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MistahGurgle 04-24-2014 06:35 PM

For those who live in Apt...
 
How do you guys go about your oil change? In my current apartment working on your car is frowned upon:shakes head:. I just ignore them and find a place with 2 spots and jack away. The first time I changed my oil one of the guys in the office came out and i thought he was about to tell me to stop working on my car. It turns out he just wanted to know more about the Z and was very chill. I asked if it's ok to work on my Z if i clean up and don't get in other peoples way. He gave me to the go ahead:tup:


Anyone have similar experiences?

The Dimer 04-24-2014 06:38 PM

I still live close enough to my folks that I just go to their house.

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coolvans1988 04-24-2014 06:57 PM

I have to be sneaky on mine.

nukee 04-24-2014 07:40 PM

I've got a garage luckily and they don't really care what you do in it. Hell, I've got an impact wrench I was using a ton back when I had the G37 and was doing suspension work. Though they're lenient enough I could probably just do it on the pavement so long as I clean up and keep any work small enough that it can be done in a single day.

DOOMMONKEY777 04-24-2014 08:16 PM

Yeah i used to do it right in the city streets, i live in a Russian hood so its a common thing, lots of ppl come by see wuts up, try and help out if i need a tool or so. Now i got this new Engineering position so just drive in to the power plant, jack it up n do my thing, also everybody here do their own cars as well and happy to help out.

kittens 04-24-2014 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MistahGurgle (Post 2793948)
find a place with 2 spots and jack away.

Anyone have similar experiences?

I did last night:tup:

Masterbeatty 04-24-2014 08:57 PM

I just do it. The rules are not oily work but a long as you don't make a mess the office people stay away.

Joepro 04-24-2014 09:43 PM

keep a gat in your waistband...jk Seriously tho the neighbors stopped complaining about my car being loud to our apt manager after they saw me unloading the car from a day at the range...just sayin :)

Zerocool 04-24-2014 11:15 PM

I work on my car, wash it and pretty much do whatever I please in the garage of my apt. building. They're ok with it as long as I don't leave a mess.

roy'sz 04-25-2014 07:21 AM

I told them that I AM a qualified mechanic and that I am not going to spend the extra $60 to have someone else do my oil changes. They were cool about it as long as I was out of the way of general traffic and didn't create too much of a racket. I swapped out my exhaust, my motordyne intake, diff and trans oil changes, plus my gen 3 intakes and they never said "hey you are goin to have to stop working on your car."

edub370 04-25-2014 08:09 AM

working on a car for a short period of time isn't illegal... i wouldnt even worry about it. i've installed my oil cooler in my apartments parking lot

ZeroZeta 04-25-2014 11:44 AM

I used to work in an office with a loading bay. I would just drive to work on the weekend change oil, do upgrades etc and it was nice to have an enclosed space to work in and peace and quiet.

carmelvalleyZ 04-25-2014 12:56 PM

I just take it down to the local autoparts store and do the work in the spaces out front, hell, everybody else does - why not me? :icon17:

coolvans1988 04-25-2014 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carmelvalleyZ (Post 2794965)
I just take it down to the local autoparts store and do the work in the spaces out front, hell, everybody else does - why not me? :icon17:

People don't get nosey and talk to you while you work on the car?

TheGreatOne 04-25-2014 03:24 PM

Yup, frowned upon in my condo building.

I've taken it to a friends to do it and the other times, I just wait till I had a scheduled maintenance to do, and brought them my Royal Purple HPS to do as well.

I'm due now, I think I might just do it at like 1am...for a building with a lot of trendy young people, there is a large amount of older people who aren't out and about past 10pm lol.


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