it's jinxed, I tell you

London? UK as a whole more like IMO. One of the problems of being on a small
island etc etc.

The other issue is that the kids in the 'nice area' grow up to little
nightmares and suddenly it's not so nice.

Or maybe that's just areas in the vague vicinity of me (but handily NOT,
yet, mine).

 

oh I know, and it it's precisely this attitude that contributed to the
bike getting nicked - if I'd put the alarm on (as opposed to just the
immobiliser), chained it up etc. they probably wouldn't have taken it.

well, I will fit some, and maybe alarm the garage doors too. One
problem I have with internal security like this is that it's no use at
protecting the bikes when I'm out on one of them, IYSWIM - there's *no*
way I'm going to take the bike out, then ride round the front of my
house, walk through the house, and re-set the internal locks - when I
go out, there's a single padlock on the outside of the doors, and
that's it.

 

Can't you just park the car in front of it?

I locked the bike to the garage door when I went away for a few weeks - I
took the view that if someone were going to force the door, having a 180kg
motorcycle attached to it would, at the very least, make it a lot more
interesting.

 

good point. You'd get away with it if you could offer some proof that
you absolutely positively needed to get your car out of the garage.

As an alternative, and obviously not of any use if you need to get your
car out, if you find a car parked on your property, let down all four
tyres (and have a message that this is your policy printed in small
letters on your "Private/No parking" sign).

 

no. The garage is at the rear of my house, at the end of a small
service road. There's a cluster of 4 garages (including mine). If
parked the car in front of my garage, I'd be blocking access to the
garage next (and at 90 degrees to) mine.

 

"Parking Charge: 10 PSI per minute"

 

Is it actually your property they're parking on? If so, I'd amend the
sign to include "offenders vehicles will be vandalised", & find lots of
little things that need painting. You can then stand on *your* land
spraying things while you hold them in the air - upwind of the
offending car of course. Accidentally standing on a bottle of brake
fluid you leave laying on the ground might be fun too.

 

I was thinking that very thing myself.

 

According to Kelkoo, there's one at £19.99 from Screwfix.
The Screwfix site doesn't seem to know about it though.

I did find this:
http://www.parkforce.com/system.htm

 

While the London lot are around - how safe is parking (car - I'll have
the posh frock on) near Finsbury Park?

 

Or inconvenience them - Buy a couple of cheapie wheelclamps and immobilise
the car (obviously when you don't need yours), then charge them a BIG
parking fee - £50+ per day (or any part, thereof).

Instead of clamps, you could remove a couple of wheels, put the car on
stands (or bricks), then charge the "fee". BTW, it isn't theft if there is
no intention to permanently deprive.

Used to work a treat when cheeky sods parked on my dad's (rather long)
drive.

He put up a sign "Private land..no parking..vehicles will be immobilised and
release fee charged".

The cops (if called) would turn up, see the clearly displayed sign (which
they knew was always there) and tell them there was nothing they could do,
it's perfectly legal, pay up.

Word got round and it stopped after about 3 months. Bar the odd one, about
once a month...
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Cheers!
Fr Jack
96 Tiger.
FRJACKUKRM AT GMAIL DOT COM

 

It is. I think some research into a very well worded
sign might be in order.

TBH, I'd rather they just didn't park there but to actually
do something that means that they can't physically get
a car in the space would inconvenience me on an almost
daily basis.

 

there's something about that whole site that screams "scam" to me.

Well, the way they fine people 85 quid and you get 10, for a start.

 

"not very". But Finsbury Park is a reasonably large area, so there are
variations. Having said that, I don't know of any car parks there at
all, so you'd be looking at residential side roads, and in that case
you'd be falling foul of local residents parking permits etc. Unless
you're talking about in the evening?

Personally, I avoid taking the car into (even remotely) central London.
In fact, in the 7 years I've lived in Greater London, I've taken the
car "into town" precisely 4 times. I reckon the number of times I've
taken the car inside the North Circular is probably in single figures
too.

If I were you, I'd consider parking further out, and getting the train
in and out.

 

<Awaits the "lever has snapped where can I get another one" thread>

I have had very little success ever straightening the clutch/brake
levers - they seem to be made of fairly crystalline material that -
once bent - will not straighten again.

Phil

 

Not.

I grew up not far north of there..

Phil

 

"Trespassers will be prosecuted".

 

That's what I thought.

It's the bit in between Green Lane and Blackstock Road.

Oh poo.

My mate has visitors slips apparently but not very many of them. So
it's first come first served so to speak.

From late morning to late evening.

Ta.

<goes to look at train and tube near the M1>

 

well, it definitely needs another one[1] - this one is fucked.

It depends. I successfully bent back the one on my TRX when it got
mangled.

[1] CF ones, maybe.