Towing People Suck!!!

blageo23 · 02-14-2005

So last night I was driving home in my winter beater (my old car, grand prix)and I was going like 30MPH and i starting sliding off the road( bald ass tires). I went into the ditch and hit a tree(small tree and I took that sucker out). The tree broke my headlight cover and messed up my fender a little bit. Id have to say like $200 worth of damage The cops came and they called a tow truck. The guy came out and tried to pull it out. Well all it did was drag it in the ditch and it didnt come out. Well next thing I know my car hits a sign. Fucks up the front fender even more, front turn signal light messed up, took the mirror off, denter/scratched both door and the rear 1/4. I went and got a estimate and the car is totaled. With $3600 worth of damage. So pretty much I paid a guy $90 to total my car. Bitch!

AJ · 02-14-2005

LOL, sorry but that's really gotta suck. Was the car insured and is the towing company gonna pay for it?

Jakey · 02-14-2005

Were the cops watching all this happen?

Raptor · 02-14-2005

Excellent, I instantly feel better about my busy crappy day

Sorry to hear about it though, I am sure you will end up ahead in the end however. Already there is a bright side, 1 less pontiac on the road.

LightningGSX · 02-14-2005

I know what you mean, the damage caused by the towing company is what ultimately made my insurance company total my car.I don't even know how they did this.

AJ · 02-14-2005

awww that's not too bad. A little PDR will do wonders.

blageo23 · 02-14-2005

We are working it out right now with the insurance company. It was insured fully. So they will pay for it. As far as the towing company goes I have no idea whats going on. The cop was directing traffic and im not sure if he saw it or not. He didnt say nothing about it tho, my mom made the driver of the tow truck right it on his little sheet that we got. So he pretty much admitted fault for it. And this is a good thing, now I dont have to deal with selling it.

carltalon · 02-14-2005

I wish I could pay someone 90$ to total my truck and have there inshurance company buy me a new one. The toweing company should be responsible for the damage they caused.

**JET** · 02-15-2005

Dude, you are set! Buy it back from the insurance company and pocket the rest of the cash. Your car is perfectly drivable, just with some dents. You should make over $3k on the deal!

blageo23 · 02-15-2005

I was thinking about that but the car sucks. The steering sucks. The whole suspension system needs replacing. I swear one of the controll arms in the front or the sway bar like fell off or broke. I havent got a chance to look at it. It will need new tires. So shit ill take off all my aftermarket parts and let them do away with it

IndiEP · 02-15-2005

Dude its the tow trucks operators fault. My buddys a driver and hes told me that theres a little saying in the towing business, "you break it, you buy it."

Now go buy a wheel-barrow (sp?) to carry all those sacks of cash.

DSM97RS · 02-15-2005

lightning, if you still have the car and want it fixed, im in auto body class and can do it for pretty cheap probably.

tpunx99GSX · 02-15-2005

Lightning, Do you have any more pics of after the crash happened? I dont rememeber seeing any on the other threads.

A//// Guy · 02-15-2005

Do a search tom..

And Lightning knows alot about bodywork and paiting so I think hell prolly figure it out

tpunx99GSX · 02-15-2005

ive seen both the crash threads but i didnt see any pictures, can someone link?

TheBlackKnight · 02-15-2005

Probably about 3 years ago, in my Ferraro, I was driving out to Melrose on 94. So the car suddenly just lost power. Damn, turns out it was the ignition coil. Soooo, I call the nearest towing company to get it back to my house in St.Cloud. This YAHOO from Freeport, a hick town, came out with the tow truck. First of all, he pulls in front of the car, I let him start to get out and ready to hook it, I was like, ummmm, it's rear wheel drive man. I don't think he even had the slightest idea the engine was in the rear of the car! So then he pulls aroung and gets the wheel dollies around the rear wheels, the bar that holds them in was like 1" from the underside of my bumper. That car was lowered, some of you guys have seen it rides pretty low. I told him that it was going to move around on the ride back and hit the bumper. He proceeded with the "it will be fine" attitude. So we get back to my house after a BORINGGGGG ride back with this dude, and the first thing I do is check the bumper. Sure enough the paint was cracked and coming off from the clamps hitting it. I told him, submitted the damage estimate from the painter to the towing company, and recieved a check for about $375 for the damage!

Hehehe, the guy was later fired, apparantly this wasn't the first time he messed up someones ride. Duhhhhh.