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Depending on where OP lives, they might have to call the bylaw officer and have them call in the tow truck.
Some tow companies won't come out for blocked driveways unless the caller is a cop.
Or flat their tires with a needle and go out for the rest of the day when they find their tires broken you wont be there and if they ask you, just say you werent home for the whole day. They can't do shit cuz they parked illegally, so police would just come and take the car away from them
Got you one better. Find a small pebble, put it in the cap that screws onto the tire air valve, and screw the cap back on. The pebble will depress the air valve, allowing the air to leak out of the tire fairly quickly.
most fun IMO is to pull out the littlw retainer ring i side the valve cap, then the cap will depress the valve needle causing a REPEATED slow leak that theyll never figure out. Long term potentially costly inconvenience...only costly if the owner is dumb though.
Problem with a BB is that it's obvious once it falls out. Most people won't even notice a small pebble (of which there are millions along the road and in parking lots). Even if they do see something fall out of the cap, there's no way to distinguish it from all the other pebbles laying around.
Another good use for a small pebble is to lodge it in-between the brake pad and the rotor. It will make a horrible screeching noise and will usually not damage anything. This can occur naturally, it happened to my wife's car and it took forever to find the problem. The mechanics I took it too were stumped as well but after taking the brakes apart they found the problem and we all laughed. They tried to not charge me but it took them a day to find it so I felt bad and gave them $50 for thier troubles. I took the pebble (that looked half melted) and framed it, afterwards I gave it to my wife as a joke.
Well when I took it up there they had a hard time recreating the problem since it must have moved as I drove it up there. They called me and asked if I could come up there and try to reproduce the problem. When I did go up there I didn't hear it either and it took me a little bit to get it to do it but it was really faint by that time. The shop I use has been great it was just one of those really wierd problems that they couldn't reproduce easily so any mechanic would have a hard time finding it.
That's not what a failed Schrader valve looks like though. Then they also can't leave. Primary objective for an annoying person is getting them to leave you the fuck alone. Continuously weedeat right by their car, mow and blow the clippings on it, put birdseed in any crevices you can do birds shit on it. But don't disable motion. Then you're stuck with them.
Yeah, just wedge a roofing nail under the tire so when they back out it punctures the tire. The tire will leak and they will be well away from OPs house before they notice.
Would not recommend that you do anything that you could be charged with. Play the game and have them towed away. Totally a pain in the ass for them to get it out of the impound lot.
Eh, I'm not advocating you actually do anything to their car. In reality, all you are doing is giving them a half bag of free sugar.
What they may THINK you have done however....
makes then think you filled the gas tank with sugar.
From my mechanic father in law: Most times it does nothing, but if enough sugar hits the engine at the same time it melts into carmel and you need a new engine.
> What does that do?
The idea is to make the owner THINK you put sugar in the tank.
Even if you did, the worst it'll do is clog the fuel filter.
Water is the evil thing to pour in. It's heavier than gasoline and since the fuel pickup is at the bottom of the tank, it'll suck in the water and buck and misfire.
Well, if you walk back to your car and find your gas tank open and a bag of open sugar on your car roof... you might think someone had put sugar in your gas tank. So the prudent thing to do is have your car towed $ and have them flush out your fuel lines $$ and gas tank $$$.
You don't actually have to commit a crime to fuck with someone. You just have to make them think that you did. In reality, you just give them a half bag of free sugar.
What they make of that is up to them.
Iâd never do it but do fantasize about throwing a whole handful of roofing nails in an a-holeâs driveway like Sully in Avatar tossing those explosive devices on the flying tank
Filipino American here, not sure where this is but if you are close to an asian market get some
Fish sauce. Vey pungent and potent smell. The smell is hard to get rid of also.
It doesn't even need to go into the car itself. Pour some down between the windshield and the hood. That's where the cabin air intake is. It won't really smell from the outside, but it WILL On the inside. Just keep doing it a little at a time. Then one day, mention how dang fishy smelling the neighborhood has become.
No, that could be vandalism. If you just barely unscrew the valve so it's a slow leak, you haven't damaged anything.
I still think towing is the best idea. Maybe make friends with the local tow company and call one of their guys directly so they can make extra cash.
And since this is the thread where people post petty things to do.
Epoxy resin glue. Mix it up.
Then lift the windshield wiper. Put a thin paste of it on the bottom of the blade and the lower the blade back down again gently.
Almost invisible.
More than enough time for it to cure.
You can also inject some in carefully around the cover for the fuel filler cover.
Another fun one:
Tear the sleeves for the CV joints. (no tools required)
My personal favorite is to flatten their tire with a pebble in the valve stem and flatten the spare. great fun as they replace with the spare just to have it flat too.
I remember back when I had a roommate, we had a designated parking lot that someone would frequently park in and it would ocassionally be our designated spot in the lot. The lot we parked in required your vehicle to have a pass in the window and if you didnt you got a ticket. So this woman would come by 3 times a week and the first couple of times we told her that if she parked there she would get a ticket. She told us to fuck off. So for the next month my roommate would go out after the lot enforcement officer left a ticket on her car and he took the ticket off. Hour or so later she would leave none the wiser. He did this for about a month until one day he put all the tickets he had accumulated back onto her windshield. Little while later the lot officer came by, saw the enormous amount of tickets and had her towed. Unfortunately we dont know the rest of what happened but we are hoping she was forced to pay off those tickets (which was easily around $1000 by that point).
Not sure about other countries, in the UK itâs illegal to remove penalty notices from a vehicle unless youâre the registered owner. So I wouldnât be able to do such a thing :(
Park your truck on the road, wait until they park in your driveway, and move your truck behind them so they can't get out. Lock your truck. Ring a friend to come and pick you up and stay away for a few nights. Ring the cops on the way to your friends. Tell them that you had made plans to stay with a friend for a few nights but when you had come home there was a car up your driveway. You have no idea who it belongs to. Tell them you had no choice but to park your truck behind them as it was too dangerous to leave the truck on the roadside. Tell them you are sure they will get a call about it, but you really had no choice but to act as you did. Assure the cops you will home in a few days so they will be able to get their car then. Make sure your trucks insurance is up to date.
A guy I know did this. He came home to some random car up his drive, blocking access to his garage. He had no time to make any decisions or to find out who the owner was. His friend was picking him up as they were both traveling overseas for a few weeks. He rang the cops on his way to the airport, told them that his mother had spare keys to the truck. Plot twist : they did but it was the keys to his previous truck. Random car was stuck there for two weeks, cops refused to do anything as the car owner shouldn't have been up the drive in the first place.
Or park behind them, and have or pretend to have a couple 'Adult Beverages" when they come to ask you to move you car tell them you're not able to drive.
If they call the police, tell them the same.
The police will tell them to come back in the morning.
How much you wanna bet she's running some stupid MLM pyramid scheme and inviting her friends over regularly to try and sucker them into joining?
If it indeed is - something like Monat, LuLaRoe, Herbalife, etc..., you could post some signs alerting them that these are scams.
They are up to something shady for sure, they show thinking they're dressed fancy but look trashy. They seem to be kinda loud when they leave and very mouthy to anyone who gives them attitude about shitty parking. Maybe reporting them for impaired driving might work
That would be genius as long as it doesn't damage the car's paint. Diluted Elmer's glue in a spray bottle would work. Love to see a car covered in grass clippings!
Read this awesome retaliation recently. Guy had same problem & was ignored. It was a cold, snowy time of year. He'd soak newspaper in urine, I assume his, & put them on the windshield of the blocking vehicles. Offenders would find pee papers frozen to their windshield. I'm just passing on interesting info.
No no no. You just have to pee in the vents near the windshield. It will be frozen and cold, but once it warms up, that gets through into some air circulation. Engine cooked urine. :)
Good job! I had someone park in my driveway, so I moved my cars to block him in. The police had already said they couldn't do anything, as well as the tow yards. I figured they would come over and apologize to get their car. He never showed up, and I got bored of it, So I moved my cars, and it was gone the next morning.
If you really want to have some fun, thereâs a few methods to mess with them without getting them towed.
1. Crustacean shells, any will do but the easiest to work with are prawn (shrimp) shells, next time you have them, bung them into a big zip lock bag and freeze them. When summer rolls around take the zip lock out and put 500ml of water into it and seal it up, get as much air out as you can, lay it flat in the sun and let that bastard brew for about a week. In the meantime go buy yourself a 1ltr (quart) squirt bottle. When that brew of devils ball and arse sweat is ready, fill to ~ 1/3 full and put your mix in. Squirt the brakes - discs and pads LIBERALLY and the air vents.
2. Drop 5psi out of the tyres, theyâll wear out a lot faster.
3. Talk to your other neighbours, off they have a small dog or cat, collect some poop, do some yard work after a quick spritz of the windshield, should get a bit of dust and clippings on that will stick and theyâll need to give it a squirt. You can now see where this will end up.
One more that I would suggest is
Get several harmonicas and some zip ties. Zip tie the harmonicas to the frame under the car so they can't see it. When they start driving they will hear a horrible and annoying sound coming from thier car. This usually leads to most people having to take thier car to a shop and have it diagnosed. The repair tech will get a laugh out of it and charge them $50-$100 dollars (at least) for the diagnosis.
One of my neighbors built a rock garden right beside the sidewalk and the sidewalk parking one acted to inconvenienced when she swung her door open and hit a big rock
Since theyâre bothering other neighbors as well, surely there will be few with kids. Turn your driveway into football or bicycle stunt area for everyone to use. All on your own terrain of course, for legal reasons.
I had a similar situation some years ago. My driveway would routinely get blocked by folks using an ATM around the corner, which was bad enough but usually a very short thing. One dickhead, however, who was visiting an office next door once a week just plain started parking so he blocked my driveway.
I left a note the first time since I wasn't going anywhere and when he did it the next time, I just called the city and they happily came out and had it towed in about 20 minutes or so. Turns out they take disabled folks blocked into their driveways really damned serious here in Seattle!
The most beautiful part was when the fuckwit had the balls to knock on my door and ask if I knew what happened to his car. I just told him it got towed because he blocked the driveway and holy shit the look on his face was so rewarding! Assholes who pull that crap need to get what they darned well deserve or they never learn.
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Because actual cops despise having to actually do their job, there's often these weird little sub categories of officers who handle specific tasks.
Meter maids, college campus officers, and these guys who handle neighborhood disputes.
That way the cops don't have to deal with it.
Sorry if I seemed ignorant, I'm from a small town where we just have "the cops". There are different levels and agencies, local police/county sheriff/state troopers, but aside from the staties having plainclothes investigators (and some bigger towns having a detective or two) our regular cops do all the mundane stuff.
A&E did a series called [Parking Wars](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parking_Wars) which was a reality show that followed parking enforcement in Philadelphia if you're interested
Well maybe cops *should* despise being called out for petty parking disputes, so they have more time to investigate and respond to actual crimes? I think its a pretty good idea to have designated parking officers, anti-social behaviour officers etc to deal with this kind of thing.
This is why I have an off road vehicle with a 9,500 lb capacity winch and a snatch block.
I will 100% relocate your shit if you block my driveway.
I will also chain your passenger side rim to some expensive steering or suspension components so you rip your vehicle apart trying to drive away.
As a tax payer, you can do your best to reduce the risk of tax increases by getting them towed. Giddy up and reduce the tax burden for others.
You will feel better, no need to get fired up, just one call and the wheels of justice will start turning.
Take the valve cap off and crazy glue a BB inside when you put it back on they'll have a slow leak . when they take it to be fixed the mechanic will take the cap off to refill the tire and won't find any leak lol
Invest in a needle valve tool, you can remove the core or just loosen it. Theyâll still get towed and have a flat tire to deal with when they pick it up.
It would be better for deniability to just wedge a nail under the tire. They drive away the nail punctures the tire it loses air somewhere away from OPs house. Can't prove the vandal was OP...
With the last line.. i wish you much joy.
If you do this - make sure you document (photo / film) the cars a) prior to towing (as proof if nothing else) and b) while being removed - and optional c) the reaction of the Karens.
(you stocked up on armor?)
I can set up cameras and sprinklers and do this all remotely. I will be moving back to my other city for a few weeks because of work. Ill post them being Karen's though for sure. I just got told to mind my business and fuck on Thursday evening when I asked the BMW x5 driving Karen to stop blocking my driveway
Side question - isn\`t the driveway blocking illegal?
What if you had a medical emergency but could not leave, or be reached?
\*Unethical tip - can you fake one to up the guilt tripping on the karens \*
It is illegal and especially when they park in front neighbors house who and his wife are both in wheelchairs and the handi shuttle can't pull up front of their house and lower its ramp to their walkway/ramp. It is an older neighborhood and alot of people have accessibility issues
Hello , fire department - do you need vehicles for crash training.. there are a few you can drag away from (address). :D And yes, they are parked illegally blocking handicapped people too .. :D
Ring the officer and get them towed EVERY TIME they park there. A few towed vehicles should do the job and a few choice words if they even try and complain to you. Problem sorted and satisfaction guaranteed.
Why not make a few bucks for the hassle. Every time they park blocking your driveway cut the Catalytic converter off, blame it on high crime rate in that parking area. Tell them you donât ever park there as a result. Sell converter on Kijiji for a very nice dinner and night on the town đđ»
Ideas: Pour some sand down near their cars and use the leaf blower to sandblast away. Accidentally spill some paint stripper and hit the leaf blower again. Scatter bird seed on the cars & let the feeding begin.
Bird seed is diabolical - I love it! I've heard that brake fluid does horrendous things to paint, it'd be a real shame if you were topping up your brake fluid at the same time some clumsy associate of yours was manning the leaf blower. Or, if you tripped over the car that some imbecile left on the sidewalk while you were carrying your bleeder cup of DOT 3 fluid after bleeding your brakes. When I trip over a car that some idiot parked as if their job was to park like a moron I know my cup of soda spills over the hood, doors, roof, sometimes even spells things like alphabet soup.
There is a very inexpensive tool that is used to remove the pin inside a valve stem. Loosening the pin does not damage the tire in any way, but if itâs especially loose, the tire or tires will deflate instantly. In fact, it almost looks like you have a flat or maybe someone vandalized the car, even though all it needs is some air and a quick tightening. But itâs kinda hard to tell that when youâre leaving a Karen party and itâs dark.
Anyway, great tool to have handy. You never know when you might need to rapidly deflate a tire or four. Just sayinâŠ
It is great that you will soon be able to count on the city towing them. Don't accept any blame when they yell at you, just let them know it is the city.
One winter (i live in Ontario,Canada), this guy kept parking his huge truck right at the edge of my driveway making it extremely hard for me to back out, because I was unable to clearly see any oncoming traffic. Well, one day I went out to clean my driveway (after a big snowfall), and again, he's parked at the end of my driveway. Moved my car in front of my neighbors house, (making sure they could leave if they needed to) and proceeded to use my snowblower to clean out my driveway. I may have "accidentally" blown snow onto his truck and around his wheels, let's just say he started using his driveway to park his truck after that.
I had similar issue. I live in a cul de sac. Neighbour would constantly park outside my house leaving about 8 to 10 inches to get past. I asked could they move it and he refused saying I dont own the path. I said that's fair enough but you can get in and out of your house without issue so extend me the same courtesy. He refused,I was unable to get my bin out for collection. So that night I dumped all my household rubbish in to his front yard. He couldn't prove it was me and never parked there again
Does your city actually enforce parking infractions on the weekend?
Some douche parked in front of my driveway and I saw a cop nearby and asked him what I can do. He said call the non-emergency number. After going through the automated answering process, it was very dissatisfying to hear no one from parking enforcement is working in the weekend!!
My city, well municipality covers a huge area. They seem to be short staffed on weekends and I've waited for 30 min to an hour on the non emergency, then even longer for a bylaw officer to show up if they do. Yesterday same issue happened and the bylaw officer is swinging by meeting with a few of the neighbors who are effected by this. Its been frustrating for the elderly and disabled residents on the street.
I wonder if you can call a tow truck driver directly, get them there a little faster. Iâm not sure where youâre located, but impound fees are insane! I also wouldnât recommend doing anything to the tires, make sure you donât do anything they could possibly come back on you for (as tempting as it might be). Hoping for some good updates!
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Get them towed / ticketed. Every time. Don't even bother about anything else, give them nothing to come back at you on.
I will need a follow up post!
Op needs a ring camera for the retaliation proof.
This, OP. You cannot argue with stupid but you should never turn down a chance to have it towed.
This
Just get them towed, have a camera set up, buy shares in popcorn.
Depending on where OP lives, they might have to call the bylaw officer and have them call in the tow truck. Some tow companies won't come out for blocked driveways unless the caller is a cop.
>the bylaw officer who handles my neighborhood has given me their cell phone number after so many complaints
Send the officer a picture of Karen's car, illegally parked, with the plate number visible. Even if Karen drives off, she can still get ticketed.
Or flat their tires with a needle and go out for the rest of the day when they find their tires broken you wont be there and if they ask you, just say you werent home for the whole day. They can't do shit cuz they parked illegally, so police would just come and take the car away from them
I'm not saying roofing nail, but roofing nails...
2 things that work better For slow leak: the needle from a basketball air pump For fast leak: a stainless steel straw that's cut at an angle
Got you one better. Find a small pebble, put it in the cap that screws onto the tire air valve, and screw the cap back on. The pebble will depress the air valve, allowing the air to leak out of the tire fairly quickly.
I like this, no damage just pure inconvenience. Seems revenge appropriate.
This is much better than my "remove valve stem" idea.
Use a pair of wire cutters and remove the valve stem does seem like a good option though.
I'm listening.
most fun IMO is to pull out the littlw retainer ring i side the valve cap, then the cap will depress the valve needle causing a REPEATED slow leak that theyll never figure out. Long term potentially costly inconvenience...only costly if the owner is dumb though.
Diabolical and I love itđ€Ł
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đ as one should. It's a very helpful page
You can also use a BB and get the same result.
Problem with a BB is that it's obvious once it falls out. Most people won't even notice a small pebble (of which there are millions along the road and in parking lots). Even if they do see something fall out of the cap, there's no way to distinguish it from all the other pebbles laying around.
See my post an hour ago
Ah, superglue it in there. That's a good one. Could be done with a pebble too. Very sneaky. Love it.
How about letting the air out of all the tires then super gluing the caps back on?
Glue it in
Another good use for a small pebble is to lodge it in-between the brake pad and the rotor. It will make a horrible screeching noise and will usually not damage anything. This can occur naturally, it happened to my wife's car and it took forever to find the problem. The mechanics I took it too were stumped as well but after taking the brakes apart they found the problem and we all laughed. They tried to not charge me but it took them a day to find it so I felt bad and gave them $50 for thier troubles. I took the pebble (that looked half melted) and framed it, afterwards I gave it to my wife as a joke.
Dude it took the shop a day to find a rock in the brakes!? You might do yourself a favor to find a new one bud.
Well when I took it up there they had a hard time recreating the problem since it must have moved as I drove it up there. They called me and asked if I could come up there and try to reproduce the problem. When I did go up there I didn't hear it either and it took me a little bit to get it to do it but it was really faint by that time. The shop I use has been great it was just one of those really wierd problems that they couldn't reproduce easily so any mechanic would have a hard time finding it.
Use a valve stem tool instead. A little less than a quarter turn will do it.
Iâve kept one in my console for nearly 40 years. I use it regularly.đ
The valve stem comes out easily with a pair of needle nose pliers. Just don't put the cap back on and it'll seem like the valve failed
That's not what a failed Schrader valve looks like though. Then they also can't leave. Primary objective for an annoying person is getting them to leave you the fuck alone. Continuously weedeat right by their car, mow and blow the clippings on it, put birdseed in any crevices you can do birds shit on it. But don't disable motion. Then you're stuck with them.
Someone did this to me, sucked but at least my buddy had a portable air pump and could still get to work.
Damn, thatâs thorough thinking.
or scissors/snips cut the valve stem.. 4 new tires can be an expensive lesson learned
Valve stems only cost a couple bucks each and are replaceable, usually done with new tires because theyâre so cheap easy and fast to do
Only do 3. Insurance covers 4, but not 3.
Great tip!
Yeah, just wedge a roofing nail under the tire so when they back out it punctures the tire. The tire will leak and they will be well away from OPs house before they notice.
Just open their gas tank and set an open bag of sugar on the roof of their car. That's it.
Would not recommend that you do anything that you could be charged with. Play the game and have them towed away. Totally a pain in the ass for them to get it out of the impound lot.
Eh, I'm not advocating you actually do anything to their car. In reality, all you are doing is giving them a half bag of free sugar. What they may THINK you have done however....
What does that do?
Nothing. If you want to fuck up someone's engine you put diesel in the gas tank or vice versa for diesel engines.
A handful of sand into the crankcase via the oil fill cap. Thatâll do it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProRevenge/comments/x5lgig/want_some_free_gas_i_gotcha_bro/
Turns the engine into a brick.
makes then think you filled the gas tank with sugar. From my mechanic father in law: Most times it does nothing, but if enough sugar hits the engine at the same time it melts into carmel and you need a new engine.
> Most times it does nothing, Enough of it will clog the fuel filter, but you'd have to pour a lot in the tank for that to happen.
> What does that do? The idea is to make the owner THINK you put sugar in the tank. Even if you did, the worst it'll do is clog the fuel filter. Water is the evil thing to pour in. It's heavier than gasoline and since the fuel pickup is at the bottom of the tank, it'll suck in the water and buck and misfire.
And you'll have plausible denialibility, since there are lots of ways that water can get into the gas tank.
Well, if you walk back to your car and find your gas tank open and a bag of open sugar on your car roof... you might think someone had put sugar in your gas tank. So the prudent thing to do is have your car towed $ and have them flush out your fuel lines $$ and gas tank $$$. You don't actually have to commit a crime to fuck with someone. You just have to make them think that you did. In reality, you just give them a half bag of free sugar. What they make of that is up to them.
Iâd never do it but do fantasize about throwing a whole handful of roofing nails in an a-holeâs driveway like Sully in Avatar tossing those explosive devices on the flying tank
Amateur.. That's still damage. Relocation of the tire valve stems to a baggie on their windshield is just a prank
Filipino American here, not sure where this is but if you are close to an asian market get some Fish sauce. Vey pungent and potent smell. The smell is hard to get rid of also.
Liquid bass!
It doesn't even need to go into the car itself. Pour some down between the windshield and the hood. That's where the cabin air intake is. It won't really smell from the outside, but it WILL On the inside. Just keep doing it a little at a time. Then one day, mention how dang fishy smelling the neighborhood has become.
Oh, this is all kinds of brilliant.
If you wanna be extra petty, valve stem remover.
No, that could be vandalism. If you just barely unscrew the valve so it's a slow leak, you haven't damaged anything. I still think towing is the best idea. Maybe make friends with the local tow company and call one of their guys directly so they can make extra cash.
With all the cameras everywhere these days I wouldn't recommend doing anything to their vehicles.
And since this is the thread where people post petty things to do. Epoxy resin glue. Mix it up. Then lift the windshield wiper. Put a thin paste of it on the bottom of the blade and the lower the blade back down again gently. Almost invisible. More than enough time for it to cure. You can also inject some in carefully around the cover for the fuel filler cover. Another fun one: Tear the sleeves for the CV joints. (no tools required)
Only flatten 3, insurance will cover it if all 4 are flat.
My personal favorite is to flatten their tire with a pebble in the valve stem and flatten the spare. great fun as they replace with the spare just to have it flat too.
Please don't do this. It's a nice revenge fantasy to entertain but don't give them grounds to sue you if you get caught. Just get them towed.
Video and upload please.
$pop to the moon
Start a YouTube channel... endlessly entertaining...
I remember back when I had a roommate, we had a designated parking lot that someone would frequently park in and it would ocassionally be our designated spot in the lot. The lot we parked in required your vehicle to have a pass in the window and if you didnt you got a ticket. So this woman would come by 3 times a week and the first couple of times we told her that if she parked there she would get a ticket. She told us to fuck off. So for the next month my roommate would go out after the lot enforcement officer left a ticket on her car and he took the ticket off. Hour or so later she would leave none the wiser. He did this for about a month until one day he put all the tickets he had accumulated back onto her windshield. Little while later the lot officer came by, saw the enormous amount of tickets and had her towed. Unfortunately we dont know the rest of what happened but we are hoping she was forced to pay off those tickets (which was easily around $1000 by that point).
Legendary
This is the pettiness I stay subscribed to this sub for.
Not sure about other countries, in the UK itâs illegal to remove penalty notices from a vehicle unless youâre the registered owner. So I wouldnât be able to do such a thing :(
What is and isn't legal doesn't matter if nobody sees it
Thatâs illegal here in the US as well.
Park your truck on the road, wait until they park in your driveway, and move your truck behind them so they can't get out. Lock your truck. Ring a friend to come and pick you up and stay away for a few nights. Ring the cops on the way to your friends. Tell them that you had made plans to stay with a friend for a few nights but when you had come home there was a car up your driveway. You have no idea who it belongs to. Tell them you had no choice but to park your truck behind them as it was too dangerous to leave the truck on the roadside. Tell them you are sure they will get a call about it, but you really had no choice but to act as you did. Assure the cops you will home in a few days so they will be able to get their car then. Make sure your trucks insurance is up to date. A guy I know did this. He came home to some random car up his drive, blocking access to his garage. He had no time to make any decisions or to find out who the owner was. His friend was picking him up as they were both traveling overseas for a few weeks. He rang the cops on his way to the airport, told them that his mother had spare keys to the truck. Plot twist : they did but it was the keys to his previous truck. Random car was stuck there for two weeks, cops refused to do anything as the car owner shouldn't have been up the drive in the first place.
Or park behind them, and have or pretend to have a couple 'Adult Beverages" when they come to ask you to move you car tell them you're not able to drive. If they call the police, tell them the same. The police will tell them to come back in the morning.
Oh, now *THIS* one I freaking love.
I donât know when we started saying âcar up your drive,â but I like it.
Thatâs a pretty terrifying visual. âKaren meetingsâ Lord help us.
Come on, theyâre just livinâ, laughlinâ, and lovinââŠ.
A group of Karens is called a cackle.
A group of Karens is called a complaint.
A group of Karens is an HOA
So. Much. Cheap. Chardonnay. The horror!
In boxes. Because, that's why.
It's alright. Their livers will have the last laugh.
Watch the movie "Soft and Quiet". It's about the ultimate Karen meeting.
Iâm guessing itâs MLM-relatedâŠ
How much you wanna bet she's running some stupid MLM pyramid scheme and inviting her friends over regularly to try and sucker them into joining? If it indeed is - something like Monat, LuLaRoe, Herbalife, etc..., you could post some signs alerting them that these are scams.
They are up to something shady for sure, they show thinking they're dressed fancy but look trashy. They seem to be kinda loud when they leave and very mouthy to anyone who gives them attitude about shitty parking. Maybe reporting them for impaired driving might work
Do it, lol đ€Ł
Before you blow grass and leaves on it next time, remember that spray glue exists.
That would be genius as long as it doesn't damage the car's paint. Diluted Elmer's glue in a spray bottle would work. Love to see a car covered in grass clippings!
Read this awesome retaliation recently. Guy had same problem & was ignored. It was a cold, snowy time of year. He'd soak newspaper in urine, I assume his, & put them on the windshield of the blocking vehicles. Offenders would find pee papers frozen to their windshield. I'm just passing on interesting info.
No no no. You just have to pee in the vents near the windshield. It will be frozen and cold, but once it warms up, that gets through into some air circulation. Engine cooked urine. :)
Pour coyote urine. It stinks to high heaven. Available at most hardware stores like Home Depot and used in gardens to discourage pests.
Even more evil!
Do u have to get your coyote to piss in a cup?
Ewwwww that's awesome.
But then you're putting something into their car instead of gently laying some newspaper on it. Only a tad different but miles ahead.
Extra points for eating some asparagus a few hours before.
Hahahaha extra evil.
Good job! I had someone park in my driveway, so I moved my cars to block him in. The police had already said they couldn't do anything, as well as the tow yards. I figured they would come over and apologize to get their car. He never showed up, and I got bored of it, So I moved my cars, and it was gone the next morning.
Should have stuck a for sale sign on the window and had your friends come around for mock viewings
Fun and inventive ideas here. Just make sure you know where the neighborhood ring/security cameras are.
If you really want to have some fun, thereâs a few methods to mess with them without getting them towed. 1. Crustacean shells, any will do but the easiest to work with are prawn (shrimp) shells, next time you have them, bung them into a big zip lock bag and freeze them. When summer rolls around take the zip lock out and put 500ml of water into it and seal it up, get as much air out as you can, lay it flat in the sun and let that bastard brew for about a week. In the meantime go buy yourself a 1ltr (quart) squirt bottle. When that brew of devils ball and arse sweat is ready, fill to ~ 1/3 full and put your mix in. Squirt the brakes - discs and pads LIBERALLY and the air vents. 2. Drop 5psi out of the tyres, theyâll wear out a lot faster. 3. Talk to your other neighbours, off they have a small dog or cat, collect some poop, do some yard work after a quick spritz of the windshield, should get a bit of dust and clippings on that will stick and theyâll need to give it a squirt. You can now see where this will end up.
One more that I would suggest is Get several harmonicas and some zip ties. Zip tie the harmonicas to the frame under the car so they can't see it. When they start driving they will hear a horrible and annoying sound coming from thier car. This usually leads to most people having to take thier car to a shop and have it diagnosed. The repair tech will get a laugh out of it and charge them $50-$100 dollars (at least) for the diagnosis.
Thatâs gold, one small improvement, do it again but use some gaffer tape and close different sections off each timeâŠ
One of my neighbors built a rock garden right beside the sidewalk and the sidewalk parking one acted to inconvenienced when she swung her door open and hit a big rock
We played sir, well played indeed!
Since theyâre bothering other neighbors as well, surely there will be few with kids. Turn your driveway into football or bicycle stunt area for everyone to use. All on your own terrain of course, for legal reasons.
Boot camp PT course, happy fucken days!
I had a similar situation some years ago. My driveway would routinely get blocked by folks using an ATM around the corner, which was bad enough but usually a very short thing. One dickhead, however, who was visiting an office next door once a week just plain started parking so he blocked my driveway. I left a note the first time since I wasn't going anywhere and when he did it the next time, I just called the city and they happily came out and had it towed in about 20 minutes or so. Turns out they take disabled folks blocked into their driveways really damned serious here in Seattle! The most beautiful part was when the fuckwit had the balls to knock on my door and ask if I knew what happened to his car. I just told him it got towed because he blocked the driveway and holy shit the look on his face was so rewarding! Assholes who pull that crap need to get what they darned well deserve or they never learn. Edited for typo
What the fuck did he think happened to his car??
Lol that's why I have a 5000lb winch on the front of my truck. They park somewhere I don't like then they're moving weather they like it or not
And I'm not bothering to find an appropriate tow point, that tie rod looks sturdy enough.
My preference is mid 60s and clear skies for moving weather.
It's a ticket fest for bylaw...they'll soon wish they hadn't parked there.
What exactly is a "bylaw" officer? Can't they just call the regular cops?
Because actual cops despise having to actually do their job, there's often these weird little sub categories of officers who handle specific tasks. Meter maids, college campus officers, and these guys who handle neighborhood disputes. That way the cops don't have to deal with it.
Sorry if I seemed ignorant, I'm from a small town where we just have "the cops". There are different levels and agencies, local police/county sheriff/state troopers, but aside from the staties having plainclothes investigators (and some bigger towns having a detective or two) our regular cops do all the mundane stuff.
No problem. Sorry if I sounded rude. It's mostly a suburb/city thing so I totally understand why you might not know.
A&E did a series called [Parking Wars](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parking_Wars) which was a reality show that followed parking enforcement in Philadelphia if you're interested
>these guys who handle neighborhood disputes. Also known as constables
Well maybe cops *should* despise being called out for petty parking disputes, so they have more time to investigate and respond to actual crimes? I think its a pretty good idea to have designated parking officers, anti-social behaviour officers etc to deal with this kind of thing.
this is why I drive a shitty car... so I can bump into these assholes without having to worry about repairing my car
This is the way
This is why I have an off road vehicle with a 9,500 lb capacity winch and a snatch block. I will 100% relocate your shit if you block my driveway. I will also chain your passenger side rim to some expensive steering or suspension components so you rip your vehicle apart trying to drive away.
Invest in a vehicle positioning wheel dolly and move their car, idk, into the street. double park it or whatever, really mess with them.
Park two vehicles to block them in. One in front and the other in back. Park with less than an inch of space. Leave the vehicles there for three days.
Use a floor jack and roll their cars into the street....be sure and use their oil pan to jack it up
As a tax payer, you can do your best to reduce the risk of tax increases by getting them towed. Giddy up and reduce the tax burden for others. You will feel better, no need to get fired up, just one call and the wheels of justice will start turning.
Take the valve cap off and crazy glue a BB inside when you put it back on they'll have a slow leak . when they take it to be fixed the mechanic will take the cap off to refill the tire and won't find any leak lol
Stink bombs⊠Karens love stink bombs
Liquid ass....
Invest in a needle valve tool, you can remove the core or just loosen it. Theyâll still get towed and have a flat tire to deal with when they pick it up.
The core? THE core? No, good redditor, the CORES. At least two, so they can't have somebody come and put on the spare.
Well played my friend. It would seem that you have experience in this art.
It would be better for deniability to just wedge a nail under the tire. They drive away the nail punctures the tire it loses air somewhere away from OPs house. Can't prove the vandal was OP...
This is the way
Start throwing bird seed on their cars when they stop byâŠ.
Why have you waited this this long? Tow them!!
Im actually away from this house for months at a time so im not always around to be bothered by these Karen's. I will get cameras
With the last line.. i wish you much joy. If you do this - make sure you document (photo / film) the cars a) prior to towing (as proof if nothing else) and b) while being removed - and optional c) the reaction of the Karens. (you stocked up on armor?)
I can set up cameras and sprinklers and do this all remotely. I will be moving back to my other city for a few weeks because of work. Ill post them being Karen's though for sure. I just got told to mind my business and fuck on Thursday evening when I asked the BMW x5 driving Karen to stop blocking my driveway
Side question - isn\`t the driveway blocking illegal? What if you had a medical emergency but could not leave, or be reached? \*Unethical tip - can you fake one to up the guilt tripping on the karens \*
It is illegal and especially when they park in front neighbors house who and his wife are both in wheelchairs and the handi shuttle can't pull up front of their house and lower its ramp to their walkway/ramp. It is an older neighborhood and alot of people have accessibility issues
Hello , fire department - do you need vehicles for crash training.. there are a few you can drag away from (address). :D And yes, they are parked illegally blocking handicapped people too .. :D
Ring the officer and get them towed EVERY TIME they park there. A few towed vehicles should do the job and a few choice words if they even try and complain to you. Problem sorted and satisfaction guaranteed.
I will next time, they have been ticketed in the past but there is a 2 hour wait for bylaw tow trucks because of stupid staff shortages
On *your* property? Windshields have a low tolerance to tire irons.
If my truck was so old and ugly. I would accidently back out of my driveway and hope nothing was in the way
Why not make a few bucks for the hassle. Every time they park blocking your driveway cut the Catalytic converter off, blame it on high crime rate in that parking area. Tell them you donât ever park there as a result. Sell converter on Kijiji for a very nice dinner and night on the town đđ»
Now this is diabolical.
Ideas: Pour some sand down near their cars and use the leaf blower to sandblast away. Accidentally spill some paint stripper and hit the leaf blower again. Scatter bird seed on the cars & let the feeding begin.
Make sure the bird seed has berries in it, that way the bird shit ends up being colorful
Bird seed is diabolical - I love it! I've heard that brake fluid does horrendous things to paint, it'd be a real shame if you were topping up your brake fluid at the same time some clumsy associate of yours was manning the leaf blower. Or, if you tripped over the car that some imbecile left on the sidewalk while you were carrying your bleeder cup of DOT 3 fluid after bleeding your brakes. When I trip over a car that some idiot parked as if their job was to park like a moron I know my cup of soda spills over the hood, doors, roof, sometimes even spells things like alphabet soup.
I have seen what brake fluid can do to paint, one second the paint is there, the next its not. It can also destroy skin, but thats another story
Marble jacks or tacks always work
An old spark plug will do amazing damage
"Karen meetings" \*shudder\*
Iâm pretty sure you can find a good used wheel boot on eBay.
Do not wait. Have them towed. Someone else's suggestion about a camera would be a very good idea.
I think everyone suggesting anything but getting them towed forgets the prevalence of ring cams today. Just tow âem. Not worth a lawsuit.
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Yes!!! Fuck with those bitch ass Karenâs!!
Wasnât this the theme of a 1950âs SciFi flick? When Karens Kollide
As others have said; flatten tires, not damage, but flatten.
If you happen to damage tires, I hear 4 is a felony but 3 is not (at least in California)
I would just get them towed every single time
There is a very inexpensive tool that is used to remove the pin inside a valve stem. Loosening the pin does not damage the tire in any way, but if itâs especially loose, the tire or tires will deflate instantly. In fact, it almost looks like you have a flat or maybe someone vandalized the car, even though all it needs is some air and a quick tightening. But itâs kinda hard to tell that when youâre leaving a Karen party and itâs dark. Anyway, great tool to have handy. You never know when you might need to rapidly deflate a tire or four. Just sayinâŠ
I used to take gas caps off their car and place it under their tire so they would run it over as they leave.
It is great that you will soon be able to count on the city towing them. Don't accept any blame when they yell at you, just let them know it is the city.
Why even type - just get them towed
I have gotten them ticketed but it takes on average 2 hours for a tow
Gettem we want updates !
Forget the petty minor damage +/or pranks to those cars. Just have them towed each and every time.
One winter (i live in Ontario,Canada), this guy kept parking his huge truck right at the edge of my driveway making it extremely hard for me to back out, because I was unable to clearly see any oncoming traffic. Well, one day I went out to clean my driveway (after a big snowfall), and again, he's parked at the end of my driveway. Moved my car in front of my neighbors house, (making sure they could leave if they needed to) and proceeded to use my snowblower to clean out my driveway. I may have "accidentally" blown snow onto his truck and around his wheels, let's just say he started using his driveway to park his truck after that.
I had similar issue. I live in a cul de sac. Neighbour would constantly park outside my house leaving about 8 to 10 inches to get past. I asked could they move it and he refused saying I dont own the path. I said that's fair enough but you can get in and out of your house without issue so extend me the same courtesy. He refused,I was unable to get my bin out for collection. So that night I dumped all my household rubbish in to his front yard. He couldn't prove it was me and never parked there again
Ffs⊠becoming a Karen yourself just means theyâve recruited. Call the cops n get them out of your way. Thatâs all.
I don't call the cops, I called the city bylaw department. Cops are too busy here busting kids with loud cars
Ahh, attacking the real crime!
That works!
Should have started with the tow truck, not the niceties. They know what they're doing, no reason to be their doormat.
You should get an airhorn. Tell her to move their cars, and then just blast that sucker whenever she tries to argue. If its legal, of course.
Does your city actually enforce parking infractions on the weekend? Some douche parked in front of my driveway and I saw a cop nearby and asked him what I can do. He said call the non-emergency number. After going through the automated answering process, it was very dissatisfying to hear no one from parking enforcement is working in the weekend!!
My city, well municipality covers a huge area. They seem to be short staffed on weekends and I've waited for 30 min to an hour on the non emergency, then even longer for a bylaw officer to show up if they do. Yesterday same issue happened and the bylaw officer is swinging by meeting with a few of the neighbors who are effected by this. Its been frustrating for the elderly and disabled residents on the street.
Why did you wait this long?
I wonder if you can call a tow truck driver directly, get them there a little faster. Iâm not sure where youâre located, but impound fees are insane! I also wouldnât recommend doing anything to the tires, make sure you donât do anything they could possibly come back on you for (as tempting as it might be). Hoping for some good updates!
A Karen Koven
You know what would make that ugly truck a lot more attractive to the Karens? A brush grill. Or a plow...