Just saved the neighbor $100 bucks.

That diesel is a dead givaway every time it rolls through.

1/24/2006 1:13:05 AM

more like "your neighbor: 1, Midsouth Towing: 0"

1/24/2006 1:31:58 AM

What did you do?

1/24/2006 1:37:35 AM

i hope you killed the tow truck driver and quartered him and sent his body parts to different tow truck companies throughout the triangle.

1/24/2006 1:39:01 AM

^amen

1/24/2006 1:42:51 AM

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"more like "your neighbor: 1, Midsouth Towing: 0""

Nope I win. My street is dead end so they have turn around at the end before they can hook any cars (cuz if they hook them going in there is no way to turn around to leave). You can always hear his truck go by inside the house so I just went out there and leaned on the neighbors car cuz it was parked on Hunters Club. (easy tow and they get them all the time) Fucker did not even bother stopping. Then I had to pound on the neighbors door for ten minutes to get him to wake the fuck up. I think he planned on just leaving it there for a second then moving it but passed out.

For those of you that dont know the predatory towing ordinance sets the maximum fees for predatory towing in the city of Raleigh. Midsouth tried to rip one of my friends off one time and got called out on it because we knew about this.

- The cant charge more than $100 for a predatory tow
- Must be staffed 24 hours if they are enganged in predatory towing (to allow owners to pick up cars at any time)
- They can only carge $50 for a drop fee if you catch them before they pull away.

^ they have bullshitted us on the second two multiple times.

Evidence here.
http://www.wral.com/news/4001772/detail.html

Midsouth WILL try to charge you $100 for a drop fee cuz most people dont know about this. If they do just threaten to report them and you will get your money back. My friend did it.

Midsouth WILL also try to tell you when you can and cannot pick up your car (done that to me too) but if you feel the urge to be a dick you can make them wait at the lot as long as you want. If they have any cars on the lot that were predatory towed they have to let you get them out no matter what time it is.

I have a lot of run ins with these fuckers cuz I entertain over here quite a bit and the parking in Hunters Creek is retarded.

Quote :

"A new ordinance against predatory towing takes effect in Raleigh on Thursday. Predatory towing means your car has been towed without your consent, excluding orders that come from the city or police. If that happens, the new ordinance gives you more ways to get your car back faster and cheaper. The signs warning people not to park in Raleigh's downtown private lots make it clear what will happen if you do. Your errand may be quick, but tow trucks can be even quicker. "It took four minutes to get my order. Before I could walk out the door, my car was out of the drive, up the road and gone,' Pan Hopkins said. The Raleigh City Council has fielded complaints by people who have parked illegally. They said they have had to pay as much as $125 to get their cars back. The new ordinance means you cannot be charged more than $100 for tows without consent. The ordinance also requires tow truck operators to accept credit or debit cards. If you return to your car before the tow truck leaves the lot, you can get your car back for a charge up to $50. Tow impound lots now have to have an attendant on site 24 hours a day. That way, someone can respond to drivers' calls within 15 minutes and release their vehicles within 45 minutes of the request. The ordinance also requires towing companies to notify police within an hour of tows made without consent. Another change -- towing companies can no longer charge you for removing your personal property from your towed car."

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[Edited on January 24, 2006 at 2:15 AM. Reason : ]

1/24/2006 2:10:06 AM

DAMN THEY USED TO CHARGE YOU TO GET YOUR OWN SHIT OUT OF YOUR CAR!!!!!


man i used to have a plan when i used to live at cent village and whatever company had their lot on 401 in garner to jump the fence and drive my shit right thru their front gate if they ever towed me again....too bad for them they got fired from the job after so many people complained

1/24/2006 2:17:09 AM

awesome

1/24/2006 2:18:24 AM

i had that plan and also i made a copy of the visitor stencil that they spray paint onto the parking spaces for visitor parking and wanted to spray all the spaces but moved out before i had the chance to

1/24/2006 2:29:12 AM

I seem to recall somebody saying they couldn't tow if you are there, is this correct or did I just dream it?

1/24/2006 2:44:24 AM

i thought the whole newe legislation against predatory towing was supposed to stop it

1/24/2006 2:50:32 AM

There is a towing company based jsut inside downtown Raleigh. They towed my car back in 2000 and when I get there there was a scratch along the side. Sure it was a shitty car (Geo Storm) but that scratch wasn't there. I called the police wrote up a report and threatened to sue. I got my car plus $200 to not take them to court.

1/24/2006 8:42:02 AM

My shit got towed from gorman crossing one time waaay back in the day and it cost. $125 to get it out.

1/24/2006 8:43:26 AM

Me: 0 Towing Companies: 70

1/24/2006 8:47:11 AM

I have a good friend who went and stole his truck BACK from the towing company one night after they towed it. They reported it stolen, cops showed up at his place in the morning asking about it-- and after it came out what happened, the towing company threatened to press tresspassing charges. They didn't, because he just paid the fine and they were okay with that.

We found out later that if he had of wrecked it but they were unable to prove it was HIM that stole it back and wrecked it, they would have been 100% liable for replacing the vehicle. What I still dont know is-- can you get in trouble for STEALING your own car? I know you can get the tresspassing charge for going into their lot to GET it, but surely not grand theft auto...

1/24/2006 9:01:55 AM

Its a good way to get shot

1/24/2006 9:08:53 AM

or dogbit

1/24/2006 9:28:01 AM

^^um yes because you owe the tow company money, the car is collateral

Me: 0 Towing Companies: 1

I am sure that those bastards are the ones who caused a couple of problems to my car. Since they towed a camero with the front down instead of the back. Assholes

1/24/2006 9:33:09 AM

you cannot shoot someone over property

1/24/2006 9:42:23 AM

if they towed a car bomb, would anyone really be sad

1/24/2006 9:47:20 AM

^^ if they threaten to harm you with a weapon you sure as hell can shoot them, but not if you were trying to steal back your car

1/24/2006 9:58:09 AM

in greensboro last friday night my shit almost got towed

we were walking out and we saw the truck so we ran to the car

got in and started it right as the truck was backing in i pulled out

the bitch that called the truck on me was so pissed off because she was standing right there

i waved to her when i drove away

1/24/2006 10:10:44 AM

^ that's awesome.

1/24/2006 10:21:59 AM

but, like i said, you cannot shoot someone over property.

and john the cops didn't show up at my apartment, they had a hell of a time getting just my home phone number because it was unlisted and in another part of the state (on a sunday morning)

1/24/2006 10:23:32 AM

u owned her ass, fuck the towing companies and the damn boots they put on cars and fucking parking tickets.

1/24/2006 10:23:50 AM

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"Since they towed a camero with the front down instead of the back. Assholes"

CamAros are rear wheel drive and have to tow them with the front wheels trailing unless they use a dolly. The rear wheels won't roll when the car is off and in gear (park or ebrake is on). The tow might have messed something up, but it's not because they towed it with the front wheels down (unless it's the steering column lock that is messed up).

1/24/2006 10:25:56 AM

hahahah girls are dumb

1/24/2006 10:53:28 AM

As long as the front overhang on a Camaro is, I would think that towing it with the nose down would scrape the hell out of the front air dam over bumps. My car would have the same problem (Lincoln Mark VIII, long-snouted RWD car). I would assume the towing company would be at fault in that case, because they didn't take the extra precautions (i.e. dolly or rollback) to tow it without damagae?

1/24/2006 10:56:39 AM

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"camero"

1/24/2006 10:57:16 AM

The best was when my car got towed out of MY OWN LOT, because I had just moved into Gorman Crossings for the summer, and had gotten my parking tags only a few hours before, and hadn't put them on, in a back lot with dozens of empty spaces all around.

Fuckers cost me $125 to get it back.

1/24/2006 11:06:39 AM

The only time i've ever called to get someone towed was when they double parked me in a lot off glenwood south. Idiots deserved it, it was 2:30am and they were nowhere to be seen. Funny how it didn't take that tow truck but about 5 minutes to get there

1/24/2006 11:28:03 AM

I had my car towed once, except that halfway through it they must have realized that I lived there. They just dropped the car in the middle of the fucking parking lot and left. The next day my car was just chilling out there, I guess my neighboors must have thought I was drunk or something.

I've heard that they can't tow a car with a person in it. Is there any validity to this? I would think it's rather dangerous. If this is true, I'd jump in my car even if they were starting to lift it and then call the police if they tried to drive with me in the car.

[Edited on January 24, 2006 at 12:40 PM. Reason : ]

1/24/2006 12:39:35 PM

that's correct. they cannot tow a car with a person in it. just lock the doors and crack open a book and start reading it.

1/24/2006 12:56:33 PM

Str8BacardiL: i had no idea the towing companies were such predatory assholes. thanks for the info, imma let everyone i know know about it to avoid this kinda "extortion"

1/24/2006 1:04:10 PM

I parked at a business in downtown Raleigh that had a "parking for customers only" sign or something. I was running a quick errand and was back maybe 5 minutes later, but it was long enough for the owner to notice and call a tow truck. The owner was waiting at my car raising hell when I got back, telling me all about how he'd called a towing company. He told me that I couldn't move my car until the truck got there. I was like fuck that, and drove off.

1/24/2006 1:36:53 PM

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"He told me that I couldn't move my car until the truck got there. I was like fuck that, and drove off."

hahaha

1/24/2006 2:28:46 PM

I was towed last year.
I sued them and won.
I made $5 off the ordeal.

The tow company paid me $160 in $1 bills.

1/24/2006 3:58:31 PM

you should have taken a kiddie pool with you when they gave you the money and just poured it all over yourself

1/24/2006 4:05:24 PM

are there any tricks you can do to make it more difficult for them to tow?

ive heard turning your wheels and pulling the hand brake

but i doubt they work

1/24/2006 4:08:45 PM

they'll just charge you more to tow it if you make it more difficult. they can just put it up on dollies and tow it that way

1/24/2006 4:09:34 PM

oh

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1/24/2006 4:10:24 PM

if i ever got towed without good reason I would slash one of their tires

1/24/2006 4:19:53 PM

They will not charge you more if you make it difficult.

You can try:
turning your wheels all the way in either direction
Parking right against a curb, like 0'' off of it.
Parking brake
Car in gear w/ manual trans
Lower your car

None of these will stop them. If they want your car, then they will take it.
Most companies will lift the car up, and dolly the other end. That way the say they didn't break any suspension or stearing components.

[Edited on January 24, 2006 at 4:21 PM. Reason : .]

1/24/2006 4:20:30 PM

Quote :

"they'll just charge you more to tow it if you make it more difficult. they can just put it up on dollies and tow it that way"

no, raleigh towing ordinance cant charge more than $100 regardless

1/24/2006 5:18:17 PM

Quote :

"if they towed a car bomb, would anyone really be sad"

not if it went off while they were towing it, I wouldn't

1/24/2006 6:24:57 PM

a friend had his truck dropped, he didnt have his sticker since it was his dad's ton truck loaded down with a fuel tank in the back and a full tool box. said the fuckers front wheels came off the ground when he tried to wheel lift it.

1/24/2006 7:10:54 PM

LOL, I once shouted "God hates ppl who tow cars" at one of the Ace Towing guys. He was like "Fuck You!" I still feel vindicated.

I got back a little at another guy in Asheville for towing my ex's car from an empty parking lot at Biltmore Mall... it was the day Reagan died and I asked why the fuck his was the only flag not at half mast. Then as the gate opened I was walking into the yard a bulldog came after me. I was wearing steel-toed boots and I punted that motherfucker John Derany-style, that pissed the dude off even more. He got his money and I don't feel like I won, but I felt a little better. (I'm pretty sure he knew the dawg was there.)

I remember when there was that sign in the window of UT for the longest time... "Fuck Ace Towing"

1/24/2006 10:40:18 PM

hahahha, "punted john deraney style"

1/25/2006 1:12:25 AM

I was towed last year.
I sued them and won.
I made $5 off the ordeal

how?

1/25/2006 1:15:09 AM

I think my tow truck drive stoppage story wins...unfortunately I'm a bad story teller and need sleep so here goes...

one night down in charlotte on the night of a david matthews band concert me and some friends were staying with a guy that lives next to the concert pavillion.. of course they were towing like crazy that night since people kept trying to park in the regular ppls spots (each person that lived at the complex had an assigned spot). one of the girls i went there with had parked in the spot of one of the ppl that lived with the guy i went to see (he wasnt there for the wknd) but she didnt have his parking pass. about 4am we hear the tow truck outside which was a flatbed style one. i'm not really sure how they usually do it, but they pretty much hooked her jeep up to the winch and were pulling it up the bed of the tow truck. anyways, i went back inside thinking ok there's not shit we can do so lets wake the girl up and let her know she's gonna need some cash to get her jeep back. next thing i hear are tires squeaking and go outside to see my drunk ass buddy driving the jeep around the parking lot laughing at the tow truck guy. i never really figured out how he got the jeep off the tow truck but he did and it was the best thing ever knowing he fucked a tow truck driver out of $100+

1/25/2006 1:52:00 AM