Our family has a private parking space (located on private property, not on the street) that needs to be protected from squatters who park their vehicles on it for days at a time.
Polite messages asking them not to park there have not had the desired effect, so we want to take the next step and physically prevent them from parking on the space.
Thus, I am looking for those metal stands that can be locked upright to stop cars from parking in a space, and then unlocked and lowered to the ground to allow parking.
The typical Taiwanese method would be to use a big planter or to chain old bicycles
I don’t think you can just buy them. They’re usually custom-made by a metal working place (ie place that makes the window bars) and installed by them too.
One bottle of wesson oil. Introduce it to the car-in-question’s fuel injection system.
Follow him around for about five minutes and watch the fun…It’s the ultimate in engine destruction. The best part is that once the exploded motor cools, the wesson oil re-liquifies and dissapears…Untraceble.
In Taiwan, it’s popular to either:
a)Key the person’s card
b)Spit betel nut juice on the car
c)Let the air out of their tires (seems counterproductive to me)
Hmm… ways to stop a squatter parking on your spot for days at a time…
Rice in the radiator? (very difficult to fix short of replacing the radiator)
Thumbtacks in the windshield wipers? (nice, geometric patterns…)
PAM kitchen spray on the windshield? (nearly impossible to completely remove)
A few dozen eggs all over the paint of the car? (think gradual fading of the paint)
If you can get to the interior, Vaseline all over the seats? (also difficult to remove)
If you’ve ever had a BB gun, a BB in the carburetor? (constant noise while running)
Gosh, I could probably go on for hours, but perhaps the gate is a better idea. FAP may not like you too much if you do any of those things… but it never hurts to think about it.
For a more legal option, why not apply a boot to the offending car’s tire?
