#51496
Sir Humphrey
Strataguru

    I think the threshold test would be whether the ute is excessively noisy by some externally determined objective test. Perhaps it has a non-standard or faulty muffler and does not comply with standards required of ordinary road vehicles. Otherwise, it could be argued that starting up a road-worthy vehicle in order to leave a designated carpark is a reasonable use of the common property. If that part of the common property was always a carpark, then this was the known situation when you bought the unit.

    Double-glazing your windows might help.

    Eventually the problem should go away with the electrification of transport.

    Perhaps you could broker an informal, temporary swap of parking spaces so that the ute parks further away and someone who usually leaves later in the morning parks nearer to you?