Neighbour, driveway, taking the mikey, your opinion

Matt82 said:
Well I dont suffer physically or economically, thats obvious, but I suffer in the same way as you would if you were stopped at the traffic lights or near a bus stop and someone decides to help themselves to the back seat of your 530 just because you happen to be driving near to where they need to go and they want a lift.
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No, you really don't. Infact this is the most ridiculous analogy I could possibly think of. This is not a complete stranger. This is your next door neighbour. She does not soil your car or use your fuel. She simply reverses over a paved drive. Thats it.

Its not my job to make other people's lives easier
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Neither is it your job to make yourself and other peoples lives more difficult over something so utterly trivial that has absolutely nil effect on you.

If it was grass and she was damaging it - absolutely. It's not grass. It's a paved drive. You can't even tell she does it without actually witnessing it.

Just whats the big deal?
 
[TW]Fox;23619083 said:
No, you really don't. Infact this is the most ridiculous analogy I could possibly think of. This is not a complete stranger. This is your next door neighbour. She does not soil your car or use your fuel. She simply reverses over a paved drive. Thats it.
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If it was your neighbour, would they immediately be entitled to a free go in the back of your car?

What difference does knowing who they are (or not) make?
 
Matt82 said:
If it was your neighbour, would they immediately be entitled to a free go in the back of your car?
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Why do you think this is anything like driving over the corner of a paved half of a shared drive on the way out?

The only thing more bizarre than how bothered you are about this is the weird analogies you keep coming out with.
 
How bothered I am? I posted already to admit that i was being an arse and that my menstrual cycle has passed
Why do you think this is anything like driving over the corner of a paved half of a shared drive on the way out?
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Even though it is something completely incidental, if youre not entitled to it or invited to it, you have no place to take advantage, no matter if you know them or not, but i understand in my scenario it is a completely pointless matter because (as has been said) a good neighbour is worth their weight in gold
 
Matt82 said:
Video of somebody failing in the snow
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I can understand the frustration, its a proximity thing. Let's be honest with driving/parking like that I know I would be worried if she came within 50 feet of my car. That with the fact she has started using your garden as an extension of the shared driveway, I imagine could easily get annoying.

Problem is, put a low fence up and you will be forever repairing it after she mows it down every winter. Either way her garden has shrubs and a wall protecting "her space" and yours is open, it also sounds like when you suggested doing similar out front of yours she seemed to (if i've read this right) suggest that your front garden is part of the shared driveway.

I mean jesus that whole video is 5 minutes of somebody failing epically at parking on what is a pretty flat surface, it seems she is just flooring it everywhere and as a result is spinning up and getting no traction. I mean do people just lose all sense when it comes to snow? Serious question... On a summers day does this woman take off down the road like Senna, spinning it up and flooring it from the get go?
 
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Just install a wall/hedge - done.

I do see where you're coming from though, it IS annoying when people use your drive as an extension of their own to manoeuvre - they simply shouldn't need to.

However, asking strangers on the internet isn't going to solve the problem though. Either speak to your neighbour politely, install some kind of divide or just forget about it and move on.
 
Matt82 said:
if you were stopped at the traffic lights or near a bus stop and someone decides to help themselves to the back seat of your 530 just because you happen to be driving near to where they need to go and they want a lift.

Its not my job to make other people's lives easier, in the same way as it isnt your job to give someone at the bus stop a lift in your 530, but i doubt you would entertain that idea for a second.
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How is that even remotely analogous? ...it's a totally different scenario.

Anyway, that aside, instead of getting hung up on the 'why should you make her life easier' aspect of it all, why not ask yourself the question 'why shouldn't you?'

It's not as if she is conducting a Blitzkrieg across your drive now is it.
 
I've got to say this wouldn't bother me at all. It makes no difference to you if she drives over corner of your drive for a couple of seconds a day, it's not like she's parking her car there and blocking you in. It's like you've got some sort of primate territory issue going on :p
 
Matt82 said:
Someone just assuming the can benefit from someone else's facilities. What is so hard to understand about that?
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I would be pretty annoyed if it had some sort of negative effective, but this doesn't, shes probably on your bit of the drive for a few seconds and not doing any harm in any way.

It is your choice at the end of the day if you want to start a neighbor war please post commentary and videos on here. :p
 
Enough of any helpful comments as it's quite clear the the OP has made up his mind that he is personally being violated with each pass over of the neighbours car over his paving.

The real question is what does this women look like? Any pics guv? That should get the thread back on line.
 
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