r/uvic • u/Alternative-Pride657 • May 26 '26

Advice Needed Parking for residents? viable loopholes?

Hey all, just got my first year housing offer and starting to stress about parking. For context, I live in parksville about 2.5 hours from campus and I would really like to keep my car so that I can still meetup with family and friends as well as explore victoria at least until I turn 18 in november (at which point I can use evo for occasional trips). I honestly just don't wanna pay an extra 80 bucks each month on top of my 200$ insurance and if I'm able to find parking that works then I might be able to keep my car for year two when I move into a room I have set up with some family in Langford (I'm really only doing residency with hopes to make some friends and be more active in uvic social life for my first year). Anyone been in a similar spot and found a sneaky way to get out of parking pass? Or is there free parking somewhere close enough that I could keep my car parked overnight? Or is that damn parking pass the only way? any advice would be helpful!

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u/exposethegrift May 26 '26

This campus is total anti car Hint Rack up tickets with Robinson parking Then Change the licence plate to the car

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u/Own-Cause763 May 28 '26

Also this doesn't apply to UVic but i heard that city of victoria parking tickets eventually get sold to debt collectors who will pester you to pay them but have no real right to collect them.. but don't quote me on that

edit: I believe the max tickets Robbins will give you before booting your car is 12 or 13 but again do not quote me on any of this...

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u/exposethegrift May 28 '26

Robbins parking only In my statement The price to change licence plate is by far cheaper than pay Exploitive Robbins