To my neighbor down the street...

[CDGuy]

This is a letter to my neighbor down the street, who drives a 2000 Honda Civic EK Hatchback. I'm constantly hearing complaints from my friends, my girlfriend, and my neighbors about this car, and I've finally decided to act upon it.

(I'll get pictures up of it soon, when I can)

Please give me some comments and critique on said letter, as I have yet to put it in his mailbox.

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Dear Mr. EK Honda Civic Owner:

Please take no offense in the following letter.

Hi there. I'm one of your neighbors. You know, the guy, who always has RX-7 FD's, AE86's, and GT-R's parked in front of my house, and up until mid summer had a GTS Skyline parked in his driveway everyday? Yes, that's me. I'm writing this letter to you because I feel I need to talk to you about a few things.

Your car, is without question, the biggest pile of crap I have ever witnessed in the history of my life. Some points:

It's clear taillights are a styling disaster, and not even new cars are released with them anymore. Look at the Nissan Altima... what was once a car utilizing clear taillights has resorted back to red amber lights due to the childish and euro trash look they exhibit.

Your car has two... count that TWO absolutely unnecessary spoilers, for which serve no purpose, due to your car being front wheel drive.

Your exhaust, which I can assure you, does not add anymore horsepower, only sucks it up, and awakens my Japanese girlfriend, who was able to sleep quietly in Chiba Japan even when JZX90's, AE86's, S15's, and other such cars were drifting only meters away from her apartment building...

Your (Motegi?) rims which make me cringe every time I see them.. of which are heavy, and absolutely unnecessary.

Now, from the looks of it, you're a Honda family. You have a Del Sol, and both an EK Hatchback (of which I just described) and an EK Coupe in your driveway. You also own a Motorcycle I believe... this does not bother me, in fact, I am rather impressed with your choice of sport bike.

However, I am here to tell you, that if you do not remove that disgusting fart can exhaust from your silver hatch, I will call the police, and report you for noise violations. I am awoken every night and every morning from my peaceful slumber, hearing "BBBBBBBBBPTTTTTTTTTTT" as you shift down in your 16 second car.

Most imports do not bother me, as you can clearly tell. I revolve my life around them.

Yet I must remind you that my house is in front of a bus stop and the bus does not even awaken me - and it rumbles my house. It is YOUR car that awakens me, it is YOUR car that disturbs me, it is YOUR car that I can VERY surely attest disturbs everyone else as well. That guy down the street with the 3 SA22C RX-7's in his driveway? Yeah, he doesn't like it either. My neighbor? No, he does not find that it screams performance.

And I, your (up until now) patient neighbor does not appreciate it, nor does it make your car anymore "performance oriented" or "appealing" at all.

That being said, I do appreciate that you go to work everyday, and that you do need a mode of transportation to get there. This is not 2001, please, find a stock exhaust, or even still, a slightly quieter sounding one.

With all regard,

Your neighbor down the street.

[Oakville]

and you wonder why everyone gives you a hard time hahah

[CDGuy]

I'm just saying... It's not me who's disturbed by this only, it's a number of people, including my whole family and other such people around me.

It's really grating my nerves... every night at 2 or 3 I am awoken, and I ALWAYS have University at approximately 7am the next day.

I'm a very hard person to get back to sleep.

[spd-dmn]

wow...


just wow.


dude what the hell is wrong with you?


please get a grip on reality.


go out and talk to the guy like a normal person.

do you think people know what the hell you're talking about when you spit out chassis codes like that?

do you think he needs to hear your entire opinion on his choice of car parts and why they do or don't meet your prescribed standard?

no.


finally, if you are going to take the time to write a lame-ass "holier than thou" letter, at least learn how to use basic grammar.


"its" not "it's" <-- possessive not a contraction

"it has two, for which serve" <-- this not only makes no sense grammatically, but the point it goes on to make is factually incorrect. FWD cars do need rear downforce for stability. ever seen a FWD touring car? the rear wing is just as necessary as a RWD car.

"I do" not "I does" <-- self explanatory

"and both an EK Hatchback (of which I just described)" <-- using "of" makes no sense in this phrase


Can the letter and mention your concerns in person, in a normal way.


With all regard,

Your GTRC compatriot

[CDGuy]

wow...


just wow.


dude what the hell is wrong with you?


please get a grip on reality.


go out and talk to the guy like a normal person.

do you think people know what the hell you're talking about when you spit out chassis codes like that?

do you think he needs to hear your entire opinion on his choice of car parts and why they do or don't meet your prescribed standard?

no.


finally, if you are going to take the time to write a lame-ass "holier than thou" letter, at least learn how to use basic grammar.


"its" not "it's" <-- possessive not a contraction

"it has two, for which serve" <-- this not only makes no sense grammatically, but the point it goes on to make is factually incorrect. FWD cars do need rear downforce for stability. ever seen a FWD touring car? the rear wing is just as necessary as a RWD car.

"I do" not "I does" <-- self explanatory

"and both an EK Hatchback (of which I just described)" <-- using "of" makes no sense in this phrase


Can the letter and mention your concerns in person, in a normal way.


With all regard,

Your GTRC compatriot

Okay, well, sounds good!

No need to hit me down like that - You could have just said it would probably be smarter to talk to him in person.

Anyways, I like your idea more. I might just go with it. But at least if I write a letter, I can include the rest of the neighbors in it.

I'm not the only one who doesn't like it, it's my whole neighborhood who I am friends with most of, who do not appreciate it as well.

[bobbo]

Yea I've gotta say, if I had an issue with a neighbor I would go and talk to him face to face. It certainly is the "right" thing to do.
Feel your pain though. Between fart cans and Harleys I don't know which is worse.

[Zacho]

i see all these cars in your driveway getting keyed in the near future

[bobbo]

i see all these cars in your driveway getting keyed in the near future

Another really good reason to be cool about it

[CDGuy]

You guys are right, and making good points. I'm just at a wits end with this, like, I'm not the first neighbor who has complained to him and to his face.

I would just be the first neighbor to pursue legal action on the subject.

[G.T.R]

The letter is a little much talk to the guy and see, that letter if i saw it stuck under my wiper would most likely enrage me even more like who the **** is this guy to dictate what looks good on MY car. And if he is the punk type to wake up and find one of my cars keyed tires slashed or window broken I would be like maybe I should have talked to him properly. and addressed the situation. Happened with my GTR with the apexi N1, neighbor complained it awoke his baby when i left for work at 2am, said okay, and said I would take it easier on the throttle when leaving. But to each there own. I would have addressed the exhaust issue and that only and in person. Not do all that, if anything i find that letter insulting, and the reason the car is trimmed like that is because its his and he enjoys it he did it with his money and his time, so your opinion on what it looks like should not matter. Comment on the exhaust and quit badgering ricers on there poor choices of vehicle mods Just my .2 cents if you want a calm neighborhood

[RHDskyline]

I enjoyed reading that letter. it made me smile.

But like most people are saying, just go and talk to him, be cool about, cause you don't know what this guy is cable of, he might make your life a living hell if you approach him with a letter like that, or state anything even remotely close to what you described in that letter.


Talk to him about it, address your concerns for yourself and your fellow neighbors and ask if he could please find a different exhaust as it keeps most people in the neighborhood awake, as well as you



Nathan

[Micho]

I love how you add those subtle bits to try to make yourself look cooler, sigh. You're trying to ask him to quiet down, not to insult him.

[bignate]

you must be a real popular guy in your neighborhood lol. Attacking his car isnt gonna get u anything but a few extra eggs and rolls of TP on your house/cars on the devils night.

[CDGuy]

The letter is a little much talk to the guy and see, that letter if i saw it stuck under my wiper would most likely enrage me even more like who the **** is this guy to dictate what looks good on MY car. And if he is the punk type to wake up and find one of my cars keyed tires slashed or window broken I would be like maybe I should have talked to him properly. and addressed the situation. Happened with my GTR with the apexi N1, neighbor complained it awoke his baby when i left for work at 2am, said okay, and said I would take it easier on the throttle when leaving. But to each there own. I would have addressed the exhaust issue and that only and in person. Not do all that, if anything i find that letter insulting, and the reason the car is trimmed like that is because its his and he enjoys it he did it with his money and his time, so your opinion on what it looks like should not matter. Comment on the exhaust and quit badgering ricers on there poor choices of vehicle mods Just my .2 cents if you want a calm neighborhood

This is what I will do... If only because of two things:

I trust your opinion more then most G.T.R.

And because (Correct me if I'm wrong) you're a police officer, whom I've sure has seen it allll before.

[CDGuy]

I love how you add those subtle bits to try to make yourself look cooler, sigh. You're trying to ask him to quiet down, not to insult him.

Subtle bits? No I added them as to suggest a taste in cars that don't look like this: