Dealing with Annoying Base Heads: A Spud-tacular Solution

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The discussion revolves around frustrations with loud vehicles, particularly those with excessive bass and motorcycles, which disrupt the peace in residential areas. Participants express annoyance at "base heads"—drivers with powerful audio systems that shake windows and disturb neighbors, especially late at night. There's a shared sentiment that these loud vehicles, including motorcycles, lack consideration for others, with some suggesting extreme measures like inserting a potato into exhausts as a humorous solution. The conversation touches on the noise regulations, noting that motorcycles often evade noise bylaws despite being disruptive. There are also comparisons between the noise levels of motorcycles and other loud machinery, with calls for more respect for residential noise levels, particularly during early mornings and late evenings. Overall, the thread highlights a common desire for quieter neighborhoods and the challenges posed by loud vehicles.
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About the potato, you'll just be using the exhaust as a slightly more complicated spudgun. It'll just shoot out and maybe hit something behind it.

Perhaps some expanding foam if they don't have a straight pipe exhaust...
 
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Moonbear said:
Then maybe they should be banned from residential areas if they can't be made quiet. Or don't run it before noon or after 8 PM...nobody needs to be woken up by such racket.

Even if the bike is loud, it usually is pretty quiet when its idling. Its only if he's reving the throttle back and fourth that it would be loud.

The same goes for a ferrari. They are loud, but when they idle, they are very quiet. They just sit there humming softly. Its only when you floor it that it will rattle all the windows (litearlly).

My friends neighboor has a ferrari 430, and the neighbors complain when he drives home from parties late at night because the things so loud. To me, its up there with beethoven, or bach.

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