Car alarm going off outside for 2 hours now....

[Leros]

It's 11pm. A car alarm has been going off outside for about 2 hours now. Nobody seems to be home at the house it's parked in front of.

The neighbors said they called 311 and were told nothing could be done.

I can barely hear it from my bedroom so its not a big deal. Still annoying though...

 

[Howard]

Set it on fire. Then the fire department has to come.

 

[DesiPower]

Throw some eggs on it.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Eventually the battery is going to die. Eventually. Could probably go on for days though.

When my neighbor died, the same happened to his car maybe a few days after his body was recovered from the house. Was the weirdest thing ever, because it had never done it before.

 

[Leros]

It's a bit after midnight and its still going off

 

[MrPickins]

It's a bit after midnight and its still going off

Austin has a noise ordinance. Shouldn't that be a violation?

 

[CA19100]

Is your neighborhood a private street or complex? If so, is there a company that tows improperly-parked vehicles? If there is, I'd give 'em a ring.

 

[postmortemIA]

Remedy is to post here

 

[Leros]

Sadly it's a public street.

 

[mizzou]

Yes, they can go on for a very long time.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Would be hilarious if someone goes and steels all 4 tires.

 

[Kadarin]

Happened to me once in the apartment complex I used to live at... The owners were out all weekend and someone eventually called the police and they towed the car.

 

[db]

pull the wire to the horn

 

[brainhulk]

why can't the police do anything? They will come for a noise complaint if there's a party, surely they can get a tow truck to haul that POS away

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Pee on the car.

 

[techs]

It's 11pm. A car alarm has been going off outside for about 2 hours now. Nobody seems to be home at the house it's parked in front of.

The neighbors said they called 311 and were told nothing could be done.

I can barely hear it from my bedroom so its not a big deal. Still annoying though...

That happened to me years ago. I called the police and they told me there was nothing they could do either. So I told them I would call my local city councilman whose home phone number I had. It was 3am in the morning, btw.

Twenty minutes later I saw the police jimmy the door, open the hood and disconnect the battery.

True story.

 

[highland145]

Go bust out the windows so there will be a reason for the alarm.

 

[dud]

At a minimum leave a love note on the window letting the owner know how much the neighborhood appreciates the noise.

 

[tfinch2]

Shoot the gas tank. Watch the explosion.

 

[Leros]

Not sure what happened. I woke up around 3am to the car alarm going off. When I got up at 9am, the car was gone.

 

[l0cke]

Not sure what happened. I woke up around 3am to the car alarm going off. When I got up at 9am, the car was gone.

Someone probably stole it

 

[footballrunner800]

Still going off?

 

[IronWing]

Make a short spear out of rebar. Use a bottle jack and the spear to punch out the bottom of the battery.

 

[SheHateMe]

Have you tried hotwiring it so you can get the alarm to turn off from inside the car?

 

[BladeVenom]

Disconnect the battery.