my2monkeys
Junior Member
What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? California
Here's the situation. My neice wrecked her car and was arrested for dui and her car was towed to a tow yard. She had recently bought her car used and it is financed. Through what I now know to be the worst company to ever deal with. She was also driving on a suspended license, which she was not aware of at the time of the accident and her insurance was inactive. I went with her Mother the following day to the tow yard to check out the damage. Lucky for her she only hit a fence along the highway and did not hurt herself or anyone else, but her car was totaled. Trying to be a helpfull Aunt, knowing full well what she had to look forward to in expenses. In order for her to not accrue those daily tow yard storage fees. I offered to have her car towed and stored at my house until the finance company could come get it. Well, her accident was the day before Labor Day and that piece of wreck is still sitting in my driveway. After several calls to the finance company they finally sent out an appraiser. He said that the finance company would be the ones that would be responsible for getting the car off my property and he figured it would be within the next few days. That was weeks ago. Now after both her and I have made numerous calls, just to be hung up on or given the run around. Including by their legal dept. I was finally told that "Well, it's her car. We are not going to come get it." Why, I asked and even told them that I didn't dispute the fact that she still owed them for it. But that they are the legal owners, as the lienholder on the vehicle, that is their car to come get. They said they would not spend the money it would cost to have it towed to their auction yard etc. Again, I asked Why? They could just add those fees onto the amount she owed them. After deducting whatever they might get for it if they sold it at a salvage auction. They said that is not how they do business and they were not coming to get it. DON'T THEY LEGALLY HAVE TO? I even asked them what they would do if, in a case of default on payment, when they would normally repo a car. What would they have the repo man do if he got to a home to repo a car and found that it was wrecked. They answered, that they would advise the repo man to leave it there. That was just a question, in general, not specific to us or our situation, but more as if it where anyone of you out there. Buyer beware of these guys. MY REAL QUESTION NOW IS....HOW TO I LEGALLY GET THIS CAR OUT OF HERE? DO I HAVE ANY RIGHTS TO IT, NOW THAT IT HAS BEEN ON MY PROPERTY FOR THIS LONG. CAN I PUT A LIEN ON IT, LIKE A STORAGE YARD WOULD AND SELL IT MYSELF? I told them that I would drag it out onto the public street and report it abondoned and they would have to deal with that. But, I know that is not legal, so I'm not going to do that. BUT, I AM A RENTER AND HAVE TO GET THAT CAR OUT OF HERE. WHAT DO I DO? PLEASE ADVISE, FAST.
Here's the situation. My neice wrecked her car and was arrested for dui and her car was towed to a tow yard. She had recently bought her car used and it is financed. Through what I now know to be the worst company to ever deal with. She was also driving on a suspended license, which she was not aware of at the time of the accident and her insurance was inactive. I went with her Mother the following day to the tow yard to check out the damage. Lucky for her she only hit a fence along the highway and did not hurt herself or anyone else, but her car was totaled. Trying to be a helpfull Aunt, knowing full well what she had to look forward to in expenses. In order for her to not accrue those daily tow yard storage fees. I offered to have her car towed and stored at my house until the finance company could come get it. Well, her accident was the day before Labor Day and that piece of wreck is still sitting in my driveway. After several calls to the finance company they finally sent out an appraiser. He said that the finance company would be the ones that would be responsible for getting the car off my property and he figured it would be within the next few days. That was weeks ago. Now after both her and I have made numerous calls, just to be hung up on or given the run around. Including by their legal dept. I was finally told that "Well, it's her car. We are not going to come get it." Why, I asked and even told them that I didn't dispute the fact that she still owed them for it. But that they are the legal owners, as the lienholder on the vehicle, that is their car to come get. They said they would not spend the money it would cost to have it towed to their auction yard etc. Again, I asked Why? They could just add those fees onto the amount she owed them. After deducting whatever they might get for it if they sold it at a salvage auction. They said that is not how they do business and they were not coming to get it. DON'T THEY LEGALLY HAVE TO? I even asked them what they would do if, in a case of default on payment, when they would normally repo a car. What would they have the repo man do if he got to a home to repo a car and found that it was wrecked. They answered, that they would advise the repo man to leave it there. That was just a question, in general, not specific to us or our situation, but more as if it where anyone of you out there. Buyer beware of these guys. MY REAL QUESTION NOW IS....HOW TO I LEGALLY GET THIS CAR OUT OF HERE? DO I HAVE ANY RIGHTS TO IT, NOW THAT IT HAS BEEN ON MY PROPERTY FOR THIS LONG. CAN I PUT A LIEN ON IT, LIKE A STORAGE YARD WOULD AND SELL IT MYSELF? I told them that I would drag it out onto the public street and report it abondoned and they would have to deal with that. But, I know that is not legal, so I'm not going to do that. BUT, I AM A RENTER AND HAVE TO GET THAT CAR OUT OF HERE. WHAT DO I DO? PLEASE ADVISE, FAST.