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If he does that enough, I wouldn't be surprised by someone taking some self-help measures.

Gas tank donations are one common approach, as is helping aesthetics by removing those unsightly air valves on tires.




Nobody will do anything because the kind of people who are annoyed by this kind of behavior are generally well off and religiously law abiding. The kind of people who would do something a) aren't that bothered by it and b) generally have bigger thorns in their sides than someone else's loud car

This is fundamentally a conflict of class based social norms. The kind of people who have obnoxiously loud cars don't have a lot of the kind of people who complain about obnoxiously loud cars in their social circles.


When I was growing up I had heard that a good use for old potatoes was to weather-seal the open end of exhaust pipes.


Oil pan drain plug removal can help them change the oil on their car, but remember to remind them to refill the oil or else their engine might seize!


They might notice the low oil light warning. If they immediately shut off their engine, the engine will probably be just fine. Modern oil "sticks" to the moving parts much better, so it takes a day or two for it to all drip down into the sump.




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