With the latest holiday update rolling out to Tesla vehicles, it seems that next year is going to be the year that Elon Musk finally gets his wish. Thousands of farting Teslas spreading their flatulence everywhere they go (or at least, everywhere they park).
This is all thanks to a new feature that is part of that holiday update known as custom lock sounds. Honestly, a feature that should have came out a long time ago as this has to be one of the easiest ways to sneak in custom sounds without regulatory agencies shooting it down.
Originally, Tesla included the option to customize the horn sound of the vehicle, with the most popular sound effect being a random fart (of course). However, authorities decided that this was unsafe and that all horn sounds need to be recognizable regardless of vehicle (the related standard “prohibits manufacturers from altering or modifying the sound emitting capability of the pedestrian warning system”). Forcing Tesla to default to a more normal horn sound and leaving Tesla owners with the only option of making use of this feature while parked (which is understandable).
This year, the company decided to bring the joy of the fart back by allowing owners to remotely trigger it from the app in a somewhat recent update. Allowing them to still surprise nearby victims, this time without having to even be in the car. Of course, you have to know the feature is there or take out your phone and physically bother with it every time, else it won’t be used often.
With this new update, drivers can assign a custom tone to the lock sound of their car when they walk away. Instead of a short horn sound, it can be one of many other options such as an old-fashioned horn, a goat, an awesome squeaky duck, or of course, the random fart sound. With this owners can take advantage of the fart sound effects without having to manually trigger something every time. All they have to do is get out, close the door, and walk away. The car will fart every time, acknowledging that the doors are locked and the alarm is armed.
Thus, likely increasing the chance that a larger number of drivers will make use of this feature since it is easy to find in the Toybox section of the vehicle’s interface.
Personally, I think the rubber duck sound will ultimately become the most popular. Mostly because it is most identifiable when compared to things like the goat, and will likely crack a smile or laugh from more people. Where you never know what kind of reaction you’re going to get with a fart. Now if only Model 3 owners could get access to Steam as well.
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rubber duck, all the way!