Hero or Villain? Kiwi bandit filling "boy racer" exhausts with expanding foam

[bwling]

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/03/hero-or-villian-kiwi-bandit-filling-boy-racer-exhausts-with-e/
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/marlboroughexpress/4836816a6008.html





Beware the foam bandit

A "phantom" with a grudge is roaming the streets of Blenheim armed with tubes of expanding building foam, exacting revenge on "wide-mouthed" boy-racer style car exhausts.

In an anonymous letter sent to The Marlborough Express, the self-styled "Phantom Expander" said he or she was randomly targeting vehicles with wide exhausts and filling them with the expanding foam.

"I have taken it upon myself to respond to the socially maladjusted Blenheim pinheads that have chosen to have a wide-mouthed-boy-racer exhaust installed on their car," the letter said.

The writer said in the letter received late last week that eight vehicles had already been targeted.

Blenheim dispensary optician Anna Gellatly fell victim to the foam bandit yesterday.

Miss Gellatly had parked her car on Henry St between George St and Maxwell Rd while she worked in town. The foamed exhaust had been spotted by The Marlborough Express who tracked Miss Gellatly down at work to tell her about it and the letter.

Miss Gellatly said she was nothing like a "boy racer", despite her car looking like a "boy racer" car.

"For starters, that person doesn't even know who I am or how I drive as I don't drive like a boy racer, and it's not one of those cars.

"It's not even a very big exhaust and the car is not noisy.

"This is nothing but straight-out vandalism."

She said she bought the gold 1992 Honda Civic in a private sale in Christchurch less than two months ago as she had needed a car.

"It was cheap and I'd had a Honda before and I knew they were good cars so I bought it.

"It wasn't because of how it looks or anything like that."

Miss Gellatly said she had managed to pull out the majority of the foam before driving away, and the rest blew out.

She was thankful it had not completely set.

Expanding building foam takes 15 to 30 minutes to become tack-free and about four hours to set.

Blenheim Police constable Michelle Stagg said police had received four complaints of "foamings", but as yet no charges had been laid as the car owners were able to clear out the foam before it dried.

Victims included a Marlborough District Council employee and a police officer, Ms Stagg said.

"Police do not like to see people taking matters into their own hands and it can lead to them being arrested themselves," she warned.

Ms Stagg said the foam bandit could face charges of wilful damage and disorderly behaviour, and possibly the more serious unlawful interference with a motor vehicle.

Murray's Mufflers owner Andrew Murray said foamed cars could leave owners with repair bills in the thousands of dollars.

The foam could cause head gaskets to blow or exhaust systems to break, he said.

Four cars that had fallen victim to foaming had so far been brought to his shop for repairs.

The worst-hit car had its exhaust system removed and the foam burnt out.

In the letter the phantom said the "public service" would continue until the "inadequate nobheads get the message".

The writer advised owners of "wide-mouthed blower[s]" to ditch them otherwise their turn would come.

"It may not happen tomorrow, next week, or next month, but it will happen. Enjoy!", the letter said.

[ianmcc]

Hero or not, it's still vandalism. Now if he was filling the exhausts of Bully Dog tuned diesels.....

[funkedelic2]

hahaha wow! If this were to happen here, we would have a shortage of foam for months

[GQBalla]

hopefully this doesn't happen here.

[texasnick]

That guy can't expect to "make a point" if he's just randomly targetting fart cans. How does he know how loud the exhaust is, or how the person that owns the car drives. I mean, if he was filling up the exhausts of people that he knows regularly drive like jackasses, it would be different.

[Masked Bandit]

My guess is this guy has a couple of ricers that drive by his house on a regular basis driving like idiots. He's had enough and he's going to make a mess of anything with a fart can.

To be honest, I'm kind of surprised it doesn't happen more often. I don't know anyone other than the 17 year old kid that thinks these things are cool. BTW, if you are the guy that thinks it's cool that you $5000 shitbox is loud, everyone else thinks you're a knob!

:D

Edit:

I'll put anyone in a truck with a loud exhaust in the same boat.

[Alterac]

It doesnt really matter how you drive with those fart cans.

They are overly loud and not really useful at all.


I dont support what this guy is doing, Im just another person that constantly has to hear the lawnmowers racing around.

[texasnick]

Originally posted by Alterac
It doesnt really matter how you drive with those fart cans.

They are overly loud and not really useful at all.


So are Ram 2500 Cummins Turbo Diesels in the city. That doesn't mean someone has the right to vandalize them. Just because most truck drivers around here DO drive like jackasses doesn't mean I feel like I have the right to deface something that isn't mine.

Not calling you out, I understand you aren't condoning his actions, just saying.

Sounds to me like he got butthurt and decided the entire universe was all about him and if he didn't like something, it had to get off of "his streets"

[scat19]

Even at low speeds, it sounds like they are going a million miles per hour, and it is just silly.

Fart cans FTL

[nismodrifter]

Is it just me or has the # of fart cans in Calgary slowly gone down over the years???

Peak activity was in like 2000-2003/4 IMO but I've noticed a steady decline in the number of flatuating vehicles that annoy the shit out of everyone. Either that or I've just gotten used to it and blocked them out....

[kaput]

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[ShermanEF9]

Originally posted by nismodrifter
Is it just me or has the # of fart cans in Calgary slowly gone down over the years???

Peak activity was in like 2000-2003/4 IMO but I've noticed a steady decline in the number of flatuating vehicles that annoy the shit out of everyone. Either that or I've just gotten used to it and blocked them out....

the ricers of those days are getting old :P

[Nufy]

After I seal my windows............

[Toms-SC]

Good!

[gretz]

Originally posted by texasnick




Sounds to me like he got butthurt and decided the entire universe was all about him and if he didn't like something, it had to get off of "his streets"

He likely got spanked by a "rice rocket"
he is exacting revenge from what he remembers of the car

[you&me]

Originally posted by gretz


He likely got spanked by a "rice rocket"
he is exacting revenge from what he remembers of the car

Spanked is questionable. I have yet to see a fart can equipped vehicle make more speed than noise when the driver floors it.

It's quite amusing - the down-shift fly-by that doesn't go any where, but makes a lot of noise... but while funny, I could do without...

[texasnick]

Umm....there are quite a few "fart can" cars in this city that are pretty damn fast.

There are a lot more, however, that are quite slow. Does this mean that everyone with an exhaust on their car should be punished, regardless of what car it's on / who's driving it?

[Toms-SC]

Originally posted by texasnick
Umm....there are quite a few "fart can" cars in this city that are pretty damn fast.



Please expand.

[texasnick]

http://forums.beyond.ca/st/218742/official-list-2008-top-10-sport-compacts/



Alberta’s Quickest Sport Compacts of 2008

1. SNAATCH, 1991 Nissan Skyline GTR, 11.19 @ 126.52, Race City [Slip][Backup][Video]
2. Holset Hatch, 1991 Honda Civic DX, 11.59 @ 124, Castrol Raceway [Slip]
3. Z_Fan, 2004 Dodge SRT-4, 11.677 @ 121.03, Med. Hat [Slip]
4. Lococoin, 1990 Honda Civic DX Hatchback, 11.729 @ 120.01, Castrol Raceway [Slip]
5. Cant Stop Spinning, 2004 Dodge SRT-4, 11.749 @ 128.66, Castrol Raceway [Slip]
6. Adam_SRT, 2004 Dodge SRT-4, 11.767 @ 119.63, Race City [Slip]
7. GoChris, 2004 Dodge SRT-4, 11.79 @ 118.83, Med. Hat [Slip]
8. Joses13, 1989 Nissan Silvia, 11.904 @ 123.58, Med. Hat [Slip]
9. BreMorg, 1989 Toyota Supra, 12.038 @ 114.67, Race City [Slip]
10. Street Gear, 2004 Dodge SRT-4, 12.349 @ 116.82, Castrol Raceway [Slip]

Honorable Mention List for 2008:

11. Supraman, 1997 Toyota Supra Twin Turbo, 12.55 @ 115.88, Castrol Raceway [Slip]
12. Chindian, 2008 Mitsubishi Evo X, 12.667 @ 107.97, Race City [Slip]
13. SinisterProbeGt, 2003 Infiniti G35 6mt Twin Turbo, 12.744 @ 116.62, Race City [Slip]
14. Turbominivan, 1989 Dodge OMNI, 12.767 @ 104.96, Race City [Slip]
15. SylvanLakeV35, 2003 Infiniti G35 Twin Turbo, 12.855 @ 110.10, Castrol Raceway [Slip]

Additional entries received for 2008:

16. RWDragoon, 1990 Nissan Skyline GTR, 13.118 @ 103.77, Race City [Slip]
17. Neil68, 1968 VW Beetle, 13.156 @ 100.63, Castrol Raceway [Slip]
18. STiPWR, 2007 Subaru Sti, 13.184 @ 104.44, Castrol Raceway [Slip]
19. An0maly, 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt SS, 13.306 @ 106.43, Castrol Raceway [Slip]
20. dj_honda, 1993 Honda Civic Si, 13.36 @ 107.87, Race City [Slip]
21. Catlin, 2004 Dodge SRT-4, 13.457 @ 97.97, Castrol Raceway [Slip]
22. Accordt, 1989 Honda Civic DX, 13.538 @ 105.21, Castrol Raceway [Slip]
23. BlackSRT, 2005 Dodge SRT-4, 13.571 @ 107.66, Fairview [Slip]
24. BigBadVlad, 1993 Mitsubishi Lancer GSR EVO I, 13.688 @ 98.7, Race City [Slip]
25. Shawley, 1992 Toyota Chaser, 13.897 @ 114.56, Castrol Raceway [Slip]


11.19 @ 126 is pretty damn fast. I'm sure most if not all of these cars have aftermarket exhausts aka "fart cans"

Shouldn't you be familiar with this list being a mod and all?

[frozenrice]

Interesting how the word "Marlborough" comes into play somehow......

[whiskas]

I'd fill that girls pipes with my expanding foam, mmmhmmmm

[NickGT]

Villain. As much as I dislike the drone of a fart cannon from several blocks away in the middle of the night - I don't think anyone should be vandalizing others property...

[Ballin]

I could tell you that if i were to come out and someone was dicking around my car doing something like that, they would not remeber who they were after i was done with them. I hate overly loud exhaust; but the fact of the matter is this person is messing around with other peoples cars/property so I just hope someone catches him in the act and gives him a fist in the face or a gun to the head cause that shit aint right. I say its just some homo that has got to much time, to go around messing with other peoples stuff. I think this certain someone needs to get laid or get a hobby by the sounds of it.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by texasnick
http://forums.beyond.ca/st/218742/official-list-2008-top-10-sport-compacts/



11.19 @ 126 is pretty damn fast. I'm sure most if not all of these cars have aftermarket exhausts aka "fart cans"

Shouldn't you be familiar with this list being a mod and all?

WHOOOSH!

[chkolny541]

hero

[Generic]

wow sad

[eb0i]

Originally posted by NickGT
Villain. As much as I dislike the drone of a fart cannon from several blocks away in the middle of the night - I don't think anyone should be vandalizing others property...

Agreed. There are other ways of getting rid of fart cans through legal methods. Sure its slow but this guys way is just vandalism.

[signature7]

Villain. I have noticed that the abundance of fart cans have been decreasing over the years.

[Cody D]

Originally posted by NickGT
Villain. As much as I dislike the drone of a fart cannon from several blocks away in the middle of the night - I don't think anyone should be vandalizing others property...

I agree. This guy likes being a vigilante, he might meet another vigilante who thinks he is the criminal and spray foams his exhaust, haha.

[chkolny541]

im tired of the ractive canadian tire exhausts and the 40$ cherry bombs, i can deff appreciate a nice deep tone from a full header/exhaust set up, but if you dont wanna spend the money to do it right, DONT DO IT AT ALL

[spikerS]

Originally posted by chkolny541
hero

+2

:werd:

[methodicreign]

a fart can is a fart can. a exhaust is totally differant. one sounds like shit, one sounds good, and sadly you can't tell by looking at the tip in a parking lot. sometimes there obvious sometimes there not. randomly filling them with foam is a recipe for a beating. I hate harleys with no exhaust and pipes shaped like megaphones, does that give me the right to weld them shut??

[jsn]

villain. Under no circumstances should someone touch another mans car. It was a sad sad day when the first dent appeared on my mr2. I hate fart cans as much as the next guy, but I wouldn't vandalize someones car over it.

[chkolny541]

Originally posted by jsn
It was a sad sad day when the first dent appeared on my mr2..

when was this... 1988?

[R154]

there is nothing ricer about my 3" straight back from my t4 turbo...

Ryans car is fast as fuck.

[atgilchrist]

Originally posted by methodicreign
a fart can is a fart can. a exhaust is totally differant. one sounds like shit, one sounds good, and sadly you can't tell by looking at the tip in a parking lot. sometimes there obvious sometimes there not. randomly filling them with foam is a recipe for a beating. I hate harleys with no exhaust and pipes shaped like megaphones, does that give me the right to weld them shut??

No, but it would be fun to weld a muffler on! jk

[jsn]

Originally posted by chkolny541


when was this... 1988?

What are you saying? So because it's an old car I can't care about it? It was about 4 years ago.