# Free Parking Downtown... for now **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 22, 2006, 5:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/free-parking-downtown-for-now/17847 "2006-09-22T05:41:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 5:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/free-parking-downtown-for-now/17847/1 "2006-09-22T05:41:51Z")
[http://www.wgrz.com/news/news\_article.aspx?storyid=41320](http://www.wgrz.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=41320) Someone went all Italian Job on the meters. > Drive downtown and you will notice rows of missing parking meters. The metal pipe is still there, but the vault where you drop your change is gone. The city says someone is stealing the meters. ---
**Author:** ![Jagermeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jagermeister](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jagermeister)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/free-parking-downtown-for-now/17847/2 "2006-09-22T05:49:59Z")
I parked in a phantom meter spot numerous times, and never got a ticket. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Karus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mrs_karus/32/7426_2.png) [@Mrs\_Karus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mrs_Karus)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 5:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/free-parking-downtown-for-now/17847/3 "2006-09-22T05:51:22Z")
lol wtf. sweet! ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 6:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/free-parking-downtown-for-now/17847/4 "2006-09-22T06:33:10Z")
It aint free, they said on the news the will still enforce the parking laws if its over two hours. ---
**Author:** ![amd3dnow3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/amd3dnow3/32/7410_2.png) [@amd3dnow3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/amd3dnow3)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/free-parking-downtown-for-now/17847/5 "2006-09-22T06:47:02Z")
GOOOOD ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/free-parking-downtown-for-now/17847/6 "2006-09-22T07:12:48Z")
money in the bank ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/free-parking-downtown-for-now/17847/7 "2006-09-22T07:14:09Z")
> [@JDMSIR](#): > > It aint free, they said on the news the will still enforce the parking laws if its over two hours. yeah well, that would require a person to sit and watch the cars all day, or drive around and remember every car and how long it has been sitting there. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/free-parking-downtown-for-now/17847/8 "2006-09-22T07:20:33Z")
I’m not sure how that 2 hour ticket would hold up in court unless they had someone watch your car for 2 straight hours. How can they prove you didn’t leave and come back? ---
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/free-parking-downtown-for-now/17847/9 "2006-09-22T07:30:00Z")
> [@JaysGreenLX](#): > > yeah well, that would require a person to sit and watch the cars all day, or drive around and remember every car and how long it has been sitting there. no they sai that they have some type of paint that they put by the car and u can only see it with a blck light ot somethin ---
**Author:** ![Jagermeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jagermeister](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jagermeister)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/free-parking-downtown-for-now/17847/10 "2006-09-22T07:46:53Z")
they use a yellow colored chalk on the tire. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/free-parking-downtown-for-now/17847/11 "2006-09-22T07:58:41Z")
> [@Jagermeister](#): > > they use a yellow colored chalk on the tire. On the tread I assume? If so, they must have hired a consultant for that idea. No way anyone in Buffalo parking enforcement was that smart. ---
**Author:** ![JoesTypeS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joestypes/32/7190_2.png) [@JoesTypeS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JoesTypeS)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/free-parking-downtown-for-now/17847/12 "2006-09-22T08:00:08Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > I’m not sure how that 2 hour ticket would hold up in court unless they had someone watch your car for 2 straight hours. How can they prove you didn’t leave and come back? They chalk the tire & the ground…it’d be pretty improbable that you would leave and come back to have the lines line up perfectly ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/free-parking-downtown-for-now/17847/13 "2006-09-22T08:02:04Z")
i’m going to follow the meter maid and her chalk with a hose. ---
**Author:** ![double\_j](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/double_j/32/7380_2.png) [@double\_j](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/double_j)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/free-parking-downtown-for-now/17847/14 "2006-09-22T08:06:34Z")
what does one do with stolen parking meters? i am just trying to figure out a motive here. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/free-parking-downtown-for-now/17847/15 "2006-09-22T08:08:43Z")
take out the 10 dollars worth of quarters and cost the city probably tens-hundreds of thousands… ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/free-parking-downtown-for-now/17847/16 "2006-09-22T08:31:59Z")
On the news last night they said each meter could have between $30 and $60 in it. So if you average $45 each, and from the news it looked like at least 15, that’s almost $700. Not bad for a nights work… if you’re into stealing stuff anyway. Besides, how many tips do you think the city is really going to get about this crime? > [@JoesTypeS](#): > > They chalk the tire & the ground…it’d be pretty improbable that you would leave and come back to have the lines line up perfectly I don’t park downtown much, even less on the street, but I’m still surprised I never saw them do this before. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/free-parking-downtown-for-now/17847/17 "2006-09-22T08:34:11Z")
> [@JoesTypeS](#): > > They chalk the tire & the ground…it’d be pretty improbable that you would leave and come back to have the lines line up perfectly I don’t park downtown much, even less on the street, but I’m still surprised I never saw them do this before. ---
**Author:** ![Pass\_McGass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pass_mcgass/32/7616_2.png) [@Pass\_McGass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pass_McGass)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/free-parking-downtown-for-now/17847/18 "2006-09-22T08:39:25Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Besides, how many tips do you think the city is really going to get about this crime? lol @ the truth of this ---
**Author:** ![RedDawg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@RedDawg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedDawg)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/free-parking-downtown-for-now/17847/19 "2006-09-22T08:59:58Z")
the double meters weigh a ton, need at least 3 guys to carry them and they’re a pain in the ass to crack open. or so i hear :snky: ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/free-parking-downtown-for-now/17847/20 "2006-09-22T09:05:01Z")
Awww, I thought you were talking about NYC. Boo to 25 cents for 10 minutes… 1 hour max… or, just getting assfucked for 40 bucks for 2 hours at a gayrage [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/free-parking-downtown-for-now/17847.md?page=2)