Entitled man parks car on friend's driveway for 5 months, gets offended when told to move it after putting it up for sale: 'The car needed to be gone'

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Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
Aug 24, 2026 1:15 PM EDT

Most people are not OK with somebody giving their address out to strangers.

It is a pretty basic self-preservation skill not to let random people know where you live unless you are fully aware of it and have a valid reason for it. Even putting aside safety concerns, it isn't fun to have strangers turning up on your doorstep all of the time. It disturbs the peace.

In all honesty, sometimes it isn't even advisable to share your address with those you are friendly with, or if you do, you should have some firm boundaries. There are an unfortunate number of individuals who see friendship as an opportunity to take advantage of the resources of other people instead of a give-and-take. Access to somebody else's home can throw up some problems here.

This isn't to say that it is wrong to do a friend a favor, or keep them shut out of your life altogether. It is simply important to be mindful of when certain boundaries are being crossed, and stop that as quickly as possible. Anybody who has an outsized reaction to this is likely not worth worrying about too much, although they may know where you live.

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  • A man agreed to let his friend park his second car in his driveway temporarily, thinking it would only be there for a couple of weeks. The weeks turned into months, and the friend kept putting off moving his vehicle.

    As if this wasn't enough, the man and his wife started to get people knocking on their door, asking to see the car. He realized his friend had put it up for sale without telling him, so he demanded that he move it. The friend wasn't happy, and he wasn't sure if he had overreacted.

  • Am I wrong for telling my friend to collect his car the same day when I found out he was selling it off my driveway?

    Back in March a friend asked if he could leave his second car on my driveway for a couple of weeks while he figured out somewhere to put it. I have a wide driveway and I only run one car, so I said yes without really thinking about it.
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  • It has now been five months. I have brought it up twice and both times he said he was working on it and thanked me for being cool about it. I let it go both times because it genuinely was not in my way.
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  • Two weeks ago a man I have never met knocked on my door at about 7:30 in the evening and asked if he could see the silver one. That was the first I knew that my friend had it listed for sale, with my address on the ad as where you go to view it.
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  • It was getting to the point where it was unmanageable.

    Since then I have had three more people turn up. One of them arrived while my wife was home on her own with our son and she had no idea what he was talking about.
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  • I called my friend and told him the car needed to be gone by the end of that day. He got it collected but he was furious about it, and he says I could have given him a week and that I have made him look unreliable to a buyer he had lined up.
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  • His girlfriend messaged me afterwards saying I overreacted and that I could have just asked him to change the ad. AITA?
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  • It was clear that the friend had overstepped a boundary.

    Regguls He should've asked first and never gave out the address. I've sold lots of stuff without giving an address. It's just asking to be a victim. The friend does not want be bothered with perspective buyers over the phone and meet ups.
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  • Financial-Parking-89 NTA. tell the girlfriend that she is more than welcome to store the car in her driveway and then she can handle strangers approaching her door.
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  • Klutzy-Cookie9242 Absolutely NTAH, and you know you aren't. Howver he and gf are most def!!! It's time to unfriend someone for sure. That twit did not even give you a heads up that he was selling it nor did he even ask if you minded showing it to buyers.
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  • He should have organized the sale a lot better.

    Imfromsite NTA. You're not his go between. If he had spent money to store it at a facility, he would have had to be on hand to show the car. The fact that he wasn't there to meet potential buyers made him look unreliable. Now he can pay to store it and show it, your driveway isn't a second hand showroom.
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  • hedwigflysagain NTA who puts an address in a car sales ad? That is both crazy and dangerous. You don't need friends like him.
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  • MarionberryPlus8474 NTA. Having the car in your driveway for FIVE MONTHS is bad enough, but giving out your address to strangers to field people trying to buy it? I would have had it towed immediately.
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  • It was obvious he had been taking advantage for a long time.

    Mavloneus The problem is you let him keep his car in your driveway more than 2 weeks. Is he really your friend? Sounds like a user.
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  • FoxUniformChuckKilo NTA, in using your address in his ad, he made your property a target for the usual crooked shenanigans that come with trying to sell stuff. I never use my address, I'll meet them in a store parking lot.
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  • Designer_Thought2907 NTA, dude was putting you at risk by sending random people to your house
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