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Bad to the Bone (classic rebel riff): Free Tesla Lock Sound Download
George Thorogood's b-b-b-bad slide-guitar riff from 1982: the opening stutter that soundtracked every 80s movie villain's entrance and never stopped being cool.
Classic Memes sound · 2.53 seconds · WAV format · Free download
Custom lock sounds need the car’s external pedestrian-warning speaker (Model 3 built September 2019 or later, Model S and Model X from the 2021 refresh, every Model Y and Cybertruck) and software 2023.44 or later.
How to install: download the file (it is already named LockChime.wav), copy it to Boombox/LockChime.wav on a FAT32 or exFAT USB drive, plug it into a USB port that carries data (the glovebox port on newer cars; rear ports only charge), and open Toybox → Boombox → Lock Sound, then choose USB.
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Bad to the Bone (classic rebel riff)
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George Thorogood's b-b-b-bad slide-guitar riff from 1982: the opening stutter that soundtracked every 80s movie villain's entrance and never stopped being cool.
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A Tesla reads the sound from a USB drive. We'll email you the file and the 3 install steps, so you can finish on a computer.
Plain .wav audio file. No installer, no account.
How to install
This sound is on the quieter side. Crank Tesla volume to 7+ for best effect.
Copy to USB
Copy LockChime.wav onto a FAT32 or exFAT USB drive at Boombox/LockChime.wav.
Plug into your Tesla
Plug the drive into a USB port that carries data (the glovebox port on newer cars). Open Toybox → Boombox → Lock Sound, then choose USB.
Lock the car
Lock the car to hear it.
credit George Thorogood and the Destroyers
source "Bad to the Bone" by George Thorogood and the Destroyers (1982, EMI America Records). The slide-guitar opening riff — b-b-b-bad — became a defining sound of rockabilly swagger. Immortalized in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) when John Connor rides a motorbike, and in dozens of films and TV shows since. Use case: tell the parking lot exactly what kind of driver you are. Trivia: Thorogood wrote the song about his own myth — "bad to the bone" was his self-described blues persona — and it took years to be recognized as an American classic; radio initially ignored it.