My shell got towed......

4g63tcrazy · 04-28-2009

Well the shell I picked up and was selling parts off of got towed this passed weekend.. I was keeping it at a friend's house to keep it in his garage so it WOULDN'T get towed. But my friend decided to leave it outside for the weekend while he was home in St. Louis. I just called the place today and they said right now the car is at $370 and goes up $40 a day. Well I got the damn thing for only $200 so yea.. Fuck that. Plus right now I'm here in MN for 3 weeks and not down in IL so the bill will continue to add up. I asked if I could just leave the car there and they said give us $100, title, and keys and you wont have to worry about it. So I think that's my only option concidering I have no money at the moment. This really sucks cause the car still had some really good parts including black leather seats! I may try and take some stuff out of it when I go give them the title. (Hopefully) I'm really kinda ticked off at my friend for his lazyness but what can ya do..

/rant

**goodhart** · 04-28-2009

I'd make your friend pay the fine at the least, it's his fault it got towed.

4g63tcrazy · 04-28-2009

Maybe I'll get him to pay half. He said he tried to push it into his garage but couldn't by himself. Although I pushed that thing around my parking lot quite a few times..

iceminion · 04-28-2009

WHAT????? They want $100? screw them!

twack · 04-28-2009

wow if your paying someone to take it you should at least be able to strip it of what you want. its not like it will ever run again

iceminion · 04-28-2009

Seriously, don't give them a dime! they have no legal power to take money from you, if they go through the trouble of towing a car, they run the risk of not re-couping the money that they think that they are going to get.

My buddy works for a towing joint, and he basically steals cars

**scheides** · 04-28-2009

I have a friend that had TWO cars that got towed at some point on the street that he never paid for and never went to get. The first one the windows had been smashed and stereo stolen when he went to get it, so he just left it. That was an old Chevy Citation w/ a massive handicapped sticker on the dash.

The next one was an 86 vw scirocco that he had bought 3 years earlier for $600. He put about 30k miles on it and never changed the oil, never fixed anythign on it, it was an absolute death trap. The doors wouldn't lock, and he just left the keys in the ignition. He had left it parked on the street overnight and they were doing street cleaning. When he go to work, a co-worker said, 'you should move your car so it doesn't get towed!' ....he misheard them and thought they said, 'I moved your car, so it doesn't get towed'...since he leaves the keys in it and all...LOL! Anyways, it got towed, he never went to get it.

**goodhart** · 04-28-2009

One of my army buds borrowed a friends car, and it ended up getting towed. He never did go and get it, because the impound fee was so rediculous and he ended up losing his buddies' $3k car because of his own stupidity.

I guess once the fee gets so big, they end up auctioning these things off though, so that might be something you want to keep track of. Just think, pretty much anybody other than you has no clue what this car still has in it, so you might be able to get it back for cheaper if it ends up being auctioned off.

slowbubblecar · 04-28-2009

+1 on saying FU to the towing company. I wouldn't even let them know you have no plans on getting it. Just leave it there and forget about it. Don't bring them the keys or the title. They won't get much of anything for a parts car without a title or the keys.

4g63tcrazy · 04-28-2009

Alright but the lady on the phone said if I just left it there they could suspend my license if I don't pay. I'm already on probation for like 6 more months and can't get into ANY trouble at all.

**Kracka** · 04-28-2009

Work out an agreement with them. Tell them you'll bring them the title and keys, but no cash, and you get to take the seats out of it. Right now they're stuck with a worthless and broken car so you're in a position to negotiate.

GREASEMONKEY · 04-28-2009

To answer a few Questions / Comments from my personal experience...

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Originally Posted by slowbubblecar

+1 on saying FU to the towing company. I wouldn't even let them know you have no plans on getting it. Just leave it there and forget about it. Don't bring them the keys or the title. They won't get much of anything for a parts car without a title or the keys.

I couldnt agree more with saying F it and leaving it there, If it were a running and driving car they can get a title for it after so many days (I believe 120 Days) and a key is no problem to make..

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Originally Posted by 4g63tcrazy

Alright but the lady on the phone said if I just left it there they could suspend my license if I don't pay. I'm already on probation for like 6 more months and can't get into ANY trouble at all.

They wont suspend your license, Or at least they wont in MN, What they do is file a summons to get you into court to try to collect there money. Sometimes they wont do this if the cars already auctioned but sense your car isn't technically worth anything, They might take you to court to try and recover some of thier money. I've had quite a few cars towed and i just left them there. They threatened me with court, ETC but in the end nothing happened because they probably auctioned them off and got there money out of them.

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Originally Posted by Kracka

Work out an agreement with them. Tell them you'll bring them the title and keys, but no cash, and you get to take the seats out of it. Right now they're stuck with a worthless and broken car so you're in a position to negotiate.

There is no negotiation, They wont let you take anything out of the car either. As soon as you pay is when you can take your stuff out of the car. Personal items are a different story unless the car was used to commit a crime, Then nothing leaves.

-I would do a little reasearch and find out what the laws are there regarding "Abandoning A Vehicle"

I believe each state is different but this is what i know about MN, Either from personal experience or reading..

Sorry about the long post, Hope this helps you out a little. If i were you id just leave it.

-Stephan

4g63tcrazy · 04-28-2009

Thanks for the info. If they tried to bring me to court my parents would probably try and kill me.. They are currently paying for my rent, gas, and all other bills. Now having the car towed is really gonna tick them off. I haven't told em yet. I'll do some research on IL laws about that and see what I come up with.

CDeutsch · 04-28-2009

I'd also vote giving them the finger and letting them keep it, but given your situation $100 (or $50 if your friend splits it) may be worth it to not have to worry about anything with your license or parents.

4g63tcrazy · 04-28-2009

My friend said he'd give me $30.. I posted up a thread on chitowndsm and getting some more info. So we'll see..

B.Kiddo · 04-28-2009

No offense to your friend, but he should have let you known ahead of time that he couldn't get it into the garage, that way you could have attempted to make other arrangements so this didn't happen.

I'd tell him he gets to pay it (unless he did tell you about it prior to it being towed).

I've also never heard of anyone getting their license suspended for leaving a car impounded (I also live in MN though).

4g63tcrazy · 04-28-2009

Yeah my friend never told me he couldn't get it into the garage.. We got into it a little bit today trying to make him pay half but I don't like arguing especially with friends. I think I'm just gonna leave the car there. I only live down in IL for 5 more months, I'm not licensed in IL, the car isn't under my name, and I was never notified so if they try to track me down I'll say I never knew it was towed and I thought the car was still at my friend's place.

iceminion · 04-29-2009

I dont think you understand.

You do NOT have to do ANYTHING.

I have friends that WORK at a TOWING COMPANY.

They have no legal right to do anything.

DO NOT GIVE THEM MONEY

lucasoil4u · 04-29-2009

yeah well if the car isnt in your name thy cant go after you . They go after who ever the cars name is in. if you go down with money dont give them anything. only if you want to get a car back. they will not give you anything out of the car. they do not care about you or what is in your car they are more stuck on getting there money. you could just leave it there and when the auction comes up go and try to buy it back. i have done that before myself lol. do not give them the 100 dollars for the car or the title or the keys.! F the towing company they are so stuck on getting there money it even isnt funny. They are some places around here that if they tow your car they only take cash so they dont have to pay taxes on it. pretty stupid huh. They can basically do whatever they want. They have the power that me or you will never have. so i would a. leave the car just forget the car is there. b. i would forget the car is there and go to the auction and try to buy it back. or c i woul djust move to a different state and not matter about anything.. Best of luck keep all of us informed of what is happening.

4g63tcrazy · 04-29-2009

Alright well I will most likely just leave it there.. Wish I could go grab a couple parts out of it though!