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I would just tape record everything. Not necessarily do anything with it yet, but just build up a bunch of sustained evidence. If you know he will move the car after you park near his, set up that situation to record it, and get a dozen instances of it. Hang out outside by the cars with an audio recorder if you know he will come out and yell at you, and get that recorded. Put a rolling camera in a car to video him backing into it.
If you really want to escalate, once you have a bunch of evidence, record an incident and call the police to report it. Claim $2000 in damages ($1k to paint, $1k in parts and labor to replace). If it goes up from there, you already have all the evidence and now police reports to push back on. If he threatens you (record it) and get a restraining order that he can't be 500 yards from you, then call the police when he parks in front of his own house
Otherwise, just ignore him like you've been doing or just tell him (in front of witnesses) that you've been recording him hitting your car for a year now and that if he doesn't stop, you'll call the cops.
Also, you could just call his bluff and tell him to call the cops, since they aren't going to do anything about your car - its registered to the house its in front of. I had a friend that had an abandoned car parked in front of his house, and it took almost two months of calling to get that pos ticked, tagged, and then towed away, and that was a car without a plate or registration.
If you really want to escalate, once you have a bunch of evidence, record an incident and call the police to report it. Claim $2000 in damages ($1k to paint, $1k in parts and labor to replace). If it goes up from there, you already have all the evidence and now police reports to push back on. If he threatens you (record it) and get a restraining order that he can't be 500 yards from you, then call the police when he parks in front of his own house
Otherwise, just ignore him like you've been doing or just tell him (in front of witnesses) that you've been recording him hitting your car for a year now and that if he doesn't stop, you'll call the cops.
Also, you could just call his bluff and tell him to call the cops, since they aren't going to do anything about your car - its registered to the house its in front of. I had a friend that had an abandoned car parked in front of his house, and it took almost two months of calling to get that pos ticked, tagged, and then towed away, and that was a car without a plate or registration.
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I've happened to live next to two really bad neighbors. The first one finally moved out (after his wife left him because he was a total alcoholic and had to wear an ankle bracelet) and was replaced by what seemed like some nice folks, until....
They both work for one of our local news channels. She is a producer for the 5/6 PM shows and he is a technical director. I come home one day a notice a broadcast van parked in front of their house with the antenna up and cables running everywhere. I'm like WTF? We are getting ready to get a tropical storm and so they were using their house as the shots/example of what to do, how to board up your windows, bringing your grill in etc. So me and my wife are laughing inside watching as they are doing a lot of this live. Then they cut to some pre-taped footage at the hardware store discussing the types of screws to get and then they cut back live and the new reporter is standing at our fence looking into my yard. The guy says on air another big thing to consider is kids toys (motioning to my yard), just look at all these toys in this yard that can become dangerous flying projectiles. Looking back now its a bit funny, but at the time I did not find it so humorous. I mean dude coulda asked me "hey man we are going to be filming this short story on what to do when a tropical storm comes blah blah is it cool if we use your backyard?" I didn't even pick up my kids toys and that tropical storm totally missed us, we had nothing but sunshine.
They both work for one of our local news channels. She is a producer for the 5/6 PM shows and he is a technical director. I come home one day a notice a broadcast van parked in front of their house with the antenna up and cables running everywhere. I'm like WTF? We are getting ready to get a tropical storm and so they were using their house as the shots/example of what to do, how to board up your windows, bringing your grill in etc. So me and my wife are laughing inside watching as they are doing a lot of this live. Then they cut to some pre-taped footage at the hardware store discussing the types of screws to get and then they cut back live and the new reporter is standing at our fence looking into my yard. The guy says on air another big thing to consider is kids toys (motioning to my yard), just look at all these toys in this yard that can become dangerous flying projectiles. Looking back now its a bit funny, but at the time I did not find it so humorous. I mean dude coulda asked me "hey man we are going to be filming this short story on what to do when a tropical storm comes blah blah is it cool if we use your backyard?" I didn't even pick up my kids toys and that tropical storm totally missed us, we had nothing but sunshine.
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One of my buddies has three people living in his house and he has his track car and daily driver that are in the garage and one roommate parks in the driveway behind his track car, and the other on the street infront of the house so its all on their property. Being that all the parking is full when he has people over on the weekends we end up parking all around the street, and his neighbor will leave his driveway open and come yell at us because we parked in front of his house and he wants to park there and not his driveway. That pisses me off, your driveway is open so just use it.
Sometimes people just don't have another place to park, if it isn't something happening every day then I don't know what people get so mad about. Park in front of your own house if there is space, and if not it's every man for himself.
Sometimes people just don't have another place to park, if it isn't something happening every day then I don't know what people get so mad about. Park in front of your own house if there is space, and if not it's every man for himself.
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Originally Posted by txchopper5,May 10 2010, 02:18 PM
One of my buddies has three people living in his house and he has his track car and daily driver that are in the garage and one roommate parks in the driveway behind his track car, and the other on the street infront of the house so its all on their property. Being that all the parking is full when he has people over on the weekends we end up parking all around the street, and his neighbor will leave his driveway open and come yell at us because we parked in front of his house and he wants to park there and not his driveway. That pisses me off, your driveway is open so just use it.
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Originally Posted by mxt_77,May 10 2010, 11:58 AM
My question is: Why are you parking in front of your neighbors' houses? Park in front of your own. Or better yet, park in your garage if you have one. While it's true that street parking is 'public'... just like any public resource, you shouldn't use more than your fair share. If you & your tfamily/roommates have so many cars that you can't park them all in your garage/driveway or in front of your own property, then you're taking more than your fair share of space.
Now, if you just have one or two cars that you park in the street, and the only reason that you park in front of your neighbors' houses is because someone else is already parked in front of your house, and it only happens on occasion, then maybe it's acceptable.
Depending on the circumstances, I can understand the guy's frustration, though. I make a conscious effort to park my vehicle(s) in my garage and keep the street parking available for visitors, and also so that my property looks tidy and well-maintained. However, my neighbor has up to 5 cars parked in front of his house (and none parked in his garage because it's full of junk), and often his cars overflow such that they're parked in front of my property, and that irks the hell out of me. So, from my perspective... my "Bad Neighbors" post would be about guys like you.
Unfortunately, since street parking is a public space, the guy has little recourse other than his childish games. Don't be surprised if it escalates to keyed cars, slashed/deflated tires, etc, though.
Now, if you just have one or two cars that you park in the street, and the only reason that you park in front of your neighbors' houses is because someone else is already parked in front of your house, and it only happens on occasion, then maybe it's acceptable.
Depending on the circumstances, I can understand the guy's frustration, though. I make a conscious effort to park my vehicle(s) in my garage and keep the street parking available for visitors, and also so that my property looks tidy and well-maintained. However, my neighbor has up to 5 cars parked in front of his house (and none parked in his garage because it's full of junk), and often his cars overflow such that they're parked in front of my property, and that irks the hell out of me. So, from my perspective... my "Bad Neighbors" post would be about guys like you.
Unfortunately, since street parking is a public space, the guy has little recourse other than his childish games. Don't be surprised if it escalates to keyed cars, slashed/deflated tires, etc, though.
the way the street is set up is the houses on my side have the garage/driveway in the back and on his side they all have it rite infront.
he has a VW in the drive way that he hasnt moved in 4 years thats when i moved here. but yet his garage is full of shit he probly dosnt even look at just boxes of papers.
why not just clean that out pull the VW in and put the car in the drive way?
come on..im not even parking in your spot and youre bitching that my car hasnt moved.
this wont escalate, ill take an ax to his car and leave it there, i saw a pic somewhere and want to try it.
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Originally Posted by OverBooster,May 10 2010, 12:02 PM
It pisses me off when my neighbors park in front of my house. Park your ish in front of your own damn house.if your car is already parked infront of your house and your wife isnt home yet why cant i park in front or behind you?
how come no one else bitches about crossing the street to there house? is not that far.
the side walk may be your property but the road isnt. theres no sign that says only home owner can park here.
on street cleaning days iv parked down the block and havent complained about walking.. who cares ?
the only day ill actuly bitch is when i shovel my spot out when it snows and go out and come back to see one of my neighbors pulled into that spot because now that is just
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Originally Posted by toke101,May 10 2010, 06:35 PM
the way the street is set up is the houses on my side have the garage/driveway in the back and on his side they all have it rite infront.
1) Not only are you not parking in front of your own property, you're parking on the opposite side of the street.
2) If the other side of the street has the driveways in front, that means they already have less available parking (because obviously no one can park where the driveway meets the street). So, you're consuming an already scarce resource.
Also, unless your lot is more than at least 65 feet wide with no parking obstructions (mailbox/fire hydrant/etc), then I'm guessing that there is no way that all 4 of your cars fit between your property lines. If it's not even possible for you to park all of your vehicles in front of your own property, then you're using more than your fair share of the public space. Add a couple of guests to that, and it's even worse.
You're free to do as you please, but I can definitely understand this guy's frustration. My advice to you would be to simply try to be as considerate and accomodating as possible to your neighbors, regardless of whether or not they are assholes. You have a driveway/garage. Use it. Leave the gate open, motorize it or relocate it if it's too much trouble to open/close each time you get home. And remember that just because the street is "public space" that doesn't mean that you have to consume all of it.
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[QUOTE=toke101,May 10 2010, 06:45 PM] the only day ill actuly bitch is when i shovel my spot out when it snows and go out and come back to see one of my neighbors pulled into that spot because now that is just
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now that i think about it, everyone will look at this from two points of view.
1. meh who cares is just a spot theres better things to worry about then in what spot you park.
2. wtf why cant he just park infront of his own house or side of the street.
1. meh who cares is just a spot theres better things to worry about then in what spot you park.
2. wtf why cant he just park infront of his own house or side of the street.