Anyone get neighbour complaints about noise?
Discussion
George29 said:
what if I pulled a really tidy lass with very expensive tastes, and told her I would take her out in my personal helicopter?
TRANSLATIONGeorge29 said:
Eee oop lass do you want to play with my chopper? I'm too inexperienced to handle it myself, so I've got this other bloke to take you for a ride. I'll be in the back
George29 said:
Or what if I pulled a really tidy lass with very expensive tastes, and told her I would take her out in my personal helicopter? Surely that would fall under "here to help"? 
I'm with Neil 
We can't formulate future strategy based on a scenario that has a 14 million to one probability
My 2p worth, disputes with neighbours never end well. You are a busy chap with enough on your plate and he has nothing else to occupy his rapidly dementing brain. You seem to be in the right here, you are driving a road legal car in a law abiding manner for what must be less than 60 seconds to get out onto the main road. I had a dispute with a neighbour and the first step was to take advantage of the 'free' legal advice which was part of my home insurance policy. With your problem I would get some more information such as a dB reading at a couple of places between your start up and the old guys house. There are free dB apps, not perfect but useful. I would ask the council noise enforcement people what they thought ( anonymously if you want ) , you cannot be the only person with a difficult neighbour. I don't think thats too risky a strategy as what you are doing doesn't seem unreasonable. Might be a daft suggestion but came to mind. Good luck.
Sorry for what may seem basic info for you guys but Lewis and others refer to fuses 22/15. I removed what i thought was this fuse ("F2 Exhaust bypass vac valve solenoid") and got no better noise from the exhaust. As a matter of fact it was worse. Have i got the wrong fuse? Its a Vanquish S.
Tricky Ravenglas said:
Sorry for what may seem basic info for you guys but Lewis and others refer to fuses 22/15. I removed what i thought was this fuse ("F2 Exhaust bypass vac valve solenoid") and got no better noise from the exhaust. As a matter of fact it was worse. Have i got the wrong fuse? Its a Vanquish S.
22 on the early Gaydon cars and 15 on the latest ones... for a Vanquish, no idea at all!!!The only person I know who had a similar problem was a gold medal winning Olympian.
He drove a 5 series BMW . He had an early start for work every day . His immediate neighbour complained to him about the noise . He even resorted to rolling the car off the drive as far as he could before starting the car. The neighbour still complained
He drove a 5 series BMW . He had an early start for work every day . His immediate neighbour complained to him about the noise . He even resorted to rolling the car off the drive as far as he could before starting the car. The neighbour still complained
Tricky Ravenglas said:
Sorry for what may seem basic info for you guys but Lewis and others refer to fuses 22/15. I removed what i thought was this fuse ("F2 Exhaust bypass vac valve solenoid") and got no better noise from the exhaust. As a matter of fact it was worse. Have i got the wrong fuse? Its a Vanquish S.
The exhaust bypass relay is wired differently on the Vanquish than on the V8, DB9, etc. Pulling the fuse will have the wrong effect (ie: it will leave the bypass always closed and the exhaust will always be quiet).The relay controls a solenoid, which controls the vacuum to the bypass value. (The bypass valve is normally open, but is pulled shut by the vacuum when the solenoid is open.) There is a WS switch which supplies power to the solenoid on the Vanquish.
If you don't need it switchable, however, then plugging the vacuum line is the easiest thing to do. This leaves the exhaust bypass open regardless of the state of the relay or solenoid.
Edited by Neil1300R on Sunday 3rd February 14:24
Neil1300R said:
Tricky Ravenglas said:
Sorry for what may seem basic info for you guys but Lewis and others refer to fuses 22/15. I removed what i thought was this fuse ("F2 Exhaust bypass vac valve solenoid") and got no better noise from the exhaust. As a matter of fact it was worse. Have i got the wrong fuse? Its a Vanquish S.
The exhaust bypass relay is wired differently on the Vanquish than on the V8, DB9, etc. Pulling the fuse will have the wrong effect (ie: it will leave the bypass always closed and the exhaust will always be quiet).The relay controls a solenoid, which controls the vacuum to the bypass value. (The bypass valve is normally open, but is pulled shut by the vacuum when the solenoid is open.) There is a WS switch which supplies power to the solenoid on the Vanquish.
If you don't need it switchable, however, then plugging the vacuum line is the easiest thing to do. This leaves the exhaust bypass open regardless of the state of the relay or solenoid.
Edited by Neil1300R on Sunday 3rd February 14:24
We are counting on you Stevewashu, to resolve this and make your neighbours happy again.
Is your Aston a 'daily driver', or do you perhaps have a 'hack' car, to use for your regular early starts? (I can recommend a Cavalier, cost only £800 and 50,000 miles later, not one thing has failed. Cheaper transport than shoe leather!)
I love the sound of a good exhaust (I can smile at the pathetic exhaust sound of my neighbour's Porsche Boxter auto), but I would not like to be awoken every morning at 5am.
We seem to live in the age of campaign groups, and perhaps this is how it all begins. From a miniscule problem, once it gets to Brussels, we end up with straight bananas, E10 petrol that ruins our classic cars, and next it will be SILENT ASTON MARTINS. Horror.
Knowing about this sort of 'namby pamby' culture, I was most surprised when first researching Aston ownership, to find that a throaty exhaust was a feature. I had thought that finished on new cars years ago.
DocW said:
With your problem I would get some more information such as a dB reading ....
I hope your 'ringleader' neighbour does not try my 'Basil Fawlty' technique, of a few years ago.The nuisance that upset me was a leaf blower, that was being used literally every other day, during autumn. A wire rake would have been just as effective, for the few leaves that were involved.
TECHNIQUE: ~ Whilst the leaf blower was in use, I approached the neighbour wearing ear defenders, and holding a noise meter. Informed the neighbour of the reading (100 db) and began a polite conversation. The middle aged boy friend lost his cool
, but the outcome was a success. No more leaf blower, and we do still speak. I thought it was quite funny, but the strategy is risky. 
Edited by Jon39 on Sunday 3rd February 17:06
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