I refused to move my car so my neighbour could charge his new hybrid motor – now everyone’s saying the same thing
A HOMEOWNER has revealed that their neighbour 'stormed off' after they refused to move their car just so he could charge his plug-in hybrid motor.
The angry neighbour refused to charge their PHEV at a local supermarket just five minutes away, and wanted the resident to give up their street parking space.
In the Reddit post, the car owner asked whether they were wrong to refuse to move their wheels.
The said: "UK here, living on a street with no off-street private driveways, limited on-street parking.
"My next-door neighbour has bought a new PHEV car today. He leaves for work at 6am, gets home at 8pm by which time all of the limited parking spaces have been taken.
"He has lived here for 10 years. He knows parking is an issue and usually has to park a few streets away when he gets home.
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"There is also fast charging point at a supermarket 5 minutes away."
But the neighbour couldn't be bothered to charge away from home, so came knocking.
The Reddit user continued: "He knocked on when he got home and asked if I would move my car to somewhere else so he could charge his.
"I had a feeling this would happen when he first told me he was getting a PHEV.
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"I refused because frankly, I didn't want to set a precedence and he really should have known, given his work patterns and living here for this long, that there was little hope of ever getting a spot outside his house to charge.
"I asked him if he knew about the fast charger at the supermarket, he said he did but wanted to charge at home.
"He was taken aback with my refusal and stormed off."
Everybody was on the Reddit user's side in the comments.
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WhiteComet99 said: "So he was taken aback when you said you weren't going to park 5 minutes away instead of him?
"He bought the car, and he should have known what he was getting himself into."
Ursula2071 said: "What is OP going to do? Become a “placeholder” for the neighbour and then be inconvenienced every night by having to move?"
While Compensate1995 said: "You took the spot and now it's yours.
"He knowingly bought the house and then the car afterwards. He should have considered those factors upon making such a crucial decision."
