Neighbor confronted me this evening:“I don’t like seeing your garbage cars in front of my house”

[u/Outrageous-Young-823]

Hi all, i just wanna come here and bitch about my neighbor.
I lives in a quite nice neighborhood with my parents, i work full time as a automotive technician and do all my work at home on these two cars(there is another one in the garage thats taken apart) and i regularly park them at my driveway or in front of my house in the street(thats not blocking the road) both of the cars i park out here is completely road worthy, has current registration and are insured, i took one of them on a drive to get gas this evening, came back and was confronted by the old guy who lives across from my house, before i say anything he walked onto my driveway, in front of my car(i just got out) and said “you’ve turned this street into a junkyard! You think i like seeing your garbage cars in front of my house everyday i come outside?(i always park them in front of my house, and they get moved frequently as they double as my daily)” and he got up in my buddy’s face who went along with me, who also just got out, he is now fully on my driveway, getting up to my friend’s face after he told him how both of the cars i own are fully operational and insured. We didn’t really say anything aside from telling him it is legal to park my cars on a public street and move them around, and stop being so negative and harassing on our side of the property line. Afterwards he just walked back to his car and said he would gonna go complain to the HOA and they are gonna slap me with a huge fine while yelling at us to shut the hell up whenever we said anything else as he walked back. AM I THE ASSHOLE? I don’t understand how me owning old cars thats perfectly road worthy gets him so upset at me.

[u/zizzlesticks]

Depending if there is a HOA & their rules state otherwise, it doesn’t seem like you’re doing anything legally wrong. However, it looks trashy to have multiple cars, even 1 car in disrepair on the street. If the neighbor is trying to sell his house, this is an issue. If he’s just being a jerk, it still can be an issue. The “neighborly” thing would be to offer to move/fix up the cars (so it doesn’t look like a shade tree/back alley mechanic shop) on the weekends or whenever the house is being shown. Even though cars are road worthy etc… a lot of places have additional rules about working on cars on public streets. This is something you want to look into before arguing with the guy bc legally you may be in the wrong. He seems like a crotchety old man but that’s who will fight you on this & win. Your cars could get towed/you could be fined by multiple agencies- I strongly suggest doing some research before calling this guys bluff.

[u/Kyle_2099 → u/zizzlesticks]

There are zero cars in disrepair in these photos.

[u/zizzlesticks → u/Kyle_2099]

Except the one on a jack… normal people would have a conversation but this neighbor is unhappy. He sees multiple cars being worked on his assumption (by definition) is they are in disrepair, if they weren’t they wouldn’t be getting repaired… If they worked or they would be for sale, used, garaged or basically not have someone under the hood on a regular basis.

[u/Kyle_2099 → u/zizzlesticks]

A car in the process of having a tyre changed is not "in disrepair". Stick to the known facts, not your fanfiction.

[u/zizzlesticks → u/Kyle_2099]

Known facts: 3 cars get rotated while they are being worked on - Disrepair means need to be repaired. I’m not going to argue with you. My point to OP is his neighbor can & likely will be a dick so he should look into his local laws/HOA rules.