Rant: Car alarms and worthless neighboors..

[asmo]

So I sit here writing this with a migraine - so this may not come out as the intended rant.. It long, but context is needed.


My new neighbors are effing worthless scum. The little old lady that used to own the house, and has turned into my almost adopted mother, kept that house beautiful and clean - but she moved last year to 'downsize'. She sold the house to a 'nice' couple with 3 kids - all in their teens. When they moved in we gave them a week or two and then caught them in the front yard, introduced ourselves, and tried to make nice-nice. In the process we learned that they were FLAMING UBER liberals (the government needs to make sure everyone has jobs and no one should ever be 'poor' types) - which is odd since the female of the two spent 8 years in the service. But live and let live.. as long as they kept to themselves I couldn't care less...

But they can't keep to themselves. Fuck they cant even take basic care of their property. They leave their trash cans out for days after the trash service has come, they have weeds in their yard 18 inches high, they refuse to shovel their sidewalks after it snows ("that's the cities job" -- no it isn't you idiotic twit, read your HOA agreement), they have two dogs that constantly bark all damn day -- oh and they haven't cleaned-up after those dogs since they moved in.. the smell in the summer was outrageous, thank god for winter - and they constantly park their car in front of my house, backwards on the street (I have gotten HOA complaints because of their damned car).

[TODAY]
And now - their car alarm has been going off since ~0430 this morning.. Its a rhythmic kinda nnnncccc..nnnnccc...nnnnncccc.. When it woke me up I went and looked - nothing but a snow covered car in their un-shoveled drive. I gave it 10 minutes.. nnnncccc..nnnnccc...nnnnncccc..nnnncccc..nnnnccc.. .nnnnncccc..nnnncccc..nnnnccc...nnnnncccc.... Okay, now I am fully awake.

I get dressed, go over and knock on their door. No answer. Listen asshats I know your home. Answer your damned door.

Okay its early - give it some time, I may have woken them up. Fuck them - I'm awake. POUND.. POUND.. POUND.. POUND.. RING...RING..RING..RING..RING.. No answer.

RING.. POUND.. WAIT.. RING.. POUND.. WAIT.... After 25 minutes the teenage daughter comes down and opens the door.

"Your car alarm has been going off for 45 minutes.. Can you please shut it up?"
"Oh.. Let me go get him (meaning father/brother I am assuming)."

I wait.. 5 minutes.. Car alarm still blaring.. 10 minutes.. Car alarm still blaring..

I ring and pound on the door again...

Daughter comes to the door again - she says "Its still going off.."

Yeah no shit..? Really? I couldn't fucking tell.

I ask - are your parents home? - Her reply "I texted them but they wont answer.."

I tell her to go get the alarm and turn it off - then go wake up her parents and get their lazy asses outside. NOW!

She goes and gets the alarm fob - comes out and tries to press it. Wont work.. Later, rinse, repeat for 5 minutes.. The alarm finally shuts up.

Kid walks back into the house without saying a word.. Fine - don't care. It silent..

I go back to bed - try to go back to sleep.. try.. try.. try.. Finally fall back asleep around 0730..

nnnncccc..nnnnccc...nnnnncccc..nnnncccc..nnnnccc.. .nnnnncccc..nnnncccc..nnnnccc...nnnnncccc....nnnnc ccc..nnnnccc...nnnnncccc..nnnncccc..nnnnccc...nnnn ncccc..nnnncccc..nnnnccc...nnnnncccc....

Its back.. 0830 and its fucking back.. nnnncccc..nnnnccc...nnnnncccc..nnnncccc..nnnnccc.. .nnnnncccc..nnnncccc..nnnnccc...nnnnncccc....

I get up. Notice their other car is gone. But the sound of that fucking car alarm is still there - growing and growing.. Taunting me..

0900 I go next door and pray that someone is there - someone I can fucking UNLEASH on. I bang on the door, ring the door bells, their dogs are in the house and barking at me through the windows - yap yap yap yap yap..nnnncccc..nnnnccc...nnnnncccc..nnnncccc....

No answer.. Fuck them.. No answer.. No answer except that constant nnnncccc..nnnnccc...nnnnncccc.. taunting me.

0930 I call the HOA (I fucking hate the HOA too and I am not one of those people that call - I have been here 15 years and have never called them before) and give them the skinny. They say "Oh were sorry. We have lots of complaints about that address...." and they suggest I call DCSO.

I don't want to call the Sheriff - they have much more important things to do - but that nnnncccc..nnnnccc...nnnnncccc..nnnncccc..nnnnccc.. .nnnnncccc..nnnncccc..nnnnccc... needs to FUCKING STOP..

I call DCSO - explain the situation and they say they will send an Officer out. I ask them if I can disable the alarm under the guise that it is a public nuisance and I am taking reasonable steps to abate the problem. No dice.

So I sit here - 8 hours later. With a migraine and constant nnnncccc..nnnnccc...nnnnncccc..nnnncccc..nnnnccc.. .nnnnncccc..nnnncccc..[B]nnnnccc...nnnnncccc....nnnncccc..nnnnccc...nnnnncc cc..nnnncccc..nnnnccc...nnnnncccc.. resonating through my house..

I hope each and every one of those idiots next door gets Lou Gehrig's disease and their brains rot away. I hope they have to sit in pool of their own feces and urine - unable to control their slightest body movement - while some 400lb nurse man-handles daily them and leaves them atrophy away in the corner of some government run hospital somewhere..

I hate my neighbors. Fuck them. I hope that fucking PoS Subaru explodes in a fire-ball while the whole family is driving off to some leftist hippie rally. I giant fireball of global warming proportions..

Fuck them.

[crays]

Sooo....you're annoyed? [Sarcasm2]

[Colorado_Outback]

I thought thats what HOA's are for..? Micromanaging your neighbors into submission.

[TFOGGER]

There is very little in this world that cannot be solved with the correct application of high explosives...

[Skip]

10/10

I seriously feel for you--I've been in that position and can't do my job without sleep. FWIW, if I were your neighbor and saw you prying open the hood and smashing the horn, I wouldn't say a word. Other than "thank you" in passing.

Why would the daughter need to text her parents? Either they are home (go fucking get them) or they are not (call them and ask how to shut it off). Sounds like a dysfunctional family all around. And if they are that shitty at being human, they probably aren't good with their finances so they probably won't live there long.

This is beyond MYOB territory since they are negatively impacting your life and ability to enjoy your home. I would start a campaign and enlist other neighbors for support--you can bet they feel the same way you do.

[brutal]

Don't all Subaru's have an accessible tow hook on both ends?

I have straps, chains, and a big effin truck if you need help.

[merl]

10/10
FWIW, if I were your neighbor and saw you prying open the hood and smashing the horn, I wouldn't say a word. Other than "thank you" in passing.


except that the instant the owner then talked to the police about vandalism... That path is now ruled out.

[XC700116]

I hope each and every one of those idiots next door gets Lou Gehrig's disease and their brains rot away. I hope they have to sit in pool of their own feces and urine - unable to control their slightest body movement - while some 400lb nurse man-handles daily them and leaves them atrophy away in the corner of some government run hospital somewhere..

I hate my neighbors. Fuck them. I hope that fucking PoS Subaru explodes in a fire-ball while the whole family is driving off to some leftist hippie rally. I giant fireball of global warming proportions..

Fuck them.

Too late, Brain is already gone. See flaming liberal comment.

Has the officer shown up yet? They should tow the car and impound it.

[crashdown]

10/10 for sure... come on.. it had sound effects!
I second towing it down the street and letting more people complain to the HOA and police.

[hatidua]

-a fairly solid rant, well done.

[HoneyBadger]

You have way more patience than I do. I would have walked over there at 0435 and *kindly* offered to help them disable their car alarm.

[buffalobo]

Don't all Subaru's have an accessible tow hook on both ends?

I have straps, chains, and a big effin truck if you need help.

^^^^This
30 mins after first contact the subbie gets a drag to where I can't hear it.

[TFOGGER]

It would be a shame if the alarm shorted out and burned that POS to the ground, now wouldn't it? Jus' sayin'...

[rockhound]

i have to admit i have a little redneck in me, oh and a big fu.... truck and lots of straps, winch etc. i might have handled it myself by now. is the door unlocked?

pop the hood disconnect the battery

although calling the proper authorities would be the wise thing to do.

[kwando]

OMFG... This post made my day! I sure hope you feel a little better after typing this thread. Going to vote now.

[mcjhr]

Maybe they think the govt should shut it off.

[TheBelly]

what's red and bad for car windows?

a brick.

[blacklabel]

what's red and bad for car windows?

a brick.

At least give the car a reason for the alarm to be going off.

[lowbeyond]

http://i.minus.com/ibF2HY.gif

[kidicarus13]

Copy/paste a summary of your rant to the HOA and DCSO. Document and contact the HOA and DCSO each and everytime a HOA violation and/or law is being broken. The squeaky wheel gets the oil. If you don't act soon things will only get worse and at some point you may do something you regret. I feel for you. And the rant was GREAT- it's almost like I was there.

[ChunkyMonkey]

Sorry man.. that sounds real awful. Hope you can resolve it w/o much more headache.

[rbeau30]

A car alarm is to notify people that a car is being broken into right?

If it goes off lots, just keep calling DCSO every time it does, you are however a concerned citizen. After enough reports of the same car's false alarms things should sort themselves out.

[Bailey Guns]

Best rant on the forum since...EVER!

I must be the only one hoping his douche neighbors get worse. I wanna see how he tops this one. It might involve explosions, SWAT callouts, barricades, hundreds of news vehicles, the feds.... Who knows?

[Coffee]

(J/K. That really sucks, man...)

[dirtrulz]

A guys car was doing the same thing one winter in college. Someone got annoyed enough a put a water hose up into his engine compartment all night. It didnt take long to kill the alarm and his car was a solid block of ice in the morning. Took many days for it to thaw out. Funny as hell.

[Snowman78]

[QUOTE=Bailey Guns;1468499]Best rant on the forum since...EVER!

+1
I felt like I was reading a book I couldn't put down!

[nynco]

I had that alarm situation happen with a neighbor and it sucked. I fixed it by offering to pull the cables off the battery. Honestly most people don't have the brains or skills to know how to solve that problem. Which that will solve some alarm problems but not all. Yours sound like douche bags.

[cofi]

I'm so happy to not have to deal with a hoa

[mikedubs]

yellow to red text FTW!

"urge to kill rising..."

[killianak9]

There is very little in this world that cannot be solved with the correct application of high explosives...

I don't have anything to do Thursday and I'm always up for good time! Ill bring the whiskey, Lets blow that pos up😇

[SamuraiCO]

Epic. Cottonwood?

[Ah Pook]

I can feel your pain but ALS does not rot the brain.

[BlasterBob]

Reminds me how glad I should be that our nearest neighbor is about 3/4 of a mile away. Am sorry for the OP having this type shit to have to deal with.

[funkymonkey1111]

there's your answer---officer, I was really concerned this car was about to be stolen!
A car alarm is to notify people that a car is being broken into right?

If it goes off lots, just keep calling DCSO every time it does, you are however a concerned citizen. After enough reports of the same car's false alarms things should sort themselves out.

[ray1970]

On a positive note, eventually the battery will go dead and the problem will fix itself.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Can't you file a complaint with the city about the car repeatedly violating city noise ordnance for prolonged periods of time? I would think videos of the car going off and the neighbors not attending to it could generate some excitement since most cities seem to LOVE cases where they can fine the offenders for hundreds or even thousands of dollars of cash.

[cfortune]

10/10, would read again.

[asmo]

Left the house around 1430 to go see a master carpenter in Woodland Park.. Just got back and the car is silent - no one is home... We will see how long this lasts. It has fooled me a couple of times before.. Stopping for a few short minutes and then starting back up again..

For those that want the sound effects in full stereo:

Nevermind.. I thought/hoped that some of you had a little more sense.

[asmo]

Epic. Cottonwood?

Hell no. I'm not in the ghetto..

But the funny thing is that is where they moved here from..

[mcjhr]

Just 5seconds of that harshed my mellow.

Wait until they illegally park (again), call HOA towing service. Bada bing bada boom!

[Danimal]

Great rant, and after seeing the video I genuinely feel sorry for you. On a related note I once had a neighbor that thought that it was cute to rev the piss out of a rice burner with cherry bombs on it at 2 am at annoying ass house parties parties. Unfortunately the oil plug fell out of his engine and the engine seized on the highway somewhere. Fucking tragedy.

[Holger Danske]

9/10 Could have replaced effen with its big brother. I feel for you. Hopefully the battery ran down. If if happens again you need to be the squeaky wheelvto the HOA. Call them every 15 min and make it their problem. As mentioned above document everything. Hit up the HOA and demand they contact thevhomeowner about the issue.

[Irving]

Parker is a dump. You should just move to Aurora.

[HoneyBadger]

I'm so happy to not have to deal with a hoa
The HOA isn't the problem here... it's the douchebag neighbors!

[SuperiorDG]

You need a Honey Badger.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ezs2QbuFTQ

[ZERO THEORY]

Don't all Subaru's have an accessible tow hook on both ends?

I have straps, chains, and a big effin truck if you need help.

That gives me an idea...a new form of tow-off. My H.O.C.R. vs whatever you've got. Only instead of hooking our chains to each other's hitches, we see who rip off the biggest half of the Subaru.

[SuperiorDG]

Or this.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOocv7X0t4w

[rbeau30]

Parker is a dump. You should just move to Aurora.

When I was signing my house mortgage I was singing, " Moovin' on up! To the East Side!"

[trlcavscout]

There is very little in this world that cannot be solved with the correct application of high explosives...

I like the way you think! Shit a few ounces would fix that car, but a pound would be so much more fun to watch.

[brianakell]

Great rant, and after seeing the video I genuinely feel sorry for you. On a related note I once had a neighbor that thought that it was cute to rev the piss out of a rice burner with cherry bombs on it at 2 am at annoying ass house parties parties. Unfortunately the oil plug fell out of his engine and the engine seized on the highway somewhere. Fucking tragedy.

So sad, and seriously awesome!


Had some twit park outside when I lived in a city/town, working on something on his car, while blasting radio loud enough to rattle glasses inside a cabinet. Went out "look man, I dont care if you want to tinker and work on your car, but would you turn the damn radio down a BUNCH?!" Got "oh sorry", and way down it went.

One solution, they'll love, and you'll enjoy. Parking backwards on the street is a violation, worthy of ticket and fine. They park backwards, you call cops, ticket installed.

Car alarm is likely a noise ordinance thing as well, so Id pursue that option. Obviously just being civil and decent isnt working. And shoveling sidewalks, I believe can be fined for as well, if repeatedly and deliberately not done, again a city issue, not just HOA. I dont like playing these cards, as you dont, but I will play who's the bigger a$$hole game, and land opponent in tickets, fines, and general harassment by authorities if need be. Fine em back to the ghetto! [LOL]

[ben4372]

Parker is a dump. You should just move to Aurora. Funny. I peed myself, a little.

[OtterbatHellcat]

That was a high quality rant, good Sir.

I'll not possibly incriminate myself by sharing any *get even* stories or stuff like that though... let's just say that I also hope the scale tips the other way on your situation.. ;)

[jerrymrc]

I feel for ya. Here in the county it only takes once. Next time it goes off with all the snow round it just run around the car with a toy shouting "Get out of the car" and then tell your new neighbor that you were just protecting his property. [LOL]All in jest but us old guys just don't care anymore. We just would take a drill with a long bit and go through the hood and battery be dead. [Coffee]End of alarm. [Beer]

[Great-Kazoo]

I believe it's time to have a saturday night party, at your house. I'll bring the fireworks.

OR how about an early sunday morn get together.

[ray1970]

OR how about an early sunday morn get together.

This.

I can round up a small group and we can swing by on our Harley's. Say around 6:00 a.m.?

[kwando]

So I assume it's been quiet and ASMO got a good nights sleep? :)

Watched the video and that would push me over the edge, you handled it very well.

[Ronin13]

OP, we need more guys like you- I've confronted our neighbors a few times on their dogs barking and howling at 0600 on a Saturday (especially while in the academy and I had night range until midnight- I like my sleep!). Luckily never had anything quite as bad as your situation (yet). There has to be avenues you can pursue like others have suggested, like constantly contacting DCSO, the HOA, and maybe even the city/county on nuisance noise complaints. Judging by how the neighbors car has not been brushed off and they just let the alarm go off constantly, seems like they wouldn't miss it if some bad wiring occurred and turned it into a charred crisp (NOTE: I AM NOT ADVOCATING ARSON).

[Ah Pook]

You need a Honey Badger.
I LOLed. [Pop]

[02ducky]

Great rant, sorry you have to deal with that BS. People are idiots.

[electronman1729]

A Electromagnetic Pulse would solve your problem.

[Squeeze]

This similar situation happened to me many years ago when I lived in a condominium complex with my 1st wife. After a long and tormenting night of that wretched car alarm going off...someone unbeknownst to me, peppered the shit out of that car with a paintball gun. The next morning it was a beautiful sight of many colors. :D

[killianak9]

So I assume it's been quiet and ASMO got a good nights sleep? :)

Watched the video and that would push me over the edge, you handled it very well.

Any update ASMO? 😝

[rbeau30]

So I assume it's been quiet and ASMO got a good nights sleep? :)

Watched the video and that would push me over the edge, you handled it very well.

Or he got arrested and the bail is more than he can afford.

[killianak9]

Or he got arrested and the bail is more than he can afford.

That would suck.

[SamuraiCO]

All quiet on the western front I guess.

[asmo]

All is quiet on the idiot front. The car disappeared for a bit Wednesday morning but was back that night. No one is coming in or out of the house - they are keeping all the lights off. Nice thing is they are parking their other car in front of their own damn house -- even facing the correct orientation on the street. We will see how long this lasts.

[buckeye4rnr]

Left the house around 1430 to go see a master carpenter in Woodland Park.. Just got back and the car is silent - no one is home... We will see how long this lasts. It has fooled me a couple of times before.. Stopping for a few short minutes and then starting back up again..

For those that want the sound effects in full stereo:
MOD EDIT: Video not needed

Get them kicked out and do what you can to make the house list for real cheap, I'll move in.

[asmo]

Round 2...

Just got a visit from Douglas County Animal Control.. They said that they got a complaint from a 'neighbor' on Wednesday - saying my dogs were barking "all night". Which is hard, since my dogs were only home by themselves for about 2 hours Wednesday night (1930-2130), and my cameras show them curled up in the garage sleeping the whole time. It gets better, they said that I also leave my dogs for 'days at a time' and that they are malnourished and that I routinely hit and kick them. I called my two poor, neglected, beaten dogs to the door to say "Hi" to officer - and she could see for herself they are anything but malnourished, neglected, or abused. For the record: when I die I want to come back as one of my dogs..

I gave the cop a quick synopsis of the week prior, and of them threatening my wife on Monday when she went over to ask them to stop putting their trashcans in front of our house (the wind blows their cans over and it goes all over my yard). The cop put it down as a bogus claim and told me to try court appointed mediation with the neighbors.

*sigh*.. Property out east is looking better and better.

My "abused" dogs:

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[davsel]

Let the games begin!

Good luck - not much is worse than bad neighbors.
Awesome dogs BTW.

[RblDiver]

You should feel just awful about yourself. Playing in the snow? Clearly you're trying to freeze them! At the pool? Apparently freezing didn't work, now you're trying to drown them! And they're clearly malnourished, only receiving 3 square meals a day you heathen! :)

Sorry to hear about those jerks, though perhaps it's good that they filed the false claim as now the city has record of them being liars.

[TFOGGER]

It would be awful if someone took a garden hose, hooked it up to your neighbor's house, and pried the door/window of their car open just far enough to insert it, then turned it on overnight...Just awful.

[rbeau30]

You should make that video public.

[brutal]

That hound looks so malnourished!

If by malnourished, one really means chunky. :D

[Skip]

Well, it sounds like it's a war now.

I would still recommend you network with other neighbors who are tired of this instead of going at it alone. That way when someone gets called in from the deadbeats retaliating, the other neighbors can vouch for you.

By the way, just from the address I was able to learn a lot about this person included where he works. He's not too bright. I don't just treat my neighbors with respect because it's the right thing to do, but stuff like this is just too costly for me. Both in time and money.

[rbeau30]

It would be awful if someone took a garden hose, hooked it up to your neighbor's house, and pried the door/window of their car open just far enough to insert it, then turned it on overnight...Just awful.

You work nights... so you have nights off. Just wait for a really cold night and take a Big gulp every 15 minutes full of water, coat that car in ice. "Must have been a freak ice storm just in that spot?

[ChunkyMonkey]

That hound looks so malnourished!

If by malnourished, one really means chunky. :D

Hey don't bring me into this. I would have magically have the county foreclose the house and let the owners and bank sort things out for months. But that's just me

[wreave]

I gave the cop a quick synopsis of the week prior, and of them threatening my wife on Monday when she went over to ask them to stop putting their trashcans in front of our house (the wind blows their cans over and it goes all over my yard). The cop put it down as a bogus claim and told me to try court appointed mediation with the neighbors.

That's not a "bogus claim", that's "filing a false report". It's at least a misdemeanor. Forget mediation. You ought to press charges first.

[ZERO THEORY]

That's not a "bogus claim", that's "filing a false report". It's at least a misdemeanor. Forget mediation. You ought to press charges first.

x2.

[blacklabel]

I would still recommend you network with other neighbors who are tired of this instead of going at it alone. That way when someone gets called in from the deadbeats retaliating, the other neighbors can vouch for you.

I can't agree more. The more pressure that you can put on the deadbeats from multiple angles, the better chance of success that you'll have.


That's not a "bogus claim", that's "filing a false report". It's at least a misdemeanor. Forget mediation. You ought to press charges first.

And this.

[KevDen2005]

Epic. Cottonwood?


No, he mentioned HOA

[KevDen2005]

Hell no. I'm not in the ghetto..

But the funny thing is that is where they moved here from..


I love when people call Cottonwood the ghetto. There is no ghetto in Parker, in fact there is no ghetto in Colorado. I used to live in SE DC. That is a ghetto.

[brutal]

Not too awfully hard to find the location with that street address alone.

It's a nice neighborhood.

Public (county) records can be very forthcoming. Add in a little Google foo and even the average non-LE citizen can get some basic info.

[HoneyBadger]

Not too awfully hard to find the location with that street address alone.

It's a nice neighborhood.

Public (county) records can be very forthcoming. Add in a little Google foo and even the average non-LE citizen can get some basic info.
So are you gonna spill the beans? [ROFL1]

[ZERO THEORY]

I used to live in SE DC. That is a ghetto.

My dad lived in VA for years, and I had cousins, aunts, and uncles over in Maryland. Once while driving over there from Alexandria, I remember seeing a car sitting on cinder blocks...on the freeway.

[KevDen2005]

My dad lived in VA for years, and I had cousins, aunts, and uncles over in Maryland. Once while driving over there from Alexandria, I remember seeing a car sitting on cinder blocks...on the freeway.


I grew up in CO, in North Thornton, which I still think is nice. It was a total culture shock going to and living in places like DC, New Orleans, Columbus GA, Saint Louis, New Jersey

[funkymonkey1111]

I grew up in CO, in North Thornton, which I still think is nice. It was a total culture shock going to and living in places like DC, New Orleans, Columbus GA, Saint Louis, New Jersey

Hmm, i wonder what the big difference was? Let me think.....

[ZERO THEORY]

Hmm, i wonder what the big difference was? Let me think.....

http://i43.tinypic.com/rk4p7a.jpg

[Skip]

So are you gonna spill the beans? [ROFL1]

OPSEC guys.

The info is out there but this could blow up for OP--probably don't need that info in the clear.

[brutal]

OPSEC guys.

The info is out there but this could blow up for OP--probably don't need that info in the clear.

That goes without saying. Putting yourself or another in a liable situation by divulging info unnecessarily is unwise. No guarantee said info is 100% correct either.

Personally, I would nuke this whole post considering what's already transpired.

[asmo]

Fuck.. some of you people need some common sense.

MODs.. could you please lock the thread. Or delete out the posts from the idiots talking about the real address.

[HoneyBadger]

That goes without saying. Putting yourself or another in a liable situation by divulging info unnecessarily is unwise. No guarantee said info is 100% correct either.

Personally, I would nuke this whole post considering what's already transpired.



Sorry, I was trying to be funny, but it was a bad call. This whole thread should indeed disappear.


Sorry. [gohome]

[kidicarus13]

Hmm, i wonder what the big difference was? Let me think.....

Can't say that, someone will complain.