So my older next-door neighbor restores classic cars from the 40s and 50s. They're beautiful but LOUD. As in, the minute the engine is turned on, you hear and feel a rumbling, low, thundering growl. Once it's warmed up after a few minutes, he then revs the engine a few times to get it going.... This lasts maybe 5 minutes total but the second that first grumble is heard, we are up. Our bedrooms and his driveway are close to one another. We wear earplugs and use white noise.

Problem: he does this at 4:50-5:30am on the weekends, quite regularly. I've asked him to refrain from doing this until 7am, as it immediately wakes me and DH up, and sometimes wakes my son up too. He said he can't, because often he has to get to his car shows by 7am. Grrrr.

Our city has a specific noise ordinance, and "quiet time" from 10p-7a and he's clearly violating it. No HOA. I talked to someone from the city and it sounds like there is a long process of getting it officially solved, if I decide to go down that route.

I'm so pissed! I wake up early as it is, like 6:30-7, but I don't want to be woken up by his damn cars almost every weekend.

I am considering asking him to hitch his car to his truck and I don't really see him agreeing to it, but what else can I do? I don't know if the other neighbors are as affected, as it's just our bedrooms that are closest to the driveway.

Does anyone have any good advice, or a successful story in dealing with noisy neighbors?