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Our neighbor's son has (apparently intentionally, because he fixed it for about a week) damaged his muffler and gotten an unusually early job, such that he roars off, waking us up each morning at 4am. Since we are not on good terms with these neighbors in general, we don't have any plausible way to bring it up, other than calling out of the blue or yelling down the street. We can't even reasonably leave a note (no box), or knock on their door (it is way behind their gate). Also, they would be unlikely to care if we did bring it up, because they have shown themselves to be inconsiderate in general, then lie when called on it.
The neighborhood is generally quiet and dark, and we do not want to sleep with earplugs just for this one five minute disturbance.
What should we do? It's starting to mess up my husband's sleep, especially, he's been having increasing trouble getting back to sleep.
Anonymous call to the police. And I mean anonymous. No phones linked to you directly or indirectly. Not your voice. Not on camera. No details giving away it's you.
Or an anonymous threat. Leave a note that gets his attention somehow. Maybe track down where the kid works. Offline sleuthing. "Fix the muffler in a week or else." And then start slashing tires if he doesn't. No prints on the note. Don't get your face or vehicle caught on camera.
No easy answer. Some people only respect force.
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