*NOW WITH PIC* City does not allow vehicle repair inside your property?

[willworkfore30s]

I am thinking its our immediate next door neighbor who is australian...

Go call him a "bogan" and tell him to mind his on business

[Roysneon]

I don't think calling someone who complained about you having a non-op car on your property a bogan is really gonna have the same effect.

[mikeedler]

The land of the free and the brave................ I don't miss all the bullshit over there at all, and it seems to steadily get worse.

[evandael]

^ how's it work in Deutschland? i'd think it was worse over there, but i've never travelled.

[mikeedler]

I've never had any problems, but I don't live in a new subdivision- hell, my house was built somewhere around 1901. People don't tend to try to rebuild cars in a backyard here though either(although for many years I worked mostly out of my carport), they rent old barns over here, but if someone would start rebuilding one on their own property, I doubt much would be said.

The Germans love to joke about how much "freedom" there is in the U.S nowadays.....

In the 90's my father and I used to restore cars in his garage in the suburbs of Chicago. Nowadays you can't even park a van with a company name in the driveway over night..... and god help if you don't have your porch light on at the correct time.
sad, very sad.

[TurboJake]

until the city sends a warning on paper, in the mail, carry on with life. They'll give you time to remedy the situation before jumping to prosecution. If guy comes back, tell sister to say hat is your name sir?" And write it down, then "okay XXXXXX, send a certified warning in the mail, so I know this is legitimate and you aren't some random Joe commiting a felony and impersonating a federal official or employee."

If real, its polite and will clear the air.
If not real, guy will back off FAST as you now have his name, and have said impersonating, government, and felony all in the same sentence.

[illest318i]

The land of the free and the brave................ I don't miss all the bullshit over there at all, and it seems to steadily get worse.

I hate living here too buddy :(

[bddog]

The complaint needs to be started by a neighbor. The guy from the City is just doing his job. If you put a car cover on it you should be fine. It boils down to property values.
Your shitty neighbor on the other hand.... plot your revenge. Put the fear of God into him.

[blunttech]

tell the guy to fuck off, a car does not equal trash

You obviously havent seen Brandons E36

[joncrz]

I finally got a picture of the scene

So I was finally able to travel down to houston and "clean up" the site. Which took all of 10 min and consisted of moving the atv, hiding the valence bumper and wheels, and hiding my little anne frank from the Nazi city of Houston. The green represents the car parts that were lying around.

Edit: sorry for large image, any way to resize?

[joncrz]

The land of the free and the brave................ I don't miss all the bullshit over there at all, and it seems to steadily get worse.

Careful, the NSA is listening ....

[agent]

Good pic. "Possible asshole dwelling" made me laugh.

[marshallnoise]

Well played sir.

However, if you want to fool the city and your neighbor, try and put wheels/tires on the car on jackstands. It might get them off your back. There is nothing trashier than a car on jackstands left that way for anymore than a day.

Double however, this is a quasi-free country and you can kind of do whatever you like. And I support your right to almost do anything you like no matter how much recourse I have and could apply towards you.

Derp?

[N2MYE30]

How abouts just getting a cheap car cover instead of the blaring cheap blue tarp. I bought one from ebay a few years back for ~$30 to my door and it was gray in color. At least it would blend into the surroundings. And for taking it off the stands, not sure about that. At least its not able to be towed as it is.

[joncrz]

How abouts just getting a cheap car cover instead of the blaring cheap blue tarp. I bought one from ebay a few years back for ~$30 to my door and it was gray in color. At least it would blend into the surroundings. And for taking it off the stands, not sure about that. At least its not able to be towed as it is.

What size did you buy? I am seeing M-XL on ebay. The tarp was just something I had lying around. BTW there is a 8 ft iron fence so there is no way a tow truck is getting in there...