It's neighbors like this that piss me off, so far I don't think I have any, and I often work on my 70 swinger which is in the garage with the doors open. It's too bad when a person has nothing better to do then mind your business instead of their own. I think some loose bleeder screws might be in order or a kick in the head.
Don't mean to hijack the thread, but I am dealing with something irritatingly similar. I keep my Duster and Barracuda in my garage. They both have Flowmaster exhaust, but up until now, they were manifolded, so noise at idle was not as severe. A year passed by since I got the cars and put them in the garage. I had just gotten through setting the timing on my Duster one afternoon, when I decided to leave in my Ram to go have lunch with my girlfriend. About an hour later, my mother calls me during lunch on my cell to inform me that two police officers were at the front door with a stern warning. At this point, my blood was curtiling, as I knew it was something irrational about the cars. I got home just in a nick of time to speak with them. They advised me that a certain neighbor had complained that my vehicles make too much noise and that he demanded them gone immediately. When asked who made such a frivilous statement, they police refused to inform me, which escalated my anger. I knew exactly who it was. I have an elderly man directly across my cul-de-sac who only goes out every morning to get lunch and every evening to buy lots of liquor. His garage is loaded with wine and toilet paper(good combination). When I fired the car earlier, I was letting the car idle and I was standing behind the car letting it idle when I look across the street and hear his screen door slam open and notice the man on his cell phone, cuping his hands over his eyes! The grump *** was giving my address to them, im certain!! Its ridiculous, as I can bairly hear the cars ruining simultaniously from his front yard! The police told me that it was disturbing his sleep and that I was waisting my time with things that irritate him. #$%k that. This is a free country and every one else on my end of the street has NO problems with the cars. NONE. They actually enjoy them. The police told me that if I want to work on my vehicles, I need to take them to the park and work on them there. I thought to myself about the retardation in that comment. Wouldn't others complain there?! I simply said "no" and they smiled and said next time would result in a large citation. I told them in return that I will see the cop on scene and the person responsible for complaning to court to discuss it in front of a judge.
The vehicles are fully exhausted and have C.A.R.B legal mufflers. I am not hot rodding down the street and I do not obnoxiously rev them either. I have power tools in my garage, excuse me, my father's garage that aren't cheap. I will not travel to a park when everything is there. When my father caught wind of this, he was pissed. He felt his rights were violated, just as mine were. He has a 66 Charger on the side of the house thats perfectly drivable behing the gates next to the gargage. Realistically, I should be able to work on my vehicles and run them in a reasonable and prudent way until 10 Pm when noise restrictions kick in. I usually stop at 830, just to be considerate, but early afternoon, forget it. I'm NOT catering to him at all. I spend too much money on these cars(my hobby), which is another big reason.
Everytime he comes outside, he scowls at me. He hates i when I park any vehicle in front of his house in the street. It is a public street, BTW. He always runs outside with his phone evry time start the car/s, even the flippen MH! One thing I know is that he never comes over and expresses his stinky opinions about our cars to my father or I. That is a good thing, as he will receive a much deserved ear full from the both of us if he does. He knows we are pissed. I should complain that he waters his lawn 6 times a day for 20 min at a time. What a waste!!! Or that he drives down the center of the street at 35 mph on a street where children are present. Arrrgh, the nerve. One thing is for certain, if I get penalized bc of his complaining, I will not let it go. I am following every rule, plus more. Its sad.
Sorry if I ranted too long, but I cannot stand people who think they are above it all and think they deserve special treatment. I usually respect everyone, but I do not respect him. He should not abuse his rights, as I do not. I wish there was something I can do about it. I thoght about having a civilized conversation with him, but I don't want to lower myself too much when I am not wrong in what Im doing. Im so scared to put headers on my Duster that I am thinking of towing my truck down to my father;s work yard to break in the new motor this week. It makes things less enjoyable and more complicated.:angry7:
