Newb Freelander owner seeks... advice

[Turboman]

I should find him and say hello. I said hi to a lady who had the exact same RAV4 as me and I think she thought I was going to mug her...

Good plan, He might even tow you away if you break down!

https://www.landyzone.co.uk/members/gencybay.85151/

 

[Nodge68]

The cars here get vandalised all the time which is why I don't have a newer version of anything for these streets: keyed, smashed (as per mine, as you can tell I'm still bereft) and one dude knocked all the wing mirrors off cars on Great Titchfield Street... so yeah, there are gangs, dealers, drunks and bored kids out there doing stuff alongside the Royal Mail drivers.... *clears throat*.

And you actually pay a premium to live there, sod that.

 

[Kriz]

Yes, the engine is a 1.8 K-series (I think, still learning) petrol. Can't do diesel in London.

 

[Turboman]

Isn't that from Robot Wars?

I wish. Controlled Parking Zone. Found in most areas of London now, including where my parents live. £300+ pa for a residents permit. If you don't have one, you have to put visitors vouchers in the windscreen for every day you want to park there, or the council fine you.

 

[Kriz]

Good plan, He might even tow you away if you break down!

https://www.landyzone.co.uk/members/gencybay.85151/

Oh graveyard humour! Or is that used-parts humour? **cries**

 

[Kriz]

I wish. Controlled Parking Zone. Found in most areas of London now, including where my parents live. £300+ a for a residents permit. If you don't have one, you have to put visitors vouchers in the windscreen for every day you want to park there, or the council fine you.

I've been a resident here for at least 15 years so that's cool. And Westminster has NO permits for visitors. Happily, my residents parking is a lot less than that of your folks...

 

[Turboman]

I've been a resident here for at least 15 years so that's cool. And Westminster has NO permits for visitors. Happily, my residents parking is a lot less than that of your folks...

That is what Gency says too. Westminster council are much less money grabbing than most of the others.
My folks live in Ealing, Labour council, they will fleece you blind for anything you want to do.

 

[The Mad Hat Man]

Do the one wheel up test asap and do it regularly. Make sure newest tyres are on the back ALWAYS. and check the expansion tank for cracking. if it is, then replace it and cap.

 

[Kriz]

And you actually pay a premium to live there, sod that.

But I am close to the Marylebone Road and that's the A40 straight outta Compton...

 

[Kriz]

That is what Gency says too. Westminster council are much less money grabbing than most of the others.
My folks live in Ealing, Labour council, they will fleece you blind for anything you want to do.

I have heard this. But a lovely place all the same, Ealing. Green & historic.

 

[Kriz]

Do the one wheel up test asap and do it regularly. Make sure newest tyres are on the back ALWAYS. and check the expansion tank for cracking. if it is, then replace it and cap.

Golly! I'd better start making a list... thank you!

 

[Turboman]

I have heard this. But a lovely place all the same, Ealing. Green & historic.

It is a nice place, but it does irritate me a bit that I can't visit my parents, and leave a car in the road I grew up in, without wedging the council up.

 

[Nodge68]

I wish. Controlled Parking Zone. Found in most areas of London now, including where my parents live. £300+ pa for a residents permit.

I'm so glad I moved away from the South East in 99. I couldn't be doing, messing about with local parking taxes. IMO we pay far to much tax already, without shelling out to park the ****ing car too.

Happily, my residents parking is a lot less than that of your folks

I park right in front of my house for free.

 

[Kriz]

I'm so glad I moved away from the South East in 99. I couldn't be doing, messing about with local parking taxes. IMO we pay far to much tax already, without shelling out to park the ****ing car too.

I park right in front of my house for free.

**weeps** I'm happy for you. **weeps harder** Maybe someday that'll happen to me...

 

[Kriz]

It is a nice place, but it does irritate me a bit that I can't visit my parents, and leave a car in the road I grew up in, without wedging the council up.

I am an expert on the single yellows, when and where, but I hear you.

 

[Turboman]

**weeps** I'm happy for you. **weeps harder** Maybe someday that'll happen to me...

I wouldn't go as far as moving to Cornwall to get free parking, the weather is foul, the locals will hate you, and there is nothing to do, so @Nodge68 has to spend all his time on LZ!

I am an expert on the single yellows, when and where, but I hear you.

No single yellows in my folks road. White dashed parking bays, you have to be within the bay, no wheels overlapping the line. And no permit or voucher, no parking, or a fine.

 

[Kriz]

Well, that's good for me ! Also, isn't @Nodge68 a fine surfer - I mean, the ocean of course?

 

[Turboman]

Well, that's good for me ! Also, isn't @Nodge68 a fine surfer - I mean, the ocean of course?

I have no idea if he goes surfing or not. But I used to, I lived just down the coast from him for 24 years.

 

[Kriz]

I wouldn't go as far as moving to Cornwall to get free parking, the weather is foul, the locals will hate you, and there is nothing to do, so @Nodge68 has to spend all his time on LZ!



No single yellows in my folks road. White dashed parking bays, you have to be within the bay, no wheels overlapping the line. And no permit or voucher, no parking, or a fine.

Wow, that's so bad! I would be thinking of how to get a permit without affecting car registration but of course that would be illegal... It's your own forced Park And Walk. That ain't right.

 

[Kriz]

I have no idea if he goes surfing or not. But I used to, I lived just down the coast from him for 24 years.

Awww, you're both just puppies. Sounds idyllic. I don't know what car(s) you own(ed)? I really hope I've bought the right thing. Otherwise it's back to Toyota... nice but dim.