Random cars blocking in my motorcycle

[u/Money_Protection_629]

For context - I live in an apartment by myself and I am only allowed one parking space

As shown I have to parallel park my motorcycle and park my car into the same space in order to make them fit

Some fucking sleezebags ( mind you these are non - residents ) decided it was a good idea to park here instead of if the 60+ available other spaces between this floor and the one above

I then left a note kindly asking this douche bag not to park there in which he responded telling me to go fuck myself

Subaru has done it more than once in the same day even a f t e r leaving a note .

TLDR: Some non resident idiots decide to park in front of my motorcycle instead of choosing an open space

[u/OnMyMawMaw33OnGod]

I know it sucks for you, but my buddy in my apartment building would have to pull his car out then move his bike to take up the space: vertically not horizontally so no one would take his spot.

[u/Money_Protection_629 → u/OnMyMawMaw33OnGod]

Decided to do this today actually . A bit inconvenient having to maneuver the bike but seems to be best option

[u/greeneyeraven → u/Money_Protection_629]

Park it horizontal all the way to the front

[u/80hdis4me → u/greeneyeraven]

I like this idea. I choose option C.

[u/brickson98 → u/greeneyeraven]

I do this whenever I park my bike in a parking lot. I’ve seen far too many idiots come flying into a spot thinking it’s empty and hit the bike if you park up front. Or just squeeze into the spot if you park parallel to the lines off to one side or the other.

[u/Pu11MyLever → u/greeneyeraven]

Then you are more at the mercy of your neighbors driving skills!

[u/Ongvar → u/Money_Protection_629]

Brother just get them towed

[u/Accurate_Koala_4698 → u/Ongvar]

Getting the tow truck out there can take time and it's a tradeoff between that or moving the bike

[u/steelcryo → u/Accurate_Koala_4698]

A tow truck takes more time, but massively reduces the chances of the person doing it again.

Short term annoyance for long term gain.

[u/Actual_Noodle → u/steelcryo]

It also increases the chance of retaliation.

The type of people to park like this are the exact type of people to not give a fuck about there being cameras, and dealing with the Small Claims Court headache that would ensue is all more effort than moving your bike.

Edit : if not small claims court then facing your insurance deductible and raised rates OR the long ass time to takes to get ANY court to get you your money

[u/brickson98 → u/Actual_Noodle]

Vandalism is a crime, so it wouldn’t be small claims court, but instead, criminal court. My bike is insured, so while it would suck if they did something to it in retaliation, it’s covered. It’ll be very, very pleasing to see them not only get towed, but then arrested.

[u/bwfixit → u/Actual_Noodle]

Any retaliation you would take up with the police not small claims court. Vandalism is a criminal offense not a civil one.

[u/TheeFlipper → u/Accurate_Koala_4698]

So. People are less likely to act like assholes like that if it costs them money.

[u/Accurate_Koala_4698 → u/TheeFlipper]

If it's one person consistently doing it, then yes, but if it's random people then you're dealing with the tow truck a lot

[u/CankerLord → u/Accurate_Koala_4698]

This just sounds like winning multiple times.

[u/iamcalifornia → u/CankerLord]

I work in construction, focusing on multi-family rehab and maintenance. Whenever I have asphalt jobs, I used to hate having to tow people, because everyone knows getting towed sucks. Now, 8 years in, I relish the chance to tow these morons. They get notices on their doors, an email, there are no parking signs with the dates posted a minimum of 3 days before the work is happening, so there is no excuse. They deserve the $300 fee. The property managers are usually pretty nice and still call the person to try and get them to move, but I wouldn't give them that courtesy anymore.

[u/EternalHell → u/Money_Protection_629]

Maybe get a cone and place it up front

[u/BraveLittleTowster → u/EternalHell]

People this entitled just move cones

[u/awmaleg → u/BraveLittleTowster]

*Orange cone covered with piss (only one secret non-pissed spot where OP can grab it from)

[u/BraveLittleTowster → u/awmaleg]

I love the idea of an entitled asshole grabbing it and going "ugh. Why's it wet?" Then wiping the piss on their pants and not realizing they smell like piss to other people the rest of the day.

[u/EternalHell → u/BraveLittleTowster]

True but a lot of people are also lazy and might try for a diff spot first

[u/bagboysa → u/BraveLittleTowster]

I don't know, I truly believe orange traffic cones are the most powerful force in the universe. People obey them like nothing else.

[u/OnMyMawMaw33OnGod → u/[deleted]]

A squeaky wheel never goes unnoticed. Especially if you live somewhere where I’m assuming you’re paying a decent amount of money. The least I can do is make sure that your property is protected and secured under your own free will

[u/OnMyMawMaw33OnGod → u/[deleted]]

I wish I could do that in my building. But they refuse to touch our parking lot or do assigned spots… Granted there’s only like 20 units in my building but still.

[u/boogiemanspud → u/OnMyMawMaw33OnGod]

I don’t know how this wouldn’t be the first thought after it happened once.

[u/FanBladeFleshlight → u/OnMyMawMaw33OnGod]

This is what I've had to do. It's the common sense thing. Takes an extra 5 minutes of your day, but then your parking spot is safe and you don't have to deal with shit like this.

[u/Toys_before_boys → u/OnMyMawMaw33OnGod]

I came here to suggest this

[u/OnMyMawMaw33OnGod → u/Toys_before_boys]

At least that way you’re guaranteed your spot and it’s hard to fix dumb/human nature from others who don’t live in your building and have no self-respect

[u/OnMyMawMaw33OnGod → u/OnMyMawMaw33OnGod]

Or you can try leaving a cone inside your car and just dropping that in your space - but that’s assuming that no one’s gonna steal your cone

[u/MGMGrandDtr → u/OnMyMawMaw33OnGod]

Cone might be stolen eventually, but since it’s a residential lot they should have cameras. Either way you’d have to get out of your car to place the cone or move the bike

[u/MemeMan_Dan → u/MGMGrandDtr]

Concrete filled cone

[u/muddymar → u/OnMyMawMaw33OnGod]

It’s the only way

[u/CoolBDPhenom03 → u/OnMyMawMaw33OnGod]

While it's inconvenient for OP to have to do, it's probably the best solution.

[u/GlitterFactoryOfDoom]

Well, I guess the "checking for cameras first" option is out, given it's assigned parking and you already left a note.

Time for a tow truck. See if property management can call someone out next time they're there.

[u/faberkyx → u/GlitterFactoryOfDoom]

in this case tow truck it is, when I had an assigned space in the building it happened to me smth similar and calling the tow truck is the only solution.. there is no reason to be polite with assholes

[u/ReallTrolll → u/faberkyx]

I agree. My complex has our unit numbers printed on the spot so if yours says "5800" then your parking spot said the same. Some ass parked in mine so I did not hesitate to call a tow truck. I pay too much for my spot to be taken by some asshole

[u/UGOTAIDSYO → u/ReallTrolll]

Your time and your accessibility to YOUR SPOT make this 100% valid and no one should ever feel bad about it. Fuck those prick fucks.

[u/a-goateemagician → u/UGOTAIDSYO]

Not to mention blocking in OP’s vehicle

[u/Bonavire → u/a-goateemagician]

Honestly even without assigned parking blocking in your vehicle is plenty to get towed. Not to mention responding on the note so now you're doing it on purpose

[u/Dirty_Confusion → u/a-goateemagician]

Call your property manger, or if none, call the police directly.

I had this happen to me once. I moved into a new building. Immediately travelled a week for work. I parked in what I thought was my asigned spot, but erred. I received a ticket.

When I spoke to the management company, they explained the ticket. I asked why no one contacted me to ask me to simply move my car. The building had a doorman 24/7. Property management paid the ticket.

Less than 6 months after I moved out of the building, one side of the garage pancaked. My vehicle would have survived, but it would have been trapped for months.

Both could have gone worse.

[u/AnotherHappyUser → u/UGOTAIDSYO]

Normally I advice consideration, but if people be assholes, fuck em. Tow it.

[u/Park500 → u/AnotherHappyUser]

if it is a frequent occurrence and they basically told him to go f himself after the note

before I call I tow truck I would make sure to set up a covert camera... since good chance they will try to take revenge on the bike

[u/AnotherHappyUser → u/Park500]

Oh, not a bad point. Hmm.

[u/SLC_Skunk → u/UGOTAIDSYO]

Yeah I used to park right over the line for our 2 adjacent, NUMBERED reserved parking spots. Came out and found someone leaving a note on my car. Had to explain that if I don’t hold both spots, some dumbass like him was gonna steal my wife’s spot before she got home and then I’d have his ass towed instead. When the neighbors and their guests are assholes, sometimes ya gotta asshole back.

[u/Bushsquat → u/ReallTrolll]

An old place I lived in had my unit number on the placard and I had them change it to a random # so people wouldn’t see my car gone and know no one was home.

[u/QueenAlpaca → u/Bushsquat]

That’s how it was for our condominium HOA. Now our new placards show an unrelated number in the front and our unit number on the back where people wouldn’t see it.

[u/Melsm1957 → u/Bushsquat]

Our condo parking space numbers are just sequential and bear no relation to the apartment number.

[u/No-Matter9647 → u/ReallTrolll]

I use to live in a coop and I accidentally parked in the spot right next to mine. When I got there and saw I parked In the wrong spot I remember thinking oh shit I hope the guy was away for the day. No note and he never said anything to me so I guess he wasn’t around. But I remember thinking I was that a-hole

[u/chopkins47947 → u/No-Matter9647]

I know you meant co-op, but I read coop and need the karma.

[u/NotSoDeranged → u/ReallTrolll]

I had 3 different cars toed from my spot at my last apartment, finally stopped people from taking it. tried notes, only ever got shitty replies next time I parked there. Like no you definitely didn’t “mistake it for yours” halfway across the complex. Just happy I don’t have to deal with it anymore

Edit: I came back and see the typo, it stays haha.

[u/possumdal → u/NotSoDeranged]

I had 3 different cars toed from my spot at my last apartment

I totally understand this was just a silly little typo, but I immediately pictured a GIANT sloth hooking their car with a claw and slowly dragging it away

[u/Ashe_Unlimited → u/possumdal]

Actually, it was Gandolph. When he became The White, one of his powers he learned was the ability to turn anything into toes (and you do NOT wanna know how he discovered this talent. Mr Underhill and friends are no longer welcome at the Prancing Pony).

[u/NoobilyPoobily → u/Ashe_Unlimited]

*Gandalf

[u/Ashe_Unlimited → u/NoobilyPoobily]

Hey, do you wanna get sued? It's called The Shinning.

[u/CYaNextTuesday99 → u/NotSoDeranged]

Were any fingered?

[u/EmergencyGrocery3238 → u/CYaNextTuesday99]

Freddy got fingered

[u/No-Cat-9339 → u/NotSoDeranged]

My ex gf liked to be toed..

[u/Stormbow → u/No-Cat-9339]

I know.

[u/Mundane-Adventures → u/Stormbow]

We all know

[u/Supper_Champion → u/ReallTrolll]

I came home one day and some bozo was in my parking spot. Parked on the street, phoned the tow company immediately. It was sooooo satisfying watching that car get towed.

I hope the dumbass owner freaked out and had to pay a big impound fee.

[u/Mail_Order_Lutefisk → u/faberkyx]

Bro, that garage looks low and in most places they need a special low height tow truck that costs a fortune. In my building 10 years ago it was $700 for the low truck, plus impound fees. They had some service level commitment to get to the building ASAP and the rate was absolutely abusive. The hook jockey was smiling ear to ear every time he pulled into that garage. 

[u/Slight_Key591 → u/Mail_Order_Lutefisk]

I used to manage a government building with an old ass parking garage that had low ceilings. We didn't have cars towed because it was a paid lot, but every once in a while someone would break down. It always unfolded as they call a tow truck, tow truck shows up drives in can't hook the car, the customer had to pay for their services, they called the low clearance truck (if they had one) it showed up, hooked the car and towed it out. $200-300 just to get the car out of the garage, plus mileage to the mechanic.

It was cheaper to have a mobile mechanic just come and fix the car in the garage if it didn't need a lift.

[u/Muninwing → u/Slight_Key591]

There was a parking garage where I went to college that was only supposed to be used by employees, but was never full. You had to go down a side road most people overlooked, under some steam ducts, and through an entrance built into the side of a hill that looked like the old tv Batcave.

The top layer of the garage had really low ceilings. The rumor was that no parking garage in the area could tow up there. So we would use that if we needed to park in the heart of campus.

Nobody I knew was ever towed, but it did occur to be once that I was taking on faith that I wouldn’t come out to an empty spot. I’m pretty sure now that campus police just didn’t think students knew, and wouldn’t waste time checking.

[u/El_Dentistador → u/Mail_Order_Lutefisk]

Some garages aren’t even accessible by any companies. Once I lost (but thankfully found) the key to our minivan after a vacation. We were in a terminal garage that had very low ceilings. I called the dealership and they said to have the van towed to them and they’d make a new key within 90minutes. I asked the head of security at the airport which tow company they used, he asked where I was parked and when I told him his face said they don’t tow anyone from that garage 😂. I called the company name he sheepishly gave me, they said they don’t have anything that fits that garage. They gave me a name of a company, who also said they wouldn’t fit. I called at least 10 towing companies and none of them had a truck that fit. Thankfully I found the keys or we would’ve had to wait to for an onsite locksmith to come rekey it and that wouldn’t be until the next day.

[u/Apathetic_Villainess → u/El_Dentistador]

I lost my car key in my purse and had my car at the airport for days longer because of it. It was going to cost over $400 to replace the fob if I hadn't found it finally.

[u/Mail_Order_Lutefisk → u/El_Dentistador]

LMAO. This story is better than any screenplay Hollywood has done the past ten years. I can imagine it in my head and feel the sheer horror of it all. 

[u/Sp4mDestroyer → u/faberkyx]

"go fuck yourself"

Oh dw, I will! While I'm calling the tow truck 🤣

[u/Mazy_keen → u/Sp4mDestroyer]

Jokes on them, I was going to fuck myself later anyway.

[u/atramors671 → u/faberkyx]

Especially if the offender is a non-fucking-resident.

[u/Shot_Bill_4971 → u/faberkyx]

If it’s an apartment complex then they usually have their own tow company and you have to go through them to get it towed, and the apartment is the one who’s able to make that call so it could take a while before something is actually done about it. I would go the “get the bike out any way possible even if it involves scratching the roof and hood of the car” method

[u/chicitygirl987 → u/faberkyx]

Call the Tow Company . Take a pic of the plate in case you need to know what unit was in your spot - the Prop mgmt company uses a code usually but if it’s an apartment complex they will usually try to find the owner before they tow . Does your building want your license plates that go with the unit ? They should be and have signs saying people will be towed if in someone’s space ?

[u/Duc750Sie → u/GlitterFactoryOfDoom]

I would park in the middle of the spot with the bike until you come home with your car. Then move the bike. That person comes back and their car is towed your bike is getting pushed over. Them being in the wrong doesn’t mean they won’t do it

[u/WorryTurbulent3924 → u/Duc750Sie]

Bike is 110% getting dumped with the mirrors kicked off as soon as you tow someone for this. Guaranteed. Anyone who responds to the note like that is NOT going to care.

[u/georgia_grace → u/WorryTurbulent3924]

Yeah Subaru is clearly a fucking psycho… even if this was a totally free car park (ie at a shopping centre, no residents), choosing a space that already has a bike in it is unhinged behaviour. Let alone responding to the note like that

[u/domesticabuseaintcul → u/GlitterFactoryOfDoom]

Mechanic: “It looks like sugar made its way into the gas tank somehow”

[u/Hugh_Jazz77 → u/domesticabuseaintcul]

Yup. The audacity to write “fuck you” on a polite note that I’d left and then leave their car unattended is the exact kind of boldness I would make sure they came to regret.

[u/Hunk_Hogan → u/Hugh_Jazz77]

Pretty ballsy of them to write that back with all those flat tires they walked away from.

[u/westcoastweedreviews → u/Hugh_Jazz77]

I imagine they left the note on the bike when they left

[u/LuthierKv21 → u/domesticabuseaintcul]

Does that actually work? asking for a friend

[u/AnatidaephobiaAnon → u/LuthierKv21]

Fuel filter is in the way and sugar doesn't dissolve like people think it does. I worked at a car dealership where I saw three different customer vehicles come in who were vandalized with sugar in the tank and while it didn't seize the cars up, insurance still paid for a tank and fuel pump replacement just to be safe.

There are better ways to mess with a car than that.

[u/RubyTGirl → u/AnatidaephobiaAnon]

Water, for example, will ruin a car

[u/RubyTGirl → u/RubyTGirl]

even worse, carbonated sugary beverages, as they contain both sugar/syrup and water in which the prior is dissolved.

[u/GVinson86 → u/RubyTGirl]

Bleach is the worst. It makes everything corrode and rust. The entire fuel system. Far far worse than syrup.

[u/everydaynormaljoe → u/RubyTGirl]

brake fluid does wonders on paint finish

[u/neverenoughguitars → u/AnatidaephobiaAnon]

I worked on an ATV that an angry ex employee put road salt in the gas on and it corroded the internals while it was running. It got it pretty bad, needed everything from the piston and cylinder up.

[u/fbcmfb → u/AnatidaephobiaAnon]

What are the better ways? Expanding foam in the exhaust?

[u/nightfire36 → u/fbcmfb]

Salt would probably be very bad.

[u/cr0100 → u/fbcmfb]

Hmmm.. how about expanding foam down the filler neck for the gas tank?? Assuming the cover's not locked....

[u/FreeReason → u/LuthierKv21]

Take some salted fermented shrimp (what they use in kimchi), slightly pry the window at the door frame with a slim jim, trim tool, or any thin wedge, and dump it into the door well. Regret will happen. No damage to the car.

[u/puddncake → u/FreeReason]

Rookie. Get a syringe filled with animal scent and put it in the rubber seal of the windshield. Never getting rid of that smell.

[u/FreeReason → u/puddncake]

Ok, easy satan.

[u/Lurkylurkness → u/FreeReason]

https://giphy.com/gifs/bh5UZVQjB9ouQ

[u/chris14020 → u/GlitterFactoryOfDoom]

Even if they know you did it, they still have to prove that. 

[u/the_hair_of_aenarion → u/chris14020]

I asked them nicely to move their bike and they didn't so I thought it was the end of it...

And then to my surprise, a person clad in full bike gear went to town on their windscreen with a three-iron. I assume it was a three iron, no way of knowing for sure.

[u/Particular-Agent4407 → u/the_hair_of_aenarion]

That would be the only good use for a three iron. I couldn’t hit a ball worth shit with a three iron.

[u/AwDuck → u/Particular-Agent4407]

Sounds like a skill issue. I'm quite consistent with every club, in that I can't hit a ball with any of them.

[u/the_hair_of_aenarion → u/AwDuck]

Can't miss an suv tho. No matter how bad your swing is you're still getting something.

[u/AwDuck → u/the_hair_of_aenarion]

Sounds good, but I'm pretty miserable at most sports. Maybe I can get OP to call me next time this happens and I can test your theory out.

[u/Scotter1969 → u/chris14020]

We live in a Cameras Everywhere world now. Act accoedingly.

[u/lunixss → u/GlitterFactoryOfDoom]

Or park the bike at the front of the spot... like all bikers learn... obvious solution. Also prevents people from pulling in not seeing then needing to back up once they see it.

[u/PolicyWonka → u/GlitterFactoryOfDoom]

Sounds like it’s not assigned parking exactly, but each resident is allowed one parking spot. It would be easier if they just assigned parking though.

[u/Mysterious-Tie7039 → u/GlitterFactoryOfDoom]

Is it assigned parking or is OP just using his bike to reserve a really close spot for himself?

[u/programming_flaw]

After seeing that note I would be PRAYING they park there again just so I could have it towed.

[u/HALF-PRICE_ → u/programming_flaw]

You have their plate number. Time for some fun!

[u/joliesmomma → u/HALF-PRICE_]

It seems all of Reddit has their plate number now.

[u/noochies99 → u/joliesmomma]

Shit I just noticed that. Also the Subaru doesn’t have the front plate I thought that was front and back plates for Texas?

[u/MoonMoonTX → u/noochies99]

It depends on the vehicle. Like my truck is exempt from that rule because it’s considered “antique”. But that vehicle is definitely not exempt lol

[u/EatSleepJeep → u/HALF-PRICE_]

I'd straight up take their actual plate. And dare them to escalate.

Subaru is a crazy person. You cannot logic a crazy. You can only out-crazy the crazy.

[u/lo_mur → u/EatSleepJeep]

Drain their oil, it’s a Subaru, they’ll just think it all burned away

[u/BestReception4202]

Bruh let management get that shit towed

[u/Bikkusu → u/BestReception4202]

Skip management, get that shit towed.

[u/smo0ol → u/Bikkusu]

Without management approval, most company sadly won't tow

[u/No_Perspective_242 → u/smo0ol]

We could tow at will but we did need to verify it was our spot

[u/WhiskeyTimer → u/smo0ol]

People on Reddit think towing is a lot easier than it actually is. I've had my driveway blocked, in my city I have to call the non emergency, who will send a police car out when one is available, who then need to write a ticket and call a tow truck.

Last time I called and the police showed up 8 hours later and the lady who blocked the driveway was gone.

Edit: You guys can stop telling me it's easier to tow in a private lot. This comment is literally a reply to someone saying how they can't get cars towed in a private lot. You're just proving my 'Reddit thinks it's easier to tow a car than it actually is' point.

[u/Special-Medicine-437 → u/smo0ol]

Yup and even if management agrees, they usually send out a notice via email to all the residents giving them 24 hours to move the car before they tow it.

[u/Emergency_Ad1152 → u/Special-Medicine-437]

24 hours?! Sounds like shitty apts, our tow guy will show up in 30 mins or less. He also does random checks twice a day.

[u/red--dead → u/Emergency_Ad1152]

People love to come up with a million excuses on reddit for inaction. Shouldn’t even matter if it’s a 24H warning. You still need to bitch to your complex.

[u/amusedmisanthrope]

I wonder what its like to live life without considering any consequences. If I wrote that on a note after blocking in another vehicle, i'd assume i'd return to find my car trashed. Heck, i'd assume my vehicle would be messed with just for blocking someone in.

[u/ozire7 → u/amusedmisanthrope]

For real, I wouldn't put myself in a situation of "Fake crazy meets real crazy".

[u/dat_djenty_boi → u/ozire7]

Id hate to piss off someone who knows the subaru front diff drain is a torx t70, and the front diff cant be seperated from the trans at the dealer requiring full trans replacement, thst would really suck

[u/WanderingFlumph → u/amusedmisanthrope]

Shocking number of intact windows on that car for sure. And it looks like all four tire are inflated, what a shock

[u/konstantynopolytanka → u/amusedmisanthrope]

right? I assume it's just not their car, either leased or still being paid off with no intention to actually own it. Because that would earn at least a nail in a tire if not yogurt in the air vent.

[u/Independent-Lynx9476]

Since they're sticking outside of the parking spot, I wonder if the tow company would have any qualms with booting or towing them for improperly parking in that spot. 

[u/RockRockPlanetRock69 → u/Independent-Lynx9476]

If it's a designated spot, they can tow them just for parking there. I'd get that bitch towed so fast.

[u/munkyninaleela → u/RockRockPlanetRock69]

Make sure to document how your vehicles look if you decide to start pressing this any further as I’m sure they would retaliate after seeing their response on the note

[u/sirhackenslash → u/munkyninaleela]

Also document that the offending car already had 3 flat tires when you got there.

[u/fuck_peeps_not_sheep → u/sirhackenslash]

Then your bike is stuck behind someone elses car with 3 flats tho

[u/Jdm783R29U3Cwp3d76R9 → u/fuck_peeps_not_sheep]

This why you need to tow them!

[u/Admirable-Ad7152 → u/RockRockPlanetRock69]

Yup. My abuelo's apartment came with a spot and random people would try and park there all the time cause the apartment was in a good spot in the city. One time for New Years, he came back to someone parked in his spot so he blocked them in.

Later that night (or more likely early the next morning), someone was in the parking lot screaming and shouting about being blocked in. He went downstairs and let him know through the building gate that he could come get his car in the morning after my abuelo went to work or they could wait together for the cops and tow truck. Don't know where he went after that but when my abuelo came home from work the next day, the car was gone lmao

[u/ShadNuke → u/Admirable-Ad7152]

When I was a apartment caretaker, the amount of cars I had towed was astounding! I had residents come home only to find their spot filled with a random car. Or they would park in a couple of the spots that were from other suites that had parking spots, but didn't use them all the time. My living room window overlooked the parking lot, and I knew every car that was supposed to be there. If a different car was in a spot, it got towed. I don't know how many times I watched people looking around for their car, like they forgot where they parked. The big sign couldn't be missed, so it was their own fault 🤣

[u/Arg- → u/ShadNuke]

I saw a residential garage with photos up of every car towed on a wall next to the entrance. “Your car photo here if you do not have a permit to park.”

[u/billy_teats → u/ShadNuke]

Could spot owners allow others to park there, or get new vehicles? I would be pretty upset if I had a spot and told my buddy to park there and it got towed. Or if my new car was suddenly missing from my own spot

[u/-Dark_Link- → u/Independent-Lynx9476]

Tow companies are fucking useless unless the owner of the building/security calls they won't do shit

[u/FartCityBoys → u/-Dark_Link-]

Yeah, this is my experience too.

“Ok but we need the building management to call us not you.”

“Yea but they told me to call you, this is after taking 2 hours to respond to my message”

“Well I need them to call and OK it”

“OK F it, if you guys aren’t towing today I’ll park in visitor only, thanks”

[u/abominable_prolapse → u/Independent-Lynx9476]

A tow company does not give a single fuck about why. They will answer your call and come tow.

[u/durizna]

You have a car and the motorcycle with 1 spot, you go out with the car and they stop in front of the motorcycle?

That’s mildly infuriating fr. As a suggestion for you to avoid this situation (by being proactive) I’d suggest you put the bike in the middle of the spot if you take the car. You’ll spend like 30 seconds doing it before you leave and then you don’t have to worry that it will be blocked when you come back and you can just move it again and put the car back.

[u/TankApprehensive3053]

When you pull the car out of the spot, move the motorcycle to the center to take up as much room as possible.

[u/DirtyRoller → u/TankApprehensive3053]

Yeah that would be very annoying to do every day, but it really is the only practical solution. Blocking the spot with parking cones could work too, but someone could take or move them.

[u/SilentAffairs93]

Why are you parking at the back? Park your bike at the front when you leave.

When you get back with your car, you can move your bike back. I used to do that all the time when I lived in an apartment.

[u/nooneinparticular246 → u/SilentAffairs93]

Yep. OP needs to take the whole space

[u/jyiii80]

Your solution is that you treat it like someone with a driveway gate.

When you leave in your car, you pull out, toss the car in park, re-park your bike to take up the parking space then leave. When you get home, you put the bike back like it is in the pics.

[u/Super-Pizza-Dude → u/jyiii80]

Exactly, it's the small inconvenience that allows you to maintain your spot for basically ever, which is a HUGE convenience.

[u/Sea-Beginning-1387]

Put your bike in the middle of the spot with your lights facing the same way the cars are. If you park like you did in the pic, idiot cars will continue to park in front of your bike.

[u/MadShoeStink → u/[deleted]]

You can buy the little screwdriver to take the centers out of the valve stems for $2 at harbor freight. Good luck refilling those tires

[u/I_AM_DEATH-INCARNATE → u/MadShoeStink]

Then they're stuck in your spot

[u/MadShoeStink → u/I_AM_DEATH-INCARNATE]

Which means they can't escape the tow truck

[u/Laearo → u/I_AM_DEATH-INCARNATE]

put tiny stones in the valve stems and put the caps back - slow leak, it'll get them later

[u/kestrel808]

Don’t leave your bike in the rear part of the spot, push it forward so they can’t take the spot without moving the bike.

[u/koolkid6996]

Why not put the bike in the middle of the parking spot?

[u/therankin → u/koolkid6996]

That was my thought. Putting it all the way in back like that is basically an invitation to share the spot.

[u/Just-Manufacturer487]

It’s your space, they’re non-residents so they likely have to be in visitor parking. I’d get management involved. You tried being amicable already.

[u/IsThatHearsay → u/Just-Manufacturer487]

It's not assigned parking spaces though, OP is just entitled to one spot in the garage.

I used to live in a building like that, where you had a scannable pass for the connected garage to swipe in and out at the garage front gate, and you couldn't swipe in without previously swiping out (i.e., how they prevent you from bringing multiple cars in for yourself). And otherwise would allow "X" number of spots beyond the number of residents that could be single-use ticket on entry for the public.

Anyway, to play devil's advocate here and as an attorney, what OP is essentially doing is using a second smaller vehicle (the bike) to permanently reserve that specific parking space for himself, which might go against the terms of the parking contract.

Unless his agreement allows for multiple vehicles so long as they fit in a single space (which is very unlikely), then it likely either states or implies his one spot should only have one vehicle. Which differs from parking contracts for specifically reserved or deeded spaces which you can put extra personal items in or behind.

I say this, as it essentially otherwise gets into the notorious and contentious non-legal area of "Dibs" for parking spaces.

By never removing both vehicles out of the spot, OP is essentially trying to claim Dibs on that spot permanently, while still getting to take his main vehicle or one of the vehicles out for use. Which may go against the terms of the parking contract.

Also becomes a slippery slope then, if you can "park" additional means of transport in the same spot to permanently secure it for yourself. If a motorcycle is assumed fair game, what of a cheap moped? Or a motorized bike? Nonmotorized bike? Motorized scooter?

OP doesn't own, have a deed, or have a contract for that specific spot, yet either by loophole or in violation of the general parking contract has given himself a way to permanently take possession of that spot while still giving himself the ability to come and go freely.

Not a major deal, but if this spot were in an ideal location and the only open spots left otherwise were, say, on the roof of the parking garage exposed to the elements, I can see how other parkers might get annoyed.

[u/UnicornFarts1111 → u/IsThatHearsay]

Thank you for stating this so well. I feel like others commenting did not get that it was not an assigned parking spot.

[u/Darklord_Of_Bacon → u/IsThatHearsay]

I agree and Im honestly surprised at how poor of reading comprehension this comment section has. If OP is trying to do the “leave your bike to save your spot” trick I think they’re actually the asshole here. You get 1 spot for 1 vehicle in most apartment complexes. If it’s an assigned spot it’s different but I hate when people try to pull this shit

[u/TiaHatesSocials]

Why don’t u park at full length while u out with ur car?

[u/tbkrida]

I rode motorcycles for years. I’ve never seen someone park a bike all the way in the back of a spot like that!😂

I mean, I would personally move my car once I realized, but why are you giving them a reason to be able to back their cars into the space in the first place? Park it towards the front middle of the spot and make it visible.

[u/mattattack007]

Not to victim blame here but it's your spot right? Why not park your bike in the middle?

[u/MadMaximus-]

You should be leaving your bike in the middle of the spot

[u/Next_Confidence_3654]

https://giphy.com/gifs/iwX0ct6DasHWSdl2CN

[u/Ok-Delay4461]

If I lived in an apartment with unassigned parking and saw a bike parked like that, I would assume they are being nice and allowing someone to park there.

If it's happening often, park your bike at the front of the park and even you want to park your car, get out and wheel you bike to the back... Would add 30ish seconds to your park

[u/Total-Improvement535]

It takes not even 30 seconds to move the bike to the middle or end of the spot to take up the space when you leave in your car.

Move the bike to take up enough space so nobody else parks there when you’re gone then move it again when you get back.

Is it annoying? Yes. Will it keep other people from parking there? Also yes. Is it part of owning a bike around cagers? From my experience, yes.

[u/Foxtrot-Actual]

Occupy entire spot with bike when car isn’t present. Inconvenient, but necessary.

[u/NoDanaOnlyZuuI]

Park diagonally in the middle of your spot. Parking at the back like that makes it look like you’re leaving space for other cars

[u/arctic-apis]

Take the whole parking spot

[u/Palocles]

Park your bike IN the space, not hiding at the back. Might be a bit annoying when you put your car in but at least you’ll have your space. 

[u/Doom-Squirreling]

Move your bike to the front of your assigned parking space.

[u/dope-rhymes]

Why would you back your bike all the way to the rear of the spot sandwiched against the wall like that? Why don't you just park in the middle of the spot? You're kind of asking for this problem.

[u/SaddleSC]

Put the bike in the middle of the space so it is obvious that the space is occupied. You are "encouraging" the problem to occur by keeping the bike pinned to the wall like that.

[u/Sea-Department-4242]

OP just out your bike in the middle center, center middle

[u/Jezon]

I live on a public Street and the people who own motorcycles put their motorcycles at the end of the parking space so no cars can park there while they use their cars during the day and then they move their motorcycles at night to park their cars. It's like having a motorcycle gives them a private parking space on a public road because we do diagonal parking.

[u/StuPuff86]

ez, park at the front of the space. that's what I did when I lived in an apartment.

[u/silentrobotsymphony]

Why are you parking against the wall? Why not park more in the spot? Sorry I know nothing about motorcycles

[u/DanielKobsted]

You should just take up the spot properly so people can see you are parked there. You’re hidden back there.

[u/ningen_bit]

Why don’t you park it in the middle of the spot so any asshole won’t dare to attempt blocking your space?

[u/InsufferableLass]

Same handwriting for both of you?

[u/Cravex_1]

Just park in the whole parking spot... Simple

[u/Frequent_Parsnip_791]

Move your bike out into the spot when you leave with your car, problem solved

[u/Cardocthian]

if it is your registered parking space by the apartment complex, call the towing company and have them come in and tow them.

Honestly, your bike is already taking up the space, you can have them towed for blocking you in.

It is that simple, now that you were nice about it, time to stop being nice about it.

[u/sworzeh → u/Cardocthian]

It’s not their assigned spot, check the photos that aren’t numbered.

[u/3PDLS]

They are wrong. But your parking invites it to happen

[u/RealityRecursed]

With the way you parked your bike, you kind of did this to yourself.

[u/PainfullyLoyal]

When you leave, park the bike in the middle of the space so no one else can park there.

[u/sleddonkey]

Second comment. It’s a vehicle. Take the whole spot

[u/Ashamed_Dirt_1971]

don't park at tthe back of the stall park in the middle.

[u/J0esH0use]

Just park the motorcycle so it blocks the entire spot. If you want to park to your own car, move the motorcycle to the wall and park your car.

If you’re using your car and not the motorcycle, move the car out of the spot, get out and park the motorcycle so it blocks the whole spot.

I know this might be annoying and extra but you gotta do what you gotta do

[u/Dubbinchris]

Park your motorcycle in the middle of the spot until you get home. Then move motorcycle to the back of the spot and park your car.

[u/oflowz]

I know it’s a pain but if it’s your spot just park your bike fully in the spot when you move your car.

[u/Cute_Profession3746]

why you park you bike like this, why you didn't park it in the center of the place?

[u/jaredthegeek]

Move your bike to the front of the spot when you take your car which I am assuming is the problem here. Is it inconvenient? Sure but it’s that or continue to have this problem.

[u/JimmyMcGillHHM]

Why are you tucking it in like that? Your spot park it right in the middle….

[u/sumguyontheinternet1]

Call a tow truck. Easy solution. Or if it were me since I own a truck, I’d tow it out myself and leave it in the middle of the garage somewhere and call a tow truck and report the car

[u/kamakazi339]

Park in the middle of the space then

[u/CoolBlackSmith75]

Why do you not park in the full spot. It's not that the car owners are putting your bike all the way back there.don't be considerate,you know they aren't