Noise Talk

January 2, 2003

you people are on crack, if your legislative agend was ever fufilled society as a whole would cease to exsist, my suggestion to you is ear plugs, and ahead out of ass removal kit!
chris donahue
car stereo and alarm installer
hot rodder
father of 2 of the loudest children on the earth.
Hardwire01@cs.com
(January 2, 2003)

January 10, 2003

Hey, ya, Peace and Quiet is great sometimes… if you want it all the time… MOVE TO KANSAS! or Iowa or some other useless place. As for all of you…. I wish i knew where you all live so I could drive past your house at 2:00 in the morning with my OPEN EXHAUST car!
Stop wasting you time…
ilm66c2@hotmail.com
(January 10, 2003)

January 21, 2003

This is Ridiculous
10 feet away from your car if u can hear something omg this is so horrible this should be for people too then throw them in jail if they talk and i can hear them 10 feet away
if any of this Ridiculous carp becomes a law (which it wont) there is gona be alot of rebelling from alot of people i hope u realize and there all gona be Heading towards you because…
I LIKE NOISE !!!!!!!
hondatuned@hotmail.com
(January 21, 2003)

February 9, 2003

people are SOOOO concerned ONLY about themselves nowadays….if someone wants to have a motorcycle/”boom car”/exhaust/jackhammer/pots and pans, LET THEM….the amount of time that someone is subjected to the noise is almost null (now, if the person is parked in front of u purposely making the noise, then its different) but, i say, why stop at noise….my neighbors house is the ugliest color, i think he should have to change it…my other neighbor has these bushes which i think are tacky, why doesnt he get rid of them…there is a pungent smell of food from a differnt neigbors house whenn they barbecue, i say ban barbecues…. there are some children not far from me who are ALWAYS raucous, i say FORCED abortions to limit noise….COME ON now, seriously, where does it all end, and WHO gets to choose the arbitrary endpoint?
chamberbuds69@hotmail.com
(February 9, 2003)

February 12, 2003

omg.. ya;ll must be the most ignorant people on the face of the earth! noise free? so what are you going to do after you cut my exhaust system off my truck? kill all the bird that make noise, cut off everyone elses exhaust system? cut all the wires to every sound sytem ever made? then destroy every PA system made?? LMAO worse than damn tree huggers!!!
rthunder44@hotmail.com
(February 12, 2003)
How piss poor is it to rant and rave about performance exhaust and leaf blower. I personally drive a so called loud truck and work on a golf course with leaf blowers and god forbid tractors. You feed people with this sleep deprivation line of crap and increased stress, high blood pressure among your other SERIOUS health problems. Yea fucking right. I along with all my other hot rod friends dont lose any sleep from listening to exhaust or leaf blowers or your bull shit for that matter. Cant you find something productive to do with your time. Maybe start bitching about all the damn foreigners in this country that cant speak english get rid of the no good teachers or something more productive than hugging a tree. You say that this loud exhaust is done only to get on your nerves and break the law. Fight for stricter inspections. My truck is loud but by law is perfectly legal. I didnt do it to make noise theres a little thing called performance. It tends to make a engine run better to be less restricted. But any ways these cars arent that loud unless you are really into the throttle mufflers or not. I have had both so I would know first hand. In that case if they are around your neiborhood making all this so called noise how about telling the cops that there are alot of cars speeding. If it is makeing enough noise to bother you this much there is no possible way they are not speeding in which i totally disagree. Quit your bitching about noise and this that and the other and get on with life. Too short to worry about someone that wants to drive a car they have modified for performance at the track plus as a daily driver too. Worry about real issues like spending more time with your family, eating healthy or having fun and not being a fucking dumb cock trying to take all the custom out of custom rides.
southern_comfort100_proof@yahoo.com
(February 12, 2003)

February 13, 2003

Its people like you that fuck up everything !!! Flow master is one of the best exhaust manufacturers out there, fuck you and your illegal bullshit, i hope they sue your asses !!! Cocksuckers
FastFoneFifty@f150world.net
(February 13, 2003)

February 15, 2003

you are the type of people who jack off to errors in the phone book
cbass@rochester.rr.com
(February 15, 2003)

February 16, 2003

If you hate noise so much…….. THEN SHUT THE FUCK UP!!
bouncinghappyface@hotmail.com
(February 16, 2003)

March 11, 2003

what the hell do you think your doing you worthless son of a bitch. thats the gayest thing ive ever seen in my life. if i find out where you live ill personally move in right behind you and get the biggest stereo ever and blast it 24/7 you are worthless. you are an embaressment to our country, thats why people think USA is pussys is because of little fags like yourself
Pbc923x@aol.com
(March 11, 2003)
Please realize that YOU SUCK!!!!
When you buy a Flowmaster Muffler you will learn that it is made in the USA. That means you buy an American product made by American citizens. If you are so hard for getting rid of noise, then try shutting down the factory and putting all those hard working Americans out of work you stupid piece of SHIT!!!!!
reithjoe@hotmail.com
(March 11, 2003)

March 12, 2003

In my opinion the rumble of a good exhaust system should be just as much a \”freedom of speech\” as everything else the \”politically correct\” people say is \”freedom of speech\”. I am a tax paying United States citizen and if you want to down noise pollution why not start with the punks and their loud sound systems or the whining of all of the people that want to complain about EVERYTHING that\’s not exactly the way they want it. That\’s what makes this America, land of the FREE. So if you are so bothered by noise pollution get ear plugs or better yet stay at home.
classyrednecklady@yahoo.com
(March 12, 2003)
Why are you taking our freedom away? It is a free country, and it is people like you that continously put restrictions on our freedom. Please, put your ear plugs in and find something else to bitch about!
ljander@eastex.net
(March 12, 2003)

March 13, 2003

When someone told me about this, I couldn’t believe it. When I started to read, I almost fell off my chair. It must be awful to be so bored that you have taken the time to develop a website to eradicate the sounds of every day life. I bet you sit there alone in your home, ears on full alert to catch the slightest hint of something that may be on your hit list. Yes noise does cause aggressive behavior. It causes people like you to yell at their neighbors for going about their every day routine.
Now as for your contention that noise is a serious health hazard. I will admit that noise at a high level will cause hearing loss. However, if your neighbor has a leaf blower, the sound level at your house next door or across the street is going to be nowhere near a damaging level. Now you are trying to state that leaf blowers cause heart disease? Motorcycles cause high blood pressure. Do you realize how silly that sounds? What is with the fascination on leaf blowers anyway. My lawn mower, chainsaw, table saw, power mitre, router, and circular saw are all louder than my leaf blower, but yet you choose to pick on the poor leaf blower. Did someone beat you with a leaf blower at some point? I just don’t understand the persecution. Frankly, as a member of “PETLAB” People For The Ethical Treatment Of Leaf Blowers this appals me. This, of course, is meant to be a joke, but to most people your examples are just as ridiculous as this.
I am respectful of my neighbors. I do not mow before 9 a.m. I don’t blast my stereo in my car. I do use keyless entry, but I turn the beep off mostly because it annoys me. I just try to take care of my home and make it look nice. I don’t have a lot of extra time on my hands because I work a full time job and have three kids. For this reason, I need certain devices that will save me time. Among them are: power mower, power hedge trimmer, leaf blower, chainsaw, and other assorted time-saving, noise-making devices that I can’t live without. I’m sure if I lived next door to you, that you would be happy to take the 5 hours or so it would take to mow my 1 acre lawn with your 20″ non-powered reel mower. I’m sorry, but I neither have the time nor desire to spend that long doing my lawn.
Here’s a plan. If the city is too noisy for you move to the country. On second thought, if that happened, I’m sure you would complain about deisel tractors operating at all hours of the day & night trying to get the harvest in; grain dryers that sound like and airplane landing in your front yard running 24 hours a day; horses, cows, hogs, chickens and other assorted farm animals who don’t care what time it is when they make sounds; coyotees howling every night (Not just between 9 am & 9 pm); have you ever 1 million crickets going all at once?;and those darn leaf blowers, they’re even out there too. My point being that there are sounds everywhere. Noise is different to every person. I happen to like the sounds of the country. To some it may be a bunch of noise. I also like to hear the sound of a finely tuned engine. Obviously, you don’t. I love to hear them coming down my street. I live a wooded neighborhood in a suburb. We have tons of birds in my back yard every morning all spring, summer, and fall. They drive me nuts every morning with their cackling and cawing. To me this is noise, but I’m not in yard trying to pick them all off with my BB gun. It’s just small part of life that’s a little annoying, but I’ve learned to deal with it. Life is full of little annoyances, but it’s also too short to let them bother you. I read some of your other letters in the “I like noise” section and noticed that you only have printed the ones that make themselves look like idiots by resorting to profanity and name-calling. I hope you are big enough to also print a legitimate argument. Just remember, what is noise to one may be music to another.
timberwolf531@cs.com
(March 13, 2003)
March 15, 2003

You guys are out of your minds! The American MUSCLECAR will never go away! The louder the better. Cruise on!
jj_moniebags@hotmail.com
(March 15, 2003)

March 16, 2003

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE??? WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE???? HEY THIS IS NOT A COMMUNIST COUNTRY THIS IS AMERICA! YOU PEOPLE OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES…..BRAINWASHING INNOCENT PEOPLE AND TRYING TO FOOL THEM TO THINKING YOU FUCKED UPED IDIOTS ARE DOING THE WORLD SOME GOOD….YOU PEOPLE ARE LIKE A JIM JONES CULT ASKING FOR CASH DONATIONS($100,$200,$500)AND DELIVERING NOTHING BUT EMPTY PROMISES!!!! HERE IS YOUR SOLUTION TO THE NOISE PROBLEM…GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE SAND, GO BUY A BOAT(IF YOU DON’T HAVE ONE ALREADY FROM RIPPING INNOCENT PEOPLE OFF) AND SET YOUR DESTINATION FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN ….IT’S ALL THE QUIET YOU WILL EVER NEED!!!! LET ME TELL YOU, GOD TAKES CARE OF THE FUCKED UP PEOPLE LIKE YOU, BY NOT LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE FUCKED UP….DO YOU KNOW THAT! AND JUST SO YOU KNOW I LIKE THE QUIET ALSO, IT’S THE NOISE FROM JACK ASS LIBERALS WHO HAVE TO BE EVERYONE’S PROTECTOR, LIKE YOU, THAT REALLY PISSES ME OFF! I HAVE TO AGREE WITH THE HAPPY BOUNCING FACE…..SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!!!
GO AWAY!!!!
zed4202002@yahoo.com
(March 16, 2003)

April 30, 2003

Terrorism, war, disease, famine, poverty etc. etc. etc. and you people are worried about car alarms and leaf blowers? Did you guys eat paint chips as a kid? I can’t believe there’s actually a site like this. Oh, man this stuff is rich. Surely you can find a better cause than the occasional annoyance of construction work, or leaf blowers or car alarms.
Jim Johnson
borntorun03_697@hotmail.com
(April 30, 2003)

May 10, 2003

File this under “I Like Noise!”, a collection of what I suspect is the least articulate comments you receive. By implication, anyone who opposes you is a moron. Nice propaganda touch.

I’d love for the P. A. system at my local college hockey arena to be turned down. It’s too loud. Yes, unmuffled Harleys make me crazy. I’ve worn hearing protection at work for over a decade. At one time I used the cheap foam ear plugs, and in addition covered them with the old-style “ear muff” hearing protectors. I only quit that because of excessive ear wax buildup caused by the foam plugs. I installed Flowmaster muffler on my boat because it’s MUCH quieter than the previously used muffler.

Yes, noise is a genuine issue of our times. Inviting the suspension of civil rights is a worse “cure” than the problem.

Your desire to rely on government mandate to do what you cannot manage to accomplish by consensus is evidence that YOU ARE OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY.

“Ten Foot Rule”? Unrealistic. Does not take into consideration ambient noise. “Loud Pipes, fines and impoundments”? Enforcement nightmare. WHO determines what is “unapproved” and what standards are to be used for approval? I have no doubt you intend for the most rabid anti-noise special interest group to be in charge of determining what is acceptable. Fines and prosecution for POSSESSION (installation) of car stereo equipment? Your logic: I currently own a penis. Therefore, I am capable of rape. Therefore, I am guilty of rape. Lock me up.

Obnoxious use is a valid issue. Possession is not.

I’d like to approve of what you do. Sorry, just can’t get past the narrow-mindedness and fanaticism. The founder of MADD is no longer associated with that organization. MADD is now too focused on government intrusion to suit her. You folks are already there, just haven’t realized it yet.

Quietly Go Away.

Schurkey

schurkey@qwest.net
(May 10, 2003)

May 25, 2003

You guys are a bunch of woodsman!

matt.sides@furman.edu
(May 25, 2003)

June 18, 2003

seriously are you high? how about instead of trying to pass all of these silly laws you mind your own business and let people live their lives?
johndeerrm@qwest.net
(June 18, 2003)

June 23, 2003

i have to admit, when i stumbled across your website, i was shocked. your efforts may be more than futile, but at least you have the element of suprise on your side, i was shocked that there was an organized movement against sound pollution…. very cute guys. I am not here to disagree with you today, i would just like to make you aware of the fact that you cannot expect anybody to take you seriously when you misrepresent facts and fabricate scientific research results. I drive a so called “boom car.” (a rediculous name for an automobile with an aftermarket stereo system geared toward low end frequencies) I am a prize winning SPL competitor. i optimize the sound pressure in my car to be as loud, unbareable and obnoxious as possible- all in the name of sport and fun. SPL contests are held far from any residential area and are a scientifically sophisticated event. your average joe off the street is not intelligent enough to design an SPL trophy system. my question for you people at noise free is, why cant I, in a controled envirenment and in a safe way, own and opperate an extremely powerful stereo due to the stupidity of a few young kids who drive through towns bumping? we should not change the laws regarding high decibal aftermarket stereos. perhaps police should enforce these laws better. I am a big part of the industry and i can tell you right now, were only growing. i think car electronics keep kids off the streets and in garages. so its a little noisy. SUE US. YOU’LL LOSE. keep tryin guys. your wasting your time. you cant stop progress.
FoCuS1drs@aol.com
(June 23, 2003)

June 26, 2003

You people have got to be kidding me. If you don\’t like music or noise maybe you should move to the middle of Montana or better yet - maybe underground!!! I know a nice little burial plot where you can make your new home!!!!!
upshift2@hotmail.com
(June 26, 2003)

June 27, 2003

i dont know what most people have a problem with,noise ordinance has a schedule.if its o.k. to start working and running a jackhammer at 7 in the morning,then i think people really need to stop being babies,they dont bitch unless its someone else,we have grown to be a nation that depends too heavily on our government,and we are going to lose our country if we keep crying about dumb stuff and let police or whomever have all the power they want to do all the wrong things.seriously, we have bigger issues to work on than peoples car stereos GROW THE FUCK UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
twistedangel904@yahoo.com
(June 27, 2003)

July 9, 2003

Yes, there will be a day when there will be no loud motor cycles, stereos, concert venues, neighbors, or anything else. The day you die. Until that day tolerence is what we are all missing. Of course I’m young and young people seem to have more tolerence and patience. As you get older it seems to fade and you find yourself saying, “Who would ride a motor cycle that loud? That’s too noisy for our community!” or “Look at that young guy in that car with that radio, its way too loud!” Where as years before you were peace, love and rock and roll. We forget sometimes that in youth there is noise. Tolerence is key! Remember that you will get your wish! You will die. Until then enjoy being able to here the noise. Who knows, it may be your nieghbors leaf blower at 9 a.m. that you miss the most when your gone!

Joe Frigone
Youngstown, OH
jfrigone@theradiocenter.com
(July 9, 2003)

July 29, 2003

Why don’t you people direct your efforts toward somthing that makes a REAL impact on the world. Trying to stop a whole culture of young adults is deffinatly not the way to go. You make the Audio industry out to be another TALIBAN supporting troops to ruin peaceful neighbrohoods. You take claims like “ear-splitting” and “heart-stoping” literaly. Well the next time a leaf blower stops your heart or splits your ears send me the bill from the hostpital so i can pay it for you, morons. Stop trying to make the world perfect because its a lost cause. go back to your quite little boring lives and stay out of ours

Brandon Harwood
stealthish06@hotmail.com
(July 29, 2003)

August 11, 2003

ok guy look, i guess every person has their veiw on everything and as a vet i will not go into the whole speech thing, but damn guy find something else to complain about my loud exhaust on my american v-8 bronco has saved my ass more than once.. and please dont go after just one manufacture of exhaust systems, dont forget about the little ricers running around sounding like a pissed off bubble bee in a coffee can.. i dont see ya going after the bike crowd or have ya and got told where to go? anyway so before ya start picking on one brand look at the world around you alright
gearrat@citlink.net
(August 11, 2003)

August 12, 2003

Hello…you’re all a bunch of retards and….
livefreeinmd@hotmail.com
(August 12, 2003)

You people are what is wrong with America. Please see below for the Bill of Non-Rights.

We hold these truths to be self evident: that a whole lot of people are confused by the Bill of Rights and are so dim they require a Bill of NON-Rights.”

ARTICLE I: You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV, or any other form of wealth. More power to you if you can legally acquire them, but no one is guaranteeing anything big.

ARTICLE II: You do not have the right to never be offended. This country is based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone — not just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different opinion, etc.; but the world is full of people and you MUST have tolerance or others.

ARTICLE III: You do not have the right to be free from harm. If you stick a screwdriver in your eye or spill *HOT* coffee in your lap , learn to be more careful, do not expect the tool manufacturer or food vendor to make you and all your relatives independently wealthy.

ARTICLE IV: You do not have the right to free food and housing. Americans are the most charitable people to be found, and will gladly help anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of subsidizing generation after generation of professional couch potatoes who achieve nothing more than the creation of another generation of professional couch potatoes.

ARTICLE V: You do not have the right to free health care. That would be nice, but from the looks of public housing, we’re just not interested in public health care right now .
livefreeinmd@hotmail.com
(August 12, 2003)

Dear sir,

You are a moron.

My reasoning behind this is that ALL of the exhaust systems and companies you are whining about are all within legal sound limits. If you don’t like that, TOO BAD!

I have a Camaro, a BIG and LOUD V8 with aftermarket exhaust, and you know what? I have NEVER had any complaints. I have been complimented by neighbors, passers-by AND local police.

My system, loud as it is, is fully within legal limits and… drum roll please… will NOT make you go deaf!!

Another point you probably did not think long enough to come up with is that many of these aftermarket exhaust systems, including those made by Edelbrock, Flowmaster and Flowtech, are QUIETER than the original factory peice is.

You cannot be serious about a fully legal exhaust system causing excessive stress and hearing loss. At the very most, you will hear me drive by for 2 or 3 seconds. How can 3 seconds of faint rumble add stress to your life? And as for hearing loss, I am sorry, but that is total BS. I (as well as many people i know) have stood behind and beside fully-prepared race cars sporting 540 cubic inch (or more) engines running on pure, un-adulterated alcohol with open headers! Open headers are a HUGE amount louder than ANY exhaust system made by Edelbrock, Flowmaster or Flowtech, and I have never once heard of any case of hearing loss from anyone who has been near one of these machines, even for extended periods of time.

We “hot rodders” also do not buy these exhaust systems simply to piss people like you off. They are meant to improve the car’s performance. The slightly (if any) louder exhaust sound is a side effect of that. Even if we all used the factory exhaust system, we would add horsepower in other ways. This should also piss you off, because, plain and simple, MORE HORSEPOWER MEANS MORE SOUND!!

You have no right to bash my American friends because of “…their ignorance…” by using these exhaust systems. I will bet you any amount that your lawnmower or your dog is both LOUDER and MORE ANNOYING to anyone else than an aftermarket-exhaust equipped car passing by for 2 or 3 seconds.

Incase you haven’t noticed, the totally illegal straight-through type mufflers that are commonly installed on imports such as Hondas and Toyotas are FAR louder than any system you will find on a Camaro or a Mustang. period.

arr_adam@email.com
(August 12, 2003)

August 22, 2003

THANKS TO YOUR NEED TO CONTROL OTHERS MY SON HAS JUST RECIEVED 5 DAYS IN JAIL AND FORMAL PROBATION FOR SIX MONTHS. THIS WAS HIS FIRST NOISE TICKET, ISSUED AT 5:32PM IN A BUSINESS AREA, FROM A STOCK STEREO. I HOPE IN THE FUTURE YOU ALL ARE SUBJECT TO SOMEONE ELSES \”NO TOLORENCE LAWS\” AND YOU SPEND TIME IN JAIL AND THAT YOU MUST BE SUBJECT TO ARREST AND SEARCH AT ANY MONENT.
S.FORBES
(August 22, 2003)

September 3, 2003

I don’t get it. When did everyone with a voice in this country become a tofu eating pot-smoking pantywasted “peace-loving” nancy boy? I only ask that question because it IS how I feel, everything you see, hear, or read in the news would have you beleive it. But the fact of the matter is, I know it’s just not true. The real truth is, the intelligent genuine people of this country are too busy trying to earn a living and engage in the pursuit of happiness to get their panties in a bunch every damn time some other fucking hippie scumbag comes up with a new “cause”. “Stop smoking, cuz it’s bad for you!” Weeeeellllll NO SHIT, ASSHOLE!!! Do you really think insulting my intelligence by rubbing YOUR beliefs in my face and telling me something that I’ve been getting browbeaten with since the first fucking grade is gonna make me wake up and go, “hey, ya know what… those hippie dipshits are fucking right, man! I gotta quit smoking, man! I never believed it before, I mean I thought the hacking and wheezing musta just been from having the longest fucking cold in all of goddamn HISTORY!!!…. man.” Simply put… no. And ya know what, if it hadn’t have been for those assholes bugging me in MY fucking livingroom EVERY FUCKING NIGHT on MY tv for the last FIVE GODDAMN YEARS…. maybe i WOULDA quit smoking by now! And it’s not just the fucking cigarettes… GUNS, guns are a basic right to every law abiding citizen of this country… a right given to us, in fact, by the exact same document that allows you assholes to plaster your opinions all over every goddamn billboard, newspaper, and tv commercial in this great country of ours. So, you wanna outlaw smoking, huh? Okay, done… now you’ve just sent about 10 or 11 million people into the unemployment office, you’ve doubled the workload on the DEA because… all of the 30 or 40 million legal smokers in this country now… guess what… they still smoke, but now there gun toting chain smoking outlaws. Out laws who chain smoke (illegally) and carry big fucking guns (illegally) and as of yesterday were good natured tax paying law abiding citizens, but now we are outlaws and ya know what? Since we’re already outlaws… we’re going to kill you, Mr. “my opinion matters” piece of steaming shit hippie scumbag. GET A JOB GET A WIFE EAT MEAT PAY YOUR TAXES SHUT THE FUCK UP AND BE HAPPY LIKE THE REST OF US UNTIL YOU GET HIT BY A BUS OR AN EARTHBOUND POODLE (props to Mr. Leary) OR A STROKE OR WHATEVER ENDS YOU AND YOU DIE!!! goddamn you fuckers piss me off. Veggie burger with extra tofu munchin tree huggin whale savin bellbottoms and plaid wearin goddamn… #@$ @$%# #@$ ARRRG! GET A FUCKING LIFE!

This, however, is a new low in the world of hippie scumbag mother fuckers with nothing to do but sit around thinking up new fucking causes. Come on, now. Let’s at least… for once in your doped up to the gills miserable excuse of an existance… can we just pretend your actually a part of the real world? Huh, just once? I mean, come on, at the very least, you’ve got to admit, there are ALOT of us… how did you so eloquently put it… “BOOMCAR” fanatics… out there, do you really think we’re all just going to park our two or three thousand dollar rolling jukeboxes in the garage and let ‘em sit there “peacefully” collecting dust while we happily sit in the living room watching fucking Opera (with the TV on mute, of course… wouldn’t want to “disturb” the termites) and passing around a joint while we think of new opinions to force unto the world around us?

Now, this may come as a shock to you… but I am most definately not saying that kickin’ systems and noisy leaf blowers should be just be allowed to run rampant into all hours of the night… believe me, that gets on my nerves as much as anybody… I mean, trust me, I need as much fuckin beauty sleep as I can get, if ya know what I mean… but what I’m saying is this: Haven’t you ever heard the expression “you can catch more flies with honey then with vinegar”? Me, for example, I drive a 1965 Hotrod Mustang with roughly $2500 worth of stereo equipment alone. I can pretty much guarantee it would violate your proposed laws both with the straight pipe shorty dual exhaust, and with the stereo. If you succeed in passing a law that outlaws my car… do you actually believe I’m just going to swallow my pride… put my “relic” in a museum, and go buy some faggot ass Honda hybrid nonoffensive electric fucking “car”? Again, very simply put… no. If my car is outlawed, then I guess I am going to become an outlaw. And I can guarantee you that you will find that about 98% or more of the people who drive these “grosly offensive” vehicles will feel the same way I do. So, now your going to have to throw us in jail, the prisons get even more overcrowded, the police even more overtasked, etc., etc…. I could go on with the cause and effect scenario for days… but put some actual thought into it, and you’ll figure it out. On the other hand, contrary to the belief this letter may have portrayed about me… I’m a reasonable guy, and even as the owner of a spectacular example of your “boomcars” (honestly… couldn’t you have come up with something just a LITTLE more creative then that… it really gives away your age)… like I said… at 2 o’clock in the morning, they get on my nerves just as much as anybody elses. Point being, if you want to be successfull in your little “quest”… your gonna have to be a little more compromising. Like time restrictions versus decible level… or laws that apply only to certain areas, such as residential areas vs. commercial areas… etc. Just use some common sense, and maybe we CAN “all get along”…….asshole.
Sincelerly,
SGT Timothy M Steffen
timothy.steffen@hqasc.army.mil
(September 3, 2003)

Im tired of you whiny little fuckers whining about every little thing that makes “too much noise”. Are you aware that louder motorcycles are safer???? Most people do not look for motorcyclists like my self. The only thing that keeps me from being killed by some dumbfuck is the fact that my Harley is LOUD ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO HEAR ME. And if you dont like it… TOO FUCKING BAD!!! Do you realise that the sound of those “loud” Harleys is a 100 year old tradition??? That sound is as fucking american as apple pie and napalm. And as for your attack on Flowmaster for there exhaust systems being “too loud”…. FUCK OFF. Many people, like myself, happen to find that sound to be like music to there ears. And if you pencil-necked little fuckers dont like it, TOO GODDAMNED BAD!!!
steel_chicken_dude@yahoo.com
(September 3, 2003)

In case you’ve been living in a cave since the late ’50’s, rumbling exhausts ARE a uniquely American thing. Flowmaster’s advertising is right on the mark. If you don’t like the sound, wear ear plugs.
aparadisejr@adelphia.net
(September 4, 2003)

October 21, 2003

you need to keep your comments to yourself, you are making everyone that hears you dumber thank you for your time
plattc@soar.army.mil
(October 21, 2003)
get a life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thomas.kircher@agedwards.com
(October 21, 2003)

October 26, 2003

It seems every time I look up someone is after someone else and striving to strip away our freedoms. It seems also the best way to achieve this is to fall back on the old “it is bad for your health” excuse.

I am a biker and am not surprised to be attacked as we are targeted by just about everyone until they want something. In my community of about a half million people we are constantly being asked to cough up the dough for one charity or another and guess what? We do it! We have charity runs every month. Most of us are not well-to-do but we are as generous as they come. We raise money for SIDDs and Make-A-Wish Foundation. We collect toys by the truckload for Toy-For-Tots and Christmas Unlimited. People come out of their homes and wave and cheer when they see and yes, HEAR us coming loaded down with gifts for those less fortunate. We have charities for individuals who are in need medically and cannot afford corporate America’s price tag for health. By “health” I mean real people with real diseases, not the disease you have which seems to be: “I am annoyed by everyone else til my tummy hurts syndrome” We also raise money for families of bikers who have lost their lives while riding. Many of those were mowed down by a nice quiet-running car making an illegal left turn in front of them. (Should we ban left-turns?)

This is the society we have built and live in, noise is a part of that. I live near a major freeway and I hear it night and day. That freeway is loaded with trucks bringing our dinners. It is not engine noise I hear, it is the sound of hundreds of tires spinning on the pavement! So an engineless vehicle would make just as much noise. I can hear the nearby trains at night too. They haul the coal that powers this town.

I wish you busy-bodies would redirect your efforts toward more realistic goals and leave those alone who want to be left alone. Recently a letter to our local paper was from someone who wanted to ban black leather as apparel for bikers as it scared him!

I like the sound of my motorcycle and if you don’t, too bad. Don’t worry if you don’t like the sound I’ll be gone in a few seconds.

Bob Wyman
PS Feel free to add this letter to your website.
neswyman@intergate.com
(October 26, 2003)

Don’t you have anything better to do with your life than bitch about everyday noises like fucking leaf-blowers? Get serious for a fucking second. Leaf blowers make yard work ten times easier, loud cars and motorcycles are safer because people notice them. If you really want to shun the modern conveniences and safety of equipment that happens to be a little noisy, then why don’t you stupid fuckers all go join the goddamn Amish community. What the hell are you trying to save your hearing for if you don’t want to hear anything??? Hell, what’s next? Are you going to start rallying against infants crying and waking you up at the late hour of 7:00? You retired shitheads need to join a fucking bridge club or something. Kiss my big white American LOUD ass!! I’ll be turning my car stereo up that much louder at midnight just to piss you off. Go fuck yourselves you stupid whiny fuckers.
M1bdrt@aol.com
(October 26, 2003)

November 9, 2003

Taking leaf blowers away from landscapers is the same as taking power saws from carpenters. Let the carpenters use hand saws to build your house and see what it cost for that house.
Garbage trucks make loud noise why not make them use mules and carts?
Your views are understandable but way too extreme, come back to the real world. You are not the only ones living here.
Lawnmowers put out higher decibels than blower, check the specs and you will see, its not quite the same quality of sound but just as loud. Are you going to ask for those to be band.
Once again you people are way too extreme. You dont want ot hear leaf blowers move to a third world country. You are the same people that buy a house by the airport and then complain about the noise.
fpotucek@swfla.rr.com
(November 9, 2003)