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Remember the guy in our complex...

iGary

iGary

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May 26, 2004
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Randy's House
Who has the car that talks all night long?

Well he parked it under a set of trees that keep dropping snow on it and the car says: "Please step away from the car."

Then if a big piece of snow falls on it goes "I've been tampered with, I've been tampered with" about five times with bells and whistles.

I have an article to write and this is about to drive me crazy. It's been going on for three hours.

What do I do? I have no idea where he lives.
 
eva01 said:
knock on every single door looking for him
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My antidote for the noisy environment I find myself in is to use earplugs and then listen to my music through headphones ... it blocks out just about everything.
 
Call the apartment manager and see if they can check it out...it's a public nuisance. You can probably call the police if that doesn't work out. I'm sure they have a lot on their plate today, but overactive car alarms are often illegal.
 
Get a little creative -

Grab a vocoder, a voice-recorder and put down some choice words of your choice.

Then take your car down there and put the recorder on a loop. Create a conversation.

On a more serious note, you might be able to track down the guy's address or phone # by his license plate.

Odd problem to run into...
 
I like the firebomb approach, but I have left a note on his car once, and I will do it again later.

I wish I still had my pellet gun.
 
iGary said:
What do I do?
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Try negotiating with him [the car]? :eek: :p :D


More seriously, go knock on every door if it's not too late a t night. If it is too late at night, chances are there's nobody around so go deflate the tyres to vent your frustration.





The last suggestion is obviously a joke. Or is it?
 
WildCowboy said:
Call the apartment manager and see if they can check it out...it's a public nuisance. You can probably call the police if that doesn't work out. I'm sure they have a lot on their plate today, but overactive car alarms are often illegal.
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Yeah, I just told Rob that I didn't want to call the police because I am sure they are busy with much more important stuff - we have a lot of people without power in the area.
 
Firebombing, while appropriate, is a bit complex for this situation. I have dealt with past car related infractions by going to the local gas station, buying a gas can, filling it up, then emptying it on the offending vehicle. Gas stations will also usually give you a pack of matches for free. You'll be about five bucks out of pocket.
 
A quick solution would be to get some of those industrial noise-killing headphones. My dad brings some home from work occasionally and they're just brilliant. they have these new ones that somehow cancel out everything but human voice. sure they're quiet but they're a life saver in noisy work environments.

all good.
 
whocares said:
More seriously, go knock on every door if it's not too late a t night.
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Yeah -- you can make a petion to have the car evicted from the complex, or towed, so that's your cover for knowcking on doors. Eventually, you;ll hit the guy who says "Whaddya mean, that's my car", then you can say to him "Well buddy, 72 other people think you're a jerk"

We've got an apartment building beside us and every week at least one night someone's car alarm goes off on a false alarm, with the sirens and whoop de doops. At 3 in the morning, I long for a RPG so I can just lean out the bedroom window and silence the thing.
 
iGary said:
Then if a big piece of snow falls on it goes "I've been tampered with, I've been tampered with" about five times with bells and whistles.
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I'm distressed that the car uses first person. And as emotionally charged a word as "tampered."

Don't hesitate to call the police. If they have better things to do, they'll take their time getting there. You're not paying your taxes so that this dimwit can intrude on your peace and quiet.
 
Mmmm, Gary. :( I don't know about the laws there, but this *is* a violation of law in most places. I think you should just call the police too. This person needs to learn a lesson, that protecting her or his property is not worth making everyone else's lives miserable. :(
 
For all the time that will be spent posting in this thread, it would be better to just deal with it as best you can by listening to music with headphones. Before you know it, you will get into a passable comfort zone and be able to finish your writing.
 
Anne Arundel County Police to the rescue.

Responded in five minutes, and then the asshat had to walk out and disarm and move it while they wrote him a ticket. :D
 
Haha, a 1997 Honda Accord. :p

CanadaRAM said:
Yeah -- you can make a petion to have the car evicted from the complex, or towed, so that's your cover for knowcking on doors. Eventually, you;ll hit the guy who says "Whaddya mean, that's my car", then you can say to him "Well buddy, 72 other people think you're a jerk"
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Not a bad idea.

And this is worth calling the police about because it's disturbing not just you, but dozens of other people as well.

And one time, I saw the car of a guy I didn't like, and (this was when I was much younger as a Uni student (3 years ago)) I pissed on his car's door keyhole and it froze. My friend pissed on the windshield and it froze as well....

thedude110 said:
I'm distressed that the car uses first person. And as emotionally charged a word as "tampered."
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At least the car doesn't start yelling out, "Help, I'm being touched in ways that I shouldn't be!!"
 
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