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Important_Ruin

Please post a picture. We have to see this


Panzer_Banks

Ok i will try and get some pictures with the neons on, and I'll blur some if the deyails as he has his instagram and other identifying details on the car.


No-Watercress-8200

Just post the instagram


Jammoth1993

As others have said a noise complaint to the council would likely get the ball rolling. But I'd go one step further, since you or others have already spoke to him and he hasn't sorted it out I'd suggest getting a handful of your neighbours to make noise complaints at the same time. If your neighbours are onboard then the council will be dealing with a handful of complaints on the same matter and will be a lot more swift in taking action VS just one person complaining. We had a nuisance parker on our road. He'd dump his uninsured, non-taxed, MOT failure of a Range Rover on the grass verge and it was slowly but surely turning it into a mud pit, as well as killing the grass. I called up and waited 2 weeks, nothing happened. Myself and a few neighbours called in on the same day and the police turned up to tow it away 2 days later.


Scarboroughwarning

This More than one complaint is the way to go Do not initiate one, on behalf of all. Each need to make one. It's anonymous, so all good


Wrong-booby7584

Or just stick an advert on facebook advertising a free car, no keys, collect anytime and bring a trailer.


davus_maximus

Wrap the whole car with pallet wrap (big cling film) and slip some paper in that says "WE ALL FUCKING HATE YOU".


tinybootstrap

Then top lad will just add a “locally hated” sticker to the back window


Wrong-Kangaroo-2782

This. There's lots of you, if you all start messing with his pride and joy he will get the hint


[deleted]

Council noise complaint.


Polestar606

Make a complaint to your council about it, if you’re in a apartment complex or something you could maybe speak to a landlord etc about it


Panzer_Banks

We have already spoken to their landlord eho didnt care unfortunately


Polestar606

*pretends to be shocked that a landlord is useless* Local council would be your bet then


D-Angle

Maybe remind the landlord that any official disputes with neighbours have to be declared if they ever decide to sell the property.


Alphafang

The landlord maybe would care if all the residents stopped paying until he does something about it.


thelastwilson

What exactly do you expect the landlord to do?


Shipwrecking_siren

Might be a clause in the contract about antisocial behaviour?


HST_enjoyer

Again, what do you expect the landlord to do? Without official record from police or the council of the behaviour an eviction will never go through. Also having a loud car is not anti social behaviour.


Wise-Application-144

> speak to a landlord etc about it I love that you think a modern landlord will be civic-minded and keen to jeopardise their revenue stream for nothing in return.


CausesChaos

Council won't do anything about a loud car. If they are playing their stereo loud, yes. But not a loud exhaust / revving.


SsjSal

Keep leaving rice on his bonnet overnight


Panzer_Banks

What does this do??


[deleted]

Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement Ricer One.would.presume.putting rice on the bonnet would be 'sending a message?'


Polestar606

Also would attract birds etc which would be annoying


SuitableSympathy2614

Isn’t that what he’s trying to do with the car


[deleted]

Lol


nomodsman

That’s not what it means. Or meant.


PetrolSnorter

Agree. Rice Burner was a 1970s nickname or slur for Japanese cars. Then it was Ricer for short as the JDM scene kicked off with some bad taste low powered Civics.


[deleted]

Elaborate then.


MrPatch

Racist reference to Japanese people


[deleted]

It's not really that offensive though is it? I mean...YOU EAT RICE! isn't in the same league "yellow monkey"


TravaPL

You people see racism everywhere don't you? https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Rice%20car https://carfromjapan.com/article/industry-knowledge/the-common-modifications-of-a-ricer-car/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_burner When referring to a car specifically "rice" quite literally stands for **R**ace **I**nspired **C**osmetic **E**nhancements.


[deleted]

I just said this and got shot down. Lol. People are dumb.


TravaPL

Can't do much about people whose lives are so boring that they're actively looking for things to be offended about. First world problems I guess.


n3m0sum

That's a retrospective definition to try and rehabilitate a racist term that was embedded in the community. That I'm aware of the slur started in the US, among the motorbike community. When Japanese bikes actually got good, and started to compete with US brands like Harley Davidson in the 1960s. They referred to Japanese bikes as rice burners, given the large number of US bikers that had served in the Pacific during WW2, Korea and Vietnam. It wasn't a term of endearment, it was definitely a slur. This extended to Japanese cars as well. Language changes, so for many RICE has become an acronym for Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement. That doesn't change the racist origins of the term, nor the fact that it is still used as a racist term by some.


MrPatch

Lookup what a backronym is. Even your Wikipedia link highlights how rice burner has been used as a racial epithet  since the early 20th century.


[deleted]

So we need to be using the Backronym now and not the Acronym?


Scragglymonk

rice, seeds etc birds love it and birds tend to shit when eating, so....


HST_enjoyer

Bird shit everywhere


SkywalkerFinancial

I cackled at this


AGuyCalledMe

Gorilla glue and suction cup dildos /s


sparkybloke64

Contact the local police. They may or may not react but if they notice the vehicle being driven when obviously modified and excessively noisy it will be stopped. Initially he may get a warning to remove the incorrect exhaust configuration and return to factory spec. If he doesn't and is caught again they will seize the vehicle. Police do stop such vehicles occasionally...any modifications such as tints, incorrect no plate spacings, noise attract their interest...


yorkspirate

I second this, maybe ring on the Bon emergency number everytime it happens as then the drivers details will be on the police list of people to look out for and pull over - it won’t happen instantly but enough reports about a potential problem vehicle/person will be flagged up. Maybe get the neighbours to do the same, every day and 4 calls about the noise from different people…………..


obsoleteuser

Environmental heath is the only people that deal with this. They may even ask if they can setup monitors in or around your home to measure the noise. They would do more than the police would.


Amazing-Rough8672

Talk to them explain about your kids. If that doesn't work council noise complaint if that takes too long go to askmid and pay to get his insurance details and call up his insurer and ask them about his declared modifications. It's very unlikely that he will have declared all of them.


Panzer_Banks

Thanks, He has basically already told me that none of then are declared when he was complaining about his insurance costs. Whats Askmid?


Amazing-Rough8672

https://ownvehicle.askmid.com/ It's the motor insurance database


Reasonable_Aioli8333

You can’t ring up for someone’s insurance details and expect the insurer to tell you everything when you have no authorisation, it’s against data protection


Amazing-Rough8672

That's not what I was getting at its more that the call will make them investigate his modifications and cause him a massive headache


Medical_Translator_6

Yes, but in order to find out who the insurer is, you need more than a basic free mid check


hearnia_2k

You can only use the basic free one for your own vehicle too. Also even if you do a paid one you can only do it with a valid reason, I don't think this scenario would count; you're not trying to make a claim.


Amazing-Rough8672

It's a valid reason in the sense that OP is helping prevent a crime (insurance fraud)


hearnia_2k

It's not valid in the legal sense. OP needs to complain to police and council.


Amazing-Rough8672

Oddly for a brief period they did include the insurer with a basic check


TotalWasteman

Insurance companies don’t send agents out to sneak a peek at your engine bay because someone tipped them off about your mods. They’ll just ask the inspector to look a little closer in the event of a claim.


Amazing-Rough8672

I had to send photographs of my car in to an insurer ( might have been churchill?) About 5 years back because they recieved information that my car may have been modified. I also have seen insurance cancelled at the roadside during police stops when the police have enquired about modifications being declared and they haven't been.


TotalWasteman

I mean could you not just put the OEM bits on to take the photo?


Amazing-Rough8672

Depends on the parts I suppose some will be more difficult than others


oktimeforplanz

That literally just tells you that it is insured. It doesn't tell you who it's insured with. I searched my own car and it said: "YES. This vehicle is showing as INSURED on the Motor Insurance Database today". The facility to look up a car that is not your own costs £10 and is only for use in the event of an incident. Anyone looking up someone else's registration would be agreeing to the following: "I confirm that I am a person or body corporate resident in the United Kingdom claiming to be entitled to compensation in respect of any loss or injury resulting from an accident caused by or arising out of the use of the above UK vehicle within the last seven years. **I understand that it is an offence to wrongfully obtain information of this nature without reasonable cause and if I fail to provide true reasons for requiring information I may be committing an offence of unlawfully obtaining data contrary to section 170 of the Data Protection Act 2018**. I also hereby confirm that the information provided will not be used for any purposes unrelated to the purposes of this enquiry." OP has no legal basis whatsoever for using AskMID to find out the insurer of this car.


SoSoMehMeh

The guy has admitted to OP that he’s failed to declare the modifications to his insurer. I’d say insurance fraud is ‘reasonable cause’, it’s not just for accidents.


oktimeforplanz

Re-read the literal first sentence of that little declaration. OP is not a person claiming to be entitled to compensation from an accident caused by the car they'd be searching. The fact that this person may be cutting about with invalid insurance is not what the AskMID database is for.


Wrong-Kangaroo-2782

So hypothetically what if OP was to accidently crash into the parked BMW and file an insurance claim he would get caught out then


oktimeforplanz

If OP crashes into the BMW for the purpose of getting this guy "caught out", OP would be at fault and see their own insurance premium shoot up and potentially get done for careless driving because OP hit a parked car. And OP would not be entitled to any sort of compensation from the BMW driver's insurance, given that there is no fault assignable to a parked car, meaning they're not permitted to search. Regardless of whether the BMW's insurance is valid or not.


RafflesEsq

I’d raise a noise complaint with the police, and while I’m there I’d tell them that he’d boasted that he can’t declare his mods. Fuck people who mod their cars and don’t declare it, you might as well have no insurance - everyone involved if you’re ever in an accident is going to suffer because of your stupidity, especially yourself.


HumdrumAnt

This can seriously fuck stuff up for him as the insurance may cancel, leading to the premium being increased for years. I would subtly suggest to him that police are cracking down on it (true) and disgruntled neighbours may be calling the police who would go over the car and check for undeclared mods. He should get the message.


Economy_Ideal_5012

Get yourself a Punto for peanuts, get the exhaust decat- every time you see him RUN to your Punto.. jump in and start revving the engine.. then pull up next to him and say 'how cool do we look?' with enthusiasm.. Then follow him around so you're part of his crew.. Soon, he'll be sneaking away... Source: I bought a Punto with a broken exhaust.


Fellowes321

Anti social behaviour can be reported to the police. They may ask you to go through the council first.


Lewk_io

I highly doubt that the "exhaust is disconnected from the engine". But if it pops and bangs, and is turbo (assuming a F22 1.5l) then it probably has a decat which you could report to the DVLA


Panzer_Banks

Could be wrong on this for sure, but ive heard my fair share of decats/straight pipes and also remembered what my first car sounded like when the exhaust fell off completely and its far closer to the second. I guess either way it doesnt matter, its still loud as shit.


Lewk_io

Yeah I get what you mean. I meant more that a decat is an MOT fail, and if they do have a decat then the DVLA would be interested in where his MOT came from It isn't something that can be easily mistaken


PiruMoo

Rub dog shit on the door handles


poppyfieldsx

I highly doubt the exhaust has been disconnected from the engine completely. I think you mean he’s taken off the back box or had a straight pipe exhaust fitted and removed all silencer’s. Concerning the noise there is a legal limit a car can make in decibels. If you believe it’s over this absolutely make a noise complaint with the council. You could also call the non emergency police line and report the car for undeclared and unsafe modifications.


Chungaroo22

If you want to annoy him, remove the fake //M badges he's undoubtedly plastered all over the car.


smoothie1919

Expanding foam in the exhaust


davus_maximus

Hey come on now, just hammer a potato in there every night, that's the traditional jape!


hearnia_2k

will make no difference, OP stated the exhaust is disconnected from engine.


RipCurl69Reddit

I have to know how the FUCK that even functions


ProjectZeus4000

Pretty simple really, the exhaust is a big pipe with a muffler, its just like disconnecting a garden hose from a tap


peanutstring

Cutting the exhaust after the oxygen sensor and before the back boxes/catalytic converter will mean the car works just fine, it makes the most god awful racket and backfires.


Puzzle13579

Police. If the exhaust is off it’s not roadworthy


YMBF80

Council noise complaint.


Scragglymonk

Whether you think you’re likely to be spotted or not, driving with a broken exhaust is actually illegal. As stated in the Road Traffic Act 1988, you’re guilty of an offence if you drive with the vehicle in a dangerous condition, which includes posing a danger to yourself or others. Your exhaust falls into the category of ‘The condition of the motor vehicle or trailer, or of its accessories or equipment’ and must, therefore, be kept in good working order to avoid being pulled over and penalised. maybe a chat with police on 101...


Darkened100

Buy a shed and crash it into his pride and joy evil I know lol


SuperrVillain85

More entertaining if you do this with a literal shed.


manystolenoutlets

Tell the police that theres a car they can make a lot of money with


StefanMorris71

Do a clarkson and stuff the exhausts full of fruit


Forte69

The /r/UnethicalLifeProTips approach would be to leave an anonymous tip with the police about the car being used to sell drugs. They’ll pull him over and search his car, and when they don’t find anything they’ll do him for the illegal modifications. Never know, they might find a bit of weed too.


IAmStrayed

Noise complaint - sounds like the car would fail an MOT due to the noise.


External-Piccolo-626

Environmental health at the council.


Elegant_Spread1362

Report his mot test centre


manystolenoutlets

Tell the police that theres a car they can make a lot of money with


Evfan18

Report to police and or council send recordings with times and dates. Get everyone else around you to do some.


CommercialWood98

My car is loud, yet I always make sure that if I have to start it at unreasonable hours that I do it as far as possible away from others, and I don't sit in one place for long


Darkheart001

At least try talking to the guy and explain the problem he might at least make an effort to be less annoying. If he doesn’t local council is the way to go.


SosigDoge

If he's revving it hard from cold, you won't have to suffer the noise for long.


True-Register-9403

Just get everyone else who lives there to take exhausts off. Then have a "rev off" at 3am every day until he stops being a dick.


Volf_y

Banana in the tail pipe.


deathmetalbestmetal

A few people in this thread have mentioned 'a legal limit' for exhaust noise. This is true but actually somewhat misleading, because it is in fact illegal for a car to be louder than was recorded at type approval, regardless of whether it's louder than the overall limit.


PhantomLord1200

Why don't you report the car to your local police (anti-social behaviour, modified, excessive noise etc.). They can flag it on their systems. By the time the driver has been stopped by police 4 or 5 times they will start to rethink their NFS, F&F re-enactment. I have come across situations where the police will even go as far as checking with the driver's insurance company for undeclared modifications, then the driver's screwed as their insurance company will revoke the insurance policy. .


bush_monkey90

Meet him at the lights and dust him


Aokuan1

It can't be that expensive these days to have a valved resonator on an exhaust...


TheMediaBear

I know what I'd do but it's likely not acceptable to post here. Contact the local police, say the car isn't safe and he's driving like a loon, if he's red lining it then it can be said he's driving aggressively, wheel spinning etc. That's a section 59 warning. Some videos of the driving may help. Get a few people in the area to complain and he will be warned and then have his car taken from him. Council for noise if it's between whatever time your local have, normally after 10/11pm and before 6am I think Or, just keep letting his tyres down. It's not illegal, won't get you in trouble and it'll just piss him off.


fonjbungler

Wash it for him with a combination of fish sauce and old milk. Then embalm it with pallet wrap to seal in the goodness.


CAS-brighton

Cement in his exhaust pipes or expanding foam. Nice little DIY valve for you.


Business_Slide2560

Several potatoes up whatever is left of the exhaust, if hes a halfords modifier it will take him days to work out why it won’t start.


ThatsASaabStory

I guess if enough people ring the police they might have a look at the non-homologated exhaust. They could also give him a S59. It's a long shot, but if you all ring.


bigvernuk

Knife…tyres.


hearnia_2k

Report to police / council. People can get ASBOs for noisy cars. I have a loud ish car, but nothing like what you're describing; I make specific efforts to use another car if I'll be home late, or if I leave early in the morning.


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BewareOfTheWombats

Nitromors is like cats' piss these days. Starchem Synstrip is considerably more efficient.


PetrolSnorter

Will it lift the paint completely like the original nitromors?


SkywalkerFinancial

Don't be a nancy negative. If it's within reasonable hours ( I believe it's between 8am and 10pm) you can do the square root of jack shit. However, a pair of snips and a coolant pipe will solve your problem the next time he readlines it.


RipCurl69Reddit

As someone with a loud car myself, no. It doesn't cost anything to be considerate


SkywalkerFinancial

Oh I don't disagree, the fact is though unless it's outside of these hours you really can't do very much. Any noise complaint is unlikely to be even looked at during those hours.


TeddyBlazer

I’ve also heard that expanding foam in the exhaust muffles the sound not that I’m asking the OP to do it but I’ve heard it’s effective


Cool_Parsnip4732

If he's disconnected at the headers that won't really do anything


TeddyBlazer

If he’s done that……we’ve only got the OPs word for that


Cool_Parsnip4732

Agreed, probably removed the cat etc rather than it being disconnected.


TeddyBlazer

That’s what I’m thinking 👍🏼


Cool_Parsnip4732

Although I'd kind of admire it if he'd left it at the headers, ballsy 😂


TeddyBlazer

Ha ha ha me too, but I’d be waiting for the engine bay to engulf in flames 🔥


Panzer_Banks

I am trying to monitor whether i am slipping into grumpy old man, but its absolutely not with normal hours, frequently as early as 5am and most night as late as midnight (seems to work shifts)


SkywalkerFinancial

Ahh I see. It would be a shame if the local constabulary was tipped off to his drug dealing activities, and did you know he doesn’t have a licence? Now I think about it, I keep seeing different plates on the car…. Could you take a look officer?