Ever had a car reported to your city for scrap?

[Baldwinvette77]

  Sup, so to keep it short my charger and vette projects were both reported to my city to be scrapped by an anonymous party, if i dont i'll get fined for 100 grand ( this is my 2nd report), i've tried hiding the cars, but as soon as i bring them out on my driveway for more than five minutes i get another report from who the hell knows who.

so anyone else had any experiences like this, wherever you live? what did you do?

[Ghoste]

I've heard of it but never experienced it yet.  You're the first one I've heard of getting hassled in Ontario for it.

[JB400]

Clunker laws  They need to be dismissed.  Yes, I've had the same thing happen to me and my dad.  The city went on a binge about not having junk cars in town unless they're in a garage.  After moving them in and out of the garage a few times, we ended up moving them out at my uncle's place.

It's bad where I'm at.  You can't have race cars, boats, motorcycles, jet skis, or even kids' toys out in the yard without getting wrote up.  That's why I'm leaving the city limits, and so have at least 2,000 other people.  Property values outside the city have risen big time because of the city laws.

Plenty of houses in town for sale.

[myk]

Is this still goddamn America?

[EMF]

 Every time I take one of my chargers out to work on them for more than a day(in my driveway), I get a violation notice in the mail from the town building inspector. Violation states cars will be removed and sold for scrap with bill for towing charged to residence and/or lien put on property if vehicles are not removed. Building inspector comes by on a regular basis and checks for current registration on all vehicles parked on property(sad to know how our tax dollars are being spent). 

[Musicman]

Thats 

I'd be furious...

[ws23rt]

It's an Obamanation.
What is next?  How to dress out side our house?
Who are these people that spend their lives trying to get us all to be the same.
I know that there are some that don't like F8 green. But how would those that do react if it became illegal?

[Charger-Bodie]

Is this still goddamn America?

This instance was in Canada.

[ws23rt]

North America

[70 sublime]

You wont get much for the vet for scrap as it is mostly plastic
If you do get stuck and need to move stuff there is room around my place if you can not find someplace closer to home
They would just blend in here

[Baldwinvette77]

Clunker laws  They need to be dismissed.  Yes, I've had the same thing happen to me and my dad.  The city went on a binge about not having junk cars in town unless they're in a garage.  After moving them in and out of the garage a few times, we ended up moving them out at my uncle's place.

It's bad where I'm at.  You can't have race cars, boats, motorcycles, jet skis, or even kids' toys out in the yard without getting wrote up.  That's why I'm leaving the city limits, and so have at least 2,000 other people.  Property values outside the city have risen big time because of the city laws.

Plenty of houses in town for sale.

moving huh, possible, but depressing i actually love most of my neighbours and they all have supported me with my cars, they all help me push, and work on them and 5 of them offered their garages for storage, and i have taken up there offers out of desperation, but im hoping for a permanent solution.

my next temporary solution is swapping the vette for a neighbours durango, she doesnt seem to mind but i still hate bothering people  

[Baldwinvette77]

You wont get much for the vet for scrap as it is mostly plastic
If you do get stuck and need to move stuff there is room around my place if you can not find someplace closer to home
They would just blend in here

Thanks man  i knew you secrectly cared about the vette   

[Tilar]

Run for city council and get rid of that law.

[bull]

From my perspective, I don't think it's right for people to pile their crap outside for all to see, especially if it interferes or endangers those around them in neighborhoods. I've reported several people to cities, neighborhood associations, etc., for this. That said, I wouldn't have a problem with what Baldwinvette did but if five minutes turns into two weeks I definitely would because inevitably the driver cars have to be put someplace else to make way for the projects and that often means they get put where someone else wants to park.

A former neighbor of mine had a rental house that was being used to traffic drugs and (before I arrived) was used for prostitution. The renter living there when I was next door took stolen property in trade for drugs and the crap began piling up all over his lot. I warned the owner several times about what was going on and he basically gave me the finger. So I called the city and some guys showed up with a big truck and loaded it all. A little while later the owner got a cleanup bill for $3k. It was pretty comical listening to him come uncorked when he called me after that. But it still didn't stop so I started calling the city to stop the drugs and a few weeks later the DEA, ATF and city police showed up and hauled the renter away. Stupid owner was too dumb to understand that with certain drugs they'll board your house up for years and you won't be making a dime from rental fees... but you'll still be paying taxes and probably fines from the city.

Now there's a place about six houses away that's got so many cars piled in front of it they have to park their "extra" cars in front of my house. So because these idiots can't contain their mess they have to disrupt the people around them. That's BS, and I call the association every time it happens and the mess-makers get a phone call.

It's one thing to pile crap around your house if you have acreage and aren't disruptive to others but when you're in a crowded neighborhood people need to be practicing some common courtesy.

[Baldwinvette77]

all true, and cool story, but to add to my story, im not the only one with an at-home garage, a couple houses down from mine theres a guy with a junk fox body and 3 houses down from there a guy with an overly-loud subaru wrx, on the exact opposite side of the street theres a guy with 3 engineless mazda miatas. none of them were reported yet, so whats the deal with me? and im not the only one working on my cars, making noise or whatever anonymous has against me 

[hatersaurusrex]

My wife doesn't understand why I want to build outside the city, and why I will never own property that's part of a Homeowner's Association.  This thread sums up why nicely.

[Baldwinvette77]

lol 

[Daytona R/T SE]

 Sup, so to keep it short my charger and vette projects were both reported to my city to be scrapped by an anonymous party, if i dont i'll get fined for 100 grand ( this is my 2nd report), i've tried hiding the cars, but as soon as i bring them out on my driveway for more than five minutes i get another report from who the hell knows who.

so anyone else had any experiences like this, wherever you live? what did you do?

So, clear something up for me here...

Is this YOUR house that YOU own,

Or do you live with your parents?

[Baldwinvette77]

 Sup, so to keep it short my charger and vette projects were both reported to my city to be scrapped by an anonymous party, if i dont i'll get fined for 100 grand ( this is my 2nd report), i've tried hiding the cars, but as soon as i bring them out on my driveway for more than five minutes i get another report from who the hell knows who.

so anyone else had any experiences like this, wherever you live? what did you do?

So clear something up for me here...

Is this YOUR house that YOU own,

Or do you live with your parents?

Its my parants house, i just eat their food and steal their electricity when im not doing those 2 things to my neighbours house  

[Daytona R/T SE]

 Sup, so to keep it short my charger and vette projects were both reported to my city to be scrapped by an anonymous party, if i dont i'll get fined for 100 grand ( this is my 2nd report), i've tried hiding the cars, but as soon as i bring them out on my driveway for more than five minutes i get another report from who the hell knows who.

so anyone else had any experiences like this, wherever you live? what did you do?

So clear something up for me here...

Is this YOUR house that YOU own,

Or do you live with your parents?

Its my parants house, i just eat their food and steal there electricity when im not doing those 2 things to my neighbours house  

And...

All of this car activity...

Does it take place in front of the house where the whole world can see...

Or, is it like my house, where all of the car stuff happens in the backyard or in my

garage behind the house?

[Baldwinvette77]

happens in the garage... with the garage door open, not like it matters, everyones inside watching tv, sleeping or whatever non-car enthusiasts do with their spare time 

[JB400]

So, the cars pretty much stay in the garage.  But, when you open the garage, the city complains?

[Baldwinvette77]

not the city, somebody. theres plenty of "violators" on my street, but im the one thats being targeted, the city doesnt care if you have an unplated car on your driveway trust me, i had a cop come to my house directly and said if had a choice he'd just forget it since he loves my cars, but since someone reported it "action must take place" idunno   bottom line someone on my street needs a nice civil talk too  

[Daytona R/T SE]

happens in the garage... with the garage door open, not like it matters, everyones inside watching tv, sleeping or whatever non-car enthusiasts do with their spare time  

Well...

Apparently it matters to someone if they keep calling the law.

You're probably too visible where you are.

Of course, the spray painted "You Mad ?" on the side of the car, obviously directed

at the neighbors, ain't helping your cause one bit either.


Your parents are probably getting sick of the mess too, and are wondering when

you are going to move out and give them their garage back...  

[Baldwinvette77]

happens in the garage... with the garage door open, not like it matters, everyones inside watching tv, sleeping or whatever non-car enthusiasts do with their spare time 

Well...

Apparently it matters to someone if they keep calling the law.

You're probably too visible where you are.

Of course, the spray painted "You Mad ?" on the side of the car, obviously directed at the neighbors, ain't helping your cause one bit either.

Your parents are probably getting sick of the mess too, and are wondering when you are going to move out and give them their garage back...  

That wasnt me that was my evil twin!!!!, and actually my parents dont mind me taking up the garage, and my dad "wants to beat the living shit" out of the guy who reported me... actually some of the people on the street want to find him too... 

[polywideblock]

do you have freedom of information acts /laws in the US/Canada  ? over here if the local council gets a complaint and come knocking they have to tell you who made the complaint if you go to chambers and fill out "freedom of information " form normally takes about a week (enough time to have calmed down)

[Baldwinvette77]

do you have freedom of information acts /laws in the US/Canada  ? over here if the local council gets a complaint and come knocking they have to tell you who made the complaint if you go to chambers and fill out "freedom of information " form normally takes about a week (enough time to have calmed down)

i'll have to check into that (i knew i shouldnt have skipped highschool law class) but from just asking verbally i was told it was confidential  i guess they dont want me to set his house on fire or something 

[Daytona R/T SE]

Around here,

You don't have to be reported by a neighbor.

They have the "Code enforcement officer" whose job it is to drive around all day,

up and down the alleys, taking pictures and reporting everything he sees to his

bosses.


Grass too tall,

Garbage in the yard,

Cars in the yard, etc.


So...

I moved out of that town and took my tax money with me.

[Baldwinvette77]

Around here,

You don't have to be reported by a neighbor.

They have the "Code enforcement officer" whose job it is to drive around all day,

up and down the alleys, taking pictures and reporting everything he sees to his

bosses.


Grass too tall,

Garbage in the yard,

Cars in the yard, etc.


So...

I moved out of that town and took my tax money with me.

i'll think of something, giving in isnt an option 

[Mike DC]

              
Put a big sign in your front yard:


If I am forced to give up my cars because of anonymous complaints, then I might just paint the front of my house the loudest ugliest shade of purple I can find.  I might start letting my lawn grow 6 inches between every mowing.  I might put pink flamigos in the front yard.  Etc.

If you have a reasonable request in regards to my cars, tell me in person or a signed letter and I will try to accommodate.

[greenpigs]

OP, do you HAVE to open the garage door when you work on the cars?

I don't think you should have to hide to work on your cars, but if it keeps the heat off I would try that.

Or....sell the vette and use the money for a house\rental out in the sticks.

[bull]

I don't see how you're getting into trouble if the cars are staying inside the garage, door open or not. That is what you're telling us, right? That all you do is open the door when you work on them? They're not out on the driveway or street for days at a time?

[Baldwinvette77]

I don't see how you're getting into trouble if the cars are staying inside the garage, door open or not. That is what you're telling us, right? That all you do is open the door when you work on them? They're not out on the driveway or street for days at a time?

my first complaint was for having the charger on my driveway for about a month, it was covered though, 2nd complaint which was about 3 weeks ago was mainly about having the vette on the driveway for like 12 hours but it was covered too apparently you arent supposed to cover up cars with expired plates (or no plates) at least thats what the officer told me, but he never said what the actual complaint was

[Cooter]

i'll have to check into that (i knew i shouldnt have skipped highschool law class) but from just asking verbally i was told it was confidential   i guess they dont want me to set his house on fire or something  

Had this same thing happen to me when I Lived in the city.  you can find out VERY easily who reported you. All that is needed is an outside party. Someone they do not know knows you. As soon as you find out, make that do gooder mutha's life a living hell.
People like this seem to have an over abundance of flattened tires, egg'd houses, broken windows, dead pets, etc. Just watch for cameras. It's usually the guy with all the Video equipment as it's needed to protect his stuff. People WILL get you if you infringe where you aren't wanted/needed. So I find these types have ALOT of video cameras.

Come to find out, it was the guy down the street who used to come up and BS with me while he watched me work on the car!?! (Jealous I guess?)
Couldn't believe it. The whole time he was doing recon. I wondered why he would look around inside like he was looking for something, but figured he just didn't know much bout cars and was curious. WATCH who walks by in the street. Also, take notice of who comes by and "Hangs out" while you are working.
Once you have him/her's number, use your head and pay them back in the same sneaky, BS, underhanded manner they did you.

[Baldwinvette77]

i'll have to check into that (i knew i shouldnt have skipped highschool law class) but from just asking verbally i was told it was confidential   i guess they dont want me to set his house on fire or something  

Had this same thing happen to me when I Lived in the city.  you can find out VERY easily who reported you. All that is needed is an outside party. Someone they do not know knows you. As soon as you find out, make that do gooder mutha's life a living hell.
People like this seem to have an over abundance of flattened tires, egg'd houses, broken windows, dead pets, etc. Just watch for cameras.

Come to find out, it was the guy down the street who used to come up and BS with me while he watched me work on the car!?!
Couldn't believe it. The whole time he was doing recon. I wondered why he would look around inside like he was looking for something, but figured he just didn't know much bout cars and was curious. WATCH who walks by in the street. Also, take notice of who comes by and "Hangs out" while you are working.
Once you have him/her's number, use your head and pay them back in the same sneaky, BS, underhanded manner they did you.

God i love the way you think!  

need to try this  

Hmmm the only strange behavior i can think of is dude down the street with a subaru wrx he always takes the long way home by passing by my house when can go just straight home.

[70 sublime]

I think you may have shot yourself in the foot on this one
Just following some of the things you have said and done with car stuff on your street did not really help
The fact that there are other cars that are as guilty as you and they have had no trouble says something

What ever you do remember that this is your parents place and they have to live there too
Hopefully someday you will get your own place with a nice big yard and shop to play in

When we do not see much happening with the Charger in your thread does that mean you are working on the Vette
With space being a problem I think I would find storage for one car someplace else (or just sell the Vette )

[Baldwinvette77]

nah only thing i did to the vette was mount the rear bumper, currently in florida spending time with family etc. would love to be home working on the charger, found a bunch of parts for it while im here, but damn it im suffering from withdrawal   if i dont weld something to something else soon i think im going lose what little sanity i had from the beginning  
and yeah i may have to sell the vette unfortunately, i just cant think of anyone who would want one as a project  

[rt green]

where I live they post daily police reports. where the police have responded. I and others in the neighborhood parked campers in an unfinished street. one neighbor complained about it. I'm not going to get into what he was doing wrong with his boat trailer, but what I did was looked it up on the net and saw what day and what address and what time the police responded to the complaint.  while you are plotting your revenge, sell your cars to a buddy to make it legal and find some place to put them till you can figure out what you are going to do.    my 2 cents

[Mike DC]

 

Being serious for a moment,

IMHO some simple steps can go a long way towards neighborhood peace.  Don't leave cars out & apart overnight or when you are gone from sunrise to sunset.   Keep them behind a garage door.  If they cannot be out of sight then keep them with the hood shut, under a cover, sitting on 4 fully inflated tires, etc.  The closer it looks to running the better off you will be. 

Remember that most people aren't car guys.  Show a primered low-rust '69 R/T to most people, and they don't see much difference from a raggedy bondo-buggy '79 Chevy Nova.  They just see a decades-old car in primer.

[Baldwinvette77]

Being serious for a moment,

IMHO some simple steps can go a long way towards neighborhood peace.  Don't leave cars out & apart overnight or when you are gone from sunrise to sunset.   Keep them behind a garage door.  If they cannot be out of sight then keep them with the hood shut, under a cover, sitting on 4 fully inflated tires, etc.  The closer it looks to running the better off you will be. 

Remember that most people aren't car guys.  Show a primered low-rust '69 R/T to most people, and they don't see much difference from a raggedy bondo-buggy '79 Chevy Nova.  They just see a decades-old car in primer.

i know what you mean, but they're are also people who look at a 1000 point hemi car and think "old jalopy" i know, its shocking. after thinking about it, i think i know who may be reporting it and theres no helping it, after talking to "his" neighbour i found out the dude with the subabru wrx hates musclecars with a passion, taking that into consideration, and the fact he often drives by my house and going out of his way to do so, i really dont think anything will change his opinion about my cars, ill just have to get them legal.... and make them far, far faster and louder than his car 

[Cooter]

Or......
You can do like a friend did and stick some weed in his ride and call the cops about a drug dealer in the hood.
Therr's a million different ways to pay back douches like this.

Of course, you look for cameras and do not get caught.lol.

[Baldwinvette77]

Or......
You can do like a friend did and stick some weed in his ride and call the cops about a drug dealer in the hood.
Therr's a million different ways to pay back douches like this.

Of course, you look for cameras and do not get caught.lol.

actually if hes a self-proclaimed tunercar enthusiast he likely already has weed in his car, theres half my job done 

[Old Moparz]

I've been down this same route dealing with complaints from nosy a-holes who have nothing better to do when I had lived in a densely populated suburb. The favorite past time of these a-holes, was edging their lawn & trying to make it greener than green & hoping to get it on the cover of Better Homes & Gardens. At least 3 or 4 different occasions I received a letter from the town about a car, but only once was the complaint legit when I parted a car & let it sit as a shell for a few weeks in the driveway.

Live & learn.

What I mean is, research the law to find out EXACTLY what it is that you're allowed, or not allowed to do in your area, neighborhood, or zoning. Don't just ask your cousin's uncle's best friend's sister, who once made a photo copy at the building department & overheard the code enforcement officer order lunch. You need to know the law before you say or do something stupid & make it worse for yourself. Once you piss off someone that works in the town, they will go out of their way to make things more miserable. That's the way politics & people are so get used to it.

It may only take a simple act to bring the cars within the law so the complaint becomes invalid. If what you say is true about the officer who showed up to serve you the summons, that he didn't like doing it, then if you abide by the law he won't show up & will tell the person complaining that there is no code violation. The town I had lived in had a simple law at the time regarding unregistered vehicles being kept on the property. You couldn't, but it didn't cover repairing them. Instead of looking for a new place to store my car & then pay to move it & rent, I did the cheaper thing & registered the vehicle with cheap collector's insurance.

If you decide to stand your ground & be stubborn, even if you're right, then expect things to remain the same & have fun dealing with the aggravation & stress.

[greenpigs]

If you turn up the heat so will the person rating you out...it is almost a given.

Like the Old Guy said, make sure you know what you can & can't do or the police Will!

[Brock Lee]

My town is very strict about this. I have the freedom to move if it bothers me. So, I store cars in storage units. Around here a car sized unit runs about $80 a month. They give price breaks on multiple units.

[myk]

Wow, $80?  I wish I had that available to me here in SD...

[Baldwinvette77]

yeah, i think its best to just ignore him after all, unfortunately a neighbour totaled his car, and has to use a suv stored in his garage, he offered me to store a car in there, so.. yeah, the saga continues 

[Cooter]

yeah, i think its best to just ignore him after all, unfortunately a neighbour totaled his car, and has to use a suv stored in his garage, he offered me to store a car in there, so.. yeah, the saga continues 

Well, there 'ya go. Problem solved. Now, get that beast running, catch him out one night,  and blow his ass right off the road.

[chargerman69]

We had it happin at our farm before

[MaximRecoil]

I wouldn't want to live in a town populated by, or especially, governed by, busybodies.

[ws23rt]

I wouldn't want to live in a town populated by, or especially, governed by, busybodies.

[flyinlow]

I've been down this same route dealing with complaints from nosy a-holes who have nothing better to do when I had lived in a densely populated suburb. The favorite past time of these a-holes, was edging their lawn & trying to make it greener than green & hoping to get it on the cover of Better Homes & Gardens. At least 3 or 4 different occasions I received a letter from the town about a car, but only once was the complaint legit when I parted a car & let it sit as a shell for a few weeks in the driveway.

Drive by Round Up spray?

[JB400]

Just fill up a cup with it and throw it in the yard late at night.  Don't leave the cup.

[Wicked72]

i hate dealing with that crap... its your house do what you want imo. like my neighbor for example.... i didnt care he parked his van partly in his yard, i have a hoa btw some how he gets away with this for 2 years while inching it closer INTO MY YARD!! now i have a problem so i decided to throw a tow strap around his rear axle and towed the pos into the middle of the street and left it there right in the damn way of everyone...including the hoa pres. thats how i made a statment. he moved it back into his yard, less into mine and then got his notice, moved it into his driveway. however there the damn thing sits in his yard again .... waiting to work its way back into mine.... next time hes not getting it back in one piece and if those pieces come back ill just park all my cars in his front lawn.  now if i park my boat in my driveway or next to my garage then 2 weeks later i get a notice.... we have to keep them in this stupid lot on the shit side of our development and pay for it.... cant wait for the housing market to come up a tiny bit and find a a place to live without this bs.... besides i got twins and if they are like me then they will have a couple cars a piece once they are older and it wont fly here...

[bull]

I wouldn't want to live in a town populated by, or especially, governed by, busybodies.

Define busybody. Someone who worries about trivial matters or someone who doesn't want to see his/her neighborhood turned into a cesspool? If it's the former what would you call the latter?

[ws23rt]

I wouldn't want to live in a town populated by, or especially, governed by, busybodies.

Define busybody. Someone who worries about trivial matters or someone who doesn't want to see his/her neighborhood turned into a cesspool? If it's the former what would you call the latter?

My response to Maxim followed some hair pulling on my part and was a knee jerk reaction.  I can see him as being a busybody.
I will leave it to him to describe what a busybody is. If I were to do so he would land with both feet and there would be no end.

As for common courtesy to those around us we have an obligation to be decent and if that concept is foreign to someone I see city or county intervention as the way to handle it. 

[Cooter]

Well, for all those thinking they might move into the country to get around this ad I did, is the po-po.t ain't no better.
I got a neighbor that tinkers with cars. I think he just has a hangout for all his car buddys. No problem, I do the dame.
However, for about 6months, he decides he'd fire up this 80's monte carlo drag car and rev the hell out of plus burnouts in front of his house for all his little buddies. Normally I would'nt have a problem with this the first 20 or so times, but it got old.
Thing is, I like to "test drive"some of my junk that may not have all the correct papers yet and this guy is just calling the law down here.

A couple weeks ago I'm headed to work one morning and I notice I have new neighbor on the other side of this guy with all kinds of John Deere yard ornaments and such, with three older Ford trucks in his yard....
Been there for at least a year, but..
What do I see sitting in his drive on that morning??? Two State Police cruisers. yep, dude Is the po-po..

I haven't heard or seen that Monte Carlo for at least 3 months...oh, and forget about leash laws..I have at least 6big ole Marmeduke lookin dogs that constantly piss on my wheels. Numerous cats as well.
.

[451-74Charger]

I hd a parts car dropped at my house, on the drive. 2 days later it was gone on a flatbed, the next morning, I got the letter from the city.
I called them up and luckily the guy knew me (been reported so many times, we are on first name terms). He told me it was yet another anonymous report from a neighbor and he if I wanted to do that, next time, call the city in advace so they could give permission, so there were no complaints.
Im guessing, if I called them, they'd be round same day to fine me.

[Nwcharger]

I had a neighbor complain about project cars once. Had the police show up and start checking vins like I was running a chop shop or something. They where telling how bad I was for having so many cars. Made me mad. I ended up registering 12 cars and parking all of them on the public street in front of all my neighbors homes for almost a year. Really pissed them off but there wasn't anything they could do. All I had to do was move them 10 feet every 48hours. That's the law around here. I haven't got a complaint since. That's why I made sure when I bought my house it wasn't in an hoa neighborhood. Sure wish I had a 40x60 shop in my backyard.