How to silence a car?

aloiseb

I'm appealing to anyone who may know something about engines.Wretched anti-social neighbours have a knackered old car which they insist on driving up and down our otherwise quiet road late at night, roaring the engine as loudly as possible. I think they think they are Jeremy Clarkson or something. Is there a way of getting their car to operate more quietly?

balsingh

You cant make their car go quiety .... they might be able to but probably dont want to. Sorry!!

david29dpo

is the car legal to drive on the road?

oldagetraveller

Hammer a spud up the tailpipe of the exhaust in the middle of the night?

manda1205

oldagetraveller wrote: »

Hammer a spud up the tailpipe of the exhaust in the middle of the night?

:rotfl:
OP you'd hate living near me and my OH, even if they can make their car quieter theyre not going to and if you say anything to them my guess is they'll just end up driving past just to annoy you, so id keep schtum. Some cars are just generally noisey though and in that case, so what??? Lifes far too short to worry about noisy cars, go out and buy a louder one!

plane_boy2000

Not sure I understand your issue? How do you propose to make someone elses car quieter?

Did they ask you for help or are they just anoying you?

Wayne3765

Forcing open the bonnet and pinching the battery and all the leads will make the car very quiet.

anewman

I think it's part of the MOT test that the parts designed to silence the car work properly.

To make the car quiet, stick loads of gear oil in the engine through the oil filler.

Or if you cannot get access to the bonnet, and the petrol cap does not lock. Urinating in the petrol filler will give immense satisfaction, but filling it with sugar will do the trick.

xycom1

^^ :laugh: caramelised engine

catz1ct

Vandalising cars just because of noise is pathetic.

anewman

Driving a noisy car like a tw't is pathetic too