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It's been in the 40s here for a few days so I thought I'd get the Vette out of hibernation and get it ready for spring. With the first show only two weeks away and the first racing just a couple weeks after that I need to make some adjustments.

So I brought it home and got up on jack stands in my driveway. Now my driveway goes beside my house and you can not even see the car unless you are standing in front of the house because my house blocks it one direction and the neighbors the other direction.

Well I don't know which neighbor threw a fit but someone did. I was up under the car adding some new bushings when I hear footsteps up my drive and a friendly police man asked me to come out from under the car. I didn't know the guy but he says there was a complaint that I had an old "junk car" up on blocks in my driveway. He said it with a bit of a chuckle that he didn't expect to see a newer Vette when he got the call. I explained what I was doing and that the car would be back on tires tomorrow and running again and asked if there was a law against what I was doing. He said no not at all but if there is a complaint I have to come check it out.

SO I DON'T SEE THE [expletive] PROBLEM THEN IF THERE IS NO LAW AGAINST IT!

Anyway, I've always been a good neighbor, I help little old ladies carry new TVs in their house, I mowed my neighbors yard for him when he got sick, and I even put electronic cut outs on my exhaust so when I come home late or leave early the car is nice and quite going through the neighborhood, but now someone is complaining that I was working on my car in my own drive. That pisses me off. I'm thinking I may leave my cut outs open from now on. [expletive] my neighbors.

IMADreamer wrote:It's been in the 40s here for a few days so I thought I'd get the Vette out of hibernation and get it ready for spring. With the first show only two weeks away and the first racing just a couple weeks after that I need to make some adjustments.

So I brought it home and got up on jack stands in my driveway. Now my driveway goes beside my house and you can not even see the car unless you are standing in front of the house because my house blocks it one direction and the neighbors the other direction.

Well I don't know which neighbor threw a fit but someone did. I was up under the car adding some new bushings when I hear footsteps up my drive and a friendly police man asked me to come out from under the car. I didn't know the guy but he says there was a complaint that I had an old "junk car" up on blocks in my driveway. He said it with a bit of a chuckle that he didn't expect to see a newer Vette when he got the call. I explained what I was doing and that the car would be back on tires tomorrow and running again and asked if there was a law against what I was doing. He said no not at all but if there is a complaint I have to come check it out.

SO I DON'T SEE THE [expletive] PROBLEM THEN IF THERE IS NO LAW AGAINST IT!

Anyway, I've always been a good neighbor, I help little old ladies carry new TVs in their house, I mowed my neighbors yard for him when he got sick, and I even put electronic cut outs on my exhaust so when I come home late or leave early the car is nice and quite going through the neighborhood, but now someone is complaining that I was working on my car in my own drive. That pisses me off. I'm thinking I may leave my cut outs open from now on. [expletive] my neighbors.

I never read your Corvette threads, but all I care about is being woken up by the neighbor's barking dogs. If you have a dog, please stop it from barking in the early morning. You may think it's cute, but I think you're a lazy ass who never walks your dogs. If they bark tomorrow, I may show up in your yard making awful sounds in my underwear (that's not very threatening, is it?).

planet p wrote:

IMADreamer wrote:It's been in the 40s here for a few days so I thought I'd get the Vette out of hibernation and get it ready for spring. With the first show only two weeks away and the first racing just a couple weeks after that I need to make some adjustments.

So I brought it home and got up on jack stands in my driveway. Now my driveway goes beside my house and you can not even see the car unless you are standing in front of the house because my house blocks it one direction and the neighbors the other direction.

Well I don't know which neighbor threw a fit but someone did. I was up under the car adding some new bushings when I hear footsteps up my drive and a friendly police man asked me to come out from under the car. I didn't know the guy but he says there was a complaint that I had an old "junk car" up on blocks in my driveway. He said it with a bit of a chuckle that he didn't expect to see a newer Vette when he got the call. I explained what I was doing and that the car would be back on tires tomorrow and running again and asked if there was a law against what I was doing. He said no not at all but if there is a complaint I have to come check it out.

SO I DON'T SEE THE [expletive] PROBLEM THEN IF THERE IS NO LAW AGAINST IT!

Anyway, I've always been a good neighbor, I help little old ladies carry new TVs in their house, I mowed my neighbors yard for him when he got sick, and I even put electronic cut outs on my exhaust so when I come home late or leave early the car is nice and quite going through the neighborhood, but now someone is complaining that I was working on my car in my own drive. That pisses me off. I'm thinking I may leave my cut outs open from now on. [expletive] my neighbors.

I never read your Corvette threads, but all I care about is being woken up by the neighbor's barking dogs. If you have a dog, please stop it from barking in the early morning. You may think it's cute, but I think you're a lazy ass who never walks your dogs. If they bark tomorrow, I may show up in your yard making awful sounds in my underwear (that's not very threatening, is it?).

If you threaten that, I'll bet he starts encouraging the dogs to bark.

IMADreamer wrote: Anyway, I've always been a good neighbor, I help little old ladies carry new TVs in their house, I mowed my neighbors yard for him when he got sick, and I even put electronic cut outs on my exhaust so when I come home late or leave early the car is nice and quite going through the neighborhood, but now someone is complaining that I was working on my car in my own drive. That pisses me off. I'm thinking I may leave my cut outs open from now on. [expletive] my neighbors.

One complainer does not a bad neighborhood make. And I had no idea there was a device to change the sound of an exhaust system.

Spider John wrote:

IMADreamer wrote: Anyway, I've always been a good neighbor, I help little old ladies carry new TVs in their house, I mowed my neighbors yard for him when he got sick, and I even put electronic cut outs on my exhaust so when I come home late or leave early the car is nice and quite going through the neighborhood, but now someone is complaining that I was working on my car in my own drive. That pisses me off. I'm thinking I may leave my cut outs open from now on. [expletive] my neighbors.

One complainer does not a bad neighborhood make. And I had no idea there was a device to change the sound of an exhaust system.

Well I had to install it. When I started racing the car I went to a much less restricted exhaust which is louder and by less restricted I mean no mufflers or catalytic converters. It's way to loud to drive in town like that so I fabricated some pipes and mufflers for it and an electronic solenoid to pick if the exhaust goes through the mufflers or not. It's still a little racy sounding but with the cut out open its race car loud.

Isn't that an illegal modification?

Arthur Dent wrote:Isn't that an illegal modification?

.

Only if you get caught. Which I never will.

planet p wrote:

IMADreamer wrote:It's been in the 40s here for a few days so I thought I'd get the Vette out of hibernation and get it ready for spring. With the first show only two weeks away and the first racing just a couple weeks after that I need to make some adjustments.

So I brought it home and got up on jack stands in my driveway. Now my driveway goes beside my house and you can not even see the car unless you are standing in front of the house because my house blocks it one direction and the neighbors the other direction.

Well I don't know which neighbor threw a fit but someone did. I was up under the car adding some new bushings when I hear footsteps up my drive and a friendly police man asked me to come out from under the car. I didn't know the guy but he says there was a complaint that I had an old "junk car" up on blocks in my driveway. He said it with a bit of a chuckle that he didn't expect to see a newer Vette when he got the call. I explained what I was doing and that the car would be back on tires tomorrow and running again and asked if there was a law against what I was doing. He said no not at all but if there is a complaint I have to come check it out.

SO I DON'T SEE THE [expletive] PROBLEM THEN IF THERE IS NO LAW AGAINST IT!

Anyway, I've always been a good neighbor, I help little old ladies carry new TVs in their house, I mowed my neighbors yard for him when he got sick, and I even put electronic cut outs on my exhaust so when I come home late or leave early the car is nice and quite going through the neighborhood, but now someone is complaining that I was working on my car in my own drive. That pisses me off. I'm thinking I may leave my cut outs open from now on. [expletive] my neighbors.

I never read your Corvette threads, but all I care about is being woken up by the neighbor's barking dogs. If you have a dog, please stop it from barking in the early morning. You may think it's cute, but I think you're a lazy ass who never walks your dogs. If they bark tomorrow, I may show up in your yard making awful sounds in my underwear (that's not very threatening, is it?).

Roosters are worse than barking dogs. I hate roosters.

Why are you attacking my dog and calling me lazy? My dog is a Yorkie, and you can't even hear him outside of the house. Not to mention he only barks when I'm leaving. My dog will not be waking anyone up.