To be very peeved that some bloke thinks he's entitled to park his car on my parents drive...

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My parents neighbour has a friend who visits and for the past year sees it acceptable to park on my parents drive.
The drive is big enough to fit 2 cars, but my parents have one car plus I visit often with my baby.
My dad was very sick and since passed away but he asked this bloke to move his car and not park there as it is private property and this bloke asked my dad if he was being racist! This bloke is Czecz - my dad has Eastern European parents himself but as he was so unwell with leukaemia he just left it at that. My mum went round, very angry that this bloke pulled the race card and told him in no uncertain terms never to park on their drive.
Well since then this bloke keeps parking there.
Tonight I had been there and nipped out for 20mins to the shops to return to this cz plate Mercedes on the drive.
I knocked on the door and politely but firmly told him to remove the car and to stop parking there. This bloke has not seen me before so he lied outright to my face and said it was his first time visiting and he didn't know where to park!
Again I reminded him it was private property. He even had the cheek to ask which was my car (parked on the road) and if I was using the drive!
He moved it, but I notice he has a council parking permit displaying his address, no tax (foreign cars need uk tax after 1 year and this bloke has been parking in the drive for more than a year now).
What can I do? What would you do? This guy does eventually move but he's slightly aggressive in his manner and he is not accepting he can't park there! I'm sure the police wouldn't be interested. I'm thinking along the lines of letting down his precious tyres. My mum is planning on getting a chain across the drive and she had been parking her car across both spaces (but annoying when I want to drop in!).
He's a horrid man and I despise how he treated my dad. I don't know if he knows that my dad has passed away but I'm worried for my mum being on her own in the house and if this bloke gets upset with us telling him to move it.

I agree with DVLA & 101.

Try those first before spending money, OP.

I would be tempted to block him in and then refuse to move your car.

Order some "Tyre Nails" ("Problem Neighbour? Burst his fucking Tyres" ) from the Viz.

I admire your grace under pressure. My piss would be boiling.

I think BalloonSlayer has got it - he's trying to avoid being done for not paying tax. And if his car's not taxed, there's every chance it's not insured either. I suspect he sees your Mum as an easy target. I'd definitely report him.

In scotland it is a civil matter, he can park in your drvie if he wants.

If you touch his car to move it - say you knew 8 strong men who could lift it.

and you did, and moved it out back to the road, any damage would be criminal damage.

phone the police, they called on me when someone complained about my hi top van 'blocking their view' when it was parked on the street (no designated spaces) and these people also complained that 'sometimes i painted my van'.
so i think that would be a better idea than 'sending large ethnically diverse friends round' don't you?

I would be tempted to block him in and then refuse to move your car.

I did that at the cinema once.

Couldn't get in to the disabled parking for twats without blue badges blocking the spaces. Then we looked for the longest running film to see.

It's really unfortunate when these cars happen to be pages some some rotting fruit may fall on the bonnet and rot the paintwork away.
Or some crumbs happen to fall and attract the pidgeons who might accidentally peck the paint.
Very unfortunate indeed.

Parked.
Not pages.

What an awful situation to be in.

I personally would try not to be quite so confrontational - after all your mum lives there I her own and who really knows what the repercussions could be?

If it were me I would park on the drive in a way to ensure he couldn't physically fit his car on the drive. Immediately and nano impishly report him to the dvla/police for no tax. Leave your car obstructing his ability to park there until the police have discovered him.

So sorry for your loss OP.