Just got a visit from the county. It seems one of my neighbors has an issue with a truck in need of a transmission sitting in my driveway. Strange, I haven't had an offer from a neighbor to put one in for me.


I will find out who and it's game on.

Nothing me off faster than getting in my business. To paraphrase JB Books, I don't do this to others and I expect the same out of them.

don't shoot,wasn't me.

If it is the only vehicle visible from the road that isn't running, I agree. Several.... is another matter. I've been down that road with a neighbor before who was running a weekend body shop for ten years next to my house.

Talking about it is always better than the alternatives.

Good luck.

Pete

Dang warrior, that sucks. By chance are you the one who bought my house?lol Sounds like the neighbor I just moved away from

Warrior , is the vehicle currently registered , insured and have current license plates on it?

Where I am at , if you have all that , it could be sitting on blocks with no engine and the country can't touch you.

I've had issues myself before , just slapping some license plates on it keeps the problem at bay even if the plates don't belong on it , they don't check that closely usually.

Yes, it's tagged and insured but according to the county it has to run.

That is screwed up. Really screwed up.

However , technically it runs. Maybe doesn't move anywhere , but I bet it starts up. Loophole ?

This is not exactly the same issue, but a few years back I was up in Washington and listening to a local talk show and the issue was this old guy that lived out in the country his whole life, well, a bunch of land around him became developed and houses sprung up. He had always had junk and old vehicles stacked around his house but now the neighbors had turned him in and the county was fining him $300 a day for being a public nuisance. He refused to clean up, since he said he was there first and could do as he pleased. Now the county was foreclosing on him and was seizing his property.

What really got to me was all these callers to the talk show thought he was in the wrong and good on the county. To me the neighbors saw his place before they built and they built anyway. The heck with them!!!! Free country?

It's great to live in a free country were your property is yours to do as u want

THATS THE PROBLEM WITH TODAYS SOCIETY. 30 YEARS AGO YOU COULD GIVE HIM A GOOD EDUCATION IN BEING A BAD NEIGHBOR. IM TOTALLY CONVINCED WITHOUT A DOUBT THERE ARE JUST SOME WHO NEED A GOOD WHOOPIN!

Use to be a saying that said "mind your own business " nowadays there's no such thing as your own business...

The trouble with "whoopins" is that sometime they go the other way. I can sound really brave behind a keyboard, but not so much, face-to-face.

Don't get "red flagged" by this jerk!!

Sounds like that's possible in that neighborhood.

I would read the law or regulation they quoted you and then adjust accordingly. I would tell them it does run. It is all perspective. A car without an engine will run - if one is put in. What does the law truly say? I bet they have some cars in their impound lot that have not been moved for a while. Again read the law and adjust accordingly. At least you know you have a concerned neighbor.

Why do you guys live so close My nearest neighbor lives a mile away.

Bruce, we gotta to have most people live close to give more room for you and me!

We don't live in a free country. We don't own the property either. If we did, we wouldn't need permits or pay taxes on it..... The neighbor is a busy body, but also doesn't want "his" property to lose value, so he reported it. That's why we have ordinances. If everyone put crap out, the neighborhood suffers. In this case, it shouldn't be a big deal. It sounds like it's not a rusty piece of junk, but the rules still apply. I had the same issue with a car that looked nice and wasn't an eyesore at all.. I got a note from the village saying I had 10 days to fix the problem.

No permits or ordinances where I live and just a small tax and no payments so I do own it.

I would definitely check the ordnance. The experience I've had is these guys lie a lot. Heard it from others too. They will say anything they can think of to get you to comply. I know people that have been harrassed with a vehicle out of sight , behind a fence , nobody can see it. They also lie about ' a neighbor complained ' not always true. They have known to use drones to find them behind fences. About the only safe spot is inside a garage with the door closed at all times.