Moaning Neighbour !!!!!!

[shaunwil]

I\'ve just had a bit of a barney with next door over the mass of fumes coming from my rx7 that he says im gassing him with. I only use it three times a week at most and usually give it max 2mins warm up and 2 mins cool down outside my house. It is on the driveway of the house about 20ft from next door. I usually don\'t rev it pass 2k until the water temp is upto about 75-80 deg. I then let it tick over for the last 5mins before home again not reving it over 2k.

I do think im considerate, i try my best not to spend too long outside my house. More due to the noise, they can\'t even stand people getting in the car in the morning to get to work because of the noise form the door shutting. Hell its not even my daily drive and haven\'t done any miles in it in the past 2 months because of the weather

Its just had a pfc fitted and needs to be tuned. It ticks over about 1500 rpm to warm up and barble very nicely. Its basically completely standard bar the pfc, upgraded intake and exhaust. Hell i think i still have the downpipe cat on the car !

Is it me in the wrong (am i gassing him ??) or is he a moany old git with nothing to do but moan ?

As you may tell we don\'t talk very much and he wants to raise the fence to 6ft to blot us out of his view, so the fued may continue with very little said.

Has anybody else had the same problem and will a full tune of the pfc help any ? I\'m going to hopefully have it done anyway in jan / feb.

Like he said there nothing that i can do to improve the matter. Which is very true because there isn\'t !

Has anybody else been moaned at because of this or is it just him being an arse

Right rant over with, carry on regardless.

Shaun

[rx7veilside]

must admit i dnt use mine much but i try not to leave it ticking over outside the house due noise as they can be a bit annoying..as a rule it is better not to leave it ticking over when cold anyway just get in and drive and on return u only need to drive off boost for last five minutes before u reach home no real need for leaving it ticking over at home

[petemillis]

I\'ve been moaned at before but more for noise rather than smoke, and it wasn\'t where I live now. I\'ve usually got 4 cars down my drive and one in the road and never have a single complaint. My neighbour though has a school minibus and 2 cars parked in the road and one car parked in the drive that can actually hold 4 like mine!
If I were you I\'d let him increase the fence height if that\'s what he wants. I\'d also remove the cat from the car and run a hosepipe from the exhaust through to the airbrick in his bedroom wall.......................well...maybe not......

[Rotorboy65]

Tell him too stick his opinions right up his arse!!!. As RX7 owners we have a god given right too cause as much noise and smoke as we like:) . We also rule the roads and motorways so get out of the third lane all you BMW boyz and move over for some proper cars too cruise on by.
And it\'s about time the government realised how special all RX7\'S and their owners are and raised the speed limit just for us too at least 120mph on the motrways;) .
Sounds like your neighbour is abit of a curtain twitkher got a couple over the road from me very sad people, they drive Ford\'s and one\'s an XR3i cabriolet :rollin
Maybe we could have the next Rotorstck meet in your road Shaun that will get him going big time.
As regards you letting your car idle before and after driving keep on doing it mate, I do it all the time, unless he\'s willing to pay for an engine or turbo rebuild then sod him.
I would suggest an even higher fence so at least you don\'t have too even look at him;) .
Keep up the good work mate.......best regards Leigh.

[travellinbob]

Buddy , I do feel for you on this kind of dispute. I had a similar thing occur to myself with a 13b turbo 1300 coupe in oz. But gratefully we could sit down and talk about it.  As far as I am aware as long as your car can pass an mot emmissions tset and isnt pumping out too much over 100decibles then it comes down to whether or not you are being considerate. And from the sound of it you do seem to be. He does seem to be a bit of a miserable git and I reckon the only thing you might be able to do to placate him is possibly idle the car out of the drive and warm it up very gradually on the road.
 Good luck with it anyway. Not the nicest situation when you dont get on with a neighbour.
  cheers, michael.

[gsb876]

I\'m quite lucky it seems, when i got to work at 530am the car usually idles for 5 mins before i leave and it is quite noisey. But i have explained to both sides its a high performance car and will make alittle more noise than a average motor like:o

But they\'ve never complained and the lady nx door works with me and has never said ought???

Now that i\'ve said this will prob get a complaint:rollin :rollin :rollin

[Trevrx]

Oh well you cant please everybody ,  sounds like he\'ll moan no matter what car you have or what you do,  and it\'s your prerogative to warm the car up how you like and where you like!  You\'re not doing anything unreasonable.

Btw, I thought it was bad for engines to be left idleing when cold, better to start and drive off straight away (not harshly obviously) to warm up.  Or does that not apply to Rotarys, anyone know?

[shaunwil]

Its more frustrating really. We never talk and if somebody leaves their car on the front he\'ll move his car on the front so nobody can park in front of his house. I usually try and let it at least get to 15-20deg on the pfc before i move, which isn\'t very long. I can spend 10 mins trundling along at 25 mph just warming it up.

Its quite funny that usually they moan about the noise we make, gassing is a new thing. Hell i haven\'t even used a full tank of fuel in the past 6 weeks, which is really good for the bank balance.

I argued that he didn\'t even know what engine it was, let alone what he was on about. When i said it was wankel when he said it needed tuning. He said it was one of the most effiecient engines. That made me laugh !

I think i am really considerate, i only spend 2 mins at most warming up and cooling down at most 3 times a week. What else can i do !

I did say that if he wanted to go halves on an engine rebuild when i needed one next month because he wanted me to set straight off made him cross

I couldn\'t argue about the tuning bit, it does need it. But more due to the fact i\'ve just stuck the pfc on it about 6 weeks ago.

Its quite funny to think what he may have said if it was bridgeported with a single turbo ! Which i would love to own.

Im just trying to keep it in good order, ready for more mods. Its a better car than my fto, which was decatted and loud as hell. Plus that was a daily runner.

I think he was just making excuses to raise the fence and hey i don\'t really care. As he said im very inconsiderate because theres nothing i can do about it, which basically is true no matter what i want, i\'m not swapping my rx7 for anything. Wonder what he would have said if i\'d bought a skyline or supra as a daily driver.

Its such a shame. I live in a really quiet street where everybody gets along bar him. I am known for playing with my cars, but its better than drink and drugs. God help him if a chav lived next door.

Right rant over with, at the time of good will to all men, lol.

Everyone have a good new year, im having a quiet one watching the darts with a beer in hand

[shaunwil]

At least all i\'ll get is the evils for the next 12 months, he won\'t complain again until he feels im off guard ! Or i\'ll just ignore him.

He used to moan about my AXGT, but it wasn\'t quiet. It never got reved out of the drive, the stereo was never turned on until i left the street.

Hes just moaning for moaning sake, wish he could get a hobby and leave it alone !

Shaun

[johnf]

wish he could get a hobby and leave it alone

I\'m afraid YOU are in danger of becoming his hobby.............

[monkeyboy]

Stuff em..... life is too short to be bothered about people like that.

I guess you dont have music on late at night ect so enjoy your car

[shaunwil]

Nope on the music front and im rarely out after 11pm, and i used to have a 140db stereo in my ax !! Bar mascarat that usually ends in a past midnight adventure !

He\'ll just be cranky over the xmas week, stuff him. Im never really home in the week, always at work.

I\'ll just end up ignoring him again. 1st time we\'ve spoken in 4 years ! Roll on the bigger fence :rolleyes:

Shaun

[fly]

A neighbour 3 doors down from me and across the road complained to me about me starting my car up and leaving it idling for 10 minutes at 5am ONCE as i had a flight at 7, i couldn\'t believe he tried to have a go at me as his nextdoor neighbour drives a harley which makes a deafening noise at least 5-6 times a day, and another neighbours boyfriend who likes to sit outside waiting for his girlfriend with his 50000000" bass box causing earthquakes in wales...not to mention there building the largest shopping centre in europe behind my road.

People who complain about things like that usually have serious psychological problems, if things like everyday noises aggravate them so much then you\'ve got to wonder how they get through their life without killing someone.

[Gman]

Small Penis

[gsb876]

tell em to bolloxx !!!!! :rollin :rollin :rollin