Parking issue - Inappropriate Pumping?

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Background I live on a small side street with 20 houses on it on oneside and some green space on the other, that backs onto a school. You'd think parking was a nightmare it really isn't as no access to the school due to weird road layouts.
Most people on the street don't drive, we are lucky to have fantastic public transport links.

Mr Golf moved onto the street about 3 years ago was very cautious with his parking for the first week - parked across the road where there are no houses. He soon realised that no one else in drove that also lived in his HMO (the end terrace)
He starts parking outside the house 🏠

Just before Xmas I noticed that Mr Golf had started parking across the road again - considering the storms and lack of bringing bins in (a whole thread of its own) my partner thought it may be due to the bins hitting his car.
Roll on Xmas holidays, we notice that Mr Golf drives up parks up, then walks off down the street. Over the next few days it becomes clear Mr Golf has moved, and is still parking on the street.
This is not my issue, there is plenty of space for the 14 or so cars, that generally live on the street (I am grateful it's not hell some streets in the area are a nightmare for parking)

Where it starts.

All week Mr Golf has parked up 7 -7.15am, got out one of them electric tyre pumps and pumped his tyres up. Not an issue I'm up at 6 in the week.

This morning however I am annoyed at being woken up at 7.03 by him pumping his tyres up!
I don't get it he has just parked up! He isn't going anywhere for hours!!! Why do it then? The neighbour has told me he has done it all week before driving off to where ever he goes 🤔 - she works from home.

So wise mums net what do I do? It's mother's day tomorrow. I don't want to be woken up for unnecessary tyre pumping 🙃 in my opinion.

So far we have the following suggestions!

1. Stick a polite note on his car and ask him to avoid pumpage tomorrow morning so I can have some peaceful 😴 past 7.15am! (Selfish I know)

1. Suck it up none of our business (leave the man to his newly found pumping desire 🛞 💕 )

1. Hotwire the car 🚗 and take it to have it's tyres fixed and leave him puzzled to why no pumpageis required (partner and sons most helpful suggestion)

1. Block him in so he can't go anywhere 🚗🏎🚗(the neighbours suggestion - she is extremely annoyed at being awoken by it all week - logs on at 10 - my kids don't disturb her 😴 She wants to know why he should) - have explained I don't want to intimidate Mr Golf as his parking isn't an issue ✔️ - it's the pumping at 7.am ish

YABU - Leave the man to pump to his little hearts 💕 🛞💞 desire.
YANBU - A note 📝 or some deep seated vengeance is needed 🚗🏎🚗

That's a great idea. Maybe let all of the air out of them every night so the pumping becomes too much of a task, Mr Golf might think the punctures are getting worse and finally get them fixed.

Sounds like he has a slow puncture. He's doing it outside of night-time hours of 11pm to 7am so I don't see an issue. Likely doing it at the same time each day so he doesn't forget. He's not to know which days you are up for work!

Sounds like a slow puncture - maybe he hasn’t got round to replacing it or is being tight. Very annoying. I’m an early bird but wouldn’t dream of making a noise outside at such an early hour

This. So do nothing, as you could just create a confrontational issue that could easily escalate. Maybe he is struggling for money to buy a new tyre. Could be another reason, but it is none of your business, he is not obliged to tell you.

I thought it was going to be a dogging thread, anyway maybe he needs a new tyre.

Gosh, really? Why? If somebody leaves you a polite and reasonable note explaining you’re causing them to lose sleep and be tired, why would you not be happy to accommodate their request, assuming you can?

He could have ordered tyres for today, sometimes the ones you want take a few days. If I discovered a slow puncture today it would likely be Friday after work when I would get a new tyre. Or he may be waiting on payday.

It wouldn't occur to me to do/say anything.

He probably has a slow puncture and can't afford a new tyre yet, or has ordered one but it hasn't arrived - sometimes it can take a few days for the right one to arrive and get fitted.

When I had a slow puncture and was waiting for a replacement, I was having to do this every couple of days and it was a right PITA. I wouldn't really have appreciated someone leaving me a note over something I had no control over.

Get yourself some earplugs and forget about him

I’d speak to him if I were the neighbour who is wfh. It’s so rude, he isn’t doing it at his own home so he doesn’t wake his own family or neighbours up.

@Kalevala
Again I do appreciate that specific tyres take time.

My note would be along the lines of Mr Golf, I appreciate you have a tyre issue at the moment, Would it be possible for you to not pump so early tomorrow morning so myself and the neighbours can get some rest, Thanks no..
PS OH, has offered to pump tyres to save you coming back. Pop the pressure on here if that's okay 👍

My OH gave him a jump a couple times when he first moved in.

To be fair if I see him I'll ask him - I just don't know when he will be back - and I have a Saturday to crack on with. Stalking Mr Golf sadly isn't on the list.

You have my sympathy. We have a neighbour who had an ongoing tyre problem and had a similarly noisy pump which he used multiple times a day including 7am every morning before taking his partner to work. It went on for weeks before the tyre was eventually sorted out. Not a lot we could do in our case as they had to go out at that time and the car was on their drive.

I think in your position I'd be going out to have a friendly chat with him and find out why he needs to pump his tyre up so often in a concerned, neighbourly kind of way. This might enable you to drop in the not pumping at 7.00am request if you know he's definitely not using the car at that time.

@ohtowinthelottery
He parks up 7- 7.15 in the morning then goes off for hours. The car used to be gone overnight when he lived here. I'm assuming he works nights.

Working nights makes sense, it sounds like he is just doing it when he finishes work, like someone who works days doing it at 6pm rather than 6am when they are getting ready for work.

I wouldn't call 7am very early, it's within daytime hours and people work all kinds of hours and days, weekends aren't that meaningful anymore.

Did he fall out with someone when he lived there? Is this his revenge?!

Does the nearby tyre place do flyers? Maybe he needs one put under his wipers.

'Pumping' is slang for farting in some parts of the UK - I was also confused by the thread title 😁

OP I could not get arsed about this at all.