The best defense is a good offense. Something like a 40 foot tug boat in
the street might be a good start. Just make sure the only thing that works
is the horn.
Bill
At 02:25 PM 8/16/2004, Kai M. Radicke wrote:
>[My reply must have exceeded the list's length limit, so I've broken it to
>down to two parts.]
>
> > What was freaking the hobbyists, was that, by ordinance, in
> > some communities, you couldn't keep a car like this in your
> > garage. Enforcement varies of course, but you had to feel sorry
> > for the guy who was working on his car in the carport.
>
>This is a subject near and dear to me, so I will take the liberty to rant
>(an no ordinance has been enacted yet to stop me from ranting).
>
>I have quite a nice TR6, the Saffron Yellow may not be everyone's taste, but
>the car is comfortably in the $8-10k value range. My neighbors bitch the
>minute the car goes up on jackstands in my backyard for repairs. The car
>has current plates, inspection and registration... and sits about 150feet
>from the property line, behind a chainlink 5ft fence, and under a fitted car
>cover (when it gets left outside). Still, the neighbors and the township
>feel the need to harass me about my "immobilized motor vehicle."
>
>This is nuts. These same neighbors have a hideous old boat parked on the
>side driveway of their house and it is more of an eyesore than a saffron
>TR6. Unfortunately, there is no ordinance banning the storage of boats or
>other un-proportionately large mobile structures on your property - like
>30ft campers (more like mobile homes!).
>
>I do not work on the car, or in the shop, at unreasonable hours... often I
>am done by 8PM and if I am in the shop I am usually found tinkering with
>smaller assemblies that do not require 1500Watts of light outside or noise
>from air tools.
>
>But sadly, my quality of life is infringed upon by these inane lunatics and
>their absurd ordinances. Here in Bristol, we have to apply for a permit
>from the township to put a car alarm in our vehicle (alarm user permit).
>Most new cars come with decent alarm systems, do they really expect people
>to register for permits to buy a new car that includes an alarm?
>
>Now switching to another subject, but one that is more intrusive into my
>lifestyle than any immobilized (quiet and stationary!) vehicle ever was, is
>unruly neighborhood children and the plethora of illegal road hazards
>parents buy their children. The same neighbors that complain about my TR6
>on jacks, buy their kids (4yrs, 7yrs, 11yrs) electric scooters, huge remote
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