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Nov 27, 2006 16:09:31 GMT
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To answer the question about the estate agents we rent the place so basically we're answerable to them, the faceless skimming scumbags. There are actually a lot of clauses in our tenancy agreement to cover old cars etc but at the end of the day as long as you're discrete and it doesn't bother anyone there is never any cause for concern.
What gets my back up is they are always out cooing over how it's a beautiful old car and being nice to my face then as soon as my back is turned I get a complaint letter. I've been out there working on my cars etc a couple of times a week for a year and a half since I've been there. But they can't tell me themselves oh no, a letter to the residents association which gets passed on to the landlady then on to the estate agents warning me.
I think I know when it was anyway, I'd spread out across the carpark and there were bits of car and tools everywhere. They should count themselves lucky I haven't fired up any of my pulsejets or done a bit of archery practice in the garden or home made pyrotechnics. Whatever.
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Nathan
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Damn cars, damn residents (rant)Nathan
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Nov 27, 2006 16:31:00 GMT
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2 Doors down from my place we have a couple who always complain about my cars. One day while being up to my next in grease and kack, at this point I must say the car was on my drive which is quite long.
Anyhow the guy comes over and just says, your F**kin house is like a f**kin car park, a bit stunned I told him to get lost, and if you have a problem say it when I am out from under the car.
About 2 days went past (car still jacked up) and him and his missus come over and start having a right go just as I walk out to start work on the car. Now I thought its my turn, using the FWORD quite alot and waving my arms telling him to basiclly f**k off and stop curse word me off.
That told him and he aint bothered me since.
I hate old D*cks who are so stuck up they cant see past their own Sh1t.
Stupid thing is my folks live in a very posh area and have alot of land yet their neighbours don't care when I turn up on the Xer and do a few jumps.
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Last Edit: Nov 27, 2006 16:33:57 GMT by Nathan
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Nov 27, 2006 16:44:23 GMT
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my neighbours seem to be ok, never heard owt anyway, but ive lived here for 20 years and most of my neighbours are new so if they tried to complaint theyd get shot down pretty quick, when i brought my mini home for the first time one of my neighbours came out as said "its about time someone got a proper car round here" haha, then he gave me 2 kenwood speakers, result
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Nov 27, 2006 17:00:10 GMT
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have to say my neighbours are pretty cool too
i think it helps if you are a bit of an all round handy man and do the occasional thing like unblock their sinks, fix kids bikes, put up shelves for the old lady next door, tap washers etc, they then cut you some slack on the car front
at one point i had my saab and the lads wrecked astra on the drive, the jag and 2 bikes in the garage, the wifes 4wd, the daughters corsa and her boyfriends honda all in the layby and when i turned up with my merc on a trailer the lady next door said i could keep it on her drive till i'd fixed it-- result!!
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Nov 27, 2006 17:18:39 GMT
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I used to live in Birmingham and I was once working on my Dyane. I'd ripped all the front bodywork off and this was sitting on the pavement next to my car which was sitting in a cul-de-sac where I was less likely to get run over by the local bus service.
Anyway, some pillock in a Ford Puma stops next to me and says "You do know that there is a ban on working on cars on this road for five years?" To which I replied "No" and carried on working.
Later that evening, the POLICE turn up to explain that someone has complained about we working on my car! WTF!! Had a nice chat with them at which point they realised I was actually a reasonable citizen. They said there was nothing else they could do but tell me that this bloke had complained.
This is one of the reasons that I escaped city life. It was curse word all to do with him and he felt the need to waste police time with this pointless exercise. He never mentioned anything again and I continued to work on my cars as necessary.
Neighbours are much better now and often lend me tools/ramps when I need them which is great. What a change!
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