Tuning the Carrera gets the Cops called
 

Chasing down some air leaks on the intake, got it all back together about 9pm, Fired it up and ran great, set the idle adjustment with the LM-1 only had it running about 10 min and it has one of Ben's prototype B&B header mufflers on it, a bit loud, in fact very loud. Put all the stuff away, closed the garage door and about a half hour later the Cops show up asking if I was running my car tonight, I said yea I just got it all back together and was tuning it, he asked if I was in a feud with a neighbor, I said no, not at all, I know it was the old hag next door, the one who fires up their lawn mower on Sunday night at 9 to cut their lawn: Why don't people like this just come over and ask to keep it down instead of calling the Cops?? :rolleyes:

Because they have nothing better to do in their lives.

Neighbors are the reason it takes me forever to get things done when working between 9PM-2AM. The compressor can't kick on, the air wrenches can be used and I can't hammer anything too loudly :( Never mind starting the car up.

Winter might be a bit better when all the windows are closed and the wind is howling....to cover some of the noise. I still want to buy a little farm 1/3 hr west of the house....a big pole barn would so nice...and the hourses and cows won't be calling the cops.

Time to go to straight pipes?

I know why people don't knock on your front door when there's a problem. We've lived in our present home for 23 years and have seldom had any kind of issues with our neighbors.

Two years ago a new neighbor moved in across the street. We have always gotten along really well. Until:

He has 1 barking dog and also keeps 5 exotic birds in his garage. The birds squawk from early morning until it gets dark at night. They open their garage door about 1/4 of the way, so the noise heads across the street and it's like the birds are in our home. So we put up with this for almost 2 years and than finally I go over to ask them if they could not open their garage door at AM because of the birds. I could have called the Sheriff's office but decided we could settle this, neighbor to neighbor. I didn't complain about the barking dog even though I hear it almost every night when I am in my office. Anyway, right off the bat he gets defensive and it's like I am the problem and not his birds. My wife goes over to talk to his wife, the next morning with the idea of smoothing things over but let them know that there is a problem. All my neighbors ask how we can stand the noise from the birds. Well now whenever I day hi, I get this cold response from him and his wife. So I should have just called the sheriff......bottom line is that the birds are much quieter and that's a good thing!!!!

Dude, I got the cops called on me for working on my cars, having a car w/ a tarp over it in my yard, having the dog officer called because on a day when we weren't home, the dogs were "barking excessively" (they really only bark with outside stimulus, someone parked out front, etc.); I live across from & next to 2 cops. I figure it's the other neighbor next to me - the one who has a lab that barks, that has a floodlight aimed at my bedroom window on a motion sensor that trips with every car that passes by (it's like living next to a motel some nights... on / off / on / off).

Well my pups are out chasing each other around our 6' privacy fenced yard one day with the wife out back with them... of course they're barking as they play, etc.; he asks my wife to basically muzzle my dogs because his 3 year old son is out back playing in his yard & the dogs "might scare him". Yeah buddy, get a life. It's mid-day, my pups are out playing, deal kiddo. I don't say boo about neighbor one firing up his lawnmower at 7am Sunday, or emptying their pool into my driveway, or the remodel crud of the neighbors' houses blowing across into my yard, zilch.

But I've had it recently & said, "f-it", and put the Fabspeed muffler bypass tip back on the 911 for a few weeks before the season ends. I'm a car guy with dogs. Deal.

ask him to muzzle his kids b/c they scare you dogs...


seriously, this is a great chance to prevent another dog hater from being created -- go over; mention the incident and offer to introduce him + kid to one of your dogs -- let him pet the gentlest dog you have, etc.

the lady next door adopted a dog, not by her choice i dont think. in short, the dog tore up anything i left out and some things i did not. the dog even bit(barely broke the skin) my 12 year old daughter. she would not do anything about the dog, someone else called the cops, then she got mad and went up and down the street looking for the person that called the cops and wanted to know why they did not just come to her.
people say "why not just come to me" but when someone does come, it usually turns into an argument anyway.
instead of going to the boss, i said something to a guy at work that was doing his grocery shopping while at work, it just turned into, you do this and you do that argument.
now the guy behind me leaves his windows open and his dog barks constantly until he gets home late at night from partying, do i confront, call the police or lay in bed and get mad about it while not sleeping?
yes i make noise, band practice 2 nights a week but we are done by no later than 9:30, i have no problem with stopping, in fact, the judge that lives about 200+ yards away called one night and asked if we would stop, not a problem, i gave him 200 gallons of diesel fuel later.....another story.

Boxer engines sound really cool with the final exhaust removed entirely. Check it out tonight.

I have a Bursch exhaust which is pretty loud and I am quite apolagetic about it. I would never run it excessivly or rev it in the driveway, and I always try to coast into my garage. It's common curtousy for something that loud.

My next door neighbors have 2 weimerieners (large hunting dogs) which can make an absolute racket, but they are good enough to keep them quiet 99% of the time.

By and large my culdosac is extreamly quiet. This is because EVERYONE makes an effort.

some of you appear to be doing commercial work in residential areas -- usually a zoning law violation

even as a hobby, when my friend painted his harley, hid truck and his sailboat in his home shop he never never should have done that -- he vented toxic fumes all over his neighbors

face it - people are trying to live next to you

something to be said about living out in the boonies! unfortunately not all neighbors are reasonable and the permeable me only society makes life crappy for all those that are reasonable. your dog barking is a no no, however his cat prowling the neighborhood doing it's business it just being a cat and has the right to do that! gimme a break.

I lived across the street from a Porsche exhaust hater..he'd call over and ask me if I was trying to "compensate" for something. Granted my car was really loud and I'd fire it every morning at 07:00 on my way to work, and usually I'd roll it out of my driveway and start it up in front of his house because I didn't want to wake my own kids up.

I guess I see where he's coming from. I'd be pissed too if I didn't like the sound of a barely muffled Porsche motors.

Dogs are another story though. I don't like 'em much and if I had a neighbour who let his dogs run around barking and growling (like they do when they play) I'd be a bit annoyed too.....wait a second - I'd probably not be all that annoyed myself but my wife would be and she'd get me all pissed off.

Geez - time to move out in to the woods!

Craig, you scofflaw! :p

fixed it for you

my neighbors and i all have dogs and they all make noise. but i do have the loudest car;) no one complains yet:)

I say get the frikin' dB meter....any/all "sound" ordinances are quantified.....If you (or he/she) can't meet the specs then have at it..

I know, I know,..overkill...

Hobby? Commercial? That line should easily be drawn,..It's the results (acoustically), that matter,..aside from jack hammering at 3 in the AM...

Send 'em a frikin fruitbasket..cook 'em a steak.....whatever.

Best,

Doyle

25+ years ago when I had my first Porsche, a '73.5T, I had a very short drive to BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit). So, I used to start the 911 up in the garage, set the hand throttle at 1500rpm, go back in the house, eat my morning toast, drink my coffee and read the paper. I then drove the warmed up 911 2 miles to the BART parking lot.

Well one day I decided to take the day off, slept in and didn't start the 911. When I went out to get the paper, my next door neighbor was rushing out to his car and asked what the hell happened. I asked, "What do you mean?". He said he didn't hear the 911 start up and over slept. So, that day he was late for work.

my neighbor the judge, was razzing me the other day about me leaving in the mornings. he said, "there he goes driving the LITTLE car" or "he's driving the truck this morning". i take it easy and told im sorry. he said thats ok, i know it is time to get up. i asked how he knows when to get up when im late because of beaver feaver?

Yes. :) Random 1-2 minute startups & loud revs at odd hours over the span of several months ought to be fun and satisfying. Make sure to aim the megaphones directly at her window.