Cars With Hidden Secrets

In the cult classic This is Spinal Tap, guitarist Nigel Tufnel shows his "very, very special" amplifier off to the cameras. "If you can see," he says as the camera zooms in, "the numbers all go to 11." When asked if that means the amp is louder than the typical only-goes-to-10 amp, he says, "Well,

In the cult classic This is Spinal Tap, guitarist Nigel Tufnel shows his "very, very special" amplifier off to the cameras. "If you can see," he says as the camera zooms in, "the numbers all go to 11." When asked if that means the amp is louder than the typical only-goes-to-10 amp, he says, "Well, it's 1 louder, isn't it?"

Elon Musk, being the dedicated student of 1980s fringe culture that he is, decided to make the Tesla Model X volume control also go up to 11 because the only people who will actually be able to afford this car are the ones who actually remember This is Spinal Tap and spent most of their retirement savings at the Tesla dealership.

With a starting price roughly equal to the cost of an average home in Toledo, Ohio, Tesla's "family SUV" is really only for certain families, but if you can afford it and also if you are somehow able to encase your children in impenetrable bubbles so they don't spill things all over the inside of your costs-as-much-as-a-modest-home "family SUV," you'll own a car with loads of cool hidden features besides just the 11-point volume setting — according to the Guardian, you can also set up the autodrive display so it looks like Mario Kart's Rainbow Road, and you can switch the accelerator from "sport" function to "ludicrous." Sheesh, that's worth the cost of a modest home all by itself. Right?

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