Move your car. We don't want folk like you round 'ere
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GTIR said:
wolfracesonic said:
Yes read that, but it is a cul-de-sac and maybe this guy chose to live for some peace and quiet away from passing traffic.
I'm beginning to feel like Henry Fonda in 'Twelve Angry Men'..........
What's that about then?I'm beginning to feel like Henry Fonda in 'Twelve Angry Men'..........
wolfracesonic said:
GTIR said:
wolfracesonic said:
Yes read that, but it is a cul-de-sac and maybe this guy chose to live for some peace and quiet away from passing traffic.
I'm beginning to feel like Henry Fonda in 'Twelve Angry Men'..........
What's that about then?I'm beginning to feel like Henry Fonda in 'Twelve Angry Men'..........
jagracer said:
MikeOxlong said:
What is it with old people and thinking they have some god given right to tell everyone what to do?
f
k you, I'm coming up to 60 in a year or two and I don't consider myself old. While you're at it, get your post off my computer, I don't want your type posting round here. 
kazste said:
The guys attitude does in deed stink, but I think I would of let him win as well. A car is an expensive thing to put right if he had of damaged it and the police wouldn't of been able to do anything as just circumstantial evidence not proof.
Hope a ph meet could be arranged, or check out the revenge thread for completely unrelated thoughts.
But the OP knows where the guy lives.Hope a ph meet could be arranged, or check out the revenge thread for completely unrelated thoughts.
We have one of those round here, he lives on a road people use to turn round as its at the side of the shops, he scurries out if he hears any loud car, I was in my grandads Metro which had a blowing exhaust, he had finished driving and I was taking it to the in laws to be a field car so no point in sorting the exahust, stopped at the shop for some bits on the way and went down this road, should have known, a car was coming and I thought I was going to have to stop so was in first gear, he flashed me through so I put my foot down and the car made a bit of noise, didnt thrash it, didnt go over 20 mph, just a few revs thinking I was in second, go and turn round at the end and on my way back I see matey boy striding out carrying something, turned out it was one of those huge, ten million candle power torches which he turned on and aimed in my face, I stopped as I couldnt see a thing, he kept it aimed at in my eyes.
So, I jump out of the car, he shat himself and ran in the house and despite a polite knock he didnt seem inclined to answer, I would say blinding drivers with a mega powered torch is worse than a slight rasp from an exhaust.
The old tosser goes in my local, sits there boring everyone stless with tales of his awesomeness, I have resolved not to turn into an old like him or the bloke in Sevenoaks.
So, I jump out of the car, he shat himself and ran in the house and despite a polite knock he didnt seem inclined to answer, I would say blinding drivers with a mega powered torch is worse than a slight rasp from an exhaust.
The old tosser goes in my local, sits there boring everyone s
tless with tales of his awesomeness, I have resolved not to turn into an old like him or the bloke in Sevenoaks.after reading the OP, I am going to go there on saturday morning, at 8am.
don't really have a noisy car so cannot do 1st gear flybys so will go the quieter route, but possibly more infuriating to the old guy, think of it as tailoring my troll just to him as he does not like people parking there.
park right out side his house, and just sit there in my car, smoking fags, listening to music, and occasionally starting my engine and letting it run for 10-15 mins to charge the battery a bit so it doesn't go flat after listening to music.
might even lay the seat back and go to sleep for a little bit.
if he comes out his house to have a go, i will just stare at him not saying a word, without blinking and wide crazed eyes, then all of a sudden, if he is still having a go, start my engine, pull away and just using tick over revs, go to the end of the road at tick over, turn around and park in the same place outside his house just pointing the other way, and then go to sleep.
that should annoy him a bit more.
I don't really know how to finish this off lol
OP, can you let us know what end and side of the road he lives at because this might not work for me if i get the house wrong.
don't really have a noisy car so cannot do 1st gear flybys so will go the quieter route, but possibly more infuriating to the old guy, think of it as tailoring my troll just to him as he does not like people parking there.
park right out side his house, and just sit there in my car, smoking fags, listening to music, and occasionally starting my engine and letting it run for 10-15 mins to charge the battery a bit so it doesn't go flat after listening to music.
might even lay the seat back and go to sleep for a little bit.
if he comes out his house to have a go, i will just stare at him not saying a word, without blinking and wide crazed eyes, then all of a sudden, if he is still having a go, start my engine, pull away and just using tick over revs, go to the end of the road at tick over, turn around and park in the same place outside his house just pointing the other way, and then go to sleep.
that should annoy him a bit more.
I don't really know how to finish this off lol
OP, can you let us know what end and side of the road he lives at because this might not work for me if i get the house wrong.
J4CKO said:
We have one of those round here, he lives on a road people use to turn round as its at the side of the shops, he scurries out if he hears any loud car, I was in my grandads Metro which had a blowing exhaust, he had finished driving and I was taking it to the in laws to be a field car so no point in sorting the exahust, stopped at the shop for some bits on the way and went down this road, should have known, a car was coming and I thought I was going to have to stop so was in first gear, he flashed me through so I put my foot down and the car made a bit of noise, didnt thrash it, didnt go over 20 mph, just a few revs thinking I was in second, go and turn round at the end and on my way back I see matey boy striding out carrying something, turned out it was one of those huge, ten million candle power torches which he turned on and aimed in my face, I stopped as I couldnt see a thing, he kept it aimed at in my eyes.
So, I jump out of the car, he shat himself and ran in the house and despite a polite knock he didnt seem inclined to answer, I would say blinding drivers with a mega powered torch is worse than a slight rasp from an exhaust.
The old tosser goes in my local, sits there boring everyone stless with tales of his awesomeness, I have resolved not to turn into an old like him or the bloke in Sevenoaks.
you would have been well within your right to run the fSo, I jump out of the car, he shat himself and ran in the house and despite a polite knock he didnt seem inclined to answer, I would say blinding drivers with a mega powered torch is worse than a slight rasp from an exhaust.
The old tosser goes in my local, sits there boring everyone s
tless with tales of his awesomeness, I have resolved not to turn into an old like him or the bloke in Sevenoaks.ker over as he blinded you and possibly damaging your eyes forever, you could not see anything so did not know where he was in relation of the road, intact, you possibly could not see the road at all either, so didn't know what to do as it was such a shock, panicked and froze, but being in a car that was moving, the car does not stop moving when you freeze up from a shock and you ran into him, honest m'lord thats what happened
Seems to me that he was only asking if you could park somewhere else, and you played the "I have my rights" card. The whole scenario could have been avoided in 10 seconds if you just said "Sorry it bothers you, I'll find somewhere else" and left it at that. That street looks quite long, so couldn't you have found somewhere along it that wasn't outside his house? I live at the top of a cul-de-sac, and if someone parked outside my house every weekend I think it'd get on my tits a bit.
North West Tom said:
Seems to me that he was only asking if you could park somewhere else, and you played the "I have my rights" card. The whole scenario could have been avoided in 10 seconds if you just said "Sorry it bothers you, I'll find somewhere else" and left it at that. That street looks quite long, so couldn't you have found somewhere along it that wasn't outside his house? I live at the top of a cul-de-sac, and if someone parked outside my house every weekend I think it'd get on my tits a bit.
The OP has every right to park there and the GOG (Grumpy Old Git) has no right at all to ask him not to. Why should the OP acquiesce? If the GOG is that pissed off then he should ask the local council for further parking restrictions. I'm sure there are jobsworths there who'd jump at the chance to inflict such things on residents and get busy painting more things or changing signs. Perhaps petition for it to be made double-yellow?Look at it this way - if the OP parked one street further over and the GOG followed him round and berated him for parking there, what would your response be?
The GOG can do one as far as I'm concerned.
North West Tom said:
Seems to me that he was only asking if you could park somewhere else, and you played the "I have my rights" card. The whole scenario could have been avoided in 10 seconds if you just said "Sorry it bothers you, I'll find somewhere else" and left it at that. That street looks quite long, so couldn't you have found somewhere along it that wasn't outside his house? I live at the top of a cul-de-sac, and if someone parked outside my house every weekend I think it'd get on my tits a bit.
Problem with that is what happens if everyone has that attitude? Outside of car parks odds on you're going to be parking outside someone's house in the UK, so what's the answer? Introduce DYL and CPZ's in all residential streets near shops etc. like in major cities? Imagine how that would affect the local shops. If you don't like it apply for the council to change the parking restrictions but most probably wouldn't want that either as it would prove a pain in the
when friends come round.You can't have it both ways, live in a place with the convenience of shops, near stations and facilities and not have people looking for parking, if you don't like it move to the middle of the country side where no one will ever park outside your house.
I hate NIMBY's, bullies and people with attitudes like this guy, besides it not all the time, just 48h of the weekend. One day he'll pick on someone not as calm as the OP
North West Tom said:
Seems to me that he was only asking if you could park somewhere else, and you played the "I have my rights" card. The whole scenario could have been avoided in 10 seconds if you just said "Sorry it bothers you, I'll find somewhere else" and left it at that. That street looks quite long, so couldn't you have found somewhere along it that wasn't outside his house? I live at the top of a cul-de-sac, and if someone parked outside my house every weekend I think it'd get on my tits a bit.
Your house stops at your front boundary. Not the road. Why should an occupant expect to be able to monitor and police vehicle movements on a public road?
Parking on my street is a nightmare. Both neighbours either side park on the road and the house opposite to the left, parks on the road too. It leaves me no choice but to drive up the street in only one direction and then reverse the car onto the drive. If I get the angle only slightly wrong, then it won't fit and I have to try again.
It does piss me off slightly but do I go round telling my neighbours to fk off and move their car? No of course I don't. At the end of the day they are doing nothing wrong legally and I chose the house and viewed the house knowing what the parking was like. I'm considering making the drive wider and getting the kerb dropped further which would make it a lot easier.
The house I lived in before, only had on-street parking and there was a near by timber yard whos staff would park on the street. I'd sometimes come home early and would have to park away from my house. Again it annoyed me but I just got on with it. The car would usually be gone after 5pm so once I noticed a space was available, I'd go get my car. The staff were actually really thankful I didn't make a fuss and when it came to getting my fence panels and wood for my fence, they gave me a huge discount.
I can't believe that there are people trying to defend the tt of the resident to be honest. Yes it may be annoying if people are always parking outside or you live near a school but surley he and others chose their house knowing this? Plus at the end of the day, if he comes outside demanding people to move, he's looking for an argument in my opinion.
I would have left the car where it was but before I did, I'd make a point of letting him know that if it gets damaged, I know where he lives and anything he does, I will do 10 times worse. I probably wouldn't have left there all day and would probably go move it after an hour, at least then the tt wouldn't have thought he had won. If he came over and asked nicely, I would kindly move it for him and apologise but arrogance and bad manners is a pet hate of mine and I treat people how they treat me.
It does piss me off slightly but do I go round telling my neighbours to f
k off and move their car? No of course I don't. At the end of the day they are doing nothing wrong legally and I chose the house and viewed the house knowing what the parking was like. I'm considering making the drive wider and getting the kerb dropped further which would make it a lot easier.The house I lived in before, only had on-street parking and there was a near by timber yard whos staff would park on the street. I'd sometimes come home early and would have to park away from my house. Again it annoyed me but I just got on with it. The car would usually be gone after 5pm so once I noticed a space was available, I'd go get my car. The staff were actually really thankful I didn't make a fuss and when it came to getting my fence panels and wood for my fence, they gave me a huge discount.
I can't believe that there are people trying to defend the t
t of the resident to be honest. Yes it may be annoying if people are always parking outside or you live near a school but surley he and others chose their house knowing this? Plus at the end of the day, if he comes outside demanding people to move, he's looking for an argument in my opinion.I would have left the car where it was but before I did, I'd make a point of letting him know that if it gets damaged, I know where he lives and anything he does, I will do 10 times worse. I probably wouldn't have left there all day and would probably go move it after an hour, at least then the t
t wouldn't have thought he had won. If he came over and asked nicely, I would kindly move it for him and apologise but arrogance and bad manners is a pet hate of mine and I treat people how they treat me. Edited by The Turbonator on Monday 31st March 03:19
Edited by The Turbonator on Monday 31st March 03:24
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