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F'n kids!

Canai

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So it's 10:45 PM on a Sunday. I'm sitting here, enjoying my ATOT, when some car comes cruising down the street 'bumping phat tunes' or some shit, rattling things on the shelves across the room. I live in a very quiet, friendly residential area, with a lot of families. Loud music would have been fine where I lived before, in the heart of the student ghetto, but not here. Can't the little punks learn to turn down their subs when people are trying to sleep?

I had four 12" subs in my last car, but even then I always made sure to cut the sub amp levels after 10pm so I didn't disturb anyone. Am I just getting old or do people have no common courtesy anymore?
 

Canai

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Originally posted by: BlackTigers
Eh, doesn't bother me.

No louder than the fucking Harleys with the straight pipes.

Very true, but not many people ride late at night down residential streets. (at least the street I live on heh)
 

MagnusTheBrewer

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Courtesy was never common but, has definitely decreased. Adults, teenagers and, kids see no value in being courteous because they never experienced it (or the consequences of being rude) when they grew up. Too many think being polite and playing the game is being a phony.
 

Canai

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Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Five seconds of noise. Get over it.

Eh, it was closer to 20-25 seconds. The car was sitting at the stop sign for a while.
 

Exterous

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Originally posted by: Canai
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Five seconds of noise. Get over it.

Eh, it was closer to 20-25 seconds. The car was sitting at the stop sign for a while.

At least they came to a complete stop!
 

MagnusTheBrewer

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I've always wanted to play with a directional antennae with a tunable transmitter to screw with the cars going "THUMP THUMP." Maybe something in the microwave range...
 

Leros

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Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
I've always wanted to play with a directional antennae with a tunable transmitter to screw with the cars going "THUMP THUMP." Maybe something in the microwave range...

Nah, the key is find the frequencies of the rap stations and broadcast the NPR station on the same frequency.
 

BlackTigers

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Originally posted by: Leros
Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
I've always wanted to play with a directional antennae with a tunable transmitter to screw with the cars going "THUMP THUMP." Maybe something in the microwave range...

Nah, the key is find the frequencies of the rap stations and broadcast the NPR station on the same frequency.

You don't spend that much on a system to be bumpin to the radio. :p
 

Baked

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Should've gone to bed at 9 old man, then you wouldn't have heard the phat tune.
 

Jeff7

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<Obligatory I've-got-it-worse-post>

There's a parking lot around the other side of the building, at the front of the store. Idiots like to park there while their friends/SO's/whatevers go inside, and they sit there for several minutes with "music" playing loudly. It doesn't matter what time of day it is, or if the store is even open or not. There is a soda machine out there, and I guess that makes it a popular hang-out spot. Noon, 8pm, 3am, doesn't matter. These are the same dicks who have those anti-muffler things on their cars, designed to satisfy their primal urges to make lots of noise, so as to attempt to impress potential mates and scare off rival males.

 

MagnusTheBrewer

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Originally posted by: BlackTigers
Originally posted by: Leros
Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
I've always wanted to play with a directional antennae with a tunable transmitter to screw with the cars going "THUMP THUMP." Maybe something in the microwave range...

Nah, the key is find the frequencies of the rap stations and broadcast the NPR station on the same frequency.

You don't spend that much on a system to be bumpin to the radio. :p

I was thinking more along the lines of frying electronics.
 

Leros

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Originally posted by: BlackTigers
Originally posted by: Leros
Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
I've always wanted to play with a directional antennae with a tunable transmitter to screw with the cars going "THUMP THUMP." Maybe something in the microwave range...

Nah, the key is find the frequencies of the rap stations and broadcast the NPR station on the same frequency.

You don't spend that much on a system to be bumpin to the radio. :p

A lot of these ghetto kids get cheap subs. They care about loudness not quality. I had a friend in high school who catered directly to these kind of people. For $150-200, he could get you a really loud sub setup. Something that would get you noticed when you drive around. It sounded like crap though.
 

Canai

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Originally posted by: Exterous
I can come back at 3am monday morning if thats more convenient

You're 23 mins late!

They (or someone who sounded just like them) just went by again.
 

jamesbond007

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Originally posted by: Canai
Originally posted by: BlackTigers
Eh, doesn't bother me.

No louder than the fucking Harleys with the straight pipes.

Very true, but not many people ride late at night down residential streets. (at least the street I live on heh)

At my old apartment, there was this guy in his 40s who worked on Harleys. Needless to say, he woke several of us up at about 5:40AM everyday. Monday through Friday and sometimes on the weekends. The Dick had the audacity to even rev it a few times in his driveway. The area had a couple apartments wrapped in residential housing, which was great because it had a neighborhood feel and kids would play outside, making it peaceful and felt more like 'home'.

That guy was a douche and said that his wife has the car and he drives the motorcycle. Period. Funny how a truck would show up during the winters though and he'd use that for transportation...
 

nerp

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Loud pipes are dumb. The last thing I would want while riding a motorcycle is the sensation that I'm actually driving something powered by a broken boat motor.

I like quiet computers as well as quiet vehicles.