(OT) Stupid Fast-n-Furious neighbors need advice

Well guys thanks for all the comments and Ideas, I really appreciate it, and I am so glad I am not the only one who has had to deal with this kind of crap. I seem to go off the deep end when I get irritated by something, and this shit my friends has been eating away at me for some time. Lexapro doesn't do a damn thing for me, and with this crap goin on(among other family bs) I am about ready to freakin POP and I am gonna take a bunch of mofo's down with me when I do. I do thank you for all your comments and Idea's though, and Will let everyone know of my end results.

 

ask the home owners ass. how expensive it will be for them to take care of your crippled child or to pay for a funeral and the lawsuit to follow for their stingyness!

 

WE dont have an HOA here. At least not in my neihgborhood, hell if i did they might want to kick me out for all my projects, but at least my place is clean, and I dont have a motorcycle with a for sale sign on it in my yard for over a year, that has been used for halloween, and christmas for the last 2 years now. The rice burners family has that shit in their yard. My shit actually rolls and is moved on a regular basis, and 98% is behind my fence.

 

send a legal letter to their parents. last thing anyone want's is to get dragged into someone else's bullshit! this is also proof you tried to resolve the problem peacefully if situation escalates. the video camera would be my first choice. this kind of thing can really turn on a guy. good luck.

 

slide a cardboard box in the middle of the road full of bricks.

 

only you,GOD,and Pat Roberts. GOD talks to him alot you know!

 

I'll take ricers over the drunk harley jerks....

When its warm out every night like clockwork after last call a few blast up my street at WOT.... prob doing 70 or 80 in this 35.

Tryed getting their plates but they are just a blurr when they fly by. I dont know where they go but I can hear them for over a mile as they go away.


I was thinking some piano wire at neck hight between to 'phone poles.

 

If You would threaten German cowards like this, You will get mailed right the next day by the police or attorney. My neighbour is a unemployed, lazy, all-day-drunk-bastard, who likes to shout sweet words like "bitch" and "asshole" in the middle of the night at his wife. Very nice, if You have to get up early in the morning to go to work for his welfare. One night I met him on the hallway and slapped him real bad (I thought, I have the right to, because I work for his welfare, so I can do with him, what I want) and a few weeks ago I kicked his door in and threatened him and his wife to death, if they dont shut up. Now this piece of worthless meat reported me to the police and I have to show up there. I mean, I dont have anything against unemployed people, but if they tease the people, who work for their welfare, thats not okay.
In a democracy this injustice wouldn´t happen, but in Germany it does.......The worker is punished, the lazy bum gets powdered his ass.......
So, what I wanted to say, is the thing with the letter and the camera is first choice, then get radical.
The letter and the camera proves, that You WERE interested in a peaceful solution BEFORE........

Do they park the car outside at night? Loosen the oil drain plug! Not that they have to clean up the street only, they give their motor the rest in peace........But dont forget the gloves, when You loosen the plug, in case of fingerprints.....

 

Okay, I think it's sad that I'm the first person to think of this but-

INVITE THEM TO THE TRACK!

That's how we got where we are today (check the history of the NHRA). Like it or not, someone looks at you the same way you look at those kids, whether you drive like an asshole or not. My .02...

 

my uncle threw a giant monkey wrench through a scooter trasher's windshield once! The guy stopped as my uncle reached in and grabbed the keys then him by the throat threatening to kill him. That kind of thing wouldn't fly these days though

it's a tough call because a) you have to live there, and they know where you live! b) you have kids to worry about c) you have to watch what you do for fear they turn on you.

I'd venture to say 90% of us are dealing with the SAME thing- balancing your quality of life with peace of mind.

I'd video tape them, making sure you zoom on the license plates. Make sure you have SOLID evidence that WILL get them in trouble. Just like shooting a robber, if you don't kill them they WILL be back. Same with these shits, I'm hesitant to report any of the 5 groups of rice burner kids in the neighborhood cause they all know me and know that I hate them. They know I'm gone at work every day and they know that I own cars and tools. Leaves you feeling pretty vulnerable....

Or you could just be anonymous and disable their vehicles somehow?

 

I had the same problem on my old street (have since moved) I stoped at the second hand store and picked up a baby stroler put a couple of bricks in it and waited behind the bushes for the pricks to come down the street one night. I scored bigtime there were two of them side by side dragging down the street in there full ricer glory. Wait until they are around 40 yards from the drive and gave the sucker a push into the road. BAM fiberglass flying everywhere. I'm thinking to myself how am I going to explain this? shit I'm going to jail now. To my amasement the pricks never stopped, I think they sped up. I didn't see those two much after that.

 

Disable their cars? What if someone decided your open headers/ exhaust was too loud and decided to 'disable' YOUR car? I don't think one car culture attacking another is good mojo; none of us started as the responsible/upstanding citizens we are today

 

i've had that same problem on my street and its always full of kids.
i've found that a landscaping timber or a brick tossed out in front of them helps.

 

I've got a similar problem on my street. lots of kids, people walking dogs etc. I live right at the end of the street with a "T" intersecting street. unfortunately it's not the ricers who cause the problems on my street. I've got a few guys on harley's , a couple mustangs and some older TA's that scream around the corner regardless of time of day. getting old fast. I try to give everyone else a little slack because I know I must piss some people off when I run with the pipes uncorked on the flatty but I always try to keep it to a dull roar when in my neighborhood.

 

Just walk down there, grab the biggest one, shake the shit out of him, and then slap the shit out of the little one cause as soon as you leave he's gonna say "I wish he woulda tried that with me..."

seriously. you're a big scary lookin dude. use it to your advantage.
and remain calm. just explain in vivid technicolor how bad it's gonna get if they don't cool thier jets.

 

Here is what I (we when the neighbors are included) did. We knew about what time the asshole came home from school everyday, so we waited on hiom. Me the hext door neighbor and the dude across the street. Sure enough here the asshole came in his Dodge hemi truck hauling ass. Just as he got to us, me and the dude across the street threw huge trash bags out in front of him. BAAAMMM, he hit both head on and shit flew everywhere. When he stopped, got out and started coming towards us, the neighbor walked towards him with a baseball bat and told him to never come down this street again or his brand new dodge hemi would get really fucked up bad. The guy backed off, got in his truck, flipped us off a sped away. Hw has never come down our street again that we know of.

 

I might of missed it but is this high school kids with parents or just young guys in the hood?

I would go to the parents and talk to them, I would also tell them that you have talked to the police and a lawyer (lie) and you have reported them and have evidence of the activities and your lawyer is ready to represent anyone in the neighbor hood that gets hit.

No violence and it worked for my buddy.

My buddy was so mad violence was going to be the next step...I think the parents could feel it.

 

There was this punk-ass kid who not only would blow off the stop sign on the corner of my yard - he'd drive AROUND someone already stopped there!

One day, he was tailgatin' me as I rolled up to said stop; I started brakin and loading up the motor at the same time. When he flipped out to pass on the stop, I pulled off the brake and tossed the wheel over on a hard left. He swerved to avoid me and ended up in the neighbor's front yard with a couple of bent rims.

I bitched him out pretty good. when he realized I lived at the corner and was crazier than he was, he mellowed out.

 

We had an issue like this when I was a kid. A repair shop down the street would joy ride the cars as fast as they could. My dad started throwing bricks or would run in the middle of the street with a shovel and try to hit the car. After a few times they understood.

 

Had a kid in our neighbohood like that too. Tore down the street one day and my wife and a bunch of others yelled at him and got the one finger reply, followed by a burnout. I cought him one morning, bright and early, at the gas station. I was on my Harley at the time. I walked over and smiled to him and said, "My neighbors on the block want to call the police on you for speeding, I'm here to tell you that you'd better hope they do, cos I don't talk to cops, and by the time they get there, you'll need an ambulance...and I don't mind going back to jail for the likes of you, speed on my street again and you and I will have problems." He sputtered some and started making tough noises, and I turned my back on him saying, "Just a word to the wise, that's it!" He drove very politely after that...no problems. Nobody is afraid of the cops, they are effectively powerless. Fear of that crazy biker guy down the street?...now that gets results.

 

I'd have to check but not to many years around ago around here simple assault was a $245.00 misdemeaner fine. My dad told a few guys like that when I was growing up that it would only cost him $245 dollars to beat there ass and it was well worth it to him. A few he even told he had it in his pocket. Worked every time. Pop's was a college strength coach in the heyday of steroids so not to many people had the balls to talk back to him. It would be worth checking into to chages he could file just in case it came to that.

 

Just thought of a good one don't drain the oil that would be bad fucking peoples shit up is no good but a harmless ziptie around one halfshaft is good the car will make god awful noises and vibrate at highway speed and its an easy fix but it will annoy the hell out of them. Maybe they will come to you if they know you work on cars to get it looked at then you can have a little heart to heart with him and set his ass straight if not well kick his ass whoever said violence isn't the answer but it certainly helps was right.

 

Seen this problem here in Chicago and I'm sure its not any different in other cities around the country. Have a talk with your alderman or other local politician that has the influence to place the speed bumps . They usually have the connections to put this in place quickly and its legal. You only need to tell them that the whole block is pissed and may not vote for them in the next election. The big cops usually dont talk to the politicians except when its too late and they need to do damage control. You and your neighbors need to make this connection. I've seen speed bumps up in a couple of days here .You just need to talk to the right person.
The acid made pot hole sounds good as a last resort but you do stand the chance of getting citied for damaging city property .I've seen a couple bags of patching asphalt that fell on the street that looks just like a city installed speed bump.

 

Some kid used to haul ass down our street about 40 yrs ago.
He had a 63 or 64 Vette,that was really nice...silver.
My dad was a cop,& tried to slow him down several times.Finally my old man had enough & walked down to the guys house & talked to his dad,flashed his badge etc.
Being the nosy kids we were,we watched all this from across the street.
After my dad left,the kid with the Vette's dad started chewing his ass royaly & I distinctively remember that he couldnt drive the car for a month.The kid that owned the Vette went ballistic & smacked the side of his own car with one of those old hand operated grass edgers.It was hillarious at the time.

The .22 fired at the radiator is exactley what the Police helicopters should do during hi speed,never ending car chases.

 

I'm with usmc50lx - covertly lay some 2 X 4's (10' or 12' long) spanning across the street so they must slow down and cannot swerve around them. My neighbor told the racer shitheads when they whined about the 2 X 4's "sorry the kids must have been playing with them and left them out, and by the way can you slow it down?" Worked great.

 

I've considered the same- BUT, think about it, do you really want the speedbump[ in front of your house? EVERY car with loud mufflers slows down, then floors it right outside your window. At least if they're speeding by it's quieter

 

The .22 fired at the radiator is exactley what the Police helicopters should do during hi speed,never ending car chases.[/QUOTE]

We have the same problem here with chases, and its always the police who are getting investigated after the crash, I figure a 50 cal on the chopper would fix a whole lot of problems real quick......

Also have the same problem in my street, dead end street harbourside down the road from one of the not so flash parts of town, constant rice burner fart can mobiles up n down and crap music from big stereos all night finance has a whole lot to answer for, not so long ago they would have been on foot as no $ for cars I have thaught of the pram and bricks idea before too, my other one is acetalyne in plastic soda bottles with a little plasticine cap and a sparkler in the cap, light sparker slide under car and walk away
Wife don't like me going out to do anything about it due to the numbers involved and the amount of meth around these days, hell some of these folks are unpredictable enough with out that !!

 

"qoute: To my amasement the pricks never stopped, I think they sped up. I didn't see those two much after that. qoute"

This is exactly the difference between these assholes and most of us "older" hot rodders, even when we were stupid kids. I'm certain nearly every one of us would have stopped if we thought we hit a goddamn baby stroller! Unlike Gran Turismo, or San Andreas video games, people die for good in the real world.

BTW, I've tried the "invite them to the track" method. I worked with a 20 yo ricer kid, and his response was "No way, it's way too expensive. And it's just a bunch of old guys with their stupid "American" cars." I tried the mentoring thing, as I was a leadfooted little shit, myself, and never hurt anyone by pure, dumb luck.

Looking back, I wish somebody would've kicked my ass up over my ears more than a few times. That's the ONLY thing that would've stopped me. Ok, rant over...

 

My dad threw a shovel out in front of a guy that kept speeding up and down his street. The best one was when I was working on my 60 Olds at my parents house out in front of the garage with Springer and Pinball . This ass kept speeding up and down the street in his 4x4. The next time Pinball walked out in the middle of the road and stood there .The guy stoped and Pinball chewed him out big time. He looked like he might tell Pinball off until he saw my brother and I standing there. We never saw him again.

 

kinda what I was thinking too.