Today, my car got towed. My money is in my car and they won't let me open my car to get money until my car is "released". FML
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Today, I paid $125 to get my car back after it was towed. Yesterday, I bought the car. When I got it to my apartment, the office wasn't open, so I couldn't get a parking decal. The same office that towed my car while they were still closed. FML
Today, my car was towed. After taking a cab all the way to the lot for $45 and paying the $250 fee to get my car back, my car broke down in the impound lot and needed to be towed to the nearest shop, where it took another $200 to fix, and $50 for the towing. I still have a 3-hour drive home. FML
Today, after a week of waiting to hear something about my stolen car, I got a letter in the mail saying it had been impounded the same day I reported it stolen, but they don't share a database with the police so they never called. Now the impound wants $900 plus $120 for the tow to release it. FML
Today, my truck got towed after being parked for ten minutes, even though wasn't in a no parking area. Now I have to pay 500 dollars to get it out of impound. FML
Today, my car broke down dead in the middle of the highway. As I was unable to get it out of the road, it was impounded, and my insurance won't help. Now I'm further in debt and struggling to get to work. FML
Today, I went to lunch with a friend in her car. I told her to park in a lot that had signs warning that we'd be towed, saying, "They never tow anyone from here. In fact, if you get towed, I'll pay for it." When we returned, her car was gone. I had to pay $145 in cash to get it back. FML
Today, my car broke down. I pulled to the side of the road to call a tow truck. After waiting what seemed like hours, the tow truck showed up, and then ran into the back of my car. FML
Today, my car was towed for the second time in front of my own house. They tried to tell me it was because they didn't think I lived there anymore. The person who had it towed had just spoken to me not three hours before. FML
Today, I finally got enough money to buy the car I wanted for a year now. It was stolen today too. I had my car for 4 hours. FML
Today, I got a speeding ticket in the mail, at the same time as my car was getting towed. FML
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Top comments
SandyBella 17
Oh that sucks. Kinda stupid that they won't even let you get your money out. I guess you can get the money of someone and then pay them back.
alex_622 22
Sounds like you're in a pickle OP. Maybe borrow some money from someone?
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Comments (72)
amelitaliz 22
Unless it's in a police impound, that's illegal. They will escort you there and watch you pull whatever out of the car but they can't keep you from personal possessions inside the car. Go try again.
zombiekitten87 12
I think you can get permission from the place or from the courts to get items out of your vehicle if it's in impound.
cjwayy 22
Withdraw from an ATM.
igive 29
Probably has her bank card in the car.
PhatCake 10
Aren't they supposed to legally let you take your personal belongings out of your car after it's been towed? I mean even if they supervised you going to your car to make sure you don't run off with it or something, which I doubt OP would do but still, just trying to understand why they won't let you take your money out
badassmom12 2
sounds like what happened in the movie Walk Of Shame
Kougeru 12
You deserve it for leaving crap in the car.
mt631 18
I wonder if they would do this if OP had asthma and their inhaler was in the car. Something seems fishy to me, you ought to be able to access needed personal items.
tman1985 9
car lots dont care
ericjprs 3
were you there when they were towing it? You could've gotten in the car. And the would've been forced to put it down, if not it counts as kidnapping
coppersmith 13
Catch 22
worldclassrager 41
That's messed up...ask a buddy to pay for it and them pay them back since you'll have your money...but still they should at least do something about that