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    This is more of a rant and i just want to get this off my chest as its driving me nuts!

    i got into RC cars and trucks this past Christmas. I'm now up to 3, 1 is electric, one is a 3.3 cc nitro powered and the last one is a 5.1cc Gas truck. ill be the first to admit the fuel powered ones are loud. which is why i don't use them on the block until around 12 noon and don't ever have them out past 6pm. now that's not saying the i rip them up and down the block for 6 hours a day non stop. maybe 45 mins give or take a couple times a week.

    Now on to my car, my 94 UrS4. mostly stock. sound wise I'm running a stock air box and paper filter and the exhaust is stock with a 3 inch cat back and manga flow muffler. the car is quite quiet accually compared to the previous dual 2.5 straight pipes out the side i had. i leave my house everyday at 630 to go to work. i open my garage and roll down the driveway and then drive up the street (100m) and out the neighbourhood and off to work i go.

    if you have made it this far, thank you for sticking with me. if you've made it this far I'm sure you've figured out this has to do with noise complaints.

    we moved into our new house in June. so happy. love the house and really like the neighbourhood too. close to my kids school and it has a nice modern feel.

    About a week after moving in i had a knock on my door. it was the local Peace officer. someone on my block had called in a noise complaint for my Audi. now this was back when i had the 2.5 dual side pipes. as mad as i was due to the fact that I've had the car this way for over 2 years and never had to deal with police over it, i could understand as it was loud. however i had already had a apointment booked to have a 3 inch exhaust with magnaflow muffler installed as I've grown out of the loud car idea.

    so i went on my way and had the exhaust changed as I planned.

    now on to the RCS, in the old house i used to take the nitro powered RC out all the time. never had any issues. no one said anything no one complained. we move into the new area and its a new group of people here. I would have the RCs out once and a while like i said maybe twice a week for 30 mins maybe a bit longer if i don't break them.

    had one of my other neighbours come out one day and ask if i could stop playing with them because it was too loud. He works night shift he sleeps during the day. ill admit i was not the most welcoming to this request as this was the person who called toe peace officers on me before. however i did stop and put it away. but i did tell him that using the RCS at 3 in the afternoon on a friday was not in any violation where we live.

    a couple week later i had the RC car out with my 2 daughters who like them to. I was driving around the empty lot next to our house and going over jumps, having fun with my kids you know. The wife of mentioned person above came out of her house and began to yell and scream at me and my daughters calling me names and F this F you ect. i did not yell or fight with her. i said if she felt the need to call in a noise complaint at 3pm on a friday then please go ahead.
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    2001 Audi S4 - K04s, J-Fonz Tuned ( Gone! Dropped valve)

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    Re: neighbours are driving me nuts! Rant!

    Just ask your buddy with a really loud car, like really loud, shoot flames in front of their **** shack, after that they'll not even notice your sounds
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    • #3
      Re: neighbours are driving me nuts! Rant!

      Sorry to hear. We have thought about moving in the past and it's always so tough as neighbors are what can make or break an area.

      Really though, I'm only commenting in this thread because I'm an RC Addict. I've lost count of how many I have, 11 or 12 I think plus a Heli but jealous of your 1/5 scale, that's one I've never had. I had Nitro but never going back after going brushless.
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      • #4
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        Person making noise complains about people complaining that he makes noise this breaking story at 11!
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        • #5
          Re: neighbours are driving me nuts! Rant!

          Print off the local bylaws regarding noise, and tape it to their front door.

          http://www.sprucegrove.org/Assets/pd...w_C_908_15.pdf
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          • #6
            Re: neighbours are driving me nuts! Rant!

            Originally posted by PRY4SNO View Post
            Print off the local bylaws regarding noise, and tape it to their front door.

            http://www.sprucegrove.org/Assets/pd...w_C_908_15.pdf
            To be clear I have about 30+ houses on my side street. And only 2 seem to bother me. I've explained to them the bylaw and they seem to think their above that. On all 3 occasions I've had the police and peace officers at my house they have always agreed with my side.

            I'm not sorry that my noise bothers them. I think I'm being pretty damn respectful. I leave at 630 in the morning and I don't rev or rip up the street. And I'm home by 4 or 5 every day. During the week were quiet. I normally keep the Rcs away until the weekend based on I have kids and between getting home at 4 ish and doing dinner and homework and getting them off to bed...I've got no time to use them.

            I'm not out early in the morning and I'm not out late at night. I'm pretty sure they just don't like me. Now that the athourtys have my back (pending I don't make excessive noise at stupid times) there is nothing they can do.

            All I'm doing is having a bit of fun on weekends. Give me a break. He responded last night by saying "what would you do if you were getting woken up every morning by a loud car?" I don't even know how to answer that because in reality, if the car in question meets the traffic and safety act there is nothing one can do. Maybe get thicker windows or sleep with a fan on.

            I hear the neighbours dodge ram truck at night time and I hear the guys diesel truck down the block too. But I know it's only intermittent and it does not bother me. I've left my house at 2am before and never woke up my family or my neighbour I'm attached to.

            I hate having conflicts on my block over such small things. My question to them is " when they begin to build the house beside me on the empty lot, will you complain about noise then too?"

            Well I'm going to get coffee...as I'm in need of my morning cup of wake me up.
            2016 VW GTI (Stock)
            2016 VW Jetta 1.4T (Stock)
            1994 Audi UrS4 - BW S257 SX-E built engine on VEMs.
            2001 Audi S4 - K04s, J-Fonz Tuned ( Gone! Dropped valve)

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            • #7
              Re: neighbours are driving me nuts! Rant!

              We Had/have a neighbour like that short story is 311 probable knows her number when she calls and she knows it.lol
              In life, basically your not going to get along with everyone and not everyone is going to get along with you, does this suck you bet it does, don't make his/her problem yours!
              They don't make the rules they try to manipulate you into thinking they do.
              He's not the only one to work nights and sleep days, folks that work shifts like that sometimes sleep in the basement, or with ear muffs or what every cause they know life goes on while they sleep
              Does not sound like anything you do will make them happy, I would bet other folks in the area have had run ins with these guys and are feed up with his bullying!
              Don't feel bad for having fun or guilty or you might end up being a hater like night shift dude.

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              • #8
                Re: neighbours are driving me nuts! Rant!

                Bylaw or not....

                To be fair, nitro RCs are very loud. BRRRrrrrrrraaaaaaapppppp

                I have two and I never use them in my neighbourhood; I take them to construction sites near me. It is usually only a few minutes drive.

                I try to maintain good relationships with my neighbours so that they will help me watch my home and toys when I'm not around.

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                • #9
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                  Originally posted by RSS View Post
                  Person making noise complains about people complaining that he makes noise this breaking story at 11!
                  Lol
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                  • #10
                    Re: neighbours are driving me nuts! Rant!

                    Originally posted by bydesign View Post
                    Bylaw or not....

                    To be fair, nitro RCs are very loud. BRRRrrrrrrraaaaaaapppppp

                    I have two and I never use them in my neighbourhood; I take them to construction sites near me. It is usually only a few minutes drive.

                    I try to maintain good relationships with my neighbours so that they will help me watch my home and toys when I'm not around.
                    Yes and this i understand, that's why I agreed to go else where with the rcs from now on, aside from making sure the truck is running before I head out. in fact on the day they complained, I had went to 2 different parks in use the trucks because I was getting dirty looks. I made a few passes on the block before I left just to make sure it was running right.

                    that aside I'm not about to give up my hobbies and life style and my enjoyment based on 2 people on my block who don't share my interests. I don't expect them to share my interests but I would like to see compromise rather then threats on there end. its gotten to the point where I've complied with both their personal requests and law enforcement requests as well, which under the bylaw I did not even have to do as I was already well with in the noise limits.

                    I've been given the green light by the city. My other neighbours don't mind.

                    I've complied and it seems that it is not enough, no matter what I do it seems it won't be enough. There will be no common ground unless I just do what they want. It's sad but it's that kind of neighbourhood.

                    I'm sure Tuesday they will make a complaint in regards to my Audi when I drive to work.
                    2016 VW GTI (Stock)
                    2016 VW Jetta 1.4T (Stock)
                    1994 Audi UrS4 - BW S257 SX-E built engine on VEMs.
                    2001 Audi S4 - K04s, J-Fonz Tuned ( Gone! Dropped valve)

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                    • #11
                      Re: neighbours are driving me nuts! Rant!

                      When their mowing their lawn you should make a complaint as there is not mufffler on their lawn mower and it is very very loud

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                      • #12
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                        Update!!

                        The guy come over today...this time not to complain but rather to apologize. He said that by me calling the bylaw officer out to assess the car was the most stand up thing someone could have done. He gave me a case of beer and we shook hands. He really does seem like in nice guy as am I. Hopefully this can all stop now. Like I said before I'm not trying to piss him off I'm just living my life. Off to the park now...Kids need out of the house and i want to bash the RC around a bit.
                        Last edited by morris400; 09-05-2016, 11:07 AM.
                        2016 VW GTI (Stock)
                        2016 VW Jetta 1.4T (Stock)
                        1994 Audi UrS4 - BW S257 SX-E built engine on VEMs.
                        2001 Audi S4 - K04s, J-Fonz Tuned ( Gone! Dropped valve)

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                        • #13
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                          well thats a good ending

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                          • #14
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                            Glad it has been sorted out!!
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                            • #15
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                              so am i, i was getting ready to have a full out argument when he came over though... i'm glad it did not go that far.
                              2016 VW GTI (Stock)
                              2016 VW Jetta 1.4T (Stock)
                              1994 Audi UrS4 - BW S257 SX-E built engine on VEMs.
                              2001 Audi S4 - K04s, J-Fonz Tuned ( Gone! Dropped valve)

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