Car waking us up at 6:30am. What would you do?

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We live in a first-floor flat in a city-centre listed building complex. Parking is limited and shared between residents, Airbnbs, and a few businesses in an enclosed gated area. It costs money to park in the complex even if you are a resident. About a week ago a very loud “supercar” started parking directly under our bedroom window. Normal traffic/engines here never wake us, as people come and go all the time, but this one does due to how loud the engine is. Every morning since they have been here, at 6:30am (including Saturday & Sunday) they start it, let it idle for about 5 minutes, I see them checking their phone in the car from our window, then leave. It’s loud enough to wake us up. We’re not sure if it’s: 1. A new resident with a parking space 2. An Airbnb guest using one of the guest spots We realise they can’t change their engine or the time they need to leave, but we’d rather not keep getting woken up at 6:30 on a weekend. What would you do? A) Try to speak to the driver and ask if they could park elsewhere (not under our window) - there are only limited spaces so this may not be possible. B) Ask our landlord/building manager if it’s a new tenant or Airbnb guest - if a tenant they would maybe talk to them for us. Airbnb guest would be leaving soon so we would just put up with it. C) Leave a friendly note on the windscreen asking if they could use a different space - even just on a weekend as we are usually up before 6:30 on a weekday D) Try Ignore it for now since it’s only been a week and we’re being dramatic What would you do?