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A garbage dump could stink up the place and create a health hazard. Some broken down cars won't hurt you
by zoklet-enjoyer 4y ago
A garbage dump could stink up the place and create a health hazard. Some broken down cars won't hurt you
- xjlin0 4y agoSure about it? I've seen broken down cars leaking oil to the ground.
- zoklet-enjoyer 4y agoI've seen running cars leak oil and antifreeze
- yellowapple 4y agoWait until you hear about what fully-functional cars routinely leak into the ground and atmosphere :)
- jandrese 4y agoCertainly the total level of contamination is like 5 quarts of oil in this case? Unless the person is constantly refilling their leaking junker? Maybe offer them a drip pan? Military vehicles often have dedicated drip pans that they put under the vehicle every time they are parked because it's easier to do that than fix the leaks.
- rascul 4y ago> Military vehicles often have dedicated drip pans that they put under the vehicle every time they are parked because it's easier to do that than fix the leaks. In the units I was in, any vehicle that had any fluids in the drip pan would get a thorough check next Monday to find the leak and would be in the shop as soon as the part came in.
- Volundr 4y agoWhile I'm largely in the camp of "it's my property I can do what I want" (this is why I made sure to buy a house without an HOA) the idea that a broken down car sitting there can't affect someone beyond being an eyesore isn't necessary true. I can say from personal experience that even a car that was in decent shape when it was parked over a sufficient number of years will dump it's miscellaneous fluids on the ground, get really smelly as the interior starts to decay and become home to any number of insects and wildlife. I also wouldn't care to speculate on what the tires, paint and metals are leeching into the ground as they slowly degrade. Sure this isn't going to be an issue with a car on blocks for a few months, even a year, but I've seen cars essentially abandoned long enough if you wanted to move them you'll have to literally dig them out and remove them in pieces.
- showerst 4y agoI mean this sincerely -- if you were looking to move, to someplace urban like Sacramento and you saw two houses, and one had a neighbor with multiple broken down cars in the yard and the other didn't, would you value them same all else equal? Like if it really came down to it, that wouldn't be a factor _at all_? I'm positing (without evidence) that for most people it would be a factor, so the home owner would suffer some amount of real money harm. Much less harm in rural Alabama, much more harm in lower Manhattan.
- lrvick 4y agoI would gladly pay -more- to be near broken down cars. High chance they will not tell me what to do with my own property. I would not even accept a free home in an HOA neighborhood.
- showerst 4y agoFair enough! I'm surprised by how many people feel this way in this thread. Out of curiosity, do you also think that the majority of Americans feel that way? My guess is it's gotta be at least 90/10 that would be less likely to move next to a broken down car place, certainly enough to affect the buyer pool in a city.