Neighbours

[bigstraight6]

What is it with some people, I had the Zody out for a 'shakedown' earlier today, and decided a slight carb adjustment was needed which I duly did in my driveway, after which I revved up the engine twice, which took all of about 10 seconds.Then the dullard twat who lives two doors down appeared from behind his garden gate to complain "do you have to do that here, I can't here myself think in my own back garden, can't you do that up the road or something".Honestly chaps, it was 10 seconds maximum of the engine being revved twice, and this whinging arsewipe from two doors down feels the need to chastise me in retort I just stared in disbelief and then stated "the jobs finished now" It's left me wondering if this cock phones up Plymouth airport to complain everytime a plane is coming into land as we are under the flightpath, or if the woodpeckers in the woods behind our houses make too much noise for him, or when a hard working class 66 hauled freight train is labouring up the fearsome Hemerdon bank which is a mere few hundred yards away....I would gladly have Pogweasel as a neighbour, with his insistance of having a nicely rotting Commer PB camper van in his front garden

[trigger]

Some of these old buggers have nothing better to do with there time, Just buy yourself a kango and start using that at 10pm, That give him something to moan about.

[bigstraight6]

Some of these old buggers have nothing better to do with there time, Just buy yourself a kango and start using that at 10pm, That give him something to moan about.

The utter tragedy is, that this individual is only 12 months older than me being 42 years old and going to the same primary and secondary schools as me

[Dukestar25]

None of his damn business what you do on your own drive especially during the day. If you were doing it all the time or at 3 in the morning, he'd have reasonable grounds.Ignore the old fart, he can't do anything about you...

[HillmanImp]

That does sound a bit daft. When i am working on my Imp, the angle grinder inevitably makes loads of noise. Therefore i restrict myself to metalwork when the weather is a bit poor or during working hours for the most. If its a quick bit of cutting i dont care, but for prolonged noise i do try and pick my time. This guy sounds like he needs to watch a few more cartoons though.

[Guest]

Just wait until he gets his lawnmower out, then tell him to stop making all that noise and do it up the road.

[bigstraight6]

Just wait until he gets his lawnmower out, then tell him to stop making all that noise and do it up the road.

He even keeps 'laying' chickens in his garden, which make a bit of noise when engaged in what they do best, but do I complain

[graham kelly]

You can bet your last dollar that he is just jealous of that gorgeous straight six bark from your Zode Attack tail pipes, coz they do make a bloody lovely noise, you can come and rev it outside my house if you like (that was a deliberate Zodiac spelling mistake by the way) I had a MK3 Zody back in 81 when i was 17, nice early one in rare Carribean Turquoise with rare Grey Leather (they all seem to have vinyl seats except the Executive but mine was too early to be one of those)

[bigstraight6]

You can bet your last dollar that he is just jealous of that gorgeous straight six bark from your Zode Attack tail pipes, coz they do make a bloody lovely noise, you can come and rev it outside my house if you like (that was a deliberate Zodiac spelling mistake by the way) I had a MK3 Zody back in 81 when i was 17, nice early one in rare Carribean Turquoise with rare Grey Leather (they all seem to have vinyl seats except the Executive but mine was too early to be one of those)

OOF! my first car at 17 was a MK3 Zody! I would also be over the moon if you were to park that superb Westminster of yours outside my house and give it some stick

[metrognome]

The selfish fuckwit......Give ALL the neighbours something to moan about, put some bleach in an empty squeezie bottle and draw a big cock and balls on his front lawn in the middle of the night.

[graham kelly]

Must say the old Westie does make a nice noise, spot the tailpipes

[Pete-M]

I had a neighbour who used to complain.The Range Rover soon sorted that, that thing doesn't know how to be quiet. Used to idle it up the road when I was coming home and it's not that noisy but it's very very deep and off-beat and does make windows rattle somewhat. You can hold a quiet conversation next to it, but you can feel it at the same time.The complaining neighbour whinged about me giving it a blip one afternoon whilst trying to sort an exhaust blow, so after that I used to take a minute crawling up the road instead of 20 seconds quick blip'n'coast.He's not said a word to me since, but a couple of the other neighbours mentioned it to me that it shakes their houses a bit when it's idling. I explained why I don't give it a squirt any more and they find it amusing now they know the score.Running the P6 for a week earlier this month brought it all back for them (but a lot more quietly) and a few have giggled about it.

[VWPowered]

one of the reasons i moved to france was because i was sick of my cars getting trashed, people moaning about cars in bits on the drive, council come round moaning too..tell him/her/shehe to get a life...

[Station]

Never been moaned at fortunately in all those years when I lived in a nice area, however, my current chavvy neighbours are c*nts.

[ashmicro]

There used to be an oul bastard that lived opposite us about 15 years ago who moaned about everything. We had this HOOOGE lawnmower with a Pratt & Whitney engine that sounded like a rallycross car.The old git was hardly ever away from our door until one day my Dad had a fiendiesh idea. Said old fart across the road was having some sort of party/social thing, so my Dad got me to call up some of my biker mates to get them round.Result=half a dozen superbikes revving their cylinder heads off, a MK2 RS2000 with a single-box pipe, me running a chainsaw and my father roaring up and down the front lawn with Satan's mower.The local kids loved it, and we never heard from Mr Grumpybollocks again.

[Pillock]

He even keeps laying chickens in his garden,

Dirty perv! Get the police onto him!

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

To be honest, I hate noisy neighbours be it a barking dog or a noisy exhaust. 10 secs of Zode blippage would be quite pleasant, but the gormless cockwipe in our street and his yellow Seat with the noisy booming drainpipe zorst, his halfwit dad with an Evo 8 plus the ginger twat down the road and his non turbo Chavpreza and blaring zorst piss me off.Maybe I'm an old fart, but I just wouldn't have a car with a noisy exhaust - there's no need for it.

[FredTransit]

Was out having a mild panic with a merc the other week. It wasn't overhanging the next door drive, but when the drink of water next door came home in his plastic German mini, he said we should move it. Now, as I had just mixed some plod for the wheel arch, I said I was busy and would move it soon. So he went and turned round, and got in his drive anyway. He then proceeded to tell us we were a pair of selfish bastards (er didn't he just get in his drive??), so I told him to go away as I was busy! Literally. I am not being sarcastic, or talking in euphemisms, I then got back to me plod before it went off. He then proceeded to come back out and take pictures (without my permission might I add) so I returned the favour and took pics clearly showing the merc and his car on the drive. TBH I just didn't have the time to have a ruck, he's a childish spoilt brat who lives with mummy, and I knew if I had started on him I might not have known when to stop! Anyway the merc wasn't taxed and was sat on the road on trades, so didn't want that fact looking at.....

[ayd]

oh the complaints I used to get over my 5 turbo in Chesire...they didn't like it, the little G reg red box with side exit zorts and dump valve was the stir of the local community.....posh twats.On the flip side where I now live is a tiny community and the lad at the end of the road likes his bikes....he knocked on the other week around 7pmish and said ' my choppers misfiring and I need to sort it but wanted to check what time your son went to bed so I didn't disturb him as it makes quite a racket'Which was nice of him

[Richard]

I posted about it at the time but our neighbour came bounding out one day to chastise me for parking in front of his house. It was the first time I'd done it and the van had been there for three hours at most. His car was parked in his driveway so it wasn't that either, he was just being a twat.I did consider complaining to him about the tractor-like noise his (new!) diesel Astra made, or telling him that I find his Lego Civic offensive- which I do.Instead I content myself with knowing the twat paid over £11k more than we did for an identical house and he must now be in massive negative equity.

[FredTransit]

i love the way some people think you shouldn't park outside their house, even though1, they don't own the house, let alone the bit of road outside it2, they don't have a car3, they have a car but park it next door but one cos they are crap at getting onto their own property (I kid you not about the last one, see my mini rant about the drink of water next door, it's his Mother, so we all know where he gets his driving skilz from....

[danthecapriman]

At our old house I was doing a bit of tinkering with my capri, adjusting a new carb. It was the middle of the day so not at unsociable hours. It did make a bit of smoke for a few mins and a bit of engine noise but nothing excessive.Next thing I know the lady next door came over and told me the old bag on the other side of our house had phoned her about me and asked her to ask me to stop it or she'd phone the police!Some people are unbeleivable! If youve got a problem at least come over yourself and talk to me about it!I didnt stop and finished the job (not breaking the law!) and there was no sign of the police!Thank god we moved, neighbours now are much more understanding.

[mattblack]

My next door neighbour has 350 ci Z/28 Camaro with straight pipes, and a Humber Super Snipe covered in shite in his garage, so no problem there... but the woman over the road has never been the same since I demolished her garden wall with an enginless Ford Corsair...

[HillmanImp]

Anyway the merc wasn't taxed and was sat on the road on trades, so didn't want that fact looking at.....

Had this problem once. Someone from the old folks home next door had parked outside my hose so i parked across the road. 10 minutes later the fat git over the road with his chavvy daughter and her drug dealing boyfriend was banking on the door telling me to get me fucking car moved. Politely explained to him, that the car was parked on a road and i was allowed to park there and that he had a very bad attitude and that he should go and find someone who cared. Feeling like i had the upper hand here i was walking away when he said 'This car would look better taxed wouldn't it'.Bollocks, forgot about that. Had the police round the next morning asking why my car was not taxed. Coincidence? I doubt it.

[FredTransit]

My next door neighbour has 350 ci Z/28 Camaro with straight pipes, and a Humber Super Snipe covered in shite in his garage, so no problem there... but the woman over the road has never been the same since I demolished her garden wall with an enginless Ford Corsair...

What did you do? Release if off a beavertail at it?

[mattblack]

My next door neighbour has 350 ci Z/28 Camaro with straight pipes, and a Humber Super Snipe covered in shite in his garage, so no problem there... but the woman over the road has never been the same since I demolished her garden wall with an enginless Ford Corsair...

What did you do? Release if off a beavertail at it?

Not quite... said Corsair had been in a garage for 9 years before I bought it for £70, and the engine was in bits in the boot. I had for a few months before deciding to move it on. Chap turns up with a trailer, and we decide to roll it off my (sloping) drive onto the trailer. Now bear in mind after 9 years off the road the footbrake was U/S, and the rear brake adjusters had been backed off to release the stuck brakes, so the handbrake didn't work either. You'd be suprised how much speed a rolling Corsair picks up, especialy after it bounces of a Mini parked 2 doors away...

[FredTransit]

As soon as you said sloping drive I had a mental picture of it!

[Dukestar25]

When I lived at my mum's, the neighbour with whom we share the drive had allowed one of her friends to park her car right in the middle of the driveway space, meaning I couldn't get my car on my half of the drive.Well, my answer was to park across the driveway, blocking the other car's exit while I went in for my dinner. After half an hour, car owner came around and told me to shift my car to which I replied 'I'm having my tea I'll move it in a few minutes'. I then went for a shower and watched some telly and so kept the old bag waiting another hour On her next visit, she miracalously managed to park on the neighbours half of the drive... Selfish old giffer!

[FredTransit]

Was in today, and saw some bloke in a floro vest taking pics of me untaxed (sorned, on private land) granada. After last week's little escapade I shot outside, as he was getting into his plastic vauxhall van, and challenged him. Turned out he was from the council and was responding to a report that we had untaxed vehicles up and down the street (no we hadn't). However, it turned out he was a classic car fan, and once had a 1600E that was written off by a drunk driver. So, we had a nice chat about cars and the fact the bullion van had been on TV, and he said he would be responding to the report that it was unfounded. Just as well he wasn't about at the week end, when I was roller painting our 22ft luton in the street, leaving it on the street with no lights on it When he was gone I proceeded to get the sander out, and sorted some of the rust on me LWB in time for her Ashes to Ashes shoot on Wednesday

[Steve_RS]

My brother has this problem where he's recently moved to.He's into his 'off-road' cars (mainly pajero's) and he recently did up a J-Reg SWB with a 2" body lift, and a bit of suspension work, grinding welding etc... took him 2-3 weeks on and off, but it's a nice looking 4x4 now.He had a letter in the first week, from t'ut council. Saying the kids were noisy and shouting /screaming was heard from his property. Could he keep the noise down... yus - the kids mentioned were disciplined to not make noise whilst outside. (Bear in mind - kids are kids - they do make noise in general - but they're in bed by 8pm, too.)Last week he received another letter, from t'ut council again. Arranging a meeting at his house (during working hours) to discuss the nuisance occurred to 'the street' from 'his house'. With mention of an ASBO in the letter.Nuisance? the only thing he can think of is 1 hour max (saturday afternoon - 2pm) of grinding off some bumper brackets and re-welding them 2" higher??? Prob took 5 mins to actually make noise and grind em off. Then fecked about with a pidgeon-shitty welder gettin em to look tidy.The meeting is on Monday - cant wait to see who's been complaining and about what.Hes under the impression its the old-bag in the house oppsite a set of garages next door to his house. She consistently moans at my bro if he, or anybody parks in the garages-area. Thus she will be receiving some M12 steel nuts on her lawn for the next time she tries to cut it. Steel tacks on the floor outside her garage where she parks 'the favorit' . She will also be receiving a heavily used toilet tissue in a jiffy bag - thru the post, if it turns out to be her. Sick but effective.Find something better to do, you moaning old get.