Do you live in a dump? - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

#1 03-01-2005, 11:16 AM

Is you property a virtual junk yard with MB automobiles of varried vintage up on blocks in every corner of your yard? Engines and transmissions lining your walkway? Do you trip over wheels and scattered parts, 5 gallon pails full of motor oil overhere, overthere, reused food cans full of water with rusting head bolts stacked and ready to tip over? Is there grease around every door knob on the house? Are there projects started 5 years ago , but remain waiting, procrastinating still?

I have four cars in a 150' x 150' lot, one 617 on the ground covered, a 107 hardtop laying on the ground covered, a pile of parts on the ground waiting to go to the dump, a few wheels and tires here and there. Plus 2 boats, 2 boat trailers. All currently under snow!

Just wondering if I'm a yard pig, and need to clean up! It's somewhat organized though, don't want the neighbors getting too peed with me!

G-Benz · #2 03-01-2005, 11:19 AM

Our Homeowners Assn covenant wouldn't let me slide THAT far!

It's bad enough that I have a VW sitting in my driveway that hasn't even been cranked for nearly five years. I keep it looking ok on the outside so that it doesn't look too derelict...

Brian Carlton · #3 03-01-2005, 11:57 AM

Since I only have two M/B and one Dodge van (that's gets basically nothing), I'm not as bad off as you BB.

There is a pile of old metal junk (old rotors, wheels, etc.) awaiting a trip to the dump and there is the one five gallon waste oil container and pan, but, that's about it on the outside. Now, inside the garage is another story. Here is where the wheels sit everywhere, together with old bicycles, an old motorcycle, a couple of ladders, and both M/B I'm proud to say!

Unfortunately, since I live by myself, the inside of the house has become a collection of spare parts and parts that are awaiting installation and parts that have been removed and are awaiting more parts in order to be returned to the vehicle from which they have been removed.

I think I have three separate boxes of "stuff" inside the house right now.

Larry Delor · #4 03-01-2005, 12:11 PM

If I am not careful, I will be pushing the envelope as far as the "Dump" thing is concerned.
I have my 71 parked off to the side on a separate concrete platform that is infront of a add-on garage. I can't drive over the area infront of it too often, as my drainfield is there, and it is the old tile type.

I think so far, I have been able to keep things looking clean, and having all of my cars be Benzes, helps a great deal. Thank goodness I don't live in a Rust-belt, because even if it is a Benz, if it's rusty, it looks bad.

Busy,
I would definately get rid of the stuff that needs to go to the scrap yard. Take the tires/rims and stack them up nicely-don't leave them laying around here and there. Having a lot of stuff is not so bad, if it at least gives the appearance of looking organized.

rickg · #5 03-01-2005, 12:11 PM

My yard was a dump. Wish I had a picture handy to post

But it's all cleaned up now. 15 years of accumulation all gone.
I had 3 tractors, a dead VW bug, 3 old Audi Coupes in various stages of disrepair, 3 ratty sheds full of "stuff", piles of misc parts, unfinished projects, piles of unsplit firwood, weeds, blackberry bushes, and I don't know what all. All that in a backyard about 65' x 40'. My neighbors just loved me

Oh, plus 2 pickups and 3 cars in the front yard.

Hatterasguy · #6 03-01-2005, 01:21 PM

My neighbors would shoot me!

Just having the rear of my W126 up on jackstands for two weeks last spring made them wonder.

I live in a new car area, out of the four houses on the dead end I live on, I think we are the only ones without 2000 and up cars.

boneheaddoctor · #7 03-01-2005, 01:24 PM

My garage looks like one inside.....

with my house above average value in my neighborhood ....$650,000 range nobody that lives near me would tolerate it long at all.....even though there is no homeowners association (I made that a prerequisite when I was house shopping) the town ordinances are very specific about things like that.

rickg · #8 03-01-2005, 01:25 PM

I live in a basically stereotypical redneck-type area, so I almost blended in. But even at that, I think I may have won the prize

We moved out here for that very reason though. I don't want no stupid homeowners association uptight anal idiots telling me what I can and can't have in my yard.

Hatterasguy · #9 03-01-2005, 01:29 PM

I think one of the lawyers around me would take issue with a W126 up on blocks in my front yard.

More importantly my mom would kill me!

rickg · #10 03-01-2005, 01:32 PM

Try it for a weekend, and let us know how it goes over

boneheaddoctor · #11 03-01-2005, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rickg

I live in a basically stereotypical redneck-type area, so I almost blended in. But even at that, I think I may have won the prize

We moved out here for that very reason though. I don't want no stupid homeowners association uptight anal idiots telling me what I can and can't have in my yard.

most of the developemnets put up in the last 30 years have Homeowners dictaterships set up.

After having dealt with several that were run buy people with Napolian complexes that tried to say do as I say not as I do I swore I was never going to deal with those idiots ever again....fighting with those jerks to remind them that nobody died and appointed them god every other day took up too much of my time.

I like being able to tell people to mind their own business if the need comes up.....and it hasn't for a long time.

elau · #12 03-01-2005, 01:35 PM

I have a 300' driveway so by default I should have used up every square foot like you guys to get my money worth. But my HOA is pretty strict on what can be left outside, not even basketball hoop for kids. Guess I have plenty of "wasted" space

rickg · #13 03-01-2005, 01:50 PM

Check out the Google ads at the bottom of the page

aww, they went away. They were about "junk"

boneheaddoctor · #14 03-01-2005, 02:38 PM

Still are...at least as I am writing this they were.

Brian Carlton · #15 03-01-2005, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boneheaddoctor

Still are...at least as I am writing this they were.

They rotate around. Sometimes I get them and sometimes I get the M/B adevertisements.

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