Warming up cars in the morning - antisocial?
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Well it certainly felt like it this morning.
Next door neighbour parks his car on the road, in front of my house (no problem there). He started his car at 5:20 this morning then left it running until 5:50 when he presumably went to work. No revving or anything. But the car is directly below by bedroom window so it woke me, my other half, and baby son. We live in a rural location so there is no passing traffic at all until much later in the day.
Reasonable or not?
Next door neighbour parks his car on the road, in front of my house (no problem there). He started his car at 5:20 this morning then left it running until 5:50 when he presumably went to work. No revving or anything. But the car is directly below by bedroom window so it woke me, my other half, and baby son. We live in a rural location so there is no passing traffic at all until much later in the day.
Reasonable or not?
30 minutes seems a lot but if that's as long as it takes to clear the windows then what can he do?
My exhaust is a bit boomy at idle and in winter I'm really conscious of annoying the neighbours with it so I try and get off as quickly as possible, but I can hardly drive off with a frozen windscreen so it has to sit there for a while.
My exhaust is a bit boomy at idle and in winter I'm really conscious of annoying the neighbours with it so I try and get off as quickly as possible, but I can hardly drive off with a frozen windscreen so it has to sit there for a while.
durbster said:
30 minutes seems a lot but if that's as long as it takes to clear the windows then what can he do?
My exhaust is a bit boomy at idle and in winter I'm really conscious of annoying the neighbours with it so I try and get off as quickly as possible, but I can hardly drive off with a frozen windscreen so it has to sit there for a while.
Scrape it off or use de-icer?My exhaust is a bit boomy at idle and in winter I'm really conscious of annoying the neighbours with it so I try and get off as quickly as possible, but I can hardly drive off with a frozen windscreen so it has to sit there for a while.
No excuse for this really... I'd definitely be having a word.
Erm, this is PH. You NEED to:
a) Go and get into neighbours car and drive it into nearest lake
b) Punch neighbour in face
c) Shout nonsense at neighbours curled up body while it lies on floor
d) Go back inside a knock the wife's back doors off.
e) Have a cup of £150/pound Kopi Luwak weasel sh*t coffee in your mug made of purest unobtanium
Job jobbed.
a) Go and get into neighbours car and drive it into nearest lake
b) Punch neighbour in face
c) Shout nonsense at neighbours curled up body while it lies on floor
d) Go back inside a knock the wife's back doors off.
e) Have a cup of £150/pound Kopi Luwak weasel sh*t coffee in your mug made of purest unobtanium
Job jobbed.
durbster said:
30 minutes seems a lot but if that's as long as it takes to clear the windows then what can he do?
My exhaust is a bit boomy at idle and in winter I'm really conscious of annoying the neighbours with it so I try and get off as quickly as possible, but I can hardly drive off with a frozen windscreen so it has to sit there for a while.
10 minutes is the max I've ever needed (without de-icer) with fairly thick ice on the windscreen, 30 minutes is taking the piss.My exhaust is a bit boomy at idle and in winter I'm really conscious of annoying the neighbours with it so I try and get off as quickly as possible, but I can hardly drive off with a frozen windscreen so it has to sit there for a while.
Amateurish said:
No, not a loud car. Just a rather tatty Clio with mismatching panels. To be honest, I do the same thing myself but only for a few minutes and only after 6:30.
Well I dont see how you can say anything really, if you do it? Ok he does it at 5am which wakes you up as you dont rise till 6, but you probably wake up a neighbour at 6.30 who doesnt otherwise wake until 8am!!!
The only bit of it I dont get is why does your neighbour park outside your house to do it?
Maybe thats where a nice friendly gentle chat mentioning because you park it under my window in wakes the wife and baby up after a sleepless night, etc etc might be the way forward??
He may not realise how loud his car can be heard from inside your house just smile and have a chat about it. Don't do what my neighbour did and with no prior words just assume I was a
hole and started having a go. I was more than happy to avoid dusturbing them, but I had no idea how audible my car was inside their flat while I had it idling to check oil etc.
hole and started having a go. I was more than happy to avoid dusturbing them, but I had no idea how audible my car was inside their flat while I had it idling to check oil etc.Amateurish said:
Well it certainly felt like it this morning.
Next door neighbour parks his car on the road, in front of my house (no problem there). He started his car at 5:20 this morning then left it running until 5:50 when he presumably went to work. No revving or anything. But the car is directly below by bedroom window so it woke me, my other half, and baby son. We live in a rural location so there is no passing traffic at all until much later in the day.
Reasonable or not?
Complete waste of time. The person warming it up should just drive it off gently. Next door neighbour parks his car on the road, in front of my house (no problem there). He started his car at 5:20 this morning then left it running until 5:50 when he presumably went to work. No revving or anything. But the car is directly below by bedroom window so it woke me, my other half, and baby son. We live in a rural location so there is no passing traffic at all until much later in the day.
Reasonable or not?
Very anti-social.
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