Neighbour kicking off about car

[Biancadelrioisback]

My neighbour popped a note through the door yesterday asking if we can put both cars on the drive as they're having people round today for a BBQ and would like people to be able to park on the street.
Technically we can fit both cars on the drive way, but you can't get in the garage or shut the gates at the end of the drive, and the cars need to be bumper to bumper and will still overhang onto the path a bit (you can still fit a buggy and wheelchair past). So usually we have one on the drive and one on the street. Street has plenty of parking, no issues here, plus the car on the street gets used most days so is really only there overnight.
So DH went out to work this morning taking the car from the street. I've had neighbour round banging on the door reminding me to put both cars on the drive and pointing to a random car that is parked just a bit up from our house that I've never seen before. It's the same colour as ours but definitely not our car. Neighbour is accusing me of lying and being difficult. He is adamant it's my car and I'm being unfair.
He's gone off in a huff but I can hear them in their garden complaining and talking about coming back to talk with me again.
I'm not worried per se but I'm a bit...antsy? I can't really prove that it's not mine, plus it's legally parked so I really can't see a problem other than them not getting their way.

AIBU to not put the other car on the drive when DH gets home just to antagonise them?

@eurochick

Neighbour is going to feel like a right doughnut when your husband turns up if the look-a-like car is still there.

Just ignore. None of this is your problem.

And yeah, i'd love to see his face

I wouldn't usually be this petty, but they've really annoyed me with how rude they've been.
No idea how many of them are round there (can see 4 cars which I think are with the party), and can hear them drinking so I'm a bit antsy that they'll get wound up easier

Probably all his guests have arrived now anyway so it's not an issue.

If he asks again, just say we can only fit one car on the drive and then refuse to engage anymore. Don't give any extra excuses or reasons, just say no, they won't fit and leave it there.

Funny how he bangs on your door being an arse once your husband has gone out

Its a ridiculous request - why are they being so precious. Their guests can park where they can find. Mad as a box of frogs.

@FuckyouCovid21

Funny how he bangs on your door being an arse once your husband has gone out

In fairness, he's equally an arse to both DH and I individually and together. I don't think he has even given my sex a second though. I think he only came round when he did as it was just before guests were due to arrive

Your neighbour is an entitled twat. Park your other car where you like as long as its legal

@newnortherner111

Check what the number of people permitted under Covid 19 regulations currently in force is for such an event, and immediately call 111 if you think there is a breach, or the council if too noisy.

If they had been polite, I would say co-operate.

FFS.

There is no way I round report them for breaking COVID rules unless they were walking around coughing in people's faces.

Well, it's just started to chuck it down here OP. Don't know where you are, but maybe the gods will smile on you ...

Do a rain dance in your kitchen

If they're speaking deliberately loudly in the garden so that you can hear, I'd take the bait and knock, giving him a choice:

• He can either grow up and behave like a considerate adult and your husband will park on your drive when he comes home in your other car

-Or he can continue to behave like a child in which case you will completely ignore him and his request and the car will go back on the street.

Tbh, he probably trying not to lose face after mis identifying your car!

Am I missing something or are they only asking you for one day?

If there is no room for two cars on your drive without blocking or impeding the pavement, I wouldn't have done it anyway, as blocking pavements is a twattish thing to do. But after getting a mouthful of abuse and accused of being a liar? I would be RENTING cars to park on the street. He can fuck right off!

@idontlikealdi

Am I missing something or are they only asking you for one day?

Yeah it's only for one day. It's not the request I have an issue with though, it's the demanding and rude attitude, plus accusing me of lying about look-a-like car

It’s easy for us to say sod them park where you like but if I were in your shoes I would park both cars on the drive. Neighbour disputes are just awful and as a pp said he will look pretty silly when your dh pulls up on the drive later and realise your car wasn’t the one on the road.

Look-a-like car has been parked there for around 2 hours now.

His party sounds like it's going to be fun.

Ignore. Not your problem.

@Laiste

Well, it's just started to chuck it down here OP. Don't know where you are, but maybe the gods will smile on you ...

Better bloody not! I've just hung my washing out!

Get DH to park on the driveway when he gets home.
And hope the other near identical car is still there too.
Then neighbour will feel like a right idiot, knowing he was rude when you had done exactly what he had asked.

Also, have a loud pretend convo on the phone to a friend in your garden so their guests can hear you. Along the lines of, I'm so upset Julie, my neighbour is saying my car is still on the road when DH is out in it and hes getting really cross, what on earth should I do, I hate upsetting people, hes made me so upset etc etc, you get the point.
Then he'll also look like an idiot to his guests too as hes probably told them you are just being difficult.

Take a photo of the car they think is yours. Then when your partner returns take a photo of your actual car. Show him that the licence plates are different. Problem solved and apology to you from mad neighbour.

I wouldn't have opened the door to him in the first place. Now I'd ignore entirely and park as usual. He comes round again I'd tell him to fuck right off.

If the neighbour comes back, suggest he waits by the car that isn’t yours until it’s owner returns. He can then offer to buy it from them for a fair sum, once he owns it he can decide where it gets parked.

If he comes back tell him it's not your bloody car and he needs to wind his neck in as no one owns the road.

@sleepygnome

Take a photo of the car they think is yours. Then when your partner returns take a photo of your actual car. Show him that the licence plates are different. Problem solved and apology to you from mad neighbour.

From experience, people like this never admit they are wrong and never apologise. You're wasting your time trying to reason with them.