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That's funny. Guessing the neighbors probably aren't shooters, hunters etc. I can see how one might make the mistake. The car sounds cool, Bonneville, Catalina?

I've had cops come to my garage when I am running open headers on the Duster. My neighbors are great, calls come from the next block over. LOL

Now that you mention it I haven't heard a car backfire in years..... Has electronic fuel injection eliminated that sort of thing ? Lots of folks these days would probably interpret that noise as gunfire because they have never heard backfires. I've heard a lot of it back in the day. Some of it from tri - power pontiacs, too. A 64 & 65 GTO to be precise. Buddy of mine was into them big time. What model Pontiac was this ?

Thats funny! Sad but funny! Glad that it ended well and that you made new friends.

That's so funny.

So many move to AZ, ID etc because CA is going so very bankrupt, too expensive, plus or minus planned massive electrical blackouts and wildfires.

If I were closer I would drive my buddies old Shovelhead (Harley) up and down the road! If you go from 800rpm to 3500 and let up she barks pretty loud!
Those neighbors would be hiding behind the couch, clutching their phone!!

Geez. This thread makes me miss my 1967 Firebird RA 400! I never should have sold it like 10 years ago. Gave it away to at $14k but I was newly married with a kid on the way!

Gunshots can sound like lots of things and vice-versa. I don't see anything wrong with a concerned neighbor that truly believed she heard gunshots. As has been said, gunfire in town nowadays is much more prominent than a backfiring car. I see the cops responding in a way that didn't impose any problems, while finding the actual cause of the sound.

jjadurbin said:

Keep in mind this is Arizona. The neighbor is a new arrival from California. It ended well because we made some new friends who love what's left of real America, but like the younger patrolman said, wonder why they come here?

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Maybe she came there because she feels safer there than she did in California. Maybe gunshots were common in her previous neighborhood. Hard to judge folks when you haven't walked in their shoes. Had it been crime involving a real shooting, would you have preferred she close the curtains and turn up the T.V.? IMHO, part of being a responsible neighbor is looking out for your neighbors, being capable of observing and noticing/reporting anything suspicious and out of the ordinary. That's what I would call gunshots or a car back-firing several times that sounds like gunfire, in a generally quiet neighborhood.

Don't blame them for moving as long as they leave their California BS in California.

skeeterfogger said:

Don't blame them for moving as long as they leave their California BS in California.

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That's the problem with them moving out of California, many are bringing their liberal ways with them.

Back in ‘69 I raced my 68 SS Camero against a 67 GTO with 3 deuces on a 389. I raced every night, so I don’t remember who won. But I do remember getting chased by the cops afterwords. I got away by parking in someone’s driveway and shutting off the lights.

Reinz said:

Back in ‘69 I raced my 68 SS Camero against a 67 GTO with 3 deuces on a 389. I raced every night, so I don’t remember who won. But I do remember getting chased by the cops afterwords. I got away by parking in someone’s driveway and shutting off the lights.

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ha! Been there done that before! Problem is you have to have an inconspicuous car! First time I got away with it, years later I did the same thing with something much more exotic and um well I got caught that time lol. It’s hard to hide from the radio when you have a super unique car.

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...but like the younger patrolman said, wonder why they come here?

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Because they've screwed California up so bad they can't stand to live there?

Which side of the valley are you on? East or West?

jjadurbin said:

The neighbor is a new arrival from California. It ended well because we made some new friends who love what's left of real America, but like the younger patrolman said, wonder why they come here?

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And people wonder why there are signs back home that say "come visit! but no forget to go home"
Dosent matter where they go, or why, but a lot of people try rebuild exactly what they left.....no matter how much they didn't like it.

That's Arizona. I was born here. Not the same it was 20 years ago.

LoonWulf said:

Dosent matter where they go, or why, but a lot of people try rebuild exactly what they left.....no matter how much they didn't like it.

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AARGH!! You're so right about this. I wish I could click "like" twice.

I have a few buddies who have moved from UK. At first they've been ecstatic that you can actually own firearms and have pretty much anything licensed. I've even introduced a couple of them to hunting, after they've had enough of blasting away magazine after magazine of ammo on full auto and wanted something more meaningful to exercise their newfound right (permanent resident / dual citizenship) for.

If you hear gunfire within 15 miles of downtown Helsinki, there's a 99.9% chance it's just someone hunting. Farther than 15 miles, it's 99.999%. Heck, even my primary deer plot is 11 miles from downtown business district.

After a few years, what do they do? VOTE PROGRESSIVE/GREEN/LEFT. "Because of social injustice, things have to change and we have to be compassionate!". Yeah, right. How did that work for your gun rights and civil liberties in the UK? Including having dinner knives and forks in locked display cabinets in stores, to comply with the law? Highest density of government-operated surveillance cameras per capita in the world? Freedom of speech, or what's left of it?

People never learn. Really. As a clinical hypnotherapist I know intimately how easy it is to manipulate people with propaganda, and history seems to repeat itself once in every two or three generations. Not that I've given up on people, but the first and foremost lesson I've taught my kids is when (not if; when) the world goes crazy next time by a majority vote, weather the storm, prepare for anything and be prepared to rebuild once it's over.

Oh well. Off the soapbox for now.

I heard a backfire as some kids drove an older POS up my road. Before I heard the vehicle I just heard the bang down the road.

I remember saying out loud “Huh. Guess someone shot something.”

Not unheard of and it is illegal within city limits. But there’s animals everywhere here so it’s not exactly out of the ordinary. You hear shots all hunting season.

No cops.

Back in the day l owned a 74 goat and a 67 Barracuda that had dual quads. Used to feed them 100 octane aviation gas. The local PD was well acquainted with me. These days I need to get more than 10 MPG. So a small 6 cyl Jeep it is. Unfortunately things are lots different today. I could sling my 30-30 over my shoulder, take it to school and leave it in the office so I could go hunting after school. That was 1975 in Bangor ME. No more though. No loaded fitearms--no CCW within 1000 ft of the school now. They can't even take a folding knife or ammo of any kind to the parking lot on school property in a personal vehicle anymore. It's kind of sad now if you ask me

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I could sling my 30-30 over my shoulder, take it to school and leave it in the office so I could go hunting after school. That was 1975 in Bangor ME. No more though.

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That's another thing that has amused me a bit. Back in the 80's I used to keep my IPSC rig (comped .45 Gold Cup, belt, hoster, mag pouches, half a dozen mags, some 300-500 rounds of handloaded major-class ammo etc.) in my high school locker and no-one thought much of it. Shooting range was half a mile from the school and it was much more convenient than going back home to get the gear and return for practise sessions.

Nowadays, bringing a gun anywhere near a school will cause a panic. Back then even my yearbook motto - and they actually printed it, of course - was "No problem, I've got a Ruger and ammo for two weeks"...

Sounds like the color is Palmetto Green. Neighbor had a hardtop the same color. Pretty sharp.

jjadurbin said:

The neighbor is a new arrival from California. It ended well because we made some new friends who love what's left of real America, but like the younger patrolman said, wonder why they come here?

I didn't react in terms of a response, would anyone?

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I live in California and you can bet in about 3 1/2 years I will be leaving here and moving elsewhere. Perhaps AZ, NM, TX...who knows?
I have lived in and left California 4 different times. Every time I move I get painted with the same broad brush by people assuming that I am a leftist looney from La-La-Land.

Here’s the kicker. If your area is tilting left more than likely it’s because people pay more attention to sports and other inane things rather than watch what kids are being taught in school or what their own government is doing and that includes city and county governments. It’s probably not because one family from California moved there.

The majority of people I know in California aren’t unAmerican lunatics hell bent on destroying this country or your neighborhoods.

I've been into fast cars since the late 1960s.
This is my last build.
The understanding wife named her, Sassy, but classy.


Mid 600s at the rear tires.

A backfire, hmm? I seem to recall, I'll say a friend to protect the guilty, used to occasionally turn the ignition off and back on while driving, especially through an underpass or tunnel. This sometimes resulted in, yes, a loud backfire.

One time too many in a car I, I mean my friend, was driving for work when he was eighteen resulted in a blown out muffler.

These things were done far from home, so no irate neighbors.

To the OP: You should invite your neighbor to go shooting so she knows what the real deal sounds like.