Neighbor keeps parking in resident's private driveway without permission, resident gets even by selling neighbor's car 'I was done playing nice'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Mar 26, 2025 8:00 AM EDT

There is a fine line between being polite and letting folks walk all over you. If you're a people pleaser like I am, it can be difficult to recognize when it's time to put your foot down. But when it comes to neighbors infringing on your private property and refusing to take responsibility for doing so, even I would force myself to confront this person.

Now, I probably would not have the guts to do what this resident did, but I would at the very least bother him incessantly until he vowed never to park in my designated driveway again. Keep scrolling below to see how this resident took things to the next level! 

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    "I came home to find his car parked there again"
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  • Like many neighborhoods, residents in this area were given designated personal driveways. Therefore, it should be confusing to no one which driveway belongs to someone else. This neighbor, however, would not stop parking in the author's personal driveway despite many calm and polite attempts by the author to make it stop. Clearly, the neighbor wasn't going to stop, which is why the resident decided to escalate things.

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    "My Neighbor Kept Parking in My Driveway, So I Sold His Car"

    If you only read the title, I might sound like a lunatic. But trust me, he had it coming. I live in a quiet neighborhood with assigned driveways. My neighbor,
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    Todd, decided that mine was also his personal parking space. At first, I was polite. I asked him to move. He apologized and said it wouldn't happen again.
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    It happened again. And again. And again. One day, I came home to find his car parked there again-blocking me from my own garage. I
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    knocked on his door. No answer. I called him. Straight to voicemail. I had places to be, and I was done playing nice.
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    So, I got creative. I called a towing company, but not to tow it away. I had it towed for sale.
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    See, Todd had left his car unlocked. And in my state, if a vehicle is left on private property without permission, the owner of the property can have it removed.
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    I also happened to have a buddy who owned a tow yard, and he was more than happy to help. Within an hour, Todd's car was on its way to an impound lot where it would be legally auctioned if he didn't pay the fines.
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    Todd showed up at my door that night, fuming. "Where's my car?" I shrugged. "Not my problem. Maybe check the impound lot."
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    He had to shell out a few hundred bucks to get it back. He never parked in my driveway again.
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  • We have to assume that the neighbor got the message loud and clear now… after he had to shell out hundreds of dollars to get his own car back. Several members of the online community shared their reactions to the author's petty revenge. 

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    bis 2m ago Next time put up a sign for parking on your driveway for 500$/hour at the start of your driveway and on the garage door then give him a bill. If he refuses to pay put a lien on his home after it reaches 10,000 then put a lien on his car and just keep getting money from him.
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    austinteddy3 17m ago . Modern problems require modern solutions.
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    Dangerous-Desi... 19m ago Good start, feels rushed. Keep it up.
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    . tshelly56 38m ago Towed for sale........no, that's just how it works in every state. If it goes 60 day's unattended it's yours!
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    Tobazz 39m ago kind of neighborhood doesn't have assigned driveways? That's confusing
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    Morlacks 45m ago Same happened to me years ago at our Townhouse. The fourth time they thought we were out of town but we hadn't left yet and were out on a last second errand. I
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    just pulled in behind them as tight as I could, almost touching their bumper. We finished packing called Uber and left for 2.5 weeks. Their car was still there when we got back still pinned in by my car with no way out. I
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    knocked on their door and asked if they would like to move their car now. Never happened again.
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