Parked car - advice needed 10:22 - Nov 13 with 20116 views | Pinewoodblue | Have an unexpected car parked on my drive. Suspect it's owner attends Suffolk One, the scroats will park añywhere with little consideration for residents. Do I block him, or her, in or report an abandoned vehicle to Suffolk Police? Edit posted as football thread bu corrected it straight away. [Post edited 13 Nov 2019 10:23]
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Parked car - advice needed on 12:00 - Nov 13 with 6164 views | Pinewoodblue | Some good advice here. Blocked car in, it was 25 ft from roadway. Walked to Co_op to get paper. While I was out the culprit returned, she was late, couldn't find parking space so left it where she thought it would be OK. She was lucky I wasn't there. She spoke to son who told her not to do it again. She went back to college and the car is still on driveway, blocked in. Parking is a big problem around here. At the entrance to our close there are often cars parked, opposite each other ,half on the footpath in the narrow gap between two drives. | |
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Parked car - advice needed on 12:01 - Nov 13 with 6154 views | BiGDonnie | I'd wait in and when you see them return take them a nice cup of coffee and discuss the reasons why you need access to your drive. | |
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Parked car - advice needed on 12:03 - Nov 13 with 6146 views | Basuco |
Parked car - advice needed on 11:41 - Nov 13 by SouperJim | I don't particularly fancy applying dog poo to someones door handles... |
If you are going to be fussy you could wear protective disposable gloves. | | | |
Parked car - advice needed on 12:03 - Nov 13 with 6147 views | Pinewoodblue |
Parked car - advice needed on 11:42 - Nov 13 by longtimefan | Think I'd be tempted to prop a large nail up against one of the front tyres so that when they reverse it goes in! Tyre won't be flat when they turn up to drive away and no way they can prove your involvement. |
Have done that with an empty beer can in front of passenger side front wheel. Makes a dreadful noise,gives driver a jolt but no risk of damage. | |
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Parked car - advice needed on 12:17 - Nov 13 with 6095 views | Superblue95 |
Parked car - advice needed on 12:03 - Nov 13 by Pinewoodblue | Have done that with an empty beer can in front of passenger side front wheel. Makes a dreadful noise,gives driver a jolt but no risk of damage. |
Keep their car blocked in and charge them 20 quid for parking when they come back. If they refuse then tell them that you won’t move your car and that you have cameras so as to prevent them damaging anything | |
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Parked car - advice needed on 12:31 - Nov 13 with 6072 views | catch74 | Take the number plates off and stick over yours, fill up with petrol/ drive by shooting/ rob a bank and then place them back. (Make sure your car is a similar make model to theirs) | |
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Parked car - advice needed on 12:35 - Nov 13 with 6063 views | clive_baker |
Parked car - advice needed on 12:01 - Nov 13 by BiGDonnie | I'd wait in and when you see them return take them a nice cup of coffee and discuss the reasons why you need access to your drive. |
Don't leave us guessing, in line with the rest of the thread what are you lacing the coffee with? | |
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Parked car - advice needed on 12:43 - Nov 13 with 6044 views | Superblue95 |
Parked car - advice needed on 12:31 - Nov 13 by catch74 | Take the number plates off and stick over yours, fill up with petrol/ drive by shooting/ rob a bank and then place them back. (Make sure your car is a similar make model to theirs) |
Someone I know ripped the number plates off a car parked in his drive before. I think he just hid them in his house though rather than doing the second part of your plan | |
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Parked car - advice needed on 12:47 - Nov 13 with 6027 views | GeoffSentence |
Parked car - advice needed on 12:43 - Nov 13 by Superblue95 | Someone I know ripped the number plates off a car parked in his drive before. I think he just hid them in his house though rather than doing the second part of your plan |
Isn't it annoying when people only do half a job. | |
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Parked car - advice needed on 12:57 - Nov 13 with 5996 views | Superblue95 |
Parked car - advice needed on 12:47 - Nov 13 by GeoffSentence | Isn't it annoying when people only do half a job. |
It cert Sentence | |
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Parked car - advice needed on 12:57 - Nov 13 with 5993 views | hoppy |
Parked car - advice needed on 12:57 - Nov 13 by Superblue95 | It cert Sentence |
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Parked car - advice needed on 13:02 - Nov 13 with 5969 views | Superblue95 |
Parked car - advice needed on 12:57 - Nov 13 by hoppy | I ag |
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Parked car - advice needed on 13:02 - Nov 13 with 5965 views | BryanPlug | [content removed at owner's request] | |
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Parked car - advice needed on 13:13 - Nov 13 with 5911 views | HatStand |
Parked car - advice needed on 12:43 - Nov 13 by Superblue95 | Someone I know ripped the number plates off a car parked in his drive before. I think he just hid them in his house though rather than doing the second part of your plan |
Unscrew a plate, and put it back on backwards/upside down | |
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Parked car - advice needed on 13:20 - Nov 13 with 5873 views | BiGDonnie |
Parked car - advice needed on 12:35 - Nov 13 by clive_baker | Don't leave us guessing, in line with the rest of the thread what are you lacing the coffee with? |
I think you know. That way they leave thinking what a nice man, I won't ever park on his drive again. But you'll know different. | |
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Parked car - advice needed on 13:30 - Nov 13 with 5860 views | NthQldITFC | Before taking any of the drastic actions helpfully suggested above, double check that you are, in fact, in the correct house. | |
| # WE ARE STEALING THE FUTURE FROM OUR CHILDREN --- WE MUST CHANGE COURSE # | Poll: | It's driving me nuts |
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Parked car - advice needed on 13:41 - Nov 13 with 5819 views | catch74 |
Parked car - advice needed on 12:43 - Nov 13 by Superblue95 | Someone I know ripped the number plates off a car parked in his drive before. I think he just hid them in his house though rather than doing the second part of your plan |
I parked outside my wife’s parents house in Essex and had my plates nicked, then used on their car in a service station. Don’t think it’s was the father in law. | |
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Parked car - advice needed on 14:24 - Nov 13 with 5749 views | hoppy |
Parked car - advice needed on 13:41 - Nov 13 by catch74 | I parked outside my wife’s parents house in Essex and had my plates nicked, then used on their car in a service station. Don’t think it’s was the father in law. |
So you're thinking more the mother-in-law instead? | |
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Parked car - advice needed on 15:10 - Nov 13 with 5692 views | Ewan_Oozami | Phone the police - say you think some drug dealers have parked their car on your drive as they dropped a load of green stuff wrapped in clingfilm as they ran off....but you don't have a clue what happened to it though.... | |
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Parked car - advice needed on 15:15 - Nov 13 with 5682 views | Ryorry | This has to be a contender for end of year awards - "Most helpful advice thread"! 🤣 | |
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Parked car - advice needed on 15:32 - Nov 13 with 5655 views | catch74 |
Parked car - advice needed on 14:24 - Nov 13 by hoppy | So you're thinking more the mother-in-law instead? |
Quite probably, her daughters a nightmare. | |
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Parked car - advice needed on 15:44 - Nov 13 with 5637 views | DebsyAngel | Have the same problem here - except I KNOW who it is - the arsehole neighbours who we hate next door. Just parks the car outside ours because his oversized van he barely uses takes up all their drive (and covers most of the pavement so people have to walk in the road). His parents in their oversized cars (they have 3 different ones) also park in front of ours. It really angers me as it's a dropped kerb and they should not park there, but complaining to our landlords does nothing. It's not fair when we have visitors or workmen who need to be parked out here. | | | |
Parked car - advice needed on 15:53 - Nov 13 with 5622 views | bluelagos | Put a polite note saying that if this happens again, you'll be blocking them in and leaving them blocked in all day/night. No need for anything stupid, they know where you live. | |
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Parked car - advice needed on 15:55 - Nov 13 with 5617 views | giant_stow | have they come back yet? | |
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Parked car - advice needed on 18:19 - Nov 13 with 5513 views | BloomBlue | Your other options are, 1) if the fuel cap isnt locked put a load of water into the tank and that could cost them a lot to fix or 2) block the exhaust with something, they will drive a short distance and then the engine will cut out it will take time and probably money to work out the cause. | | | |
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