete and leather butcher’s apron.
No need to get all wound up, they’ll have an X-mas tree and a Hanukkah bush strapped on top soon enough’. And since it’s electric they can plug the lights in wherever they end up

 

[Mousehunter]

Foam is a nightmare waiting to happen - wait till it gets wet (and you open it 2 weeks latter to a bunch of corroded tools). That said, you could bolt on some t-slot and use clips to keep your heavy gear from sliding around while still having the open space between stuff - plus it would allow for airflow and drying. I understand, they already made the binoculars - but they belong in the cab, not a tool box.

 

[J Alynn]

Foam is a nightmare waiting to happen - wait till it gets wet (and you open it 2 weeks latter to a bunch of corroded tools). That said, you could bolt on some t-slot and use clips to keep your heavy gear from sliding around while still having the open space between stuff - plus it would allow for airflow and drying. I understand, they already made the binoculars - but they belong in the cab, not a tool box.

Agree but for Proto and display it looks good

 

[Scoutsie]

I don't mind a toolbox accessory but I see something interesting here.

At 55:46 you can look in the tool box and see foam to hold the tools in. Which to me is wasted space.. and who wants their flash light and binoculars in the back like that. A dirty shovel stored with binoculars where the lens could get dirty. Also I don't like being forced to have the tools. The axe is probably junky and I don't care if it can be a shovel. No offense but everyone has their particulars.

Throwing tools at us is a markup scam. Imo.

We all have tools already and we can go to the store and buy the ones we like. I like wood handles treated with pine tar. Rivians flashlight is at least easy to get to. 99% of the time we'll be in the cab wanting it.

I’m not sure why you’re choosing to look at this as an attempt to take money out of the pockets of the consumer rather than an attempt to add value. I see this as an attempt to add value. If you don’t view this as an added value, don’t keep it in your vehicle. I feel that way about cloth floor mats: get right on the hell out of my car, I don’t want that negativity.

What’s your evidence that this is a markup scam? I’m seeing this as an attempt to add value for the consumer. Everyone views life through the lenses through which their life has been lead, and I’m assuming you’ve been screwed a few times to think that Big Auto is out to get you. I’m not seeing this as a hostile move. The tools probably aren’t meant to be the best that money can buy (when are these kinds of convenience tools ever that good?), but in a pinch, they’re probably better than nothing if you need to sink a stake into crappy soil while camping or some such scenario. Maybe you need to poop by the side of the road. Who knows? I think it’s helpful, but you are free to disagree and see it as fiendish.