HOA's...
10 yrs ago, I used to live/rent at a condo complex and my landlord was as cool as them come.
After one month living there, during the weekend when there was hardly anybody there (I could see this by almost no cars in the carports) I do a one hour oil change in my carport space. When done, I make sure that I leave no signs of my work - the area was spotless.
The following Tuesday, the landord calls me and asks "Hey Fast Dave, did you do an oil change in the carport over the weekend?"
I reply, "Yeah Bob, I did - the Ex is my only vehicle, my daily driver, and thus I'm on top of the maintenance. I banged it out in an hour, no music blasting or standing around with beers, and when done I made sure to leave the carport spotless - no spills, oil stained rags, or tools/jacktands."
Bob the landlord replies "I hear you, I do all my own maintenance on my cars as well so I completely understand. Let me tell you what is up. You might have noticed a 72 year old white haired spinster w/ a thick German accent walking the grounds, entering the laundry room without laundry, entering the garbage area without garbage. She's the self-assigned neighborhood "cop" that killed off her husband and has no life. She spends her days walking around, looking for things to nail renters on and turn them into the property maintenance company." "So in the future do me a favor, pull out onto the street, and pull two wheels onto the walkway, two onto the street. Slide under your Explorer and change the oil there - as she can't do squat about that." The cops won't bother you because they have real crime to worry about.
So for the 5 years I lived there that's what I did - everything on the public street. I began to notice the pattern - the German spinster would pop out from a walkway and stare at me from a distance - as if that would get me to stop my work. I ignored her and quietly laughed to myself, knowing that she knew that she couldn't do anything about it...
10 years later, every once in awhile I find myself driving past my old rental condo, and quite often I see her out on the grounds, "walking the beat" - looking for things to turn people in for. Only the good die young...