Owning a car can get expensive. The costs of repairs, gas, and parking can add up over time. That's why car owners do everything they can to save money on their vehicles.
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This happened the other year when the lockdown was severe. My mate tested positive for covid, so I did the proper thing of canceling my holiday and isolating myself for two weeks. This was right at the start before self-testing was available, so I just followed the guidelines.
It was a very cold fortnight. So cold that, at some point, the adhesive on my parking permit fell from the windscreen into the foot well. When I finally return to the world, I go to my van and see a parking ticket for the previous night. My van hadn't moved in two weeks, and the same parking attendant works every day, just following the rules, hit me with a £75 fine.