Having a Car without a Garage or Having a Garage without a Car

Thanks for commenting parallel to what I have thought. Having a garage without a car, a garage converted into a garden of potted plants and living room extension. In this way I have a green reason to express that I love clean air, nice environment too! MMDA's rule is to cleanup, clear up and seize illegals on the road like illegal vendors, illegal structures, illegal parking etc. Land Transportation Office's concerns are to fix the papers of car owner wannabes that as if they have their car garage to bring in their newly purchased cars whether old or new, brand new or second hands, tricycles or tracktor they don't really care for as long as you fall in line at the LTO and apply for a car registration. The under-the-table approval for car registration to those who owns no car garage or parking slots has been LTO's traditional practice, I think this is for life. It maybe not a new thing to us but we know it is illegal. The dumbest thing about the law is that it applies very well to the most of us but it seems to be inapplicable to Filipinos. We recreate our own law. Meaning we allow this to happen except MMDA. The Metro Gwapo way of making the metro look gwapo is messed up by our dumb law. The pedestrian will never be walking at the pedestrian alley but must be also on the road. The road is for pedestrian, cars and garbage. The sidewalks are converted as trade and vending platforms. The the Metro Gwapo patrols and condemns the illegally parked vehicles, but sad to say people say that it is anti-poor. Metro Gwapo's fight is still faulty just because we have a lot of dumb laws. Too much democracy, too little tolerance.

me, too. i prefer a house with garage even if its size is just enough for a tricycle. i want privacy and security. i live in an apartment with a small garage. i have not enough money to purchase my own home but if one day, i'd be able to buy a small lot, i'll build a 3-storey house wherein the first level is dedicated for a garage.

Well raising concerns to our community authority is easy. The concern response is prompted on very quickly but good for less than a week already and the habit of doing the violation is back to normal. In fairness to our lady barangay or community chairman she's doing her job well. I think the problem comes from the Land Transportation Office itself and the car buyers. Why should the LTO allow anyone individual to purchase vehicles when in fact they have space to park their huge possessions in. They even hardly hang-dry their laundry in their own house. I read about the Singapore law about owning a car. No parking/garage, No Car! In the Philippines this good law is considered a dumb law. Anyways, I'll try your advise. To deflate the tires :D

i only allow parking infront of our apartment if: it's for just a few minutes, like delivering or picking-up something. i immediately talk to owners whenever i see a car. if i allow just one person, everybody will start parking too.. yah, i hate those who dont hang-dry their clothes on their own place. some people keep on hanging their clothes at electrical wires, phone cables, etc..

Unfortunately, yes! This is an apartment that has no parking slot. This has space in front but car won't fit so the apartment owner ended up converting the suppose-to-be garage into a service area. Now we planted herbs and ornaments that looks attractive. There penalties under the law (all about vehicles, pedestrian etc.) but that we know is not enforced. So I'd rather not bring a car in the metro. I'll stick on to my legs to move me. :D