Whistle Exhaust Tips
01-21-2003 | 05:40 PM
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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Parents just don't understand the new rage with Oakland kids. It's called a 'whistle tip' and it attaches to a car’s muffler to make the car screechingly loud.
Well, Oakland residents are fed up with the noise but they are being told it's legal.
Every muffler shop in Oakland is installing whistler tips. It's a piece of metal welded inside the exhaust pipes that makes the car audible for a mile.
“The whistles go whoo whoo,” says whistle fan Bubb Rubb.
“Anybody who has it in their neighborhood is going to be totally driven crazy,” says one resident.
Roxanne Bruns says the high-pitched tone like the squeal of a BART train that doesn't stop is keeping her awake at night. Police have told her it is perfectly legal.
“They think it's a fad, that it's going to go away,” Bruns says. “It's not going to go away. It's driving me nuts. I work at home. I can't concentrate. It goes on for hours.”
“Some neighbors say it's way too loud,” Mr. Rubb contends. “That's only in the morning: you're supposed to be up cooking breakfast! It’s like an alarm clock. Whoo-hoo!”
Bubb Rubb and his little sis were proud to show theirs off. In a demonstration on one Oakland side street, they spun their sporty, modified car out of control as they jammed the gas, careening across double-yellow lines and nearly missing a row of parked cars.
Check out the guy in the video with the raiders gear, and his lil' sis. I'm never going to oakland, CA!!!
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Well, Oakland residents are fed up with the noise but they are being told it's legal.
Every muffler shop in Oakland is installing whistler tips. It's a piece of metal welded inside the exhaust pipes that makes the car audible for a mile.
“The whistles go whoo whoo,” says whistle fan Bubb Rubb.
“Anybody who has it in their neighborhood is going to be totally driven crazy,” says one resident.
Roxanne Bruns says the high-pitched tone like the squeal of a BART train that doesn't stop is keeping her awake at night. Police have told her it is perfectly legal.
“They think it's a fad, that it's going to go away,” Bruns says. “It's not going to go away. It's driving me nuts. I work at home. I can't concentrate. It goes on for hours.”
“Some neighbors say it's way too loud,” Mr. Rubb contends. “That's only in the morning: you're supposed to be up cooking breakfast! It’s like an alarm clock. Whoo-hoo!”
Bubb Rubb and his little sis were proud to show theirs off. In a demonstration on one Oakland side street, they spun their sporty, modified car out of control as they jammed the gas, careening across double-yellow lines and nearly missing a row of parked cars.
Check out the guy in the video with the raiders gear, and his lil' sis. I'm never going to oakland, CA!!!
video
