Nuisance Condo Tenant with Loud Car

I live in a condo association of 32 units. The front door of 16 units face the front door of opposing 16 units with a car parking lot in the middle. In other words, we are all packed together like sardines in a can. Recently a tenant neighbor has moved in who drives a Nissan 340Z car with the muffler illegally removed and replaced with an illegal resonator that makes the car sound extremely loud anytime he fires up the engine. I say illegal because Florida Statute 316.293 (5) stipulates it is against the law to modify a car muffler. In short, this idiot has a regular habit of firing up his car between the hours of 11PM to 3AM to go out on joy rides that has him returning back home in 30 to 60 minutes. Obviously, this disturbs my sleep and therefore I need advice on finding a resolution to this problem because none of the actions I have listed below have worked:

1. Mailed an anonymous letter to the owner of the property renting to this nuisance tenant. This did not solve the problem.
2. Have met in person with a police officer at the police station and his advice was to just keep calling 911 for data collection purposes. I have been calling 911 for over 5 months now and the police has done nothing about enforcing Florida Statute 316.293 (5).
3. Mailed a letter to the HOA and this too has not solved the problem.

In short, I have run out of ideas and I would appreciate any advice that will help me solve this problem. Ideally, I would like to do something that will force this nuisance tenant to move out of the condo, but since that is a difficult ask to make, the next best thing I can hope for is to make him stop from firing up his car to go out on joy rides when everybody in the neighborhood is asleep. Thank you for your time.

We don't know the time of the issue. Typically in a HOA there is a window of "silence" between the hours of 10 PM and to 7 AM. Give or take an hour. This may extend to your local ordinance as well. No one can do much if the noise is between these times.

It wasn't going to do much to write that letter to them. The HOA should have written it to the owner to advise them of the situation. The owner is responsible for their tenant.

You can try to do a few things. Get a sound machine if it's a nightly annoyance. I have a neighbor whom likes to have that annoying "thump thump" playing in their car that shakes several houses. Can't stand it. Several people posted on our FB page about it. Seemed to made them stop when they realize others were talking about it. It may take more than one to complain to get things done...

To answer your question it is as big as a pineapple. It makes the car sound like a NASCAR Daytona 500 Stock car.

Well, when in Rome.. Hand towels work good too.

Mike it is going to be very hard to get the police to take action on an issue that happens on private property.

Your best chance to remedy this is to have your board call the owner to a hearing and fine them according to what
your governing documents and state law will allow.

The board can take legal action and apply the statutes you mentioned. You can also have your HOA attorney send both
the registered owner a cease and desist letter outlining the Florida statutes, applicable Flordia statutes on nuisances
and the HOA covenants against noise and nuisances.

It's annoying AF and believe me, we all want instant gratification, unfortunately, scofflaws game the system and they don't
care about others.

MikeJ16, are you willing to spend money on an attorney?

The chances that your condo's covenants (a.k.a. CC&Rs) prohibit this are extremely high. Covenants are legally considered contractual terms. Sometimes it takes a court order to enforce the covenants. An attorney would start by writing demand letters to both the owner of the vehicle and the condo association, sending them certified mail, return receipt requested.

LetA and TimB4 said this. Though I happen to agree.

I believe the police are overwhelmed these days. Understandably AFAIC, the police know how to put off enforcing the small stuff. The taxpayers' dollars can only cover so much police enforcement.

The police don't really care how big or small the "job" is to respond. Their job is to make reports. Reports that are used in a court of law if necessary. It is proof of record. These records are used in court to prove charges or civil case. They are presented in "Discovery" to show a history of the situation or escalation. Without a report by the police it just sounds like "Yada Yada Yada". It's like your just now telling everyone here there is a problem?

Your reasons for NOT calling the police are your own issues. The rest of us who need take action against something that is offensive, criminal, or civil will call to make a report. It doesn't have to be called into 911. They have non-emergency numbers.

No proof or record of the incident or incidents doesn't do well for your case be it criminal or civil.

Depending on the state if they have Vehicle inspections you could report them to DMV.

In My state (NH) I am a licensed Vehicle inspector and this would be a MV Violation.
Could result in a enforcement officer paying the owner a visit and possibly removal of plates and getting vehicle towed to a shop to be fixed.
And Not getting plates returned until that officer rechecks that vehicle.

Did you report this, " 11PM to 3AM to go out on joy rides that has him returning back home in 30 to 60 minutes" to law enforcement? If not, report that without your assumption of "joy ride" instead say suspiciously leaving at early morning hours and returning quickly. "Suspicious" because of the short nature and time of day. That should be enough probable cause to search the vehicle for contraband, especially if police are already watching him.