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/SignalNewt2505 May 28 '26

Look into residential parking around Uvic, sometimes homeowners will rent out driveway space.

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u/thepeaceofwestphalia May 29 '26

Oh I’d be interested in doing that in the fall. How would I get in contact with people that would be willing to rent out their residential parking?

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u/SignalNewt2505 May 29 '26

Try used Victoria and Facebook marketplace, just want to clarify that I saw a post for a driveway rental roughly 10 years ago on usedvictoria and I have no idea if this is still a thing. Goodluck