Dallas HOA prohibits parking F-150 in driveway

Are they for real? HOA's are so lame MOST of the time.

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Yet another example of a Homeowner's Association run amok... A Texas homeowner in Frisco (just north of Dallas) has been told by the Stonebriar HOA that his new Ford F-150 isn't allowed to be parked in his driveway. The Association, established to protect Jim Greenwood's interests (that's the theory at least), will allow his neighbor's Cadillac Escalades, Honda Ridgelines, and even a HUMMER or two, but his new pickup violates a rule that prohibits pickups in the driveway. When Mr. Greenwood inquired as to why a Lincoln Mark LT could park in the neighborhood, but his practically identical F-150 couldn't, the response from the HOA was, "'It's our belief that Lincoln markets to a different class of people." Doh! As of now, Mr. Greenwood's options are to get another vehicle, or move. If it were us, we'd replace the F-150 with a yellow Caterpillar 972H Wheel Loader. Yeah, that would get them to quickly change their mind... Thanks for the tip, Neil!



Source: http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/18/dallas-hoa-prohibits-parking-f-150-in-driveway-lincoln-mark-lt/  

What a joke.  

If a homeowner or even one of the big three were to sue such an association, the dues would be paid out with homeowner's dues. There is almost no way that people with common sense can prevent such abuses after their homeowner association has been overtaken by people with ulterior property motives. People in the real estate industry have some interest in property values, but they also have a significant interest in ensuring property values change hands regularly to ensure that they make money. The only way for people to fight these abuses is to vote off homeowner's association board members (or spouses) that earn a living from the real estate industry. We need to have a collective national determination that no agent, broker, lawyer, property management company person, etc. connected to the real estate industry is ever elected to your board or sitting on your board. If you as a homeowner allow such members to be elected, you deserve to lose your money.  

I'd tell them where to shove it


Maybe thats why I don't live in a community with a HOA  

Sacrilege! How can they ban pickups in Texas? That's like saying you can't have a Prius in Santa Monica!    

I guess its not the "Truck of Texas" after all  

Awww yes I remember this. This truly was a stupid case.  
Life....It's not about how hard you can hit but how hard you can get hit and keep pushing forward, how much you can take and keep pushing forward. - Rocky Balboa

I live in a town with an HOA like that.  Petty power trips.