[GH85Carrera]

Back at my old bachelor pad house, it was a 950 sq foot house as were most of the houses in the "Sky View" neighborhood. Mine still had a garage, as that was a major reason I was willing to buy it. Most of the neighborhood had converted their garages to living areas.

I had many different friends come to visit, and I liked to have them park in front of my house as it was easy for them. My next door neighbors had a family of four drivers, so four cars and a garage full of $100 worth of crap. They could get two cars in their driveway, but two were on the street.

I know the street is public, but it did not make me happy. One of my friends was a used car dealer, and he had an old beat up Impala four door that just barely ran. He brought it over, and parked it in my driveway and gave me the keys. When the spot in front of my neighbor's house was open, I moved the Impala to that spot, and left it for weeks.

It is illegal to park on the grass in front of a house, but they did that for a while until the police issued some tickets. After a month they asked me about that car. I said I could not park it in front of my house, and one of your family was always in front of my house.

They moved their car, and I parked the Impala there, making sure the tires never went flat. I would drive it around the block, and park back in the same spot so it was obvious it was a working car. After a couple more months, they poured a wider driveway to be able to get four cars parked there. I gave back the Impala.