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I was hoping there would be something on the market that could just slip on the tailpipe using a single bolt to hold it on that could be removed easy.
I guess the best advice other than spending a lot of money is to deal with it as another one of life's annoyances. I just don't understand these idiots in our society; they seem to go out of their way to annoy other people. This guy made a decision at some point in the past to spend hundreds of dollars in an effort to make his little ford ranger loud.
This is a pretty rural area and the guy is a half mile up the road (closest house to me). I walk the road every day so eventually we will probably have a conversation. I suppose I can steer it towards how nice and quiet it used to be........
But it would hurt him more if you ignore him. Check out your noise ordinances. There are others who don't appreciate him, why join him on their "do-not-like" list?
You could sneak into his yard at night and solve he problem all together, or accept the fact he's probably young and will hopefully outgrow the noisy exhaust phase like most other stupid young guys. Getting an equally exhaust could backfire resulting in his getting a louder one.
Of course you could mail an anonymous letter to the county sheriff telling him that your son, who you will not identify, has bought drugs from the house at .......
But that would be immature. Vindictive. Vengeful. Mean. Nasty.
Funny.
If it's really that bad, I would settle for discreetly leaving a note or letter informing the guy that you and your neighbors are fed up with the noisiness of his vehicle. It's a passive-aggressive way to handle things, but it's less passive-aggressive and more productive than what you've suggested.
Turning up the radio works, if you have big enough amps and speakers. No mechanical sound of a vehicle is anywhere near as "obnixiously loud" as that. Hint: Buy a CD of bagpipes music, or polkas.
More effective, sneak into the windward side of his yard at night and burn plastic, or something. He is immune to loud noise, in fact thrives on it, so counter it with an obnoxious smell, and impose your will on a different sensory overload. Morally, you have just as much right to fill his sensory environment with inescapable stink, as he has to fill yours with inescapable noise.
Not much that you can do to the exhaust besides cutouts unless you want something permanent
with this guy.
Buy a amp,12" woofers in a box and the best of Mariachi music $199 total.
Get some ear plugs and act like your car broke down in front of his trailer.
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