HOA Seizes and Auctions Off My Classic Car for Being Parked on My Own Driveway!

[@joryadamson7854]

If I had a car like that, it would have been in the garage

[@FastRiposte]

So the HOA has stolen the vehicle, and then illegally sold the vehicle. So an organization that has committed crimes and attempts to hid it. Time to drop a RICO case. HOA's should be stripped of the powers that assign to themselves.

[@ninaappelt9001]

Since when is parking in your own driveway not allowed? Why have one if you can't use it?

[@victormontes7007]

Because looks are I important than common sense

[@runeingebretsen8378]

yes it's your problem if the neighbors property value shrinks,make it make sense

[@Sherwoody]

They may consider late model cars an eyesore. Project cars can be sitting in a driveway for months and years. This clearly wasn’t one of those. The impound yard would have known immediately that it was a vintage vehicle. A 69 SS Camaro can be valued, depending upon condition, from $15,000 (in poor condition) to $150,000 (SS, RS, or Z28) in collector condition.

[@joecool2125]

IDK why some people view antique or classic cars as junkers, when many of them are quite valuable. OP’s HOA found out how valuable his Camaro was. The HOA board members should’ve been made to pay for the repairs personally.

[@Tony-rn5fm]

LAWSUIT time for damages

[@ranul2]

Even if it was against the rules, they should have knocked on the Ops door to inform him that they had an order to seize his car

[@AndyJade-df6dj]

No HOAs have no authority to take people’s cars especially if it is on their own property because what the HOA did is grand theft auto.

[@Tony-rn5fm]

i will NEVER voluntarily join ANY HOA !!!!

[@ThePhoenixPrince]

God i hate these bot stories, why would a homeowners association have its own impound lot?

[@AndyJade-df6dj]

What do you mean the law was powerless, what the HOA did was called Grand Theft Auto which is a serious crime. Where I am from, you steal a car you end up in jail.

[@RunnyBabbitMom]

There is absolutely nothing on earth that would make me live in a HOA. I have lived in some pretty nasty apartments to avoid living in -narcissist land- a HOA

[@waltdoherty540]

Narcissist land. 😊 LOL

[@lonnyscott6231]

I would have liked to get a lawyer involved with the HOA story I would have asked the lawyer to send letters to everyone in the HOA explaining that the President of the HOA didn't know how to find out the exact amount that the car was worth. I would have then explained that the car was an antique therfore that the car was more expensive than the President of the HOA knew. I then would have explained that the car was worth at least $ 50,000.

[@califdad4]

A rare collectable car belongs in the garage not a street

[@Sherwoody]

Story 1: how does the car go from being sky blue to cherry red?

[@geofdownton782]

It doesn't, it never existed...

[@Tony-rn5fm]

ah jack boy, he could sell it to you

[@marjoriejohnston4905]

Yeah, no. The car was definitely stolen because they are NOT real law enforcement who have that power

[@bearprower]

Parking in your driveway devalues the property seriously, not being able use part of your property devalues the property. Ask any realtor off street parking is a value add in most areas.

[@runeingebretsen8378]

think if they said,living in your house devalues the property....what moronic rules.

[@bearprower]

@@runeingebretsen8378?Actually they've said that a number of times by how they treat the home owner

[@_cam-]

0:22 hell yeah, my dream car too

[@wlcrhornby19]

the hoa has no authority to seize a car and try and auction it off so what they did was auto theft of a car that's not theirs

[@geoffreydunne7422]

First story, should have also made the judge have u removed from that shit show of a HOA. No more fees or rules. Seen that a few times . I don't trust them to do right so I want out.

[@barbiek3987]

that 2nd story about the loud music. So why didn't OP and the rest of the neighbors that are being bothered, call the police right from the getgo? There are noise bylaws.

[@Sergeantsqueakers]

On the last story i would given him a extremely low offer to take the property off his hands at the end

[@lauramiller7690]

Did anyone else catch the difference that with the Corvette story that it starts out as sky blue and ends up as cherry red what did he have the color change when they had to paint it?

[@mikkelnpetersen]

HOA rules need to be run by a board that checks if they violate city, state and federal laws.

[@kathrynnorman4259]

Thank god we do not Have NOAs in my country Wales🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@conjumonblue6450]

That car would raise property values, not lower them.

[@hyundaisonata580]

Have them deported.

[@Tony-rn5fm]

so they can just take a car from the driveway ???

[@og_3rd_st_saint_gat]

4:31 nah orignal poster a soft man i would had sued to take the car back and if that doesnt work i would go to the hoa and take the car back by force

[@anonymouspatriotnetwork2740]

Well it's already been proved that the HOA does not have the right to micromanage where you park if you own the house. If you own the house you can park in your own driveway.

[@ellisschoffstall4524]

I thought the car was blue.

[@SMDoktorPepper]

Big problem..no title, no sale.

[@leighreganarblaster9852]

The HOA Seized the cat because the someone On HOA know how it was and they like you having something they could have. Sound like this HOA done this to money off impound and auction cost, was it they putting high cost of impound cost so they can live off them. How they park the car in impound lot the HOA didn’t’ care or the HOA try to teach you a lesson but you teach the HOA a lesson

[@AgnesC1111]

They have their own impound lot?

[@HH-ru4bj]

Ok, both the cops and the first lawyer are idiots, or this is a generous application of artistic license. In no state in the US (maybe Canada since they aren't the US) can a third party except for repossessions, enter private property to seize property without the permission of the property owner, with the exception of a trespass (meaning it didn't belong there in the first place), and cars as well as towing have their own special laws governing those, that also must be observed. What the HOA can do is fine the homeowner or have it towed from the street, but not the driveway unless the state law allows it, which I don't believe any do. A city ordinance does not trump state law,band HOA rules must operate within both states and local laws.

[@barbiek3987]

1st story, BS. OP doesn't even know what color his vehicle is/was. Starts off by being Sky Blue and ends up being Cherry Red.

[@og_3rd_st_saint_gat]

Ok yeah I agree now that you said that plus he said the hoa had a legal right to take the car back which was complete cap

[@alexius23]

📖👓📚📙🧙🏻‍♂

[@matthewstarke3765]

Story 1 ugh calm the f@#k down its just a damn car not a pet or person, it can be repaired pssh emotional damage 🙄

[@neilo.hislop950]

Did your LAWYER have Fun with this one ?

[@chriskimball4893]

Gonna put it out there... an engine doesn't just die like that. Not when it's impounded. Any legitimate impound lot is just supposed to hold and store your car. More importantly, if they damage your car, they can be held legally responsible for that damage. Again, engines don't just die like that. My guess? They were actively using the vehicle. Which an impound lot is NOT allowed to do. They can get into the car and run it to keep it from stalling out when stored for extended periods, but it seems like they were probably running the vehicle a lot more than that. Probably even driving it around, which is very much illegal since they do not own said vehicle. They were likely running the engine ragged, to the point it had very little fuel or oil left. They intentionally damaged that car.