Car noise has upset someone

Huomenna

Jackinbox99 wrote: »

A 1974 mini would not need an emissions test as far as I know, as I thought that it only applied to vehicles newer than that.

And you havent explained why it would be an MOT failure to have a loud exhaust.

That's true, cars of that age have to pass different MOT standards to newer ones.

Right I won't be replying again for a while as I'm off to do the monthly food shop.

Gene_Hunt_2

derrick wrote: »

If they are leaving the van running with no one in or near it, this is called "quitting the vehicle" and the police can issue a fine, also if it "gets stolen" whilst idling, then there will be no insurance payout.


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Only if it's on the road.

Flyboy152

Huomenna wrote: »

That's true, cars of that age have to pass different MOT standards to newer ones.

Right I won't be replying again for a while as I'm off to do the mothly food shop.

Is that one after the caterpillarly food shop.

Gene_Hunt_2

newbie007 wrote: »

Alternate different part of the road where the car park so it does not annoy the same neighbour for more than a night or two, or look into ways of reducing the exhaust noise like others have mentioned.

Keep up the English lesson.;)

Huomenna

Flyboy152 wrote: »

Is that one after the caterpillarly food shop.

Haha very good.
Ok I really am off now (after I've edited my post to read monthly).

Happychappy

Huomenna wrote: »

Just about to leave for work so will reply to any posts later. Also not sure if this is the right place to post, but I don't know where else would be better.

Anyway a bit of background - my boyfriend owns a classic mini with a 1380 engine in it which is a bit on the loud side. He has a job that is shift work (starts at 6am one week and 2.30pm the next) and as such he leaves in the car about 5.30am. He tries to keep it as quiet as possible (doesn't rev it up) but inevitably there is some noise.

This morning there was an anonymous note through the front door saying 'Thank u 4 my wake up call each morning' Well I'm sorry but there isn't much we can do about it! I don't know who it is who wrote it or I would go and talk to them about it.

What would you do? Try and find out who it is? Post a generic apology letter outlining the situation on our front door?

I'm keeping the note incase the car gets vandalised so I can go to the police.

Often there is a hidden cause behind the boy's need to have loud cars which disturb neighbours and is antisocial etc, often counseling with a sex therapist or some form of penis enlargement clears the problem and the need for the chap to have a loud car diminishes, hope you sort the problem, big hug :rotfl: oh forgot to add, I had a similar couldn't give a toss owner of a little !!!!!! machine visit the slapper across the road, but half a dozen King Edwards down the 4" tail pipe helped sort it, wouldn't recommend any neighbours do this, very naughty and anti social !!

mikey72

Jackinbox99 wrote: »

A 1974 mini would not need an emissions test as far as I know, as I thought that it only applied to vehicles newer than that.



Shouldnt be louder than a similar vehicle i think is the wording which was quoted to me by my local MOT man. He then said that it doesnt actually say what a "similar vehicle" is, so a mini with a tuned up engine could be compared to another mini with a tuned up engine.

No, applies to any vechicle. The test is different though for the age.
You agree there is a noise test then?

serious_saver

Huomenna wrote: »

To answer any questions and assumptions as far as I can remember what's been posted:

- Yes we are approachable and no we're not chavs (just because you have a slightly louder car it does not make the driver chavvy!)
- We are friends with our direct neighbours and the old man who lives two doors down. The neighbours to our right talk to us if they have any problems (we had someone visiting once and left the dog in the house for an hour and she started barking, neighbour let us know so I apologised and gave her some flowers), neighbour to the left is a middle aged woman who teaches the handicapped part time and again we converse regularly, the old man 2 doors down on the left absolutely adores the mini. The neighbour 2 doors down on the right is an odd one - he sleeps all day, awake all night and has friends visiting in the early hours of the morning in loud sports cars pumping out loud music so I can't seem him complaining!
- We like to think of ourselves as considerate neighbours -when our first housemate was playing music at a level that I thought was too loud, I went to the neighbours to ask if it was annoying them and they both said they couldn't even hear it.
- The car is a 1974 morris mini 1000, yes the engine and exhaust are not original. The original engine (a 998 and exhaust were actually louder). I got it slightly wrong in my original post - it's a 1340 not a 1380 engine and has a stage 1 kit with 68bhp at the wheels.
- When I say the car is loud is not ridiculously loud - I'd say it's about the same noise as your average sports car, and slightly noiser than your 'everyday' cars like ford focus, nissan micra, volvo estate etc.
- The car is in perfect working condition and the exhaust is not blowing but this colder weather is making the car louder than it is in the summer.
- There isn't anywhere we can park it where it won't be close to someone's house.
- No he's not turning it on and faffing around for ages before driving off and he doesn't turn his music on.
- It's not everyday - as I said in my first post he works 2 shifts which alernate each week so he effectively goes to work early 5 days out of every 14.
- No it's not as loud as that mini in the clip posted, it's quieter and deeper than that.

I think that covers everything that was asked...

Tomorrow he's going to knock on the neighbours doors and try to find out who wrote the note, if anyone owns up to it then he's going to apologise and ask them what they feel would be a suitable solution.

It's a stainless steel twin DTM centre exit exhaust (I don't know what that means, I'm just writing what the boyfriend told me!)

I think that sounds like the most sensible idea. I can't see that you could anything more without replacing part / all of your car which would be ridiculous.

I hope it all sorts itself out.

Jackinbox99

mikey72 wrote: »

No, applies to any vechicle. The test is different though for the age.
You agree there is a noise test then?

I bow to your superior knowledge on MOT emmission testing.

With regards to loud exhausts, the actual MOT guidelines say

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"assess subjectively the effectiveness of the silencer in reducing exhaust noise to a level considered to be average for the vehicle[/FONT]" "[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]a silencer in such a condition, or of such a type, that the noise emitted from the vehicle is clearly unreasonably above the level expected from a similar vehicle with a silencer in average condition"

From speaking to MOT testers, this guideline must purely be down to the individual MOT testers judgement as to whether they regard a car as having a "too noisey exhaust". However, ive never heard of a car failing an MOT for that reason, possibly because the guideline just says "similar vehicle", and doesnt define what a "similar vehicle" is.

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Harry_Flashman

derrick wrote: »

If they are leaving the van running with no one in or near it, this is called "quitting the vehicle" and the police can issue a fine,

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Really? I regularly do this when the screen is iced up. I wonder what the crime behind that is then?