...I don\'t think they like the car! :( I seem to be getting some looks of disgust! haha
jealousy ?
yeah owning a rx7 n keepin the neighbours happy is a no no..lol.. especialy when you tick over few 5 mins to warm up n 2 fer the turbo timer to cool it down :D
Maybe, maybe. I had someone staring out the window at me this morning when I was just letting it run before I switched it off. (Nothing else better to do)
They better get used to it :D
I gave my neighbours a 5:45am wake up call yesterday, sure they loved it lol
Well I\'m taking my boyfriend to work every morning at the moment around 5.00 am (Aren\'t I nice)!! Ah well...like you say, they better get used to it.
lol i work nighs so i use to pull up at 5.00 am every morning they didnt like it .. and then in the summer when i went to some cruise\'s i use to invite a load back to mine at about 2 in the morning for a after party can you imagine about 8 cars ranging from rx7s , m3\'s and 200sx\'s all with loud exhausts pulling up at that time doing a 5 min cool down it wasnt good .. sounded great
For those who know how loud my rx is will understand if the neighbours complained, so far though they have been cool as i\'ve allsorts of daft cars with daft exhausts. :spank
Ian knows what i mean :eek:
My car is fitted with an Apexi PS Revolution exhaust, apparently ultra stealth quiet at idle or when tootling around town, but when you boot it a baffle opens up and all hell breaks loose. Anyone got this exhaust?
I always amuse neighbour, i have a shared driveway unfortunately
he thought that 18 bikes on the one side of driveway was a bit excessive last week :D
Wasnt very loud, all turning up at once :D
Got a retired couple either side of me. As you can imagine it aint great for parties, and it aint great for the car.
When I start her the curtains twitch, everytime.
Cleared some space outside the front of the house the other day and metioned to the lot on the other side I could fit at least two more cars outside the house, not impressed! Where\'s the sense of humour!
Suppose with four cars to one house it may look odd, but they are on my land!!!
Chris :)
Haha! fun fun. I love the noise mine makes anyway so I ain\'t changing it!
Quote from: gsb876Ian knows what i mean :eek:
:yes :Giggle
Mind you, my ears are still ringing from a 3 hour trip in the missus\' Civic yesterday! It\'s that constant drone at motorway speeds that gets you...
Miserable retired fekkers! Go do some volentry work to get rid of that wasted energy! :Giggle
I had a neighbour once that said to me " When you run your car on the drive,my ornaments on the mantlepiece move around"! Their house was 10 metres away from mine..........:bandit
Live in the country and nobody hears or sees you.........:D
I had this conversation (well not really a conversation ... more of a grunt (prat) ) with my neighbor tonight Him "thats loud" Me: "Pardon" Him "THATS LOUD" Me "Eh" Him "Whatever" and walks off LoL he deserves it
Unfortunatly i had to educate the old funker on the other side of the street on his age and that he aint no rocky anymore, also reminded him that if he was 15 years younger i would have sat him on his @rse with a mild concusion :)
Rest of the naighbours are cool with it as the only unsocial hour i start it up is 8am on sat morning, rest of the time i drive £300 worth on deisel fiesta :D
He just he seems to poke his unwanted nose in everything unfortunatly.
Quote from: MikeLMRI had this conversation (well not really a conversation ... more of a grunt (prat) ) with my neighbor tonight Him "thats loud" Me: "Pardon" Him "THATS LOUD" Me "Eh" Him "Whatever" and walks off LoL he deserves it
haha sweet :)
Just got me new neighbor on friday, tret them to a nice 8am saterday alarm :)
What confuses people is when a greybeard(me) makes more noise than them......:cool :evillaugh
Quote from: oldoneWhat confuses people is when a greybeard(me) makes more noise than them......:cool :evillaugh
How could you.
You should be ashamed of yourself :Giggle
Join the club!!:rollin My neighbours detest my car when i start her up! Had three FD\'s outside my house the other saturday night all idling away before we went to pick on the chav\'s in town:evillaugh The next door busy body came out and shouted "enough is enough,stop your engines" So i went over and politely reminded her i can switch my car off at any given point,shame YOU can\'t shut your f&cking dog up at any time!!
She put her nose in the air and walked back inside her house. So we stayed there just a little longer to prove the point!:evillaugh
Quote from: steve garbuttHow could you.
You should be ashamed of yourself :Giggle
Easy........:D ..Like another neighbour said too me years ago " Im going to phone the POLICE if you dont quieten down" I answered " I am the POLICE" !..:bandit
Quote from: gsb876For those who know how loud my rx is will understand if the neighbours complained, so far though they have been cool as i\'ve allsorts of daft cars with daft exhausts. :spank
Ian knows what i mean :eek:
Your cars just silly, i mean....excessively silly!!!!! :eek:
Quote from: gsb876For those who know how loud my rx is will understand if the neighbours complained, so far though they have been cool as i\'ve allsorts of daft cars with daft exhausts. :spank
Ian knows what i mean :eek:
Cos you\'re a lil bigger than them......and your dog is bigger than theirs......and you\'re.......... :D :wave :bandit
Had a complaint today i say **** them personaly i have had enough of complaints **** of and get a life moaning basterds
sorry if that was harsh just had alot of complaints and its getting to me lol
im the same and starting to get some looks by the neighbours! i work shift work days and nights - dont think they like me at 3am going home for 1 1/2 and warming up and cooling down at Lunch (if you can call it that at that time) and then again at 6am when i finish! ive only ever had looks in normal times so hopefuly its not becasue they\'ve heard me at 3am - double glasing should sort that!
S happens!! buy some ear plugs if its that bad for ya!!!
From reading these posts one could argue that this attitude is one of the reasons the UK sucks - I\'m doing my thing if you don\'t like it tough.
Do you really think it\'s fair to make as much noise, be it from a car, house stero, party etc and stick two finger up to who ever might not share your tastes saying I\'m OK stuff you.
Just another viewpoint that\'s all.
Quote from: oldoneCos you\'re a lil bigger than them......and your dog is bigger than theirs......and you\'re.......... :D :wave :bandit
HA HA,
No seriously when the RX arrived i told both neighbours i\'m really sorry as i didn\'t realise it was so loud until i bought it, the idea is to get a more silent exhaust on soonish so they were cool with it, and honestly so far have not complained.
Nothing to do with Zeus or me my old matey :D
Quote from: johnfFrom reading these posts one could argue that this attitude is one of the reasons the UK sucks - I\'m doing my thing if you don\'t like it tough.
Do you really think it\'s fair to make as much noise, be it from a car, house stero, party etc and stick two finger up to who ever might not share your tastes saying I\'m OK stuff you.
Just another viewpoint that\'s all.
Also a very valid point, you have to see it from points of view peeps :cool
Quote from: johnfFrom reading these posts one could argue that this attitude is one of the reasons the UK sucks - I\'m doing my thing if you don\'t like it tough.
Do you really think it\'s fair to make as much noise, be it from a car, house stero, party etc and stick two finger up to who ever might not share your tastes saying I\'m OK stuff you.
Just another viewpoint that\'s all.
I agree too. I don\'t like it when my neighbour\'s spoilt brat is screaming, neither do i like having to pick their cat **** off my garden daily (they have 3 cats...any need?) but i don\'t want to make myself a bad neighbour. If you drive carefully the last few miles home there is no need to idle the car for 5 mins outside. All you can do is just be reasonable and if they still don\'t like it, tough I guess. I know there is no pleasing some people.
I wonder if people would feel the same if it was a Ferrari or a classic car of some description?
I certainly agree about being considerate to your neighbours, I really don\'t like it if they\'re being noisy when I\'m trying to sleep! (Not that they ever are in fairness).
my garage is nearer my 2 neighbours than it is mine so the missues is happy with the noise not really asked the neighbours i have a roller garage door so i just shut her down about 2 foot of the floor and let it warm up there sure it sounds even louder in the garage but hay sounds better then there baby crying (which usually follows!!!)
think its give a take really, i didnt complain when they had a extension and my car was constatly covered in dust even in the garage (not that i was happy about it)
Mark
The only complaint i have had so far is from a neighbours 5 year old. He came out of his house with his mum and said "Your car is loud. We don\'t like loud cars around here!". The mum quickly ushered him away.
My neighbors are used to it, me and the Mrs Both have Ducatis lol
Bloke 2 doors down has a V8 powered VW Beetle Drag car as well
Sundays can be a bit loud if we both having a tinkering moment lol
Quote from: shogun no 1The only complaint i have had so far is from a neighbours 5 year old. He came out of his house with his mum and said "Your car is loud. We don\'t like loud cars around here!". The mum quickly ushered him away.
:Nono! :Giggle LOL
Quote from: johnfFrom reading these posts one could argue that this attitude is one of the reasons the UK sucks - I\'m doing my thing if you don\'t like it tough.
Do you really think it\'s fair to make as much noise, be it from a car, house stero, party etc and stick two finger up to who ever might not share your tastes saying I\'m OK stuff you.
Just another viewpoint that\'s all.
I\'m with johnf completly. For the first time since joining MRC from the old Mazda RX7 club, I\'m wondering what sort of people I\'m sharing the forum with. You all seem to help each other with information and advice yet you seem to be behaving with complete disregard for anyone else who wants to live in peaceful surroundings.
I think there are obviously two sides to this, and people are jumping to conclusions. The RX7 whichever way you look at it is a fairly loud car. As long as your not revving the tits off it at 3am then people can\'t really say much, as there is little you can do about it. If your a responsible driver and not a mindless idiot and your neighbours still complain, the reality of it is, it really is tough sh*t.
Quote from: johnfFrom reading these posts one could argue that this attitude is one of the reasons the UK sucks - I\'m doing my thing if you don\'t like it tough.
Do you really think it\'s fair to make as much noise, be it from a car, house stero, party etc and stick two finger up to who ever might not share your tastes saying I\'m OK stuff you.
Just another viewpoint that\'s all.
I couldn\'t agree more, the fact that people leave their car running in their driveways in a vague attempt to warm up or cool down before or after a run are ignorant of the benefits they think it achieves, and obviously have a complete disregard for others!
After 7+ years of FD ownership this is a sad attitude to see and another reason why these fantastic cars are depreciating so badly with people associating Jap cars with the chav culture and attitude of stuff everyone else
On a technical front, most of the issues that arise on FD\'s (baked solenoids, vac pipes and wiring) are from prolonged under bonnet heat soak, (sat in traffic or driveways with the engine running) the best way to cool a car is to drive conservatively for a few minutes after driving hard, the heat rejection at even fairly low speeds far exceeds that of a pair of electric fans! the airflow you get while driving gives additional cooling around the turbo\'s, inlet and block, as well as cooling intake temps through the intercooler all of which cannot be achieved by a pair of small rad mounted fans.
The engine was designed for a production car, there is no need to sit in your driveway allowing it to warm up, a gentle drive to get things up to operating temp before ‘booting it\' is more than sufficient!
Quote from: chrisI couldn\'t agree more, the fact that people leave their car running in their driveways in a vague attempt to warm up or cool down before or after a run are ignorant of the benefits they think it achieves, and obviously have a complete disregard for others!
After 7+ years of FD ownership this is a sad attitude to see and another reason why these fantastic cars are depreciating so badly with people associating Jap cars with the chav culture and attitude of stuff everyone else
On a technical front, most of the issues that arise on FD\'s (baked solenoids, vac pipes and wiring) are from prolonged under bonnet heat soak, (sat in traffic or driveways with the engine running) the best way to cool a car is to drive conservatively for a few minutes after driving hard, the heat rejection at even fairly low speeds far exceeds that of a pair of electric fans! the airflow you get while driving gives additional cooling around the turbo\'s, inlet and block, as well as cooling intake temps through the intercooler all of which cannot be achieved by a pair of small rad mounted fans.
The engine was designed for a production car, there is no need to sit in your driveway allowing it to warm up, a gentle drive to get things up to operating temp before ‘booting it\' is more than sufficient!
I totally agree.
This is nice, I half expected to get flamed for beeing a grumpy old man [again]
Quote from: johnfThis is nice, I half expected to get flamed for beeing a grumpy old man [again]
Tis true you are grumpy, but very correct! With age comes wisdom lol :D
Quote from: FEED RocketTis true you are grumpy, but very correct! With age comes wisdom lol :D
In John\'s case with age comes more grumpyness :rollin :rollin :rollin
my FD hasnt run for 2 years but i still get complaints from one of my neighbours basically because he has nothing better to do than look out his cutrains all day. i dont upset anyone else on the estate and i have asked a few of them.
In John\'s case with age comes more grumpyness
I\'m too old to think of a quick reply Gurj - I\'ll get back to you in a week or two, is grumpyness a word anyway?
Quote from: johnfIn John\'s case with age comes more grumpyness
I\'m too old to think of a quick reply Gurj - I\'ll get back to you in a week or two, is grumpyness a word anyway?
It is now lol :)
Quote from: johnfIn John\'s case with age comes more grumpyness
I\'m too old to think of a quick reply Gurj - I\'ll get back to you in a week or two, is grumpyness a word anyway?
Not sure really if its a word, was thinking that when i typed it :3Confused
New word for the day me thinks ?? :Thumbs-up
See you Sunday if you\'re coming me mate :WaveBye
Just cant believe you \'old farts\'.......tut tut tut......\'brownie\' points for all of you.........:spank Never mind,the retirement village will be quieter.....:wiggle zimmers dont make a noise when you park them......:Thumbs-up :bandit
Ive never had a complaint on my street, but I never really sit with it running. The other half told me there isnt really any need as long as you drive it "normally" for a few mins if you have been giving it some on the rd.
What has happened though is my landlord lives across the road from me, and not long after I bought the car the lease on my house was due for renewal.. so he stuck the rent up by about an extra £50 a month. Cheeky sod, must think Im loaded or something now :Laugh.
Oh and I did by accident cover someone with the "steam"and stuff out the exhaust. it was a very cold morning and they were walking past the car as I started it up.. oops. i just forgot daft cow I am! :Laugh
Quote from: johnfThis is nice, I half expected to get flamed for beeing a grumpy old man [again]
Concider it done!!:flamed
Thanks Pete, you know us old ones need help keeping warm.
Quote from: johnfThanks Pete, you know us old ones need help keeping warm.
Best get your thermals out John its almost winter!!:D
my neighbour treated to "burn my ****ing car out and kill me" lmao. along with alot of other very not nice things. got it all on video and have a restraining order on him now lol. cant enter are land muahahaha. stupid owld cumt. still stares me out every time i driv by him. give him a wave and a flash lol. never waves back tho:Hammer
Contrary to popular belief, the FD is not a noisy car.
It\'s the aftermarket filters & exhausts that are noisy!
My FD is bearly louder than your average car on the road.
My neighbours are always asking me why I wait for a couple of minutes after starting it up and before I shut it down
I tell them its for the turbos, but if they want to chip in a couple of grand for a new set I\'ll happily shut it off immediately. They don\'t say much of that.
Besides if they want me to change my car I\'ll swap it for my Dad\'s 4.6 Litre V8 Cobra replica, THAT is a loud car...I think they\'d love it at 6:30am
I live in a block of 52 flats the complaints allways come from the same flat which is on the third floor I dont have a stick my fingers up and do what I want attitude some people are impossible and in my opinion if they have a real problem with noise you should not live in london on a high street if someone complains then do your best to compromise but if after you have done everything you can to please them and they still complain then I say **** them
I have the nosiest neighbour in the world above me. Whenever I leave the house, let alone start the car she\'s out at the window.
I also had some neighbours shouting at me from their bedroom window the other week. In all fairness though, it was 11pm. But c\'mon, I had just got it started after puting my new engine in! lol
I spoke to a policeman friend of mine after my neighbour said she was going to call the police.
He said if your car is as loud as it was when it came off the production line then they can\'t do anything and neither can the neighbour.
But if it has been modified and \'made\' louder they can take it further.
My advice keep them sweet as you can.
You guys are living in the wrong areas then!!! A mate of mine had an excessivly loud mini..... he had her off the road for about 3 months, & when he fired her up again & started revingit on the drive his 78 year old neighbour toddled out & shouted was that themini I just heard running???? sounded awsome!!!
I\'ve got a curtain twitcher living next to me, but she is a diamond...... always waves & smiles..... but probably thinking thank god that noisy git has gone for a few hours...... then I come home & pull out the grinder @ 10pm!!!
Jono
i used to daily my FD a while back and my neighbours used my car as an alarm clock! Lots of families and old people where i live there a lot of posh snotty types here too. i swear down im like the fresh prince of Bessacarr! lol
the guy right opposite me had a go at me once for it. I spoke to him and apologised told him if i didnt warm it up it would pop and bang lots and i said most people are outta bed by 8am anyway!
Then a week later his son rocks up and walks over - big lad!!! i thought there was gonna be some trouble but in fact he had made the effort to come down and he wanted a look, then he showed me his car and he had spent thousands on a huge ICE install. he cranked it up MUCH louder than the FD!!!
i seldom drive the fd compared to how much i used to these days as i got myself a cute little polo to bomb about in and the neighbourhood is much quieter.
shame you lot have some ****** neighbours, be careful there might be sugar in your tank if you are a ****** back too many times.
heres an idea!!
maybe we should have a group buy on some of those active exhaust silencers???
heres a link to what im talking about btw
http://www.racinglab.com/apexi-sc-155-a025.html
Quote from: TURBOIINUTTAHheres an idea!!
maybe we should have a group buy on some of those active exhaust silencers???
heres a link to what im talking about btw
http://www.racinglab.com/apexi-sc-155-a025.html (http://www.racinglab.com/apexi-sc-155-a025.html)
Apex\'i also do the PS Revolution exhuast. Quiet as a mouse when running idle but when you boot it, it opens up and is well, pretty damn loud!
It\'s not that I don\'t have any respect for other people etc, but both mine and the boyfriends every-day cars are not useable at the moment, so we\'ve got no choice but to use the RX for now. Obviously for going to work and back we would usually be using those!
Had a note on my car this morning asking not to let it idle every morning as it keeps waking "them" up (whoever them is). If I had the choice I would switch it off straight away.
So do you guys think that if I\'m careful just before I get home I won\'t have to wait a few minutes after I\'ve pulled up? Is that what you do?
Just don\'t drive on boost the last few miles and as soon as you get to your house you can switch the engine off.
Quote from: AlisonIt\'s not that I don\'t have any respect for other people etc, but both mine and the boyfriends every-day cars are not useable at the moment, so we\'ve got no choice but to use the RX for now. Obviously for going to work and back we would usually be using those!
Had a note on my car this morning asking not to let it idle every morning as it keeps waking "them" up (whoever them is). If I had the choice I would switch it off straight away.
So do you guys think that if I\'m careful just before I get home I won\'t have to wait a few minutes after I\'ve pulled up? Is that what you do?
There is absolutely no need to leave your car running to cool down, just drive carefully for a couple of miles before you get home.
This belief that any car needs to sit and run on your drive is rubbish, you are doing more harm than good to your engine!
The original reason for leaving cars running is derived from the race/rally scene, where you have a red hot glowing turbo from the race, if you turn the engine off, the oil which is sat in the turbo, boils, this then leaves carbon deposits within the lubrication section of the turbo, eventually blocking the oil galleries, starving the bearings of oil and destroying the turbo.
This was the idea and hence name of a ‘turbo timer’, unless you are running at full boost, to the point you arrive at your doorstep, this is not required (if you are you are causing a lot of other issues due to mass heat rejection required)
I hope this helps clear this urban myth
Quote from: chrisThere is absolutely no need to leave your car running to cool down, just drive carefully for a couple of miles before you get home.
This belief that any car needs to sit and run on your drive is rubbish, you are doing more harm than good to your engine!
The original reason for leaving cars running is derived from the race/rally scene, where you have a red hot glowing turbo from the race, if you turn the engine off, the oil which is sat in the turbo, boils, this then leaves carbon deposits within the lubrication section of the turbo, eventually blocking the oil galleries, starving the bearings of oil and destroying the turbo.
This was the idea and hence name of a ‘turbo timer’, unless you are running at full boost, to the point you arrive at your doorstep, this is not required (if you are you are causing a lot of other issues due to mass heat rejection required)
I hope this helps clear this urban myth
Oki doki, thankyou! - You learn something everything day!. :)
Me too, my car is very loud too (single turbo rex\'s are never quiet) but I dont leave it on the drive ticking over ever, just get in and drive gently from cold, and drive the last mile of the journey in a high gear with very little throttle.
I actually put the air con on for the last mile of the journey too as it get the water temps down to below 80 degrees, cant hurt.
Have some sympathy guys.
We enjoy our cars, but at the same time they shouldn\'t annoy everyone else.