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There's a douchebag in my apartment building that has a rice grinding sound rally car that he loves to idle for 10+ minutes EVERY. FUCKING. MORNING. I've been dealing with this asshole everyday for the past 7 months. The exhaust is unnecessarily loud and I can hear that car a good half mile away when he drives off.
I've tried blocking out the noise with a fan, put on headphones and listen to some music, but I work second shift and don't go to sleep until 2-3am - then anytime from 7-8am I get woken up by this asshole's car and I get irrationally angry. I've left notes on his car and he did move it to another parking space because he used to start his car right by my bedroom window less than 6 feet from my bed.

This morning was the final straw. He was idling his car and wiping it down outside and doing a little shuffle dance. I think he gets off knowing that it pisses me off.

I'm at my wits end and ready to beat the ever living shit out of this faggot. How do I go about dealing with this without ending up in jail?

There's a douchebag in my apartment building that has a rice grinding sound rally car that he loves to idle for 10+ minutes EVERY. FUCKING. MORNING. I've been dealing with this asshole everyday for the past 7 months. The exhaust is unnecessarily loud and I can hear that car a good half mile away when he drives off. I've tried blocking out the noise with a fan, put on headphones and listen to some music, but I work second shift and don't go to sleep until 2-3am - then anytime from 7-8am I get woken up by this asshole's car and I get irrationally angry. I've left notes on his car and he did move it to another parking space because he used to start his car right by my bedroom window less than 6 feet from my bed. This morning was the final straw. He was idling his car and wiping it down outside and doing a little shuffle dance. I think he gets off knowing that it pisses me off. I'm at my wits end and ready to beat the ever living shit out of this faggot. How do I go about dealing with this without ending up in jail?

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Depends on the car. They probably are trying to warm the oil, cool the turbos after driving hard, or maybe prevent the cat from being clogged with oil.

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It's a Fiat rally car - he might be an amateur racer because there's a bunch of stickers on his windows - the muffler has a whiney snowblower sound.

To be honest I think it's just the higher pitched tone that irritates me - lawn mowers & snowblowers don't bother me because they usually give off a lower bass tone. Weed wackers and chainsaw sounds kinda irritate me but I rarely hear those so I'm pretty tolerant of them.

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So, it's a turbo 4 cyl. Chances are, with a straight-pipe.

You should know... Just as every other person here, you need to let your vehicle warm up, before you put it in gear & take off. You also need to take it easy with the accelerator, until the engine is up to temp. At least wait 10 secs. before you take off, then don't romp on it, until your oil is up to operating temperature.

That has nothing to do with your situation, I know... Just with some of the comments I've seen, thought it may help save an engine or two.

I want to side with you, I can imagine how fucking irritating it is. Now, you said it's probably a rally car with stickers & shit... But he's in an apartment complex... & Drives it every day.

A couple people here had good points, saying to use it as motivation to move the hell out of there. I agree.

Wait, you said it's a Fiat?

Okay, is it a classic Fiat? It doesn't sound like it, based off what you said. It is probably either a Fiat 500, or a Fiat 500 Abarth. Listen, if it is a base model 500, this guy is a faggot who cut off the exhaust, & ...IDK what you could do. Bitch at the apartment tenants? File a noise complaint?

If it is a 500 Abarth, it is a turbo 4 Cyl. (which has no muffler) & has a fake crackle/burble sound in the exhaust to sound cool.

I could understand your issue, especially if you're not a car person. With a turbo though, yes it needs to warm up, & he's just being responsible. Still, those four bangers are raspy as hell. In this case, there's not much you can do. It's a stock car, & if you complain, it'll just create drama when he finds out who complained.

I apologize, I never intended on writing this much. I can just see this from both sides, as a car guy, & someone who's lived at a shit-hole fucking apartment complex, & a duplex.

Look at the emblems. If you see little scorpion badges on all four sides, I guess you have to deal with it. If it just said "FIAT", you may be able to get him to put the muffler back on (depending on your state.)

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It's a 500 series - might be an Abarth if he idles it every morning. Thanks for the info.