Why you ask? Well. I'm in the middle of class and I get called down to the office. From there I am shifted of the deans office and sat down. I am told that starting Monday I am no longer allowed to park my car in the school parking lot, or school grounds. Reason being is. Recently a kid got his car stolen, and yes it was retrieved. But the school had to pay a price as a result of allowing it to happen (I don't know all the details but this is what I'm told.) There are probably 100 cameras in the parking lot alone, yet now they feel unsafe. To the school, my car is a major liability. Meaning they don't want to have that liability on hand if someone decides to steal it. They also told another kid the same thing.

Isn't this a little bullshit? Like instead of telling me I can't park in my spot (which I paid for, but they are saying I will be refunded, so there's that.) they should increase the security or something. The parking lot isn't that big. And I go to a private school so they can do whatever they want, in terms of these things. I don't think I can necessarily fight it, but obviously I'm going to try and argue later today. It's so strange though.

Anyway, no point in driving to school if I can't park there. And like hell if I'm going to park in the shopping centre across.

What it seems to boil down to is they don't want to land themselves in hot water with legal troubles, easier to give a small refund than deal with someone flipping their shit and trying to sue.

$$$,$$$ car problems.
in all seriousness, yeah it sucks.

The litigation culture caused most of these tiptoeing problems. No one wants the liability or they are paying some high litigation fees.

Quote from: Yutaka on October 02, 2014, 09:49:59 AM

What it seems to boil down to is they don't want to land themselves in hot water with legal troubles, easier to give a small refund than deal with someone flipping their shit and trying to sue.

Could you even sue for this?

Don't know, but that doesn't stop people from trying.

Quote from: Yutaka on October 02, 2014, 09:49:59 AM

What it seems to boil down to is they don't want to land themselves in hot water with legal troubles, easier to give a small refund than deal with someone flipping their shit and trying to sue.

Could you even sue for this?

Ask Foman but there are people who get sued for the most stupidest of shits. Good lawyer and you have a successful litigation.

Quote from: BC1096 on October 02, 2014, 09:51:10 AM

Quote from: Yutaka on October 02, 2014, 09:49:59 AM

What it seems to boil down to is they don't want to land themselves in hot water with legal troubles, easier to give a small refund than deal with someone flipping their shit and trying to sue.

Could you even sue for this?

Don't know, but that doesn't stop people from trying.

True.

You have the expensive cool car, right?

There's the problem. An expensive cool car is going to be a target for stealing, and I assume the liability cost for a car such as yours would be exponentially high compared to some first time banger car that most kids would have.

I can see why they are doing this, it's in case your car get's stolen and you decide to blame the school. They can't use most of their budget (if not all) paying the insurance on an a super expensive car, even if you'd said you wouldn't consider them liable, because there's always a chance and it's a chance they can't risk.


Yes, I agree it indeed sucks ass. I'd take on the chin for now, and ask later if you can park your car again if there isn't a wave of robberies in a few weeks.

The car that got stolen was a 2013 C300 Mercedes. It's about $40,000. Which is...1/30 of my car. I understand their logic but it's such an inconvenience. I'm hoping there's some form of agreement we can come to that benefits us both

Quote from: SuperIrish on October 02, 2014, 09:54:41 AM

You have the expensive cool car, right?

There's the problem. An expensive cool car is going to be a target for stealing, and I assume the liability cost for a car such as yours would be exponentially high compared to some first time banger car that most kids would have.

I can see why they are doing this, it's in case your car get's stolen and you decide to blame the school. They can't use most of their budget (if not all) paying the insurance on an a super expensive car, even if you'd said you wouldn't consider them liable, because there's always a chance and it's a chance they can't risk.


Yes, I agree it indeed sucks ass. I'd take on the chin for now, and ask later if you can park your car again if there isn't a wave of robberies in a few weeks.

The car that got stolen was a 2013 C300 Mercedes. It's about $40,000. Which is...1/30 of my car. I understand their logic but it's such an inconvenience. I'm hoping there's some form of agreement we can come to that benefits us both

>$40,000
>1/30 of your car
You drive a million dollar car? Who steals a corn-dog when you can steal a diamond? Da heck.

I kind of understand the schools logic, but that still sucks.

No, they're not banning you from driving to school. They're simply no longer allowing you to park your car on their grounds, which is probably completely legal.

I understand that, but I can't drive to school if I can't park it. And I can't park in the lot next door cause it's another school, and the shopping centre across isn't trust worthy

It sucks but I can see where they're coming from. Gonna have to deal with it I'm afraid.

Yup.

It's shitty, but I totally understand where they're coming from. Either park somewhere else or buy a beater to drive to school.

I had plans to buy a 3rd car for school, a cheap one. I guess I'll have to actually do it now

Quote from: BC1096 on October 02, 2014, 10:10:16 AM

Quote from: Mad Max on October 02, 2014, 10:08:15 AM

It's shitty, but I totally understand where they're coming from. Either park somewhere else or buy a beater to drive to school.

I had plans to buy a 3rd car for school, a cheap one. I guess I'll have to actually do it now

This is precisely why I don't understand having a supercar as a daily driver...

Comes with the territory, I suppose.

I mean you see a lot of them in South Florida, it's not unheard of. It's just both of my cars are still super cars. One car is 3x the price of the other.

I was thinking of buying a car and just putting money into it as just a fun car to have. But I already have two cars that are more then fun. So it's hard place.

Buy a 2014 Ford Focus ST and just send it to me when you're out of college. 

Buy a 2014 Ford Focus ST and just send it to me when you're out of college. 

I'm a senior in highschool