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[Oatmealman]

Hoa's suck.My hoa doesn't allow 3/4ton or 1 ton pickups(especially duallys) to be parked on the street,driveway or garage.I've parked my jeep which follows all the rules of the hoa on the driveway a few times and still get bitched at for it by the hoa people,but the head of the hoa has a f-350 dually in his driveway,a boat on the side of his house(isn't allowed) and a trans am on jack-stands in his garage(also not allowed).I've brought it up at the board meetings and they kicked me out and then fined $750 me for having an unsightly vehicle in my garage.

[HashiriyaS14]

Hoa's suck.My hoa doesn't allow 3/4ton or 1 ton pickups(especially duallys) to be parked on the street,driveway or garage.I've parked my jeep which follows all the rules of the hoa on the driveway a few times and still get bitched at for it by the hoa people,but the head of the hoa has a f-350 dually in his driveway,a boat on the side of his house(isn't allowed) and a trans am on jack-stands in his garage(also not allowed).I've brought it up at the board meetings and they kicked me out and then fined $750 me for having an unsightly vehicle in my garage.

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Wow, that's nuts.

We have NO vehicular restrictions other than the following: (paraphrased)

1.) Vehicles that remain unattended parked on the street, unmoved, for 30 days or more. This is enforced VERY leniently, really only if someone complains. Your car basically has to be sitting out there for half a year or more and not move once, and the you get a warning letter or something.

2.) No repair work on cars parked on the street. I agree with this, because everyone in the development (even the condo dwellers) has either a reserved parking lot space, a driveway, or a garage. DIY repairs are fine in any of those three places, but doing it on the street is unsafe, IMO. Never know who's going to come whizzing by.

Totally reasonable. I've parked all sorts of unagreeable death sleds behind my house, done lots of serious wrenching outside in the driveway, etc. Never a complaint call, never a warning letter, never so much as a peep. They just maintain the pool and shovel my snow and leave me alone.


How the hell can they tell you what to park in your own garage? I never would've moved anywhere with a restriction like that.

[Jesda]

I had a guy I met through a local car club do some minor suspension work on the S13 'vert my brother bought from Hash a few years back. I pulled the car into his garage to get a look at it and he insisted that we close the garage door on a hot summer day because of the rules and his annoying neighbors who complain about everything.

A car. Inside the garage. And the garage door couldn't stay open for an hour?

[Oatmealman]

Hoa's suck.My hoa doesn't allow 3/4ton or 1 ton pickups(especially duallys) to be parked on the street,driveway or garage.I've parked my jeep which follows all the rules of the hoa on the driveway a few times and still get bitched at for it by the hoa people,but the head of the hoa has a f-350 dually in his driveway,a boat on the side of his house(isn't allowed) and a trans am on jack-stands in his garage(also not allowed).I've brought it up at the board meetings and they kicked me out and then fined $750 me for having an unsightly vehicle in my garage.

^^
Wow, that's nuts.

We have NO vehicular restrictions other than the following: (paraphrased)

1.) Vehicles that remain unattended parked on the street, unmoved, for 30 days or more. This is enforced VERY leniently, really only if someone complains. Your car basically has to be sitting out there for half a year or more and not move once, and the you get a warning letter or something.

2.) No repair work on cars parked on the street. I agree with this, because everyone in the development (even the condo dwellers) has either a reserved parking lot space, a driveway, or a garage. DIY repairs are fine in any of those three places, but doing it on the street is unsafe, IMO. Never know who's going to come whizzing by.

Totally reasonable. I've parked all sorts of unagreeable death sleds behind my house, done lots of serious wrenching outside in the driveway, etc. Never a complaint call, never a warning letter, never so much as a peep. They just maintain the pool and shovel my snow and leave me alone.


How the hell can they tell you what to park in your own garage? I never would've moved anywhere with a restriction like that.

I got home from work one morning after driving the jeep,i pulled into the garage and they "happened" to be taking pictures of infractions and i unloaded some tools out of the rear of the jeep and they snapped a picture of it and walla a few days later they sent me a 750 dollar fine.And as far as moving their it was close to my job,a nice house,and my neighbor all but 2 are nice(i live in a cul de sac).I don't own my house unfortunately only renting it for now but i'd live in the neighborhood if the hoa would relax alittle bit.

[HashiriyaS14]

I had a guy I met through a local car club do some minor suspension work on the S13 'vert my brother bought from Hash a few years back. I pulled the car into his garage to get a look at it and he insisted that we close the garage door on a hot summer day because of the rules and his annoying neighbors who complain about everything.

A car. Inside the garage. And the garage door couldn't stay open for an hour?

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That's outlandish.

I can't imagine having the time to even notice if my neighbor's garage door had been open for an hour.

[IBCoupe]

I can't imagine having the urge to notice my neighbor.

[Dattebayo]

My neighbor is Hispanic and has a dilapidated makeshift plywood structure in her backyard, the one next to that has an old car in 4ft high grass and the neighborhood has snake issues in the summer because of it.

[IBCoupe]

Great excuse to buy a pet mongoose.

[numbnuts240]

My neighbor is Hispanic

this has what, to do with what?

pointing out people's hidden racist tendencies is a hobby of mine.

[93coupe]

My neighbor is a lesbian. I think.

[numbnuts240]

that's not racist, that's just useful information.

[93coupe]

She is a pale faced lesbian. I think.

[Jesda]

My neighbor is Hispanic and has a dilapidated makeshift plywood structure in her backyard, the one next to that has an old car in 4ft high grass and the neighborhood has snake issues in the summer because of it.

Household count: 38

[MinisterofDOOM]

My neighbor is Hispanic and has a dilapidated makeshift plywood structure in her backyard, the one next to that has an old car in 4ft high grass and the neighborhood has snake issues in the summer because of it.

When I was in the boy scouts, I (and the other scouts) would help mow various lawns in the neighborhood. We made sure everyone's lawn got taken care of on a weekly basis, even if the homeowner wasn't able to do it. There's no HOA in that neighborhood. None is needed. Because the people who live there aren't a bunch of ***holes.

And THAT is the real problem: some people are scumbags. HOAs won't change that. They can cover it up, but just like medicine they introduce all sorts of new problems in place of the one they "fix." Get rid of the scumbags and you get rid of the problem. Since HOAs are not capable of doing that, they serve no valuable purpose. The fact that your ***hole neighbor can't park his rusted Monte Carlo on the front grass doesn't change the fact that he's an ***hole. The problem is still there. The car might not be, but the car was never REALLY the issue.