to park my car on a residential street for two weeks and walk two miles to the airport

[suzzieanneba46]

Is any there anything legally / morally wrong with this? I would save almost 50 just for a short walk..

There IS a website called... Bloody phone!!

Looking at the link, that looks like a truly idiotic place to leave a car.

I think most MY ROAD people or here are nuts. However, to add my caution to Unlucky's, I once went on holiday with my friend for 2 weeks. We both parked near her house. The road was resurfaced without notice and both our cars ended up being towed away!! (We got the money back - they'd move us to double yellows and left us there for a week then towed us away) but it wasn't nice to come back to!).

All the places on park on my drive are between 68-75 stupidly high. Makes the unofficial pre booked car park look cheap at 50!

Gah I wouldn't mind paying a reasonable price for the service you get, 2-3 quid a day IMO. Then again I've never paid for parking, usually opt for a 15 min walk wherever I go.

Someone parked their car in our road and bogged off for weeks. The alarm went off and after 18 hours of it my elderly neighbour hit the bonnet with a hammer until it stopped. Funnily enough, they never parked there again.

Why is that place idotic? It was on the green triangle I was planning on parking

I personally wouldn't.

We've parked here previously and they've been good service and cheap as chips

Www.parkingbristol.co.uk

It's right opposite a pub, it's narrow road, it's a small village not a major residential zone in the middle of London. There is no way they aren't going to be pissed off with you leaving a car there for two weeks.

I wouldn't want to leave my car there as Pp said pub, school up one road, looks like a small but possible busy road for traffic.
Maybe a bit of a strange comment but not many other cars are parked there which would make me wonder why

Someone left a car outside my house while they buggered off went on holiday to the Channel Islands for a week. Second night in their car alarm went off (kids threw football at it). Alarm went off/on for hours and neighbours called police. They crawled all over it and found dodgy tyre. Refreshed and relaxed the car's owners came back to a summons for worn tyre and a flat battery. Oh how we laughed!

Great idea - I've often thought of doing this but have worried about the car being vandalised.

Even if someone reports it as abandoned it makes no difference. If it's reported as suspect stolen/ abandoned then it'll be checked on the PNC & so long as it's taxed mot'd and insured then nothing will happen.

If the street has terraces, then no-one will have off street parking, and there will probably not be enough spaces to go around. Better to park on a street where the houses have drives if you can find one.

If the street has terraces, then no-one will have off street parking, and there will probably not be enough spaces to go around

Exactly: though it would seemingly not bother the OP and others like her.

Personally I wouldn't do it, there are some nutters that believe nobody else is allowed to park in front of their home.

We parked a few streets away for three days whilst works were going on in our street and one of the residents slashed one of our tyres.

Generally most roads are squeezed for parking places for residents, so to have you leave your car for 2 weeks would be annoying and inconsiderate. Imagine if everyone did it. Just pay the £50. Reclaim it from work if your are not going on holiday. Yabu

It might be legal but it is selfish and inconsiderate.

I don't see why not. I wouldn't give a shit if there was a car parked on my street for 2 weeks. Some people are very precious about parking.

in my opinion yabu. That's because I generally try not to annoy people and consider their feelings. yes it's legal, ok but there's more to it than that imo. If I couldn't afford airparks I wouldn't fly.

I have always lived on terraced streets with no off street parking. I know I have no legal claim on the bit of road outside my house, but yes, it would piss me off if somebody left their car there for 2 weeks. It shows an astounding lack of consideration for others.

Some posters have wondered how anybody would even notice - if you live on a quiet street rather than a busy city centre, of course you're going to notice a strange car! I also hate the 'don't they have anything else in their lives to worry about?' line - does that mean that none of us are allowed to be irritated about anything that isn't life threatening?

'I did this at Luton airport when I lived in St A. Nothing happened. At all.'
Flora, wouldn't it have been easier and roughly the same price just to do 2 stops on the train right into the airport? a £10 train ticket Vs maybe £3 or £4 in petrol plus the hassle.

Yes some people are precious about parking.......BUT.... some people have a point.

the point i particularly like is...

Don't be a twat. Use a car park

We've mostly lived with no off-street parking but it never occurred to me to question people's reasons for parking on the street - it's legal, so they can - end of story!
Do people also mind others driving on 'their' road then?

I would not feel comfortable leaving my car unattended for weeks. £50 is a lot but if something happens too it the cost will prob be more than £50.