'I was shocked at how petty it was': Guy with six cars parks in front of neighbor's house, neighbor gets HOA-sanctioned payback

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Oct 27, 2023 8:00 AM EDT

This dude has many problems, the first of which is the fact that he bought a house with a two-car garage despite owning six cars. What was he thinking? If it's a situation where that was the best he could afford, then this dude needs to sell four of those cars. Personally, I cannot wrap my brain around someone who feels the need to own that many vehicles in the first place. If it's your "hobby," it sure is an expensive one that you cannot afford, sir.

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    Wheel - "[I] think it's hilarious they feel entitled to the spot in front of my house"
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  • This thread was posted to Reddit's r/pettyrevenge subreddit by u/BoringPudding3986, who unfortunately had to live across the street from this guy. One day, OP moved his car from the parking space outside his house, only to return and discover his neighbor's car there just ten minutes later. You would think the guy would maybe ask to use that space, but nope! He felt fully entitled to it. 

    So, OP decided that he was entitled to do the same thing in return. Keep scrolling below to see how a motion zone notification system helped OP get even. For more tales of neighborhood drama, feel free to take a look at this story about a similar HOA-related parking debacle. 

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    Font - r/pettyrevenge. Posted by u/BoringPudding3986 4 hours ago Parking in front of my house? I have a house with dedicated street parking spots in front of it. I also have a 2 car garage so I usually park in the garage.
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    Font - I have a new neighbor who lives on the side street with no street parking that has 6 cars. They alternate which car is parked in front of my house between the truck, their SUV, and their squad car. There is no assigned parking and I generally don't care, other than the truck is loud enough that I can hear it in the house and they use remote start to let it idle for 5- 10 min before they get in usually. This is a lifted full size v6 truck with a terrible sounding exhaust and the thin blue
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    Font - I went to grill something which required me to move my car, so I moved it to the spot in front of my house since it was open. I'm lazy and just haven't folded the grill up, so I left my car parked there for a couple days. I then ran to the grocery store for about 10 min at 9:30PM to grab a few things before they closed. When I got back they had moved their lifted truck into the spot in front of my house from the spot across the street.
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    Font - I was shocked at how petty it was, like genuinely impressed, but given that they are a cop this was less of a surprise, and probably an indication they should not have the job they have if this is how petty they are, but I digress.
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    Font - So I used my doorbell camera to setup a motion zone notification for the parking spot. I got a notification and heard the truck start up, and they left, so I moved my car one spot forward to the spot in front of my house. They came back 10 min later, I could hear the truck and checked the doorbell cam.
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    Font - I have told my partner about this and they think it's hilarious, and fully endorse using their car to go places so we can leave mine in the spot in front of the house. Since I work from home I don't use my car much. It's been there for about 6 days now. Tomorrow we go on a two week vacation and am just going to leave it parked in the spot. I checked the HOA bylaws, there's no limitation on how long a car can be parked there as long as it's registered for road use.
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    Font - I'm really only doing this because they obviously care enough to come out and move their car minutes after I left. I genuinely don't care, but think it's hilarious they feel entitled to the spot in front of my house when they have 6 cars and bought a house with a two car garage, which they only park one car in. I'm debating on buying a second car just to leave in the spot. Something like a kei car micro truck.
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    Font - Am I being too petty? Is it just a Omove to leave it there while I'm on vacation? I was thinking about it, but my partner suggested I leave it there while we are on vacation. One of the many reasons we're together I guess.
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    Font - 100 S . AmyPont 5 hr. ago Leave it there! My next door neighbour rents their basement to a dance teacher. They only have 2 parking spots and they all come to my place to park. Asked them more than 20 times to not park in my family's house. One even went into the garage cause it was too sunny outside. Last time this happened I just parked my car behind them, went into the house and then blasted music and let them knock on the door. 229 Reply Share
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    Font - ieya404 4 hr. ago . Then answer the door with a glass of wine in hand, let them know that you won't drink-drive, but can move your car in the morning... 123 Reply Share
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    Font - Rachel Silver. 3 hr. ago At one point, my mother lived in a neighborhood where street parking was a precious commodity. The woman directly across the street from her had a handicapped spot in front of her house. To the right was enough room for two vehicles, then the entrance to a parking lot. The people who lived to the right of the disabled woman had two SUVS. They considered those two spots theirs; whenever someone left in one of the SUVS, someone else would move the other so it spanne
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    Font - I lived in Philadelphia at the time, which was about an hour's drive from my mom's. I had a PhillyCarShare membership, and I started renting a Smart car every weekend to visit my mother. When the neighbors pulled their stunt, I'd move the Smart car into one of the half spaces, so they'd have to park somewhere else when they got back. 174 Reply Share
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    Font - SmoothMan Miguel · 3 hr. ago. edited 3 hr. ago A cop OWNING a house WITH a 2 car garage AND he has SIX cars!?!? I smell corruption
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    Font - BoringPudding3986 OP. 3 hr. ago Funny I was actually thinking the same thing, has a fleet of vehicle and a $550k home.
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    Font - Old ManJeepin. 2 hr. ago I live in a busy resort town that goes crazy in the summer. I had to actually *pay* the township $600 to designate a spot in front of my residence (No off street parking then) and have a sign put up. People still parked in it when it was crazy busy. I had a certain pleasure at calling the tow truck to come and have their car towed for violating the space! They were from out of town, so they never knew exactly where there car was, unless they admitted remembering p
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    Font - Pokemonplaynjaynebro 3 hr. ago NTA - buy a second car to leave in front of your house lol and definitely leave your car there while you are on vacation.. Report that big truck as a noise complaint
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    Font - BoringPudding3986 OP 2 hr. ago I'd love to get a Key Truck to take up the space. I've wanted one for a while, the only reason I haven't gotten one is because I don't have the garage space, so maybe I should get one just to park there.
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