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Revving a modded car in the driveway and then lapping the block isn’t some innocent hobby, it’s a statement — and that statement is, “I own this neighborhood and I don’t care what anyone else thinks.”

A homeowner who works nights has been on the receiving end of this neighbor’s excessive noise, woken out of daytime sleep by a neighbor whose car is loud enough to track by sound as it circles the block.

He can hear it pulling away. He can hear it coming back. He can watch it pass the house. And he can’t do anything about it because the city’s noise laws don’t kick in until dark.

So as he noticed this neighbor’s heavily tatted aesthetic and tough guy persona, he started to lose hope the conflict would ever be solved.

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My neighbor keeps revving his super loud car and doing circles around the neighborhood.

My neighbor who lives across the street from me has a lot of modded vehicles in their driveway.

Recently, they’ve been revving one of their cars in their driveway. It’s extremely loud, so loud that it wakes my wife up.

This neighbor doesn’t seem to care how disruptive this is for other residents.

Then, after revving it for a while, he takes it around the neighborhood and does a couple laps around the block with his car, revving it the whole time.

I can literally hear his car the entire time because it’s so loud. I can hear the noise getting further away and then closer again, and I see him pass the house multiple times so I know he’s circling.

They do this pretty often and I don’t understand why. Are they just trying to show off their loud, obnoxious car to the entire neighborhood?

So when the neighbor continued, this resident’s mental health (and sleep quality) continued to decline.

The other day I was off of work and they kept going out every hour or two to get in their car and do a couple laps around the neighborhood.

I work nights so I sleep in a lot throughout the day, and it’s so annoying not being able to sleep in because the guy across the street wants to show off how loud his car is when no one gives a care except for him.

He’s considered just talking to him, but this neighbor isn’t the most approachable guy.

I can’t really do anything about it because my city’s noise ordinance doesn’t go into effect until dark.

I want to try talking to him but he’s a super muscular, tatted dude with face tats who looks scary as heck and he open carries a firearm, so I’m afraid to say anything to him.

Sounds like this neighbor is pretty much acting under the assumption that he’s untouchable.

What did Reddit have to say?

Sometimes you just have to be persistent with matters like these.

Why not just go directly to the police?

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Having an unconventional car doesn’t mean you automatically have to be inconsiderate about it.

Psychology has an interesting thing to say about this.

The noise ordinance gap is real, the neighbor is visually intimidating, and the car isn’t going to get quieter on its own.

This tenant’s best realistic options are documenting the pattern in case any city process applies outside the ordinance window, sending an anonymous or unsigned note, or simply accepting that the laps are going to keep happening and investing in some serious blackout curtains and a white noise machine for the bedroom.

None of that is deeply satisfying, but confronting a guy like this in the middle of the afternoon is a risk that probably isn’t worth taking over car laps.

Some situations just don’t have a satisfying resolution, and this might be one of them.

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Benjamin Cottrell

Benjamin Cottrell | Assistant Editor, Internet Culture

Benjamin Cottrell is an Assistant Editor and contributing writer at TwistedSifter, specializing in internet culture, viral social dynamics, and the moral complexities of online communities. He brings a highly analytical, editorial voice to his reporting on workplace conflicts, malicious compliance, and interpersonal drama, with a specific focus on nuanced stories that lack an obvious villain.

As a published author of rhetorical criticism, Benjamin leverages his academic background in human communication to dissect and elevate viral social media threads. Instead of simply summarizing events, he provides readers with balanced, deep-dive commentary into why the internet reacts the way it does. In addition to his cultural reporting, he is an experienced fine art photography essayist and video game reviewer.

When he isn’t analyzing the latest viral debates, Benjamin is usually chipping away at his extensive video game backlog, hunting down the best new restaurants, or out exploring the city with a camera in hand.

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