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After having dinner with my mom and great aunt at her condo in Pembroke Pines, I'm home now. What's the first thing I did to kick off the summer at home? I spent about 2 hours trying to find a guest parking spot. Yep, after I unpacked my car, I drove around and couldn't find a spot. I left my car in front of my house for a little while with the intent of trying again later, and that was when my mom told me that they're starting to crack down here in our neighborhood with towing cars. Great! Mind you, last year, I asked one of the security guards at the gate where I could park one night when I could not find a spot. He said to leave the car in front of my house with the hazard lights on. He also said that parking in my neighborhood is a problem because of a "design flaw". There simply aren't enough guest spots. They know this. I think that's why they never really towed that much in the past. I've had to leave my car in front of my house plenty of times and the worst thing I got was a warning in the form of an orange sticker on my window. But now they're starting to tow? How can they tow people who literally can't find a parking spot due to the "design flaw" present? So anyway, part of the other 2 hours was spent going around some of the shopping plazas near my house to see if they were tow away zones. They all were. I went to the CVS Pharmacy and asked some of the employees if it was a tow away zone, but they didn't know. One of them told me to come by during the day to ask the manager then since the night manager doesn't speak English, or something. lol? Later, I went back to the one plaza that has Dunkin Donuts, which is open 24 hours. I asked the girl there if the employees get some kind of a parking decal so that they don't get towed, and she said no. So, by my logic, if there's a 24-hour place in a plaza that is supposedly a tow away zone, and if employees of that 24-hour place are not given some sort of parking decal, then the whole towing thing must be nullified. I mean, I'm sure if someone leaves their car there for days upon days, it'll get noticed and towed. But if I'm just leaving it there overnight, I shouldn't have any problems. I've actually left my car there once before and it didn't get towed. Really, I don't see how they can tow any cars in this place because they don't know if the cars belong to the Dunkin Donuts employees or not. I'll probably start parking there from now on. I'd like to avoid going over speed bumps if possible since the crossover joint on my exhaust hangs pretty low right now. I've been going very slow over them, but I think I can hear it touching every once in a while. The guy at Gainesville Exhaust told me that the whole exhaust system will shrink and shape after a while and said I could bring it back later to see if they can push it up a little bit. Anyway, I can pretty much avoid speed bumps if I park near the Dunkin Donuts in that plaza.
Speaking of the exhaust, my mom asked me why my car "makes a noise." I asked her, "What noise?" She said, "Like a muffler noise." I told her I put exhaust on and asked her when she heard it since I got back before she did. She said she was right behind me when we got back to our neighborhood, though, and could hear it from her car. I was surprised she could hear it considering her windows were up and her radio was probably on, lol.
So, back to the parking situation here. After I left Dunkin Donuts, I decided to look for some parking spots one more time in my neighborhood. I finally found one way over by the pool in the neighborhood. As crazy as this might sound, the Dunkin Donuts is closer than the pool. So, I parked my mom's car there and walked back to my house to find a police car parked in our area. An orange sticker was on one of the cars parked right outside my house. As I rounded the corner, I saw the police officer behind my car, filling out an orange sticker! LOL. I basically told him I had spent the last 2 hours or so trying to figure out where to park. He said I should have put my hazard lights on. I had them on earlier, but geez, I'm not going to leave them on for 2 hours and have them drain my battery! I explained that I had just found a guest spot for my mom's car and that I would park my car in the reserved spot in front of our house, and he said okay, no problem then, and he stopped filling out the orange sticker. Whew, got there just in time I guess. So yeah, this is just something we have to deal with living here. It's really only a problem at night after a certain time, say 8:00 PM. Things should get really interesting when I bring my Accord down. Another rule here is that you can't be parked in a guest spot for more than 24 hours. So, I guess I'll have to move it around every morning, LOL. At least that will keep the battery strong. I hope we can sell it soon.
Tomorrow, I'm going to Sunfest with my dad and step-mom to see Three Doors Down and some other bands. That should be fun. I guess we'll be missing the Talladega race and the Heat game, though. Well, that's about it for now.
Speaking of the exhaust, my mom asked me why my car "makes a noise." I asked her, "What noise?" She said, "Like a muffler noise." I told her I put exhaust on and asked her when she heard it since I got back before she did. She said she was right behind me when we got back to our neighborhood, though, and could hear it from her car. I was surprised she could hear it considering her windows were up and her radio was probably on, lol.
So, back to the parking situation here. After I left Dunkin Donuts, I decided to look for some parking spots one more time in my neighborhood. I finally found one way over by the pool in the neighborhood. As crazy as this might sound, the Dunkin Donuts is closer than the pool. So, I parked my mom's car there and walked back to my house to find a police car parked in our area. An orange sticker was on one of the cars parked right outside my house. As I rounded the corner, I saw the police officer behind my car, filling out an orange sticker! LOL. I basically told him I had spent the last 2 hours or so trying to figure out where to park. He said I should have put my hazard lights on. I had them on earlier, but geez, I'm not going to leave them on for 2 hours and have them drain my battery! I explained that I had just found a guest spot for my mom's car and that I would park my car in the reserved spot in front of our house, and he said okay, no problem then, and he stopped filling out the orange sticker. Whew, got there just in time I guess. So yeah, this is just something we have to deal with living here. It's really only a problem at night after a certain time, say 8:00 PM. Things should get really interesting when I bring my Accord down. Another rule here is that you can't be parked in a guest spot for more than 24 hours. So, I guess I'll have to move it around every morning, LOL. At least that will keep the battery strong. I hope we can sell it soon.
Tomorrow, I'm going to Sunfest with my dad and step-mom to see Three Doors Down and some other bands. That should be fun. I guess we'll be missing the Talladega race and the Heat game, though. Well, that's about it for now.