Anyone get neighbour complaints about noise?
Discussion
stevewushu said:
I live at the end of a private cul-de-sac.
As an athlete I am up at 5am every weekday morning at 5am to hit the gym, and 7am Sunday mornings.
Naturally I take the Aston.
And naturally it's not timid affair.
I've noticed one or two bedroom/bathroom lights go on at various neighbours houses in recent weeks at the point of ignition.
Today I arrived home to find on my door mat, a lovely hand written street-wide signed complaint by no less than 12 of my neighbours!
All of whom have heard and dislike being awoken at such ungodly hours by a "beastly growl" emanating from the rear end of my V8V!
I EVEN HAVE THE SWITCHABLE FUSE 22 IN THE "OFF" POSITION DURING THIS TIME!!!
Miserable buggers.
Anyone have similar issues and ways/means to solve?
Exhaust upgrade for more decibels perhaps? Sod em.
You know something. There are many, many things I miss dearly about living in the UK, but the enjoyment a large proportion of the population seems to take from having a good moan about something is not one of them.As an athlete I am up at 5am every weekday morning at 5am to hit the gym, and 7am Sunday mornings.
Naturally I take the Aston.
And naturally it's not timid affair.
I've noticed one or two bedroom/bathroom lights go on at various neighbours houses in recent weeks at the point of ignition.
Today I arrived home to find on my door mat, a lovely hand written street-wide signed complaint by no less than 12 of my neighbours!
All of whom have heard and dislike being awoken at such ungodly hours by a "beastly growl" emanating from the rear end of my V8V!
I EVEN HAVE THE SWITCHABLE FUSE 22 IN THE "OFF" POSITION DURING THIS TIME!!!
Miserable buggers.
Anyone have similar issues and ways/means to solve?
Exhaust upgrade for more decibels perhaps? Sod em.
Here's the rub... I can understand that it might bother some people, but how frigging uptight and self-absorbed do you have to be to organize 12 neighbors to write a snarky letter and use a term like 'beastly growl.' How about being a normal straightforward human being and going to knock on the door and just being polite & friendly about it...
Well no sympathy from me.
1. Getting up at 5am when not going work.
2. Going to the gym! Thisi s technically illegal. I eat pizza, drink beer and eat crappy sink estate food, yet have a body of a 17 year old Adonis (almost). Get with the programme man! Gym is a sign of weakness.
3. You have a cul-de-sac. Nuff Said.
Seriously, I am acutly aware of the noise these things make on fire-up. My V12V - thanks to BR Mike is a little bit of a roarer on fire-up. I have to do do it in an underground communal car park which with the echo probalby wakes 200-odd people up. On the run, quiet as....
I do feel we (Astonauts) can be a bunch of tossers sometimes. Pulling fuse 22/15 etc...open piping etc...yes it sounds great but consider whether there is a difference between you watching a chav go by driving a Halfords motor (Halfords as in Halfrauds, cheap and tacky assessory shop and not the place associated uber-refined V8/V12 Engine enhancement with Bamford Rose) badly or you doing the same with a loud exhaust. Joe Public looks at us the same are really wonders if we are not just the same a Porche Owner... i.e. Contempt.
As that great Aston officianardo Sterling Moss used to say......"drive like a gentleman". I try to stand by that when in mine.
1. Getting up at 5am when not going work.
2. Going to the gym! Thisi s technically illegal. I eat pizza, drink beer and eat crappy sink estate food, yet have a body of a 17 year old Adonis (almost). Get with the programme man! Gym is a sign of weakness.
3. You have a cul-de-sac. Nuff Said.
Seriously, I am acutly aware of the noise these things make on fire-up. My V12V - thanks to BR Mike is a little bit of a roarer on fire-up. I have to do do it in an underground communal car park which with the echo probalby wakes 200-odd people up. On the run, quiet as....
I do feel we (Astonauts) can be a bunch of tossers sometimes. Pulling fuse 22/15 etc...open piping etc...yes it sounds great but consider whether there is a difference between you watching a chav go by driving a Halfords motor (Halfords as in Halfrauds, cheap and tacky assessory shop and not the place associated uber-refined V8/V12 Engine enhancement with Bamford Rose) badly or you doing the same with a loud exhaust. Joe Public looks at us the same are really wonders if we are not just the same a Porche Owner... i.e. Contempt.
As that great Aston officianardo Sterling Moss used to say......"drive like a gentleman". I try to stand by that when in mine.
Edited by Guycord on Saturday 2nd February 05:56
DB9VolanteDriver said:
If I was awakened every morning at 5am by someone in a loud car, I'd not be very pleased. Once in a while, OK, but every frickin' day? Lucky your car is still running as I see it.
I'm old’ish and always up by 5am anyway, but I can see their point, although I agree that they have certainly gone about tackling it the cowards way. I must assume that you are six foot eight and twenty five stone and snarl at them every time you see one out in the open. I always start mine up with the garage doors closed so the initial blast is kept down(and it is a BLAST), I can then just burble down the road (I dont want to wake Jockman up, he might put me in one of his boxes).
k 'em 
if I'm out early I think "well I'm up so you should be" no garage doors closed for me. In fact leave it ticking over while I close garage doors and open/close gates as I go 
5am every day and 7am on Sundays... I can sympathise with them on that point, especially as a shift worker! I am also aware of the noise when I start mine up early like that (which is occasional) too.
But... Beastly growl???!!! Philistines!!!!!! That is a highly tuned, finely engineered British roar!!!
(Despite where the engines may be assembled)
But... Beastly growl???!!! Philistines!!!!!! That is a highly tuned, finely engineered British roar!!!
(Despite where the engines may be assembled)
DB9VolanteDriver said:
If I was awakened every morning at 5am by someone in a loud car, I'd not be very pleased. Once in a while, OK, but every frickin' day? Lucky your car is still running as I see it.
+1Sorry Stevo but if Neil fired up his Vanquish every morning at that time there would be a peasants' revolt up here - and he only lives 3 doors down !!
I am mindful of my neighbours concerns, and I don't have a useable garage so I don't want to see an egg on my car one morning, especially as they all love to see the Astons go up and down the road.
You got another car you can use for the gym? - or even run there you lazy sod
I pick up my Vantage today. I have asked them to leave the 'magic' fuse in. I am too considerate of my neighbours, wouldn't want to be waking them up at silly o' clock.
I know how it feels as there is a nobhead up the road with an Focus RS with a Halfrauds exhaust about the diameter of your average tunnel, whenever he comes by late at night just having got off to sleep he wakes me and everyone down our road. One of these days I will catch the little blighter!
Cheers
Gerry
I know how it feels as there is a nobhead up the road with an Focus RS with a Halfrauds exhaust about the diameter of your average tunnel, whenever he comes by late at night just having got off to sleep he wakes me and everyone down our road. One of these days I will catch the little blighter!
Cheers
Gerry
Perhaps the note was cowardly... However it was very non confrontational and people don't like to risk confrontation...how brave do people need to be to go and complain to their Kung-fu fighting neighbour..? I'd say 12 people in your doorstep represents and angry mob, this was the Cul-de-sac version of that 
If you read the Daily Mail it can all escalate very quickly and I suspect more than a few of them know what your particular sport is. And better a note than a keying, true cowardice...
But what to do... Mine emits the most unholy bark when started in the morning in a communal car park. Once I even put the cover over the back end to stifle it, it had some effect at least but I'm sure a few babies were woken up and their owners not best pleased.
No way to quieten it, but maybe do it every other day and NOT on Saturday!! But your car, your neighbours, your call. It will eventually lead to the council monitoring it I suppose and you'll be an official 'Neighbour from Hell'
BTW people, fuse 22/15 in/out makes no difference to the 'flare' on start up. Just keeps the noise down on cruise and low revs for drive-by noise regs.
If you read the Daily Mail it can all escalate very quickly and I suspect more than a few of them know what your particular sport is. And better a note than a keying, true cowardice...But what to do... Mine emits the most unholy bark when started in the morning in a communal car park. Once I even put the cover over the back end to stifle it, it had some effect at least but I'm sure a few babies were woken up and their owners not best pleased.
No way to quieten it, but maybe do it every other day and NOT on Saturday!! But your car, your neighbours, your call. It will eventually lead to the council monitoring it I suppose and you'll be an official 'Neighbour from Hell'
BTW people, fuse 22/15 in/out makes no difference to the 'flare' on start up. Just keeps the noise down on cruise and low revs for drive-by noise regs.
stevewushu said:
I live at the end of a private cul-de-sac.
As an athlete I am up at 5am every weekday morning at 5am to hit the gym, and 7am Sunday mornings.
Naturally I take the Aston.
And naturally it's not timid affair.
I've noticed one or two bedroom/bathroom lights go on at various neighbours houses in recent weeks at the point of ignition.
Today I arrived home to find on my door mat, a lovely hand written street-wide signed complaint by no less than 12 of my neighbours!
All of whom have heard and dislike being awoken at such ungodly hours by a "beastly growl" emanating from the rear end of my V8V!
I EVEN HAVE THE SWITCHABLE FUSE 22 IN THE "OFF" POSITION DURING THIS TIME!!!
Miserable buggers.
Anyone have similar issues and ways/means to solve?
Exhaust upgrade for more decibels perhaps? Sod em.
I'm with your neighbours on this one......if you woke me up at 5am every day i would be mighty pissed off.....i cant understand why your car is making so much noise.....i suspect your giving it a little wellie as you leave home......i suggest you buy yourself a new home with plenty of land round it and make 12 homes very happy.As an athlete I am up at 5am every weekday morning at 5am to hit the gym, and 7am Sunday mornings.
Naturally I take the Aston.
And naturally it's not timid affair.
I've noticed one or two bedroom/bathroom lights go on at various neighbours houses in recent weeks at the point of ignition.
Today I arrived home to find on my door mat, a lovely hand written street-wide signed complaint by no less than 12 of my neighbours!
All of whom have heard and dislike being awoken at such ungodly hours by a "beastly growl" emanating from the rear end of my V8V!
I EVEN HAVE THE SWITCHABLE FUSE 22 IN THE "OFF" POSITION DURING THIS TIME!!!
Miserable buggers.
Anyone have similar issues and ways/means to solve?
Exhaust upgrade for more decibels perhaps? Sod em.
anyway its only a V8! are you sure there isn't a hole in the exhaust ?
F1 NDW said:
I'm old’ish and always up by 5am anyway, but I can see their point, although I agree that they have certainly gone about tackling it the cowards way. I must assume that you are six foot eight and twenty five stone and snarl at them every time you see one out in the open. I always start mine up with the garage doors closed so the initial blast is kept down(and it is a BLAST), I can then just burble down the road (I dont want to wake Jockman up, he might put me in one of his boxes).
Sorry Steve, I forgot we have met at Stevies Midlands bash (old age you see). You are a very pleasant and approchable guy, certainly not the big monster I portrayed you as. Cant understand why they didnt jut knock on your door. I did note you've got a quick eye for the ladies (the waitress was very nice),
must be all that excercise. Cant you charm all the wives in the road?
Not an easy one... At 5am!! Love the way this forum is always even handed with the overall replies, l love boogies idea ( although probably not on wet winter morning!) ...... silly question but do you have a garage to tuck the beast away, that would at least muffle the initial explosive start up noise?
bogie said:
wouldnt it be better for your health to cycle to the gym like a true athlete ?
maybe this is what your neighbors are getting at ....a few mile on the bike at 5 am should be no big deal and save you time when you get there......
If it takes him 25 minutes to drive there at 5am, I doubt this is an option! maybe this is what your neighbors are getting at ....a few mile on the bike at 5 am should be no big deal and save you time when you get there......
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