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Petty parking problem

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  • #102
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,752 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    I can't see the win here OP. You can't/won't keep a car there permanently, and as soon as it's removed you're back to square 1.

    Personally I talk with the neighbours, and try and come to some agreement you're all happy with.

    Ramping up the ante on a tit for tat basis isn't a great idea.


  • #103
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    I can't see the win here OP. You can't/won't keep a car there permanently, and as soon as it's removed you're back to square 1.

    Personally I talk with the neighbours, and try and come to some agreement you're all happy with.

    Ramping up the ante on a tit for tat basis isn't a great idea.
    I have no need to 'win' or keep a car there, I'm just happy knowing that they've tasted their own medicine, as it were :)


  • #104
    RangeR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,265 ✭✭✭RangeR


    Loving the thread. How far away does she have to park now? Hopefully 10+ houses away.


  • #105
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    RangeR wrote: »
    Loving the thread. How far away does she have to park now? Hopefully 10+ houses away.

    She parks in her empty garden, didn't you read the thread?! :confused::pac:


  • #106
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Hey my personal parking spot has some tool parking their car in it..... I'm fuming.....


  • #107
    Markcheese
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,566 ✭✭✭Markcheese


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Hey my personal parking spot has some tool parking their car in it..... I'm fuming.....

    What you should do is torch the car....... Madam...

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



  • #108
    Isambard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,795 ✭✭✭Isambard


    Midnight_EG wrote: »
    You're hardly my neighbour are you? :D

    not likely I'd move


  • #109
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 39,782 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Isambard wrote: »
    not likely I'd move

    You’ll have loads of pace for the for sale sign as you don’t appear to keep any cars in the garden :pac:


  • #110
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,461 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    I'd fear they might react by damaging your own car.
    You are on a motoring forum so I guess you care about your real car quite a bit like I do. A few dents here, broken window there wouldn't be beyond these type of idiots.


  • #111
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    mickdw wrote: »
    I'd fear they might react by damaging your own car.
    You are on a motoring forum so I guess you care about your real car quite a bit like I do. A few dents here, broken window there wouldn't be beyond these type of idiots.

    I've CCTV on the house and they know it :D




    However never underestimate how much I don't care for my daily :pac:


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  • #112
    DuckSlice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭DuckSlice


    Any happenings over the weekend? :D


  • #113
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    etxp wrote: »
    Any happenings over the weekend? :D

    Some dirty looks and sideways scowls :rolleyes:


  • #114
    Tazzimus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,935 ✭✭✭Tazzimus


    Responded to with a big cheesy smile and a wave I hope? :D


  • #115
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    Tazzimus wrote: »
    Responded to with a big cheesy smile and a wave I hope? :D

    Always polite ;)


  • #116
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    Midnight_EG wrote: »
    Always polite ;)

    There's nothing like rubbing salt into a wound :)


  • #117
    TheW1zard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,345 ✭✭✭TheW1zard


    Love it OP.
    I have a thing going on with my neighbour where he asked me to block my wife in so he doesnt block his in. Only one space essentially.
    He's one of these people who parks 2 inches off your bumper which I hate. So I park about 20 secs around the corner now and leave him to it.
    If he ever asks me for a favour though Ill burn his house down!
    Keep up the good work lol


  • #118
    Ragnar Lothbrok
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,860 ✭✭✭Ragnar Lothbrok


    I'm constantly surprised by how petty and awful some neighbours can be. Thank God I have two absolutely sound neighbours either side of me for the last 15 years.

    In my previous house, when the kids were small, the next door neighbours were an old couple and the man was quite hard work, but I won them over by constantly doing little odd jobs for them.

    OP, I suggest you start mowing your neighbour's grass, doing the odd bit of shopping for them, and maybe offering to wallpaper or paint their house. Then after 6-12 months of this behaviour, gently suggest that they park their car in an appropriate space. If they aren't receptive to this, you're obviously not trying hard enough, so up your game then by cooking them breakfast and dinner every day and giving them a gentle foot rub before they go to bed each night.


  • #119
    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,008 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    Ragnar Lothbrok wrote: »
    If they aren't receptive to this, you're obviously not trying hard enough, so up your game then by cooking them breakfast and dinner every day and giving them a gentle foot rub before they go to bed each night.

    Just like Ragnar Lothbrok would have done.:D


  • #120
    TheW1zard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,345 ✭✭✭TheW1zard


    The problem is as soon as you tell them to stick it, youre the C%%%. I hate that.


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  • #121
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,656 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Great story, this thread made me laugh so much, brilliant suggestions - its the scenario most of us play out in our heads but never bother to act out - well done!
    However OP you're eventually just gonna get bored with this. I wonder what the long term solution is?


  • #122
    knucklehead6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,840 ✭✭✭knucklehead6


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Great story, this thread made me laugh so much, brilliant suggestions - its the scenario most of us play out in our heads but never bother to act out - well done!
    However OP you're eventually just gonna get bored with this. I wonder what the long term solution is?

    Bored?? How would someone get bored of playing fcuk you with a knob neighbour??


  • #123
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    I'd just leave a car there and never move it....


  • #124
    cpoh1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,605 ✭✭✭cpoh1


    Any update on this OP? Hope you are keeping up the good work!


  • #125
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    Was just coming on to post :D

    So I decided (today) to see if our ever-vigilant neighbour was still on the case, I moved the 'placeholder'.











    Less than a minute and they pulled their (currently only) car out into the spot :pac:


  • #126
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Midnight_EG wrote: »
    Was just coming on to post :D

    So I decided (today) to see if our ever-vigilant neighbour was still on the case, I moved the 'placeholder'.











    Less than a minute and they pulled their (currently only) car out into the spot :pac:

    Ah that's a disappointment, was hopeful someone could block it indefinitely....


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  • #127
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,856 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Midnight_EG wrote: »
    Was just coming on to post :D

    So I decided (today) to see if our ever-vigilant neighbour was still on the case, I moved the 'placeholder'.





    Less than a minute and they pulled their (currently only) car out into the spot :pac:
    You really have to laugh- I know ure doing this as a bit of a joke but how must their minds work ? :D


  • #128
    The J Stands for Jay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,806 ✭✭✭The J Stands for Jay


    Midnight_EG wrote: »
    Was just coming on to post :D

    So I decided (today) to see if our ever-vigilant neighbour was still on the case, I moved the 'placeholder'.











    Less than a minute and they pulled their (currently only) car out into the spot :pac:

    Park on their drive.


  • #129
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    You really have to laugh- I know ure doing this as a bit of a joke but how must their minds work ? :D

    A cock and a wheel.... I mean a cog and a wheel... ;-)


  • #130
    Isambard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,795 ✭✭✭Isambard


    i'd put a note through their door with

    "https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058010896&page=9" on it in big letters.


  • #131
    Hococop
    Registered Users Posts: 5,737 ✭✭✭Hococop


    Love if you got the spot again ( doubt you will) and just screw with them, just randomly sit into the car for a minute and get out again will drive them mad


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  • #132
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Hococop wrote: »
    Love if you got the spot again ( doubt you will) and just screw with them, just randomly sit into the car for a minute and get out again will drive them mad

    Go out all set to go bags and all.... Get in. Start up and then get out and walk to work ;-)


  • #133
    K.Flyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,565 ✭✭✭K.Flyer


    Hococop wrote: »
    Love if you got the spot again ( doubt you will) and just screw with them, just randomly sit into the car for a minute and get out again will drive them mad

    Go one further, get in the car, start it up, make it look like you are about to drive off, or move it about 10 feet, and put it back quickly as you see him come out the door :D :pac:


  • #134
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    I'm gonna park a bus outside during lunchtime some day :pac:


    Nah, I'm over it for now. The smile each evening coming home and seeing the 'placeholder' was starting to wean so I'll put something there again in a few weeks.


  • #135
    DaveyDave
    Registered Users Posts: 6,287 ✭✭✭DaveyDave


    Just turn it around and park it up again :D


  • #136
    Isambard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,795 ✭✭✭Isambard


    Midnight_EG wrote: »
    I'm gonna park a bus outside during lunchtime some day :pac:


    Nah, I'm over it for now. The smile each evening coming home and seeing the 'placeholder' was starting to wean so I'll put something there again in a few weeks.

    a skip would be too hard to organise I guess?


  • #137
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Isambard wrote: »
    a skip would be too hard to organise I guess?

    To put neighbour car into?


  • #138
    Isambard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,795 ✭✭✭Isambard


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    To put neighbour car into?

    no no, I wouldn't suggest such a thing. Just to put the neighbours bloody and lifeless corpse in.


  • #139
    Cerco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,043 ✭✭✭Cerco


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Park outside their house.

    The simplest and best solution so far.


  • #140
    Tazzimus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,935 ✭✭✭Tazzimus


    Cerco wrote: »
    The simplest and best solution so far.
    Or in their driveway. Not like they're using it anyway.


  • #141
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    Tazzimus wrote: »
    Or in their driveway. Not like they're using it anyway.

    Or combine two ideas here and anonymously phone up and order a skip to be delivered to their driveway.


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  • #142
    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,145 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    Is this the car with no tax, insurance, etc?


  • #143
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    beertons wrote: »
    Is this the car with no tax, insurance, etc?

    Of course


  • #144
    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,145 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    Midnight_EG wrote: »
    Of course

    Do us all a favour and report his ass.

    I had another idea there, but I can't put it up.


  • #145
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    I win again :D


  • #146
    Ginger83
    Registered Users Posts: 3,542 ✭✭✭Ginger83


    Midnight_EG wrote: »
    I win again :D

    :D


  • #147
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,522 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    Midnight_EG wrote: »
    I win again :D

    So is the red one him being an extra large **** and blocking the footpath now as a result?


  • #148
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83,416 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    There's some people would follow you in to your grave if they could. Things are only going to get worse with houses and apartments being build with too few spaces for cars that will need parking.


  • #149
    AloneInTheDark
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭AloneInTheDark


    If not taxed or insured then they can't park it on a public street and if its sticking out like that could go for causing an obstruction. Checked and the NCT is due in 2020. Car can be lifted by the police and if he is driving it around remember these are the people that are pushing up our insurance premiums.


  • #150
    Cerco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,043 ✭✭✭Cerco


    I would take down photo. Likely to cause you hassle if they or others identify you.
    No point in letting them know it bothers you as they may seize any opportunity to piss you off.
    Your point is well made by occupying the space alone.


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  • #151
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    So is the red one him being an extra large **** and blocking the footpath now as a result?

    No, that isn't him.
    Cerco wrote: »
    I would take down photo. Likely to cause you hassle if they or others identify you.
    No point in letting them know it bothers you as they may seize any opportunity to piss you off.
    Your point is well made by occupying the space alone.

    Nope, they know who I am and they're playing the same game :D


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