Hah yeah I learnt this the hard way - I lost a very nice Cannondale F600 to 'secure' underground parking.
Always makes me chuckle when I see an advert for a flat with 'secure underground parking' as a feature. I reckon they are probably the very worst place to leave anything you want to keep hold of.
+1million
I moved into a new one in the NE. had a doorman and everything. when I moved in I noticed most of the 80 or so parking spaces were empty and were infact, cars & bikes parked outside, only a handful inside. Stupidly I put it down to 'must have lost their buttons'.
Nope, turned out bent clampers operated the place. got clamped to the tune of 155 for an 'improperly' displayed disc. which was always on the windscreen, they took a shot at an angle so that the light was cast across where the permit was.
Stupidly I paid up then went to appeal via so called 'indepdant review' yeah, lost the money. what i should have done was angle grind the clamp off, then park outside where they had no jurisdiction to clamp/ tow. Also many cars were broken into, the block of flats (only a few years old high end jobs) were set alight a number of times from the bins/ lift with cardboard & bins rolled into it then set alight, then set upstairs. All that loverly stuff.
Never live in one again, don't care how 'high end' they are, and where they are located,they just attract scallies like badly locked bikes.
+1million
I moved into a new one in the NE. had a doorman and everything. when I moved in I noticed most of the 80 or so parking spaces were empty and were infact, cars & bikes parked outside, only a handful inside. Stupidly I put it down to 'must have lost their buttons'.
Nope, turned out bent clampers operated the place. got clamped to the tune of 155 for an 'improperly' displayed disc. which was always on the windscreen, they took a shot at an angle so that the light was cast across where the permit was.
Stupidly I paid up then went to appeal via so called 'indepdant review' yeah, lost the money. what i should have done was angle grind the clamp off, then park outside where they had no jurisdiction to clamp/ tow. Also many cars were broken into, the block of flats (only a few years old high end jobs) were set alight a number of times from the bins/ lift with cardboard & bins rolled into it then set alight, then set upstairs. All that loverly stuff.
Never live in one again, don't care how 'high end' they are, and where they are located,they just attract scallies like badly locked bikes.