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Neighbours sat in car for hours on end with engine running. It this weird

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greenishredblue · 24/05/2025 08:00

Names changed as could be outing

we got some new neighbours across from us about 6 months ago. A man and a women. I was talking to another neighbour and she asked if I had noticed they sit in their car for hours on end with the engine on. Now I had noticed them a few times sat in the car but though nothing if it. The car is parked outside this neighbours house a lot.

Now the neighbour has said to me DH and I have been more aware of it, especially with doing lots of work in the garden. And the fumes from the car as well have been more noticeable since we have been outside a lot. Neighbour is a bit nearer so has noticed them doing it during the day and at night as well. Usually between midnight and 6am.

Basically they sit in the car sometimes it’s the man, sometimes the women, sometimes both. The engine is running all the time (yesterday it was about 7 hours). They seem to be always on their phones and then one of them will get out go in the house and then come back out again into the car. Sometimes they will just get out of the car, walk round it and get back in.

yesterday the other neighbours husband went out and asked them to turn the engine off as his son has asthma and the car is right outside his window and was told very forcefully to mind his own fucking business.

now if it was not for the engine being on all the time I probably would just shrug and think “each to there own”. But this is very strange is it not?

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Blackcordoroys · 24/05/2025 08:03

Very weird indeed. I would hate this, the noise of an engine idling sets my teeth on edge

greenishredblue · 24/05/2025 08:03

I was maybe say a tense house but they are a couple on their own and most times they sit in the car together

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greenishredblue · 24/05/2025 08:02

They are there now in the car. I looked out at 3am and they were there then so don’t know if it’s been all the time or not. Was not there at midnight when I went to bed

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MyOliveHelper · 24/05/2025 08:01

Sounds like they have a tense house and use the car to escape it.

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