What can I do with neighbor's noisy cars?

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daihung

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EDIT: Ah, my original title didn't make any sense, sorry about that....

I feel like I'm stuck with no solution and hope someone can give me some ideas.

I'm at Cypress Village and our house is facing the street. Across the street, is another neighborhood that the residences somehow like to park their cars on the street. (FYI, my house was finished last year, new neighborhood area)

The problem is that there's this large group of young college kids (who seems like living in the same house. Rental I guess?) always park their cars right outside of my house (because my house is facing the alley leading into that neighborhood). The worse is three of their cars are modified and very loud (when starting up or when driving away) in the early morning (like 7am~ish) or late at night (after 10~ish).

I'm so sick of the noise, but I don't know what I can do.  Sure, the HOA "recommends" everyone to park the car in the garage (which I do) and always remind everyone that street parking is not long term parking for the residences, but no one ever listens. So my question is, what can I do? Can HOA do anything about this? I feel like I'm being punished because I park my cars in the garage and do not "hold the spot" in front of my house. :(

Any suggestion welcome, as long as you don't ask me to do anything illegally.... :)


 
daihung said:
EDIT: Ah, my original title didn't make any sense, sorry about that....

I feel like I'm stuck with no solution and hope someone can give me some ideas.

I'm at Cypress Village and our house is facing the street. Across the street, is another neighborhood that the residences somehow like to park their cars on the street. (FYI, my house was finished last year, new neighborhood area)

The problem is that there's this large group of young college kids (who seems like living in the same house. Rental I guess?) always park their cars right outside of my house (because my house is facing the alley leading into that neighborhood). The worse is three of their cars are modified and very loud (when starting up or when driving away) in the early morning (like 7am~ish) or late at night (after 10~ish).

I'm so sick of the noise, but I don't know what I can do.  Sure, the HOA "recommends" everyone to park the car in the garage (which I do) and always remind everyone that street parking is not long term parking for the residences, but no one ever listens. So my question is, what can I do? Can HOA do anything about this? I feel like I'm being punished because I park my cars in the garage and do not "hold the spot" in front of my house. :(

Any suggestion welcome, as long as you don't ask me to do anything illegally.... :)
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You answered your own question.  Hold the spot in front of your house.

 
WTTCHMN said:
daihung said:
EDIT: Ah, my original title didn't make any sense, sorry about that....

I feel like I'm stuck with no solution and hope someone can give me some ideas.

I'm at Cypress Village and our house is facing the street. Across the street, is another neighborhood that the residences somehow like to park their cars on the street. (FYI, my house was finished last year, new neighborhood area)

The problem is that there's this large group of young college kids (who seems like living in the same house. Rental I guess?) always park their cars right outside of my house (because my house is facing the alley leading into that neighborhood). The worse is three of their cars are modified and very loud (when starting up or when driving away) in the early morning (like 7am~ish) or late at night (after 10~ish).

I'm so sick of the noise, but I don't know what I can do.  Sure, the HOA "recommends" everyone to park the car in the garage (which I do) and always remind everyone that street parking is not long term parking for the residences, but no one ever listens. So my question is, what can I do? Can HOA do anything about this? I feel like I'm being punished because I park my cars in the garage and do not "hold the spot" in front of my house. :(

Any suggestion welcome, as long as you don't ask me to do anything illegally.... :)
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You answered your own question.  Hold the spot in front of your house.
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Sigh, is that really the only solution? Unfortunately, those are college kids and they park in random hours (and most of the time when we're home after work, the space outside of our house already taken by them. :( )
 
There's this guy use to drive his Lamborghini to CV regularly in late hours and that lound exhaust keep me from getting a good night sleep.  That just said he doesn't come by with his Lambo anymore.  >:D
 
I saw a way to take care of this in MacGyver (the old series, not the new one).  I think it was with a potato or maybe a banana.  Be creative...

Here's an idea.
One time I parked at this one spot, and my car was covered in bird shit.  Completely covered.  I never parked in that spot again.  I wonder if there's a way to make fake bird shit that wont harm their cars.
 
BangBros said:
daihung - if you want legal methods to deal with it...

1) move out of cypress village

2) buy a car louder than theirs and give them a taste of it.  Start with a GT350 with a Borla exhaust should do.
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Your "Welcome to America" was about 20 years late. LOL. But thanks!

Anyway, we just moved into Cypress Village last fall. We didn't have this problem when we're in Westpark because Westpark doesn't let residence park overnight unless he/she has a parking permit (after he/she prove that the garage is already fill up with two cars.). We just don't expect something like this would happen.

Your #1 solution is impossible given the current ridiculous housing market and we're just two working class couple with a young daughter.

Your #2 solution could work, but those kids are like 4 houses down the neighborhood alley and even I rev the engine really loud, they probably not hear a thing. :(

BTW, one of the cars is a Challenger, I think it's an R/T, but could be a Hellcat too. (Sorry, I don't know much about the American muscle car.)
 
ps9 said:
Do the Eddie Murphy thing...bananas are .19 ea at Traders
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I did once consider this, but I'm hoping to resolve this issue legally. :)

spootieho said:
I saw a way to take care of this in MacGyver (the old series, not the new one).  I think it was with a potato or maybe a banana.  Be creative...

Here's an idea.
One time I parked at this one spot, and my car was covered in bird shit.  Completely covered.  I never parked in that spot again.  I wonder if there's a way to make fake bird shit that wont harm their cars.
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now where can I get some fake bird shit?
 
Daihung - i offer packages to help with this sort of thing. For $300 i can show up to your neighbors house in a wife beater and two bats, and tell them they should not park in front of your house. For $500, i will show them pictures of my prior engagements, these are generally very effective. Nothing more effective than a picture of a bloody face next to my smiling face. Crazy man > rude college kid. For $1000, i will outsource to some folks from santa ana, and lets just the problem will disappear, literally. let me know how you would like to proceed.
 
Consider yourself lucky.  When I lived in Woodbury, my neighbor's garage was right under my master bedroom.  Every morning around 6:30a he would warm up his 60's Corvette and my entire master bedroom would literally shake.  The first few times after he moved in, I thought it was a earthquake.

I chose Option #1 - sold the place and moved and didn't look back.  When we bought our new home I was very particular about the location (even down to what side of the home my neighbor's driveways were on).  I picked the lot that would have the least likelihood that anyone would ever park in front of my home, and very rare that anyone does.
 
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