Don't block the Driveway

[Syuryuken]

I remember nung nakatira pa ako sa parents ko, minsan late na uwi ko. There was one night na may Hyundai Atoz na nag park tapat ng drive way namin. Hindi ako makapasok and ayoko iwan yung pick up namin sa labas dahil bnew pa yun. I stood up on top of the car to get attention... wala!

then I banged the car baka may alarm at marinig ng may ari wala pala...

My pick up was a bnew isuzu fuego! why not use the power of isuzu... hehehe I grabbed a rope from our house and towed the car! haha! kahit naka hand brake siya at naka kambyo nahila pa din ng fuego! :D

Then afterwards i was removing the rope from the car lumabas yung may ari, naknang teteng babae pala early 20's at nag carolling daw sila 3 houses away from our house! ganda pa naman! :D hehehe naka santa's assistant outfit! langhya bigla ako nahiya sa ginawa ko... :D

Dapat biglang kambyo ka ng ganito "Miss hinila ng tow truck tsikot mo, binalik ko lang dito sa pinagparadahan mo."

[mbeige]

i started my 240d and revved hard hanggang sa solid carbon smoke na yung lumabas
.. aun smokescreen abot nya langhap carbon ng diesel engine ko:thatsit:..

That's what I do pag may nag tailgate dito sa amin, madalas may mag tailgate dito sa US eh. Biruin mo 5 lanes yung freeway papuntang LAX, kaming dalawa lang, tapos sa lahat ng pwesto, sa likod ko pa siya tumutok! Ayun, from 70mph tapak lang ako ng malakas sa pedal, umusok na ng konti tapos umatras siya. Di na dumikit sa buntot ko

Ilang linggo mo na ba di nadrive yung 240D?

[bratski]

may silbi narin pala ang tow truck hehehe, sa sobrang dalas ma tow ng mga trucks ko kakilala ko na mga tao sa impounding unit, ma contact nga sila in case may humarang sa driveway ko, in fairness naman sa neighborhood namin pag may nakaharang na sasakyan sa driveway ko tumatabi naman agad. Yung isang neighbor namin naglagay ng mga plants sa gilid ng bahay niya (corner lot kasi bahay niya) sa may kalsada na wala namang driveway(bangketa lang). yung driveway kasi nya nasa kabilang road. tapos guess what, pumaparada siya dun mismo sa driveway ng katabi ng bahay niya hehehe. buti nalang walang sasakyan kapitbahay niya. Ayaw niya maparadahan gilid na bahay niya kahit tapos siya kung saan saan pumaparada sa gate ng iba.

[intet24]

i do have the same problem.. ung place kc namen sa makati sobrang residential..

tapos.. ung katapat namen.. ilang families un, ung isa may fx, ung isa naman merong revo at 2 taxi.

ung fx at revo.. nakapark sa tapat namen.. sa kalsada lng.. so ung kalahati ng kalsada ng garahe namen, nahaharangan na nila. tapos, sa gilid (part na ng kalsada namen), pinaradahan ng isang taxi. pag madaling araw, dinodouble park nila ung isang taxi sa revo sa mismong gate ng driveway namen kya naharangan na ung garahe namen.

newbie pa lng ako sa pagdadrive and masikip ang garahe namen. eh parate ko naabutan ung taxi na nakapark dun sa gilid ng garahe namen.. one time napikon na ko.. talagang cnigawan ko na ung mga drivers nung taxi na alisin nila ung taxi nila dun dahil buong kalsada sinakop na nila. di na kc ako makabwelo. ang pagpark ko kc is paatras dahil sa revo na un.. tapos ang kabig ko is from the left ng parking namen atras para maipasok ung kotse. kso minsan nakaharang ung taxi kya hirap na hirap ako.

grabe tlgang mga kapitbahay. tapos hanggang ngaun ganun pa din ginagawa. wa epek ung pagsabi ko sa knila. grabe tlga.

ung taxi ba na un.. pde ko din ipatow?

[carlos]

Eto naman sa akin, may neighbor kami mahilig mag park sa tapat ng gate namin, white na Ford Lynx. Tuwing mag park, halos half ng gate is occupied. Naglagay ako ng note not to block the driveway.After a few minutes, lumabas yung byenan ng may-ari nung Ford Lynx. By the way, babae ang owner nung car. Tinanggal lang yung note ko, then balik na sa bahay nila.

The next thing i did was to put the same note, this time Rugby ginamit ko pandikit. Sa driver's window lang naman sa ka sa windshield to avoid damaging the paint. Then nakita ko katulong nila na lumabas para tanggalin yung note ko, di na nya matanggal. Ayung, tyaga sila sa pagtanggal. After that, di na pumarada ulit. Next time gawin uli, buong salamit na lagyan ko ng note, Rugby as the adhesive. Wrapped around.

[bbt]

The next thing i did was to put the same note, this time Rugby ginamit ko pandikit. Sa driver's window lang naman sa ka sa windshield to avoid damaging the paint. Then nakita ko katulong nila na lumabas para tanggalin yung note ko, di na nya matanggal. Ayung, tyaga sila sa pagtanggal. After that, di na pumarada ulit. Next time gawin uli, buong salamit na lagyan ko ng note, Rugby as the adhesive. Wrapped around.

hehe ok tong idea na to ah

[bratski]

mahirap makaaway kapitbahay, lalu na sa amin na maraming squatters sa dulo ng kalye, may one time nabuhusan na ng thinner ride ko. kung warfreak kapitbahay nyo the rugby idea might backfire kasi baka auto nyo naman tirahin as payback. Sa neighborhood namin left and right ng driveway ko may naka park, sa tapat puno din parking kaya pag aatras ako sa driveway talagang ingat dahil baka may masabitan ako kasi medyo malaki ride ko.

[n2knee]

What can you say about those people who park their car stupidly infront Of someone elses driveway ng walang paalam. And when you need to use your car you have to find where They are and ask them to move their car at sila pa masungit Ha. May nakakaaway kasi ako sa neighorhood namin ang dalas dalas kasi hinaharangan yung driveway ko minsan overnite magugulat ka nalang kinabukasan at maghahanap at magtatanong ka kung kanino yung nakaharang na kotse. Ilang beses nang pinagsabihan paulit ulit parin. Dahilan nila wala naraw kasi maparkingan at sila patong akala mo naabala dahil ginising pa namin. Di ko alam mga Tsikoteers pero ang sakin lang kasi driveway hindi dapat hinaharangan anytime diba what if in case of emergentcy you need to take your loveones to a hospital eh di yari Di Ba? Ako pa ang mayabang daw pag pinagsasabihan sila. di ko alam kung mga bobo sila O sadyang bobo lang talaga. Common sense lang naman diba?
Kayabangan ba talaga pag sinasabihan mo na wag ng ulitin magpark sa harap ng driveway at maghanap sila ng ibang haharangan nila.

ikaw ang tama dito bro. inconsiderate at rude pag nag park ka sa driveway ng iba. ewan ko pag nasaan ka pero dito sa states, pag pay nangharang sa driveway mo, tumawag ka na lang ng tow truck. hihilain nila yung kotseng nakaharang sa driveway mo at yung owner pa ng kotseng nahila ang magbabayad ng impound fees.

[n2knee]

lagyan mo ng pako ang tyres. or tapunan mo ng basura sa hood. ebak sa windshield. magsunog ka ng basura sa tabi ng car. brake fluid. talian mo ng pusa sa ilalim. or better lagyan mo ng patay na daga sa ilalim ng radiator para pag nabulok na yun e guess what kung ano malalanghap nya pag on ng aircon. or the best, itawag mo sa towing pa-tow mo. kahit na magbayad ka sa towing ok lang, basta naperwisyo mo din sya. kung ayaw mo gawin mga yan e punta ka na lang sa barangay mag-file ka ng complaint.

o kaya naman ikaw na lang mag-park na naka-harang sa driveway mo, ipasok mo na lang car pag gabi na.


pssst! bakit puro capital letters start ng mga words mo? ang hirap basahin!

halata na yan na sya ang gumawa. best revenge is to egg the car. lalo na pag nasa philippines yan kasi mainit. titigas yung itlog na basag sa pintura ng kotse. did somebody say they need a new paint job?

[n2knee]

Uy! I did that!
Our neighbor across the street is a well known modista for celebrities. The idiot built his (or is it her?) house without any parking space. TAPOS, get this. Ayaw niyang may customer na nagbabara sa garahe niya. So where do the customers park? In front of our house, which happened to be conveniently across the street. Technically speaking, his (her) customers don't block our garage entrance. However, yung mga customers niya all have monster mobiles --> Caravans, F150's, MB100's, etc. They don't fully block our driveway. Rather, they block 1/3 of it.. leaving enough space for 1 car to go through (our garage is a two car garage). Dati, I can go in and out of our garage in one pass. Now, kailangan kong umatras-abante-atras-abante a couple of times. And wala akong magawa. Sinugod ko na yung mga tao doon. Sabi nila, hindi naman nila binabara yung driveway...which is technically true.

Anyway, I did the next best thing. I placed dead rats, a dead cat and rotten fruit sa harap ng pader namin. Dati may isang customer who walked out of her car and stepped on the maggot infested cat. Hindi sila maka-reklamo sa akin. Pero tuloy pa rin yung annoying behaviour nila.

invest in eggs!!!!! eggs are your bestfriends in this kind of situation.

[n2knee]

Afterall these years, ang pinaghihimutok pala ng buchi ng mokong na yon is inggit. Kasi during his time (nauna kasi sila sa lugar namin) siya lang ang may sasakyan sa lugar namin.

typical pinoy mentality...tsk tsk tsk

[swordsman]

What can you say about those people who park their car stupidly infront Of someone elses driveway ng walang paalam.

Stupid, bobo, tarantado sila Or pwede rin people with soon-to-be-messed-up car

lagyan mo ng pako ang tyres. or tapunan mo ng basura sa hood. ebak sa windshield. magsunog ka ng basura sa tabi ng car. brake fluid. talian mo ng pusa sa ilalim. or better lagyan mo ng patay na daga sa ilalim ng radiator para pag nabulok na yun e guess what kung ano malalanghap nya pag on ng aircon. or the best, itawag mo sa towing pa-tow mo. kahit na magbayad ka sa towing ok lang, basta naperwisyo mo din sya. kung ayaw mo gawin mga yan e punta ka na lang sa barangay mag-file ka ng complaint.

o kaya naman ikaw na lang mag-park na naka-harang sa driveway mo, ipasok mo na lang car pag gabi na.

O kaya, gawin mo lahat ng suggestion na yan all at the same time para masaya! Handa mo na rin bolo mo o kaya ang 9mm mo, baka sugurin ka...alam mo naman mga bobong tao...

About the towing, i always wondered about that. How does that work in the sense na para hindi maging parang carjacking ang mangyayari? Unless of course, there's already an ordinance sa barangay against parking in front of driveway.

[carlos]

mahirap makaaway kapitbahay, lalu na sa amin na maraming squatters sa dulo ng kalye, may one time nabuhusan na ng thinner ride ko. kung warfreak kapitbahay nyo the rugby idea might backfire kasi baka auto nyo naman tirahin as payback. Sa neighborhood namin left and right ng driveway ko may naka park, sa tapat puno din parking kaya pag aatras ako sa driveway talagang ingat dahil baka may masabitan ako kasi medyo malaki ride ko.

Kasi right from the start, they knew they were blocking my driveway. Yung naka note naman was ."please dont block the driveway" (pakiusap na yun) and they ignored it. Then follow up note was, "paano kung may Emergency?" For sure if something was damaged to my car in retaliation to what i did, for sure sila ang No. 1 suspect ko. Then most likely sa barangay na lang kami magkita. I have taken some pictures of it showing na talagang nakaharang yung car. In the first place, hindi naman nakasira sa car paint because it was pasted on the windshield, no intention at all to damage theirs.Mabait pa nga ako dun. It will just be a lesson for them to remove my note with a lot of effort.

[mbeige]

That's why sometimes, if you *think* it's feasible, befriend your neighbors. In times of crisis (sunog, lindol, akyat-bahay, etc) a barangay watch is your best chance. I think this is the best solution to that problem.

Last Saturday nagkasunog sa amin, since apartment complex kami yung fire alarm tumunog at 3am gising pa ako nun buti na lang. Akala ko smoke detector lang so paypay ako, walang nangyari (nagmukha lang akong tanga) then I realized the other apartment alarms were going off, so I grabbed my phones and keys sabay takbo sa labas. I saw the huge fire. Lahat ng neighbors ko nagising, they were all frantic eh ako nakuha ko cell phone ko so tawag ako 911. May tumawag na pala, and one neighbor even asked me if I've already called 911 which I said yes. Less than 3 minutes 2 firetrucks arrived. Luckily, the fire was outside the complex, sa driveway. Akala ko yung first apartment ang nayari, mahirap yon dahil pwede magspread yung fire to the other apartments. I even took a pic of the fire, grabe ang init pala kahit ~15meters away ka pa. 6 trees burned down, 1 car parked on the visitor parking got damaged, and the management was very busy the two days after (weekend) testing the fire alarms.

Anyway sorry for the OT, just thought I'd share that bit of info to befriend your neighbors when you can. Mahirap ang may kaaway na kapitbahay. Kung panget ang lugar niyo, tiyaga na lang at lipat na kayo if you can.

Whenever I am in the garage (fixing, cleaning, etc) and some neighbors pass by I usually greet them whenever I can. You never know when you'll need their help, or they'll need yours. Sabi nga ng sister ko, buti pa ako kilala ko na yung mga tenants and which cars they have dahil madalas ako sa baba dati nung di pa ako busy.

[Horsepower]

that's true. Befriending your neighbors is best. In cases of emergency, you only have each other until help arrives.

[HardCharger]

This thread reminds me of a story a former driver of mine told me once.

There's this yokel who parked his sedan passenger side facing a gate that had a sign on it asking people not to block the driveway.

He left his car and went somewhere.

A couple of minutes later, the gate opens and out comes this bull barred Land Cruiser.

The driver looks at the sedan, backs up, revs, then t-bones the sedan.

Afterwards, he backs up again, the gates close and out he goes using another gate.

The yokel comes back a few minutes later and starts to drive away smiling not knowing about the surprise that's in store for him.

[Chip]

or you could be insidious and take down the plate and make

and saka mo galawin pag hindi nakapark sayo, para di ka mabintangan

[Emong3]

Mahirap din maging friend ang neighbor. Yung sa tapat namin naka chokaran ko na kaya hindi na nahihiya mag park sa tapat ng drive way namin.

though sa kabilang side siya nagpapark, di nya sinasampa sa bangketa, which is one of the policies ng village namin.

oh well kaya naman mag atras abente eh pag lalabas so i just let it pass...

ayoko naman gayahin siya kasi yung oto ko makinis, yung kanya FX na tlagang iiwasan mo pag nakatabi mo... hehehe :D

[Syuryuken]

Nakakahawa ba ang kalawang ng fx niya?

[Pong]

Ito naman po ang flipside ng "Don't block the driveway". Yes, it is your driveway. Pero por Dios, por santo, huwag niyo naman harangan pati yung dadaanang kalye ng publiko. Hintay lang kayo kapag nasabitan o kaladkarin kayo ng trak ng basura. **Taken at Sct. Gandia St. approaching 11th Jamboree St. in QC.**