AIBU to stick a massive sign on CF car parked in my space?

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I live in a small private estate. We have big signs everywhere saying it's private parking and permits only and an enforcement company that comes round. However this never deters people and they never seem to get caught with a ticket! I have one parking space. Which is numbered. It is clearly NOT a visitors parking space nor a space for random people to park in.

WIBU to print a massive poster sized sign and saying it's not their space and not to park there to put on the car for all to see? Because I currently can't park in my own space and am risking a parking fine myself by not being parked within a marked bay even with a permit. I've had to put a note on my car explaining that a car I don't know is in my space without permission just in case.

Somebody parked where they shouldn't near where I live, when we had snow, a few years ago. The person whose space was taken, simply wrote 'cunt' in the snow, on the offending car's bonnet

Someone I know did just that when they hemmed him in in a bank car park. Matey who did the hemming in said tough shit mate you'll have or wait till i come back.

My mate forunatly had someone comming back from the bank, big lad he was pushed him out of the way, the offending car that was! he's around the size of a house this bloke when their car was free to go he wonte somethinmg like "fecking cunt" not in the snow but in the paintwork of the car's roof with a screw driver!!

he wonte somethinmg like "fecking cunt" not in the snow but in the paintwork of the car's roof with a screw driver!!

Then he is himself a "fecking cunt"

@FixTheBone

The picture says 1.2l diesel on the back of the car.

On a point of further pedantry, it doesn't. It says 120d which is a BMW model designation, in this case for 2.0l diesel.

It funny because as neighbours most of us don't tend to interact much unless one of us needs help or there's an issue. So like we'll help with lifts or jump starting one another's cars. Help if someone's ran out of eggs or milk etc. Band together when a CF parks where they shouldn't. Last summer we had travellers park on our communal green and steal a load of stuff while they were here and graffitied the buildings and cars so we all arranged to take shifts watching outside and a couple of people managed to set up some cameras by the doors to our communal shed and bike store (which was lucky because the video of a traveller stealing a bike is what made the police move them on nice and quickly since it was private property not council property so took a bit longer than some places)

On a point of further pedantry, it doesn't. It says 120d which is a BMW model designation, in this case for 2.0l diesel.

@flouncyfanny - all that would do is make sure the car was in the OP's space for longer...

On a point of further pedantry, it doesn't. It says 120d which is a BMW model designation, in this case for 2.0l diesel.

Have you started threads before about the proposed pedestrianisation of Norwich city centre?

Have you started threads before about the proposed pedestrianisation of Norwich city centre?
No but I found my tribe during the "County in address" wars last week :)

I know I suffer from anoraxia.

I would park blocking it in. It's at an end so youd only be blocking that one car in. They'll soon learn not to park there again

Surfskatefamily OP said earlier that she couldn't because the space is round a bend (I think) so it wouldn't be safe

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Just wondered what the entrance to the car park is like in the development. Is it open to anyone?

I only ask because a lot of private developments now have gates with fobs or a keycode to get in. I lived in one such naice development in the past and it kept most of this nefarious parking activity out!

@mummmy2017 I hope that's your typo and not what was printed on the sign..

A bit different but our neighbours park opposite our drive. No issue as a public road but frustrating as makes it tricky to get off our drive. Even when dh reversed into them, and I later told them it was a pain in the arse as made it hard to get off the drive, didn't stop them parking there. They could park on their own three space drive or even a metre or two ⬅️that way but no...

I've always been fascinated by the speed at which a skilled brickie can erect a brick wall...

Can i ask what cf means? Hope person is out of your space soon, i do know how some people have the brass neck to do this.

@Scotmummy1216. CF....cheeky fucker.

Next time sprinkle bird feed all over the roof and bonnet. Bird poo is a bigger to remove .

Love your neighbours!!

Years ago we lived in a close which had allocated parking. We got home from work one evening to find an old wreck left in our numbered space. It didn't belong to any of our neighbours.
A few weeks later, by chance I saw a bloke go to it. Immediately told my (large) DH & dashed a few doors down to get my friend's equally well built husband for backup. The chap said his wife didn't want it outside THEIR house (a few streets away) so he'd parked it there!
He claimed it wouldn't start & couldn't move it. My DH got a tow rope & dragged it out & then kindly (!) towed it round to the man's house, through the small bushes in front of the garden & left it on the front lawn. Didn't even get a thank you . . . . 😁

Bigger landslide vote than the general election here

Be very careful gluing anything to an offending car or even using lipstick. Parking near our work is horrendous - limited spaces as a 'green business park' but public transport no longer runs here. People park/abandon their cars anywhere. On one occasion a disabled visitor in a wheelchair was unable to get off the pavement and into her taxi as cars were parked nose to tail and one had even parked accross the only dropped kerb. She wrote on the passenger windowof this car highlighting their inconsiderate parking and returned to our office to wait. A little while later the police arrived, only they weren't there to deal with the car, they had come to interview her about an allegation of criminal damage (by lipstick!) reported by the driver. No further action was taken however she was warned in no uncertain terms not to do anything like this again.

Older MNers will know the note should have read, “Do not park here! You shall smart for this!”

I had this once when I lived in a flat in London. I parked in my friend’s spot so wasn’t massively inconvenienced. But I’m stubborn and easily enraged and it was a sunny day.... so I sat on the roof of the offender’s car (I’m not heavy, I caused no damage). When they eventually showed up they wanted to know why I was sitting on there car (obviously) and were most annoyed when I refused to move until they were as inconvenienced as I was. They called the police, who didn’t come, so they may have pretended to call the police to try and scare me.

You know, for future reference, mulberry bird poo actually stains car paintwork (if you can find mulberries, but I guess blueberries or blackberries would have the same effect - and you can buy those frozen!) I found this out the hard way because I used to park under a mulberry tree at work because of the shade - didn't realise the purple poo stains wouldn't just wash off unless you did it immediately!