I park in a private lot. A tower has a concession to boot offending cars. He booted my pickup yesterday, the reason on the tag is ‘immobile’. Of course it was immobile: it was parked. All the other cars in the lot were immobile too. There is no rule against immobility. I suspect he meant inop…

[image] RandomTroll: How would they know that? Security Camera? Dust on the car? Dust under the car? Chaulk marks by the tires? If my truck sits around for just a few days in my garage it gets dusty and easily tell it hasn’t been driven for a while.

Good thing you don’t live in Boston. Beacon Hill parking space selling for $750K – NBC Boston

[image] davesmopar: masking off and painting your vehicle in a parking lot and not moving it is unusual… How so? How so? (repeated to satisfy “10 characters” rule)

Have you ever painted a vehicle that appeared to be abandon? The other residents know that truck is never driven. Sometimes the hood is up, are people stealing parts? I would expect apartment communities to have restrictions against auto repairs in the parking lot, seems to be quite lenient at his…

How do you paint the vehicle, are you using a paintbrush? Probably not, but rather with cans of spray paint, a process that is prone for overspray to that does not land on the intended surface. It drifts until it lands; where, onto adjacent vehicles or onto the garage floor. The adjacent vehicles…

Is the pickup covered with enough dust that others complain it appears abandoned or not driveable? First I would clean all windows so that it appears ready to go. To avoid starting a cold engine just to turn it off, I would push it straight across to another space. Then leave a note: “[License pl…

[image] bing: So did you ride your bike to check out atms? Yes. I ride my bike to stores, the gym, Auto Zone… if I don’t need to carry a load larger than it can carry. I’ve carried a microwave oven and a garbage disposal home on it. [image] VOLVO-V70: Apartment parking where RT is livi…

Welcome, Random, to the century of vanity and entitlement. Truly sorry people have enough spare time to make other’s lives miserable.

Well so far you have an excuse for every reason given, but yet you refuse to except any fault of your own… hummmm

How much warming up to warm up a car?

Maintenance/Repairs

davesmopar November 19, 2025, 11:16pm 43

Somehow, I have a faint memory that he said he used a roller brush to paint the truck, not sure about the bumpers…

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How much warming up to warm up a car?

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