People of Ohio, If you need to get rid of an old car, now you know where to dump it - Montana Valley Apartments. Free towing & they don't ask questions.
I googled this place. It's in Cincinnati and was built in 1968. Rent for a 500 sq.ft. 1 bedroom starts at $735/month and goes up from there. They claim that their tenants LOVE living in their "gated community" with a "sparkling" pool. The 2 star reviews tell me otherwise!
It's worth noting that in that part of the country, cars rust rather quickly due to the salt they use on the roads. If you're not vigilant about getting the salt off, a car can have significant rusting in only a few years.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade Not so much in Cincinnati, that's southwest Ohio, not really the "rust belt". Trust me, I've lived in Northwest Ohio my entire life where salt (now brine) REALLY get used.
and there'll be a sudden rash of nails and screws(screws are much worse on tires) under their wheels.. I have a huge list of tools I use for idiots like that.
My friend's condo association did this right after he inherited the place. They towed, damaged the car, and it had to be totaled by his insurance. He sued. They had to pay for the car that met their standards. He later sold the condo to a total jerk who, as I understand it, is giving the COA a real run for their money.
My HOA sent me a letter for an unregistered car in the driveway (it was covered). I asked them how they could tell it was unregistered. They said they assumed it was because it was covered and that they could not go on the property to look under the cover and confirm it was registered. Mind you, this is a classic Corvette and when it's not in the garage, it's covered outside if not being driven. Once they acknowledged there was no way to know if they were right or wrong, I haven't heard from them again. But then, these are the same tools who told me I couldn't have a satellite dish on my house. At least until I sent them the FCC regulation that said they couldn't prevent it. HOAs are made up largely of busy bodies with nothing to do. The women put on their sneakers and walk around to find violations. Things like "fence is weathered" and "mailbox not approved color".
Just for fun, I Google to see various HOA rules on dishes, and am surprised at the number I find that still try to outright prohibit it, or restrict it to 18 inches (when the FCC's law, IIRC, designates a meter (~39.3701 inches) or less as allowable IIRC) are non-zero.
My HOA (or what they call it in CO) and they have a bunch of rules. One of those rules is that you cannot park off your driveway on your lawn. Most of my yard is rock, including the space on either side of the driveway, but I cannot park on it. I got a complaint because I parked my F350 and my back wheel was just off the driveway on the rock. I parked that way because my driveway has a bit of an angle, and because my wife has to back out past it, and my truck is quite large. This is the epitome of busybodies going utterly overboard.
I had law enforcement knock on my door, one day, & ask about my "derelict" vehicle. My 95 GMC Safari, which has nothing wrong, other than a small dent. It is completely legal, & I had driven it 2 days prior. She said the city is cracking down, & it may have been reported because of a low tire. It was not flat. Yes, they have someone who drives around, looking for things to complain about.
I had that happen at in-laws. They were upset about derelict vehicles. As they checked. FIL only person with DL. 3 pickups, 2 cars and a RV parked on large paved driveway. This smug lady starts with demands. Inform her one pickup was mine. The other pickup was his son’s. His daughter drove 1 car. He owned the other car, pickup. She was so unhappy she wasn’t able to cause trouble. Ruined her day Family was visiting. But she felt better when she saw unlicensed car in neighbors garage he was replacing power steering. It’s in the COUNTY. Not city limits. Neighbor might have remarked to me that the local walking path has had attacks by wolves. (Coyote who are after ankle biter mutts). I have no idea why he mentioned that after she left...
Where I come from, the building manager that was applying those stickers would find their own vehicle in a semi-permanent state of dented/flat tires/bad paint.
What they're saying when they make a comment like, "we understand the policy isn't for everyone" is our apartment complex isn't for everyone. They're trying to eliminate the poorer tenants from among them.
i would have a police report taken for vandalism, take my car to a detailer and send the bill to the apartment management company. If they don't pay do to them what they do to us. Send it to a collections company
Yup, but if it's towed, the police are in cahoots with the towing companies and will side with them. And then probably find some reason to screw you over too. If the police in your area are anything like the police in mine, or in 95% of the US, that is.
Ohio....where it snows in the winter and therefore makes more sense to back into a parking spot in case the battery is weak and the car won't start. It sure is a lot easier to get a jump when the 2 cars' front ends are close to each other.... I got in the habit of always backing in whenever I could from delivering pizza after I walked in on a man in the middle of beating his wife to deliver it! Let's just say the 6'4" 260 lb. dude had something to worry about when he tried to attack me once I got to the car and got my key into the ignition and leave it at that.
Had this happen to a friend who loaned a slightly rusty car that ran great to a customer while he was fixing their car. They put a sticker on the windshield the size of an 8X10 picture lets just say when my friend was told what had happened the manager of that apartment complex almost crapped himself when he saw my 6'5" friend show up angry
I would look at the laws surrounding vandalism if I were in their shoes. Depending on how it's written putting a sticker on someone's car could be vandalism. I'm not above filing a criminal complaint against someone who slapped a damn sticker on my windshield.
... and while attempting removal of the printed material and contemporaneously-applied strong-adhesive, my client found damage to the front windscreen of the vehicle described in Exhibit 'G' caused by: Either, the aforementioned dangerous volatile organic chemicals used in conjunction with the strong-adhesive; Or, As a result of the reasonable attempt at removal of the noxious and dangerous materials obstructing a driver's view necessitated by prudent standards of safe operation of a motor vehicle. Accordingly, the incurred injury of a towing service fee and full replacement of the front windscreen... Sounds like a fun letter.
How about a sticker blocking your view reported as a willful effort to make your car unsafe to operate? Some places fuzzy dice are illegal on rear view mirror for just this reason, wouldn't a large sticker be the same hazard?
I'm thinking that a business that removes such stickers and changes the localities' statutory maximum for a small claims court suit, for the removal sounds like a great business opportunity.
Fun "bluff" for an HOA. When they present you your violation, inform them you will not comply and also inform them that you will be installing the largest H.A.M. radio tower as legal in your front yard if you receive further harassment. H.A.M. is protected
What about a Rat Rod? What about a classic car that has been a survivor and might be worth $100,000 if left untouched and will loose value if refurbished?
It's what we do in today's American society. What a filthy, smelly, sheethole, America has become too. If Americans can shut their mouths, they can hear the rest of the World laughing at them.
There was an apartment complex near a college that my friends went to. They tried putting stickers on our cars when we had parties. So we went full revenge mode on them. Kept gluing their office door locks. Kept gluing the stickers to the apartment front door windows. ETC. They were pissed, they'd send out letters saying the police are investigating.
*KAPTAIN KAREN!* Indeed! A few years ago, our town enacted a blight law and hired a blight officer to oversee the office and enforce the rules...which in addition to standards regarding how your yard must look...it also includes making it unlawful to have unregistered cars on your property. Yesterday, a resident reported on the town's Facebook page that someone reported her father as being suspected of being a hoarder. They now are asking permission to go in his home and inspect it, and are threatening to get a search warrant if denied access. *THIS IS NONSENSE!!! NOTHING MORE THAN GIVING KARENS AUTHORITY TO OFFICIALLY MESS WITH CITIZENS!*
I have to wonder if placing a sticker on the windshield in the view of the driver runs afoul of laws prohibiting the tampering width of other people's vehicles. In California the statute goes by the dictionary definition of the word tamper. There could be a thing in the lease about it, but if there's not a sign that says by parking here we reserve the right to tamper with your car, then I have a problem with this.
Were it me, after I peeled it off from where they stuck it (making my car undrivable until it was removed) I’d stick it on the same spot on the manager’s car... using glass-bonding epoxy.
Why go so far? Most tires have easy to reach ventiles. ANYONE walking by can crouch down to bind their shoes next to your car and when they stand um, you have a flat tire.
Had an ugly car years ago when I lived in an apartment complex & the manager mentioned that my car was looking bad & I should do something about it. I told the manager that if they were that worried about it to take up a collection & let me know when they had enough for me to get it painted. As for rust. In 1977 I was looking to buy a new car & the NEW cutlass "on the showroom floor" had rust around the lower corner of the rear window. Needless to say I bought a new Triumph motorcycle. Thanks for your very informative videos.
I just bought an "old Triumph motorcycle" last year, and it has more than a bit of rust, but I quite like my 78 Bonneville. It seems most who watch these videos "watch most of his".
@SteveLehto could you please, for the entertainment of all, comment on what would happen if heaven forbid you saw someone putting a sticker on the driver side of your windshield?
Ever see "stop a douchebag?" It's a bunch of young Russian activists that put stickers etc on people's cars that break the rules and are acting like general assholes.
@@paul.van.santvoord1232 if this is the answer I would like to know on what grounds. Safety hazard? Pay for the time and money it would cost for a local shop to do it? Steeeeevvveee we need answers
This is discriminatory towards Pontiacs. It's not their fault GM decided to put fugly plastic trim pieces on crappy fleet cars for added "performance."
@@MNDashcam break the bead and stick a note inside the tire explaining what a douche the manager is, so the guy at the tire shop can help you exact your revenge in all the devious and subtle ways I'm sure he knows how.
Had a condo for a while in SoCal. Started getting threats to tow my beautiful t-top 280 ZX because of oil stains in the covered parking area. The thing is, I didn't use the covered parking because I had a second parking space right out my front door. It was the difference of walking completely around to the back of the building or just stepping out the front door. I explained to the manager that I wasn't using that spot and my car wasn't the problem but that fell on deaf ears. Got a call, while I was at work, from a neighbor friend, a couple of days later and rushed home to find the manager's nephew changing oil and filters on cars he didn't even own in my parking slot. He was running a shade tree mechanic business out of my parking slot. Didn't confront him, just called the cops and asked them to do a private property call. Wrecker pulls in... Cop pulls in... Manager's nephew freaks out... Manager comes out. Manager pretends her nephew has permission to park there. I pull out the several notices threatening to tow my car and my lease assigning that slot to me. The cops don't want to get involved in any of it... BUT The cops look at the car parked in my slot... expired plate sticker... Not owned by the manager or her nephew... and they ticketed it. The nephew gets bent out of shape because now he has to explain a ticket to his customer. The cops explain that since he doesn't own the car, he can't just park it in the covered parking under the sign that was posted by management... The manager tells him to move the car but the oil filter is off of it... He tries to move it anyway... The cops stop him as soon as he turns the key and asks for license, insurance and registration... The nephew gets out of the car but leaves it running... with no oil filter. He can't produce insurance or registration... in SoCal. They run his driver's license... suspended... in SoCal 🤣 The car with no oil filter is running this whole time... the engine starts smoking... and seizes before anyone thinks to shut it off. The cops seize the car and arrest the nephew... The car isn't going to a towing company yard now, it's going to impound... with a dead engine. The owner of the car shows up that evening. Turns out he's running a used car thing where he buys cars at auction and flips them on craigslist. The nephew was his make-ready guy... he found on craigslist. He starts out a little frustrated but after I explain what happened he turned out to be pretty reasonable. I took it as a given that the nephew was fired and hadn't made bail. There may have been other issues related to why his license was suspended. The manager had told the used car guy that I got the car towed which was probably to shift focus away from her own involvement. I bundled the whole crazy mess up and emailed it off to the company that owned the complex. The management company sent a very nice lawyer woman around a few days later to ask if I was planning to sue them... and to dangle a carrot or two as an incentive to sign off on a settlement. I just asked if they could clean the oil slick out of my parking slot and she told me that wouldn't be a problem. They had a contractor come steam clean the whole parking lot and repaint the lines a couple weeks later... and sent me a fruit basket... Who TF does that? 🤣
I lived in a complex that liked to use the lease/law to beat tenants up, but didn't like following the lease themselves. Had a manager who tried to raise my rate without following the proper procedures because she was just lazy. After she threatened to evict me, I contacted the management company and met with them and showed them exactly what transpired. She agreed because she didn't even know the rules of the lease! I kept my rate, she got fired! It pays to know the rules.
We live in Ohio and shop auto auctions for cars for people who need one but can't afford to buy one. One of our favorite kind to get are "hail damaged" cars that run great but have little dents all over them. How a car looks has no effect on how it runs or how safe is it.
I usually work from home, when I drove to the office I would sometimes find all our parking spots in use, so I would call our front desk who would tell me where the building was letting us park our overflow cars. I would usually stay late if I was already there, so by the time I found that the building manager had glued a sticker over my windshield for parking where I was told to and we called him on his cell he had left and could only say "sorry" but he was gone for the day so I had to get the sticker off myself.
@@russellhltn1396 here's the thing, while Tenants are resposible for their guests, it's only with in reason. A Tenant is NOT responsible for the conditon of their guest's car, and that shit COULD end up costing the Landlord thousands or even a felony
Look them up on Google. The apartments are nothing to write home about. Very dated kitchens and such. Interesting the vehicle policy is so strict. I may actually be moving to the Cincy area soon and I'll scratch this one off my list.
I've seen lots of large Fords and GM cars with the paint peeling off and showing galvanized steel underneath. Most Mopars rust through in 2 or 3 years in PA and Ohio.
I would happily take out an ad “We buy junk cars - $50” and spend a few hundred dollars and deposit 2 or 3 of them in that parking lot every night. Then watch as they tag and tow. Best entertainment money can buy!
I live in a complex that has had the same 7 vehicles in the parking lot for more than 6 months. It took me contacting the city code enforcement for the rental company to put out a notice. The vehicles still haven't moved but I'm just working up the chain. For info all 7 vehicles meet or exceed the local guideline for derelict vehicles which means either flat tire, broken front windshield, leaking fluids or a few other items. In my lease it states all vehicles are to be in running order or be towed, no working on vehicles on the property, all these have been broken by the property management company.
I live in condo complex that should do the same. The trash filled rust buckets have chased off potentual condo buyers. These are not primary vehicles but secondary. We have gotten bad reviews for condos in out are keeping our property values down.
I live in an apartment complex in Northern Kentucky, that will not rent to possible renters if their cars are not 100% perfect. No dents, rust, scratches, paint issues, cracked windows, etc.. I'm not sure how legal this is, but it seems to be a regular thing in this region.
There was an attorney in downtown Lancaster, PA that shared a building with a slum lord. If people would park in his assigned space in the nearby lot, he would go out and put a big sticker on their car telling them they were trespassing. If the vehicle sat too long after the sticker, he'd have it towed.
In NYC garbage collectors have stickers, that they’re supposed to put on your drivers side door window, to notify you about garbage day parking. I recall getting one from now and then; I kept a scraper in the car which made quick work of the sticker. I recall one day seeing a person that must gave annoyed their hell out of the garbage collectors because they plastered his car with stickers on every inch of glass. I had 1 sticker on mine and pulled out the scrapper and blew the guy away; he never knew such a tool existed. He offered me money, to which I originally said no, until he offered me a $50 for a $5 scrapper, at which point it became his. I thought the stickers beat tickets but every now and then I was just too tired to walk from a good space, which could be 5-6 blocks away. City parking sucks.
I feel like putting a sticker on something (if it's not easy to removable, and certainly if it's difficult to remove) should be considered vandalism. And, if it's not, then turn about is fair play, and it's time to put stickers on the appartment office's windows. *This is not legal advice.
In some states you don't have to do permanent damage to something for it to be considered vandalism. I remember a case several years ago where someone wrote on the sidewalk of Bank of America with sidewalk chalk and Bastards of America tried to get the guy convicted of felony vandalism. Edit: I just looked it up and a jury found him not guilty.
The town I grew up in had a statute that if the car wasn't plated you had to have it in storage which was defined as covered/ wrapped either with a car cover or tarp tightly on it.
Where I went to school, there were prominent signs claiming parking by permit only. When people would break the rule and park in our spots, we'd take 600 mile per hour speed tape - the kind used for temporary repairs on jet aircraft - and place a large piece on the windshield in front of the driver. It would take hours to remove because you couldn't peel it off, only remove small slivers at a time. Didn't have too many people take those parking spaces after a couple got taped. And to think, nobody to this day knows who did it.
Wouldn't it be vandalism to put stickers on a vehicle. We don't get that in San Diego and their all about image. What if you had a fender bender the day before? In the snow belt with salted roads? What about age? You have an old classic? It's subjective and too broad. Would love to see this get challenged in court.
I once lived for several months in a rented room in a house in Vancouver (Canada). I could park in back of the house but when I went away for a week I parked out on the street so as not to obstruct the cars of the other occupants of the house in the small parking area. I made sure that it was legal to park where I parked. When I returned I discovered that someone had been trying to get me to move my car. She had contacted my cousins by looking in the phone book for people with the same uncommon family name, and she even called the police and tried to get them to tow my car. They refused since it was legally parked. Why did she want my car moved? It turned out that the house in front of which I had parked was for sale. (I don't think it was when I parked.) The real estate agent for some reason thought that the house would look better to prospective buyers without my car parked in front. The car was only a year old and not in bad shape, by no means an eyesore.
When I was a kid I had a Mustang that I didn't drive in the winter. Since my parents felt that they should get the use of the garage to keep their cars warm and dry, my Mustang was parked with a car cover outside. Like clockwork our neighbor would complain that the car hadn't been moved in 30 days, and I would have to remove the cover, show valid registration and insurance, and move the car to the other side of the driveway. Oddly enough, the summer I left for basic, the neighbors rose garden completely died out.
When complexes employ the standards that you are talking about, it is written into the lease. Most complexes in decent areas are bound by standards set by the municipality, and property management can be fined for violations. This includes cars without plates or outdated stickers, flat tires, major damage and unsightly appearance. Property managers are also looking to rent properties, and it doesn't make a good impression to have a bunch of junkers sitting around the complex. Renters are made aware of this at the time they sign the lease.
I have lived on my mobile home park almost 6 1/2 years. Never been late on rent until last March. My daughter waa suppose to attend college. Due to covid they canceled classes. Didn't refund any of the deposits yet. She had to move twice to find place to live and good job she can support herself in end of January. It's a retirement park. I am 50 and disabled. Don't cause problems ever. Stay to myself. Tried getting help to get caught up. Manager wouldn't fill out all info on my application for help. Place asked why. Plus yesterday they gave me application to fill out to live here and new set of rules. I can't understand why people try messing with people that just want left alone. I told lady I would get rent caught up asap.
Karens live to mess with people. Had the very educational misfortune to work with one for 3 years. She delighted in stirring trouble over trifles. She thoroughly enjoyed standing back to watch the resultant drama.
My '68 Falcon may have looked like a fatality wreck, but it was licensed, insured, inspected, and fully drivable (the previous owner had even just replaced the clutch before he died).
I did contractor work in a high end HOA community. The person I was working for had a brand new high end pickup truck. Well, the HOA did not tolerate any pickup trucks. He literally had to sell his house and move because he would not sell his truck.
Actually, it's called an Auto Storage Pod. Comes in lots of colors and shapes like yellow school buses and beige campers...there's even a bright red fire truck! Mine looks just like a 2000 BMW 328i complete with low tires and the genuine simulated driveway stains option. All you do is put stuff in it. When it's full, just tap the App and they'll pick it up with an Auto Storage Pod flatbed transfer vehicle and it's off to the Auto Storage Pod Yard.
