Odd things your neighbours do?
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Rostfritt said:
Is he no longer registered as disabled? If so are you now stuck with a parking space on your street that nobody is allowed to park on? I believe the legalities of a painted on disabled bay are a bit vague, so someone might want to clarify that.
I always understood they were more of a courtesy thing. A road near us has one, but the disabled lady moved out years ago.Rostfritt said:
Is he no longer registered as disabled? If so are you now stuck with a parking space on your street that nobody is allowed to park on? I believe the legalities of a painted on disabled bay are a bit vague, so someone might want to clarify that.
I doubt he would be unregistered as disabled, maybe his badge hasn't been renewed, might be worth an enquiry. Thankshyphen said:
One of my neighbours, as posted before, spend the minimal on their appearance and upkeep of their house. But like a shiny (low engined dull) premium badged, car on the drive.
So this week they have bought a shiny German prestge suv.
The houses are period terraced...
So new car is too long for their drive, and wider than their house so cant be parked across neither. So they park it away from the house.
A couple with no kids so don't actually need the larger vehicle.
Odd!
Neighbours round the corner from us have 2 garages but no driveway (new build estate So this week they have bought a shiny German prestge suv.
The houses are period terraced...
So new car is too long for their drive, and wider than their house so cant be parked across neither. So they park it away from the house.
A couple with no kids so don't actually need the larger vehicle.
Odd!
) and recently decided that a BMW X3 isn't big enough for them and their 2 young children, so now have an X5. Trouble is, unlike the X3 it doesn't fit in the garage so it gets Zetec-S said:
Neighbours round the corner from us have 2 garages but no driveway (new build estate ) and recently decided that a BMW X3 isn't big enough for them and their 2 young children, so now have an X5. Trouble is, unlike the X3 it doesn't fit in the garage so it gets parked abandoned wherever they can find a space on the estate.
I'm surprised a X3 fits in a new-build garage tbh. ) and recently decided that a BMW X3 isn't big enough for them and their 2 young children, so now have an X5. Trouble is, unlike the X3 it doesn't fit in the garage so it gets Johnnytheboy said:
I'm surprised a X3 fits in a new-build garage tbh.
We're actually pretty lucky, around here they all seem to be designed with modern cars in mind, another neighbour can fit a Ford Ranger in theirs (just). I suspect the X5'ers could fit it in but as it's a tight fit can't be bothered.Zetec-S said:
hyphen said:
One of my neighbours, as posted before, spend the minimal on their appearance and upkeep of their house. But like a shiny (low engined dull) premium badged, car on the drive.
So this week they have bought a shiny German prestge suv.
The houses are period terraced...
So new car is too long for their drive, and wider than their house so cant be parked across neither. So they park it away from the house.
A couple with no kids so don't actually need the larger vehicle.
Odd!
Neighbours round the corner from us have 2 garages but no driveway (new build estate So this week they have bought a shiny German prestge suv.
The houses are period terraced...
So new car is too long for their drive, and wider than their house so cant be parked across neither. So they park it away from the house.
A couple with no kids so don't actually need the larger vehicle.
Odd!
) and recently decided that a BMW X3 isn't big enough for them and their 2 young children, so now have an X5. Trouble is, unlike the X3 it doesn't fit in the garage so it gets 
Zetec-S said:
Blown2CV said:
A X3 probably isn’t big enough for a family of 4 plus various objects. So given that, and that they can’t magic up a bigger garage or a free parking space in front of their house, what would you suggest they do?
Um, yes, ok. If you say so...WTF!
There's a line of off-road parking spaces outside my house. My car is parked in the 2nd slot, nose in and is right outside my kitchen window. One of the other neighbours in the block has a works van and also a car, so he parks the works van in his allocated space and parks the car in the 1st slot, next to mine. They have kids and it's a 3 door hatch, so I park mine to the right side of the space so as to avoid any door dinging shenanigans. There is no kerb at the left side of slot 1, just the footpath, so he parks his car touching the line on his side which maximises the space between both our cars. Sorted!
He's just come home now, slot 1 is empty, but instead he's reverse parked in the centre of slot 3 and made a right meal of getting out of the car because mine is nearly touching the line (no-one parks in slot 3 normally). Why the f
k would he do that? Why not just park in slot 1 like he always does? 
I know the guy to talk to and we get on fine but it's not really something you'd go round knocking on his door to quiz him over. It's actually annoyed me beyond reason and I feel like moving my car to slot 1, but maybe it's some sort of trap and he's done it to see if I'll go and move mine and then go tell his wife that he was right and I am an odd neighbour? 
There's a line of off-road parking spaces outside my house. My car is parked in the 2nd slot, nose in and is right outside my kitchen window. One of the other neighbours in the block has a works van and also a car, so he parks the works van in his allocated space and parks the car in the 1st slot, next to mine. They have kids and it's a 3 door hatch, so I park mine to the right side of the space so as to avoid any door dinging shenanigans. There is no kerb at the left side of slot 1, just the footpath, so he parks his car touching the line on his side which maximises the space between both our cars. Sorted!
He's just come home now, slot 1 is empty, but instead he's reverse parked in the centre of slot 3 and made a right meal of getting out of the car because mine is nearly touching the line (no-one parks in slot 3 normally). Why the f
k would he do that? Why not just park in slot 1 like he always does? I know the guy to talk to and we get on fine but it's not really something you'd go round knocking on his door to quiz him over. It's actually annoyed me beyond reason and I feel like moving my car to slot 1, but maybe it's some sort of trap and he's done it to see if I'll go and move mine and then go tell his wife that he was right and I am an odd neighbour? Johnnytheboy said:
I'm surprised a X3 fits in a new-build garage tbh.
This seems of a bit of a now outdated myth. In the 90s and 00s new build garages were too small for cars new at the time. This seems to have been rectified of late. The garage in our new build easily takes a Q7 on off-road height with plenty of room to open the doors to easily get in/out
Lemming Train said:
WTF!
There's a line of off-road parking spaces outside my house. My car is parked in the 2nd slot, nose in and is right outside my kitchen window. One of the other neighbours in the block has a works van and also a car, so he parks the works van in his allocated space and parks the car in the 1st slot, next to mine. They have kids and it's a 3 door hatch, so I park mine to the right side of the space so as to avoid any door dinging shenanigans. There is no kerb at the left side of slot 1, just the footpath, so he parks his car touching the line on his side which maximises the space between both our cars. Sorted!
He's just come home now, slot 1 is empty, but instead he's reverse parked in the centre of slot 3 and made a right meal of getting out of the car because mine is nearly touching the line (no-one parks in slot 3 normally). Why the fk would he do that? Why not just park in slot 1 like he always does? I know the guy to talk to and we get on fine but it's not really something you'd go round knocking on his door to quiz him over. It's actually annoyed me beyond reason and I feel like moving my car to slot 1, but maybe it's some sort of trap and he's done it to see if I'll go and move mine and then go tell his wife that he was right and I am an odd neighbour?
TL;DRThere's a line of off-road parking spaces outside my house. My car is parked in the 2nd slot, nose in and is right outside my kitchen window. One of the other neighbours in the block has a works van and also a car, so he parks the works van in his allocated space and parks the car in the 1st slot, next to mine. They have kids and it's a 3 door hatch, so I park mine to the right side of the space so as to avoid any door dinging shenanigans. There is no kerb at the left side of slot 1, just the footpath, so he parks his car touching the line on his side which maximises the space between both our cars. Sorted!
He's just come home now, slot 1 is empty, but instead he's reverse parked in the centre of slot 3 and made a right meal of getting out of the car because mine is nearly touching the line (no-one parks in slot 3 normally). Why the f
k would he do that? Why not just park in slot 1 like he always does? I know the guy to talk to and we get on fine but it's not really something you'd go round knocking on his door to quiz him over. It's actually annoyed me beyond reason and I feel like moving my car to slot 1, but maybe it's some sort of trap and he's done it to see if I'll go and move mine and then go tell his wife that he was right and I am an odd neighbour? Blown2CV said:
A X3 probably isn’t big enough for a family of 4 plus various objects. So given that, and that they can’t magic up a bigger garage or a free parking space in front of their house, what would you suggest they do?
Just buy something they can fit in the garage, or move house if it really is a necessity.What did families of 4 do before SUVs came along?
I've got a 'normal' sized car with two boys and its fine.
Edited by Dr Murdoch on Monday 5th November 19:57
Dr Murdoch said:
Blown2CV said:
A X3 probably isn’t big enough for a family of 4 plus various objects. So given that, and that they can’t magic up a bigger garage or a free parking space in front of their house, what would you suggest they do?
What did families of 4 do before SUVs came along?I've got a 'normal' sized car and its fine.
k cares? How did people cook before ovens came along. What did people wash with before soap was invented. 4x4s do exist, and they are very convenient for families. My wife has a battered old X5 which works excellently as a family wagon / tip wagon / transporter etc etc. It as £9k so it definitely isn't aspirational. We are sure as fk not cramming ourselves into a smaller footprint car just because someone down our street thinks we are being stupid or shouldn't be allowed to. Whether you are happy to or not is utterly irrelevant to me. It is hardly a 'odd' choice to get a bigger car when you've got kids. 
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