A reader who lives in the 500 block of East 13th Street (between A and B) shares this …
"The car in the enclosed pictures is now infamous for keeping many of my neighbors, wide awake, sleepless and angry for the past three nights. What’s hilarious and makes the car a symbol of the gentrified EV, are the protest fliers plastered all over it’s front and side window."
…the photo is slightly cut off… but the note is signed "your very MEAN angry neighbor." But there is a ♥
Call 311 & have it towed
ReplyDeleteCan the police department tow this car if enough residents contact the local precinct and 311 to complain about it?
ReplyDeletestrange though it may seem, sometime ago I was informed by my police precinct that if a car alarm goes on for an extended period to call 911. I did not want to abuse this system, but a similar incident forced me to do so. result - an unmarked car arrived within a short period of time with what looked to be some sort of computer. all this was viewed at some distance from above. technologically they located the owner, who arrived not long after. they spoke - probably issued the creep a ticket & he drove the offending vehicle away.
ReplyDeleteahhhhh - relief!!!
Why not just smash the windows?
ReplyDeletea brick through the window may also get the point across... no need to get the cops...
ReplyDeleteGet bright red lipstick and smear it all over the windshield, takes forever to remove but does no permanent damage.
ReplyDeleteWent through something similar years back. For several nights , every 40 minutes or so, this damn alarm kept going off.
ReplyDeleteThen, one night, off it goes, followed by a huge crashing sound. Someone dropped a cinderblock off the fire escape onto the offending vehicle.
Dozens of neighbors ran to their windows... and began cheering into the night!
Never saw that car on our street ever again.
Seriously.....crowbar the hood.....rip out wires.....done!
ReplyDeleteA dozen pack of eggs out the window onto the windshield in the dead of night will also do the trick. I mean, it'll set the alarm off, but that's already going to happen anyway... If the driver's going to be a pain in the ass to you might as well give it right back...
ReplyDeleteRecommended solution:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbL4TjD2Yvk
- East Villager
the quote is confusing - is the person being quoted calling his neighbors symbols of gentrified east village?
ReplyDeleteThese posts are great!!!!
ReplyDeleteWow a changing neighborhood indeed. I recall a few cars that were trashed on my block in the EV in the 90's. No joke...
ReplyDeleteI really hope nobody tries the flaming tampon trick, please don't try this unless you really want to get arrested, but if you do you better post the pictures on Facebook so the police can find you. Via Findlaw:
ReplyDeleteThere are dozens of ways to blow up a car, but flaming tampons may be the most creative way yet.
Police in Metal Township, Penn. arrested Patricia and Quentin Deshong for allegedly carrying out such an attack earlier this month. The pair reportedly ambushed a green Ford Fusion and broke the car's windshield and windows; dented its body; and disconnected its hoses.
They also left blood on the front passenger seat.
Investigators believe the Deshongs removed the car's gas and oil caps and inserted flaming tampons into the engine and gas tank, reports the Smoking Gun. Tampons were found in both compartments along with ashes.
Patricia Deshong seems to the mastermind behind the flaming tampon attack. She's Facebook friends with the car's owner, and posted a wall message about exacting revenge.
She was also carrying the car's license plate and registration card in her purse when police located her and Quentin in a nearby bar. They were subsequently hauled in for public drunkenness, according to the Probable Cause Affidavit.
Both have since been charged with two counts of felony criminal mischief and attempted arson, according to the Chambersburg Public Opinion. Patricia has also been charged with theft and making terroristic threats.
Stealing a license plate? A crime. Threatening to kill a State Trooper while being held at the station? A terroristic threat -- and not very bright.
all the notes are fantastic, and all of the above ideas about how to stop the alarm are awesome! the story about the cinderblock is my favorite tho:D good luck to these guys; this would drive me bananas!
ReplyDelete6 bricks through 6 windows. Problem solved.
ReplyDeleteSomeone on King St. once told me that he affixes a cardboard sign with carpenter's glue onto the windshield of offending cars.
Buy carpenter's glue at the building supply store on 15th St. and 9th Avenue.
Back in the black and white days, (early 90's) we had a similar experience with a car on 14th near avenue B. after many nights of obnoxious car alarm noise a well placed cinder block silenced that car alarm forever! It may sound mean, but I miss the days where a stupid problem like this could be solved with a simple act of violence.
ReplyDeleteI think you can call the police and get them to tow a car with a car alarm away, unless the law has changed. We did it once on a summer night several years ago when a car with a nonstop alarm was parked in front of a sidewalk cafe where we were eating.
ReplyDeleteIt took several calls but they really did show up and we thought it was worth the trouble.
Virginia Kelley
Does violence solve everything? It is said if it does not it is because you are not using enough of it.
ReplyDeleteUse the 311 iPhone and Android app to report this car. get everyone in your building to report it too.
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