Guess it sucks to be middle class huh... nice saying BTW lol

 

Hey I agree everybody makes their own choices in life, but somebody else's choices can affect other people. I'm a biker and ride a Harley. My exhaust is not stock and is a little louder than stock, BUT it's still legal and doesn't violate noise ordinances. I ride responsibly, don't rap the throttle at intersections and then look around to see who's looking at me. However, there are many other bikers who want the loudest exhaust they can have because it makes them feel like a real bad biker. These are the people who buy $35-40K custom bikes that only get about 500 miles a year put on them. These RUBs (Rich Urban Bikers) with their garage decorations get out once a month and do more damage to the reputation of real bikers, when they have to show off their straight pipes. It's funny, but on a modern bike straight pipes actually rob it of HP and torque. As a result the local PD at the direction of the city council is enforcing the city's noise ordinance, not only on bikes, but cars and trucks as well. Something that's on the books, but rarely enforced is now getting a lot of attention because of a few A-holes.

So my point is these young wannabe studs who use their car as an extension of their lower anatomy, run illegal exhaust systems, want the most "obnoxiously" loud exhaust they can find, do burn-outs in front of their houses, race on public streets, get themselves and others killed, etc., etc. are only making things worse for the rest of us. You want to have a race car? Fine, run it at the track and trailer it to and from your house. You want to irritate your neighbors? Go ahead, but don't come here and whine like some snot nosed spoiled two year old and expect to get your cyber-diaper changed.

I live in a state where there are now laws which prohibit kids under 18 from driving a car with passengers who are under the age of 21. Why do we have such a law? Because of the many snot nosed, pimple faced young NASCAR wannabes who have been racing up and down the streets showing off and getting themselves and a bunch of other innocent people killed, driving the hotrods that mommy and daddy bought for them, to make up for their lack of love and attention.

The old cliche - Opinions are like A-holes. Everybody has one and they all stink to somebody else. So how does mine smell?

 

Alot of people cant afford to do that..hell.. I wish I had enough money to have multiple vehicles and make my car a strictly track car.. that way I could leave the damn thing in pieces in the garage and not have to worry about getting it back together before Monday morning rolls around. Unfortunately, its my only driver. Theres also the problems of being able to tow the damn thing... its not easy to haul a 4k lb car + trailer weight around.. a decent truck able to do this would cost a good 20k easy.. affording this, my car, modifications... it all gets expensive while working part time in college. Does the fact that Im in school and I dont make 100 grand a year mean that I shouldnt be able to modify my car and actually enjoy it because I cant afford to do it the "ideal" way?

And yeah I agree with you that some people give Mustang owners a bad name but when I see those people they are generally in sn95 Mustangs and they only have them because they bought them used and they cant usually afford new cars... At least around here, and I dont mean this in any kind of disrespectful manner, but... those people are usually all from the same..shall we just say.. "group"

 

i never said i was inconsiderate neighbor, but i think asking someone to change thier car is out of line, rude, and way more selfish, you know as well as i do that anyon ehere wouldbe more considerate, you make is sound as though this is being done on purpose and it isnt.

as for the comment about drs and police and stuff working nights for us, g-d bless em cause i coudlnt do it, however think about this, i make dick inthe real world int erms of income, so how many drs and emts you think live in my building, ill tell you.....none, its different when you than when you own. i doubt im really making life inconvienent for thos efolkls you mentioned. also you need to consider that your now accusing me of purposly being inconsiderate, in regards to homies situation withhis neighbor i seriously doubt the noise is malicious in regards to practice or intent. which is my point, its one thing if being done on purpose, but its not. and niether would it be in regards to me. i thin the the nieghbors request is unreasonable, maybe he should ask him not to gun it, but to request that he modify his vehicle, is out of line.

for sh*ts and giggle let me present this scenario, your brand new 50 inch t.v. give off alot of light when watching it at night and, and you neighbor across the way asks you to get a new t.v. so he can sleep. and for the sake of arguement lets just say that he says this is a problem when yours and his curtains are drawn, now i ask you, would you go buy a new smaller t.v.? i doubt it. your assuming i am being malicious and im not, but to ask a person to change their car??????!!!!! ijustthink the request is retarded in general. maybe i should ask my neighbor with the POS next to me to clean and paint her car cause it makes mine look bad......LOL see my point? its a retarded request, if he were doing it deliberatly i understand, but he isnt.

 

phunnyguy, do you ever actually read your posts before you post them. They do not make any sense what-so-ever. You go off about people working nights, saying that they should have tried harder in school, so they can get a better job and work regular hours. Maybe you should have stayed in school so that the rest of us on this forum do not have read your posts more than once so that we can understand what you are trying to say. I am not trying to pick a fight with you but your ignorance is really annoying. You state that were you live, there are no doctors or EMT's that live nearby. So what! What about all of the other people out there that work hard, but may not earn much. They don't count in your reality, obviously. You also state that because he is not purposely being inconsiderate, than the neighbors shouldn't have a problem. Man, I am going to try that excuse more often.
Officer- Do you know how fast you were going?
Me- No officer, I wasn't paying attention.
Officer- You were going twenty over the limit.
Me- But I didn't mean to.
I think we all know how that would go.
You are a tool phunnyguy and I guess we all have to live with it, because I know that you are not doing it on purpose!

 

Damn...hella people are misinterpreting this post.

The original poster didn't ask about whether his setup is emissions legal or not. He asked if anyone could recommend a quieter exhaust. It's clear that he is a considerate neighbor and is not being purposely irritating. If he really didn't care, he wouldn't have taken the time to make a post.

It's been made clear that not having a cat is illegal, and that there are consequences to getting caught. Great, thanks for that information. Doesn't change a thing. The original poster still is only looking for a quieter exhaust.

Getting back to the original topic, I would probably take up your neighbor's $800 offer. You can probably find an exhaust and get it installed for less than $800. Keep your current setup and store it. Put it back when you move and sell the setup your neighbor bought you. Extra money for you.

If you really wanted to get something out of all this, take up your neighbor's offer, put the stock system back on, but put on new tips so it looks like a new system. Then keep all that extra money. Put it towards something else.

Haha, or..if you wanna be a smart ***, use the $800 to buy your neighborhood ear plugs. You could probably buy a 100 for cheap... :P

 

dude let me set you straight.

and i will proofread this one for ya, if i had a better keyboard, i could type better.

you seem to think that this is being done intentionally, its not, and I AM considerate of my neighbors probably moreso than most, so dont go passing judgement on me there boss..

as for your little attempt to write a script there...ill say that i have had my share of tickets and took em all like a man, even talked my way out of a few, and believe me I WAS paying attention.

and as for believeing that his neighbors request is rude, and out of line, well it is america and i am entitled to my opinion.

and dont ever lecture me on being neighborly, you dont even know me!

and no we are not fighting about this, simply discussing, and for some reason you cannot get over the fact that i think the neighbors request to replace the exhuast is out of line. i do believe that if it is illegal then it should be made proper. as for the sound, i live near a highway and an airport so cry me ariver on the noise thingy and needing sleep.......dont be a wimp, be a man so what your neighbor has a loud car, be a man deal with it, i used to have a neighbor that would get so drunk he would **** in the hallway of our building, iwas a man and dealt with it properly and professionally, so please dont tell me about being neighborly, and as for calling me a tool, well i didint call you any names, so whos the tool now?[sm=bicker.gif]

and as i have said before ifi tis a deliberate making of noise then by all means the guy is in the wrong, he shouldnt be making a racket just to do so, but if hes driving normally, then deal with it.

also used to have aguy who would start a harley and run it for 60 mins every saturday right behind my bedroom, i didnt bitch, i tried to sleep & deal with it, or got up and did something productive. so please i have been there and done that, and lived it, i just like most, simply deal with it, plain and simple, i didnt make outrageous requests of my neighbors, especially the one pissing in the hallway(i dont think asking one to refrain from urinating inthe complex hall is a major request), nor of the guy with the bike, i mean really he had a LOUD bike (it shook my walls and things off of my walls regularly) , who cares, sometimes it woke me up earlier than i wanted....darn.....

see my point?

its not that i dont care about others, its that im tired of everyone out there wanting everyone else to make thier llife (with specific requests) easier, whatever happend to real men? i find more and more people look to others to fix thier problems in society today as opposed to playing the cards your dealt and simply dealing with it.

i think this guy is a helluva guy for considering doing it, i might... i might not, depends on how well i knew the neighbor and how he approached the situation. apparently he wasnt rude, but i still think it is a dumb thing to ask of someone. i really think sometimes inlife people should mind thier own business, and this happens to a case of where i subscribe to that belief, especially in this case. (for crying out loud hes moving in 9 months)

let me put in simpler terms, in 15 yrs as a performer, proffessional comic mind you, i have learned, that you cannot please everyone all of the time, and once people realize that fact, they will get through life with a lot less complaining and headaches especially the ones who make the most requests cause THIER WORLD and THIER REALITY is more important than your own. no one is better than anyone else in my book i give all people a fair shake, and i reciprocate behaviour, if your rude to me im rude back, if your nice, im nice, get it?

 

wow...

THIS thread sure took a LEFT turn from "What exhaust can I get that would be quieter and still sound good?".

MY advice...

Try IMCO.

https://mustangforums.com/m_934495/m...tm.htm#1854605

 

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An exhaust tone is like music. You don't turn it up to make it sound better, you put on a better song. Turning it up only allows everyone else to hear your tastes... whether they like it or not. Being in a free country might give you the right to be an ***, but at the end of the day, being a free *** is still being an ***.