Advice sought - help please! Towed with unexpired meter.

[UWStudent]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? WA

I am a college student and I parked my car on the street in an area managed with electronic (smart) parking meters. At 2:21PM, I purchased a two-hour parking ticket and the meter issued a ticket with an expiration time of 4:21 PM. So far so good. I went on my errands and returned at 4:15 PM. My car had been towed. The ticket showed a time of 4:11PM, ten minutes short of the expiration. I subsequently learned from the towing company that the area of the street where I parked turns into a tow-zone at 4:00 PM.

I returned to the location of the violation, and after-the-fact, noticed signs stating that parking was disallowed after 4:00 PM. However, these signs are NOT on the meter that issued me the ticket, they are in the proximity.

My questions are: (1) do I have a case for challenging the city of Seattle for permitting the "smart" meter to issue me a ticket that was ostensibly valid until 4:21 PM, but was actually a parking violation after 4:00 PM? (2) Along the same lines, are there grounds for challenging the issuance of a parking sticker, but posting the "parking exception" elsewhere? Clearly, if there had been a sign on the actual "smart meter" that warned of no-parking after 4:00 PM, it would be harder to challenge. But what reasonable person purchases a parking sticker, then looks elsewhere for the exceptions? (3)Lastly, do I have any recourse against the towing company? In addition to the parking ticket, there was a huge (to my view) towing charge of over $200. This, together with the parking ticket, is a lot of money for me. I appreciate all advice in terms of challenging this fine. Thank you!What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?

[racer72]

No, no, and finally, no.