Thanks for all the great comments guys !!
Sorry I haven't been on the boards much the last couple weeks, been really busy so thanks for posting the pics Jeff.
Unfortunately I'm having to make a decision to either sell the car or move.
As you can see from the 1st picture Jeff posted, not the one Patrick posted that's Jeff's house, we live in a townhome. We have lived here for 7 years during which time we've always had 3 cars, before the Corvette I had a Camaro. The association board members are now giving us a hard time about having the Corvette in the garage, I think the main problem is they don't like the idea of me storing it there during the winter months. When we moved in 7 years ago there was no such rule prohibiting this. After talking to a neighbor a few doors down who has a 2002 black coupe who is in the same boat we are, I learned that the association passed an amendment to the parking rules about 4-5 years ago which prohibits keeping a "dormant" or "ocassionally used " vehicle in the garage if it forces an "active" vehicle to use the driveway as it's primary parking space.
I can understand they want to minimize wear and tear on the driveways which they maintain and also to keep clutter to a minimum throughout the neighborhood. My beef is this was not the rule when we moved in otherwise we wouldn't have moved there. My daily driver is a 2002, it's not an eyesore nor is it leaking oil onto the driveway. In addition why is this the first time we are being harassed about it if the rule was changed 4-5 years ago?
I thought of getting a lawyer but I'm not sure we have enough legal ground to stand on to win, even though the rule was changed after we moved in it was also changed before I bought the vette. If I still had the Camaro, which I had when we moved in, I think it would be a different story. Although I'm not sure the board members know when I bought the vette, my next door neighbor happens to be the president of assoc. and he knows I didn't have it when we moved in. We have always been on pretty good terms with him, or so I thought anyway. I have put up with some of his **** over the years and noticed him violating rules himself, in fact it's going on right now he still has his Xmas decorations up. The rule is 30 days before and after the holiday.
I never say anything in an attempt not only to be a good neighbor but to have the favor returned in the event something like this would come up someday.
The wife said there is no way she is going to make me sell the Vette, that would have to be totally my decision but I have considered it as an option. We also talked about moving, which in all likelyhood is the route we are going to take. I can't see that this would be worth the cost of legal fees to fight it that way.
I have written a letter to the board pleading my case in hopes they will allow us to keep the vette with the assurance I would store it somewhere else next winter, hopefully by then we will have moved.
It's a shame to see people driven out of thier community over something so trivial as this.