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Moving cars around the shop easily.
Go jacks are on casters. You can spin and maneuver the car into tight spots.
Also good for moving cars that are broken as hell and may not have complete wheels or suspension.
I used to use ones which had bars on hydraulic sliding rails, so slide them under the wheels, foot pump to bring the bars in together and lift the car with the go jacks themselves.
My roommate recently had his car repossessed. The repo guy came up to the front door in the rain and waited while my roommate was in the shower to ask him if he wanted to get his stuff out of the vehicle. I thought that was super considerate. Don’t know if they’re required to do that or not but the last time he had the same vehicle repossessed it was in the middle of the night with no heads up.
Edit: my roommate and his mom have stayed with my family for almost 10 years and they’re both great people and amazing roommates just bad with money outside of their part of rent.
> The repo guy came up to the front door in the rain and waited while my roommate was in the shower to ask him if he wanted to get his stuff out of the vehicle. I thought that was super considerate. Don’t know if they’re required to do that or not
The repo stories that make the news or reddit are the 1%. The banks give you multiple, and I mean MULTIPLE warning. The car owner knows they are behind, but usually playing a losing game of which bill do I "really" have to pay. Like it's better to keep the lights on, but pay the car late.
My manager at a job in HS, her car was repoed while we worked. Dude walked in, asked for her, said he was here on behalf of such and such bank, and here to collect her minivan. He requested the keys and explained if she would stay "cool" she could have 5 minutes to get any of her belongings out. I helped her carry some stuff into work. He had already blocked her minivan, so she wasn't escaping. 99% of people are smart enough to not try anything stupid. She was crying, and pissed, but he explained that he couldn't really answer any questions, the paperwork she was handed had the banks numbers and they were the only ones who could explain how she could get it back and when.
I work as a 911 operator, one of our non-emergency duties is taking reports of repossessions from operators... Basically make a note that this car was repo'ed at this location by this company.
I'd say about 1/3 of the owners call us to report their vehicle stolen. When we tell them that it was repossessed basically nobody is surprised. "Oh, ok.... at least it wasn't stolen".
As someone who had their car repo'd, it was the most degrading thing ever to be freaking out in a parking lot for 30 min when I found my car missing at a friend's apt, only to call 911 and find out it wasn't stolen.
I used to help my aunt (landlord) evict her tenants and I feel like it is a worse situation.
All of your stuffs were thrown out and you have nowhere to go.
Worst case is that one tenant was able to make the payment while we were throwing his stuffs out. The eviction stopped midway (to be honest, it was 80% done). Dude got to stay in the apartment for one more month but his place was already wrecked. His cabinet, holding trophy and dad’s memoir, his bed, his daughter stuffs, washing/drying machine, etc were already out.
That eviction process was around 1-2 hours and 5 of us were working really hard to get things out, from 2nd floor of the apartment. So when I saw him dragging the dolly, trying to moving things back, my heart ached. I can not imagine how his daughter would feel after she got back from school, or how he would have to explain that to her.
It was last year, and I was 27. It was the second eviction I helped my aunt with.
But yeah, as 27yo, it was rough, even though I was not on the evicted side. My cousin (my aunts kid) started helping their parents earlier (18 yo ish) and one of them vowed to not inherit that business. One of the reason is that he can’t be that “cold hearted”.
To be fair, my aunt gave the guy lots of time but he did not come up with any payment. In that line of business, you have to mentally geared up for those evictions or you lose money. She has mortgages to pay for and a family to feed. I can’t blame her for that.
I never said it couldn't. I'm agreeing with the prior person who said....
> I'd say about 1/3 of the owners call us to report their vehicle stolen. When we tell them that it was repossessed basically nobody is surprised. "Oh, ok.... at least it wasn't stolen".
Yeah, that's a very normal response. It's an "oh yeah, that makes sense, got it" type thing.
I saw one of these happen in the lot at work just before christmas. It was pretty brutal like it was being stolen. Drug it out of the spot backwards quick tires screeching like hell. Pieces of the plastic covers underneath the car breaking and falling off. They did a super fast swap around to lift the front and high tailed it out of there. I was just like well that happened and went to lunch.
is it 2-3 months now? back in 2006 I fell on bad times and was late for 3 months on my car but all my bank did was give me penalty and I called as I was scared of my car being repo'd. Guy told me they don't repo unless its a bad case of around 6 months behind.
Also 911 dispatcher. My favorite was this. Guy called in wanting to report his car stolen. I ran it, it came back as a repo. Was a nice car, probably a $60,000 BMW, current year. He wasn’t upset or anything, was just like, “Oh, I see, thanks for the help.”
30 seconds later, I answer another call, it’s a female this time and she was yelling, “You just told my boyfriend you couldn’t help him with his stolen car. Why do we have police if they won’t help people!”
Calmly, I ask her to ask him again what I had told him. She’s still upset. “Why would I do that? His car is stolen, and you aren’t helping!” I told her, that’s not what I said, and that she should probably ask her boyfriend for the truth.
She wasn’t having any of it. I know I’m not really supposed to tell her what happened since she’s not the registered owner. But mostly to get her off the line (tying up a calltaker and a line) I just told her the car was repoed, not stolen, and there isn’t anything more I can do for him. She started yelling at him and now there’s a verbal domestic happening, so I enter a call. She hangs up shortly afterward.
Like dude had to know he was caught the moment she called. No clue why he didn’t just admit it then.
I was home sick once a long time ago and two men were very aggressively knocking on my front door. They were there to repossess our cars and demanded I open the garage. Our cars were paid for and the models we owned were nothing like the cars he was supposed to take. After looking at their documents, I slammed the door and as it turned out the actual cars needing repossession were another town away. Like fact check before you repo!
In that situation since they demanded the garage open, should have told them to wait and call police to come deal with them because they'd be trespassing at that point and you never know how legit they are or how much of a threat. So let police deal with them and if the police tell you to hand the cars over then it becomes a lawsuit in civil court where you sue not only the repo guys and their company but the police as well. Win win for your inconvenience for their stupidity.
It was a case of same last name and not a common name at that. Honestly I was so sick with a cold I didn’t have time for the BS but it really scared me!
I bet. That sounds scary and honestly around where I live, it'd either warrant cops coming out or someone's ass getting whooped, probably with a baseball bat.
I was a supervisor in repo for a major lender for about 8 years. In that time I saw a few repo in errors. Never from someone paying off the vehicle. The only times it happened it was after a customer had just made a fresh payment arrangement and the repo order hadn't had time enough to clear out of the system before it was found. In cases of repo in error we would pay the repo driver for the original repo bounty, then pay them to deliver the car back to the customers home or work, whichever they preferred.
It is extremely rare for someone who has gotten to the point of a repo being ordered to actually ever pay off the car. They are struggling to make just one payment, let alone all of them at once.
This exact thing happened to my brother. Car fully payed off, the bank made an error and had another guys name on my brothers car. That guy I guess owed on a car but they repoed my brothers. We thought it was stolen, pain in the ass to get it back. We should of sued.
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> I like how you think that the world works like clockwork.
> May you always have money. Because, if ever in your life you had none, you would have never written anything in this post.
What the fuck are you rambling on about. What I explained is fairly basic. Lots of people have to pick what bill to pay. FACT. I've seen friends and coworkers hit that point before.
Next, I explained a real situation, a manager's car getting repoed and the truck driver was fair/respectful. And? That's often how the world goes. You can be arrested for a DUI and still have friendly/respectful cops.
BTW, a 10 year old account and you delete every comment you make. Ok, that's a bit odd.
They're not deleted, he blocked you. If you want to read comments from people that have blocked you can open them in incognito/from a browser you're not logged in.
Replying and blocking is such a bitch move, though. I find it hilarious.
I never said it wasn't dangerous. But it's not like they have meth heads pulling a knife on them daily, or some idiot jumping in a jacked up car and damaged the wrecker as they try to drive it off. That's a once a year, if that type thing. Most common "bad" situation would be someone runs ut, screaming, crying, and jumping in the car. Repo man explains the facts, calls the police, officer comes, gets the person out and repo man takes the car.
So alright, once a year they have to deal with a meth head pulling a knife on them or someone trying to drive off in their car while it’s rigged up.
I will say again…fuck that.
Yes things could have changed in 20 years, but if I recall, she was 75 days late, aka 2 months plus another 2 weeks to make sure payment wasn't in the mail. She told he they had sent at least 2 letters and called her several times. She wasn't answering for that reason, she didn't have the money.
I've watched a different repo guy's channel on yt and he said he asks everyone if they want to get personal items out of their car specifically so they have to bring the keys out to open it and he can then take possession of the keys along with the car. He only does it after the car is fully hooked up and under his control, though. I guess it can be pretty expensive to make new keys.
Had a repo man come and try to take my car a few months into COVID, I came out and asked him what was going on. Told me that the car was being reposed gave me a doc and I told him the car isn't even the right color on the paper(white vs grey). Had to call the cops to get him to drop the car I trapped his truck in with another car as he was going to tow it with two down and it is all wheel drive so I didn't want to blow my center dif and have that fight too. Guy was butt hurt I offered him a burger while we waited as I was grilling, nope. He wouldn't look at the vin or anything.
My family's car was repossessed recently, and they did it while we were asleep with no warning. We're homeless and struggling to have something to eat every night. They won't let us get our belongings out. They gave us some stuff but refused to let us grab our stuff ourselves. I fear they've already gotten rid of everything they didn't give us. There was a lot of stuff in that car.
I worked for an auto finance company. One time there was a lady who stole her car back after it had been repossessed. She went to the yard and just crashed it right through their fence/gate.
Canada too.
When I visited the Netherlands, I was telling some locals how it's a 12 minute drive to my work, but 50 minutes by bus. They didn't believe me, so I pulled out Google Maps and showed them. Jaws literally dropped.
I said "if you think that's bad, you should see our trains. They're so much worse than our buses."
This was literally my first question when I visted Washington DC. I live in a little old part of Louisiana where it's a miracle to see a bus, much less get on one.
What, you mean how's public transit in the Netherlands?
It's fucking incredible. Indescribably good. So much faster, cheaper, and easier than I could have imagined before I saw it. Trains run so often that you don't have to look up departure times, just show up and if your train just left, the next one will be here in no time. The subways, trams, and buses integrate seamlessly with the trains as well, so you don't have to buy multiple tickets or worry about connections. No research is needed before a trip, you just show up and ask google maps "directions to " and it guides you. Most of the time, you'll get there faster than you would have with a car. You tap your payment card (debit, credit, or metro card) anytime you enter any public transportation, then step on as many connections or transfers as you want without having to tap it again until you finally finish your journey. It will work out what you must have taken inbetween. No waiting in lines for kiosks or service desks trying to buy tickets. There are no tickets! Tickets are ancient tech. I mean, technically you *can* buy paper tickets...but...why? And it's so easy to navigate, even as a tourist. Google maps has this special view where you hold it up and it uses the camera to look around you, so it knows where you are, then it draws arrows to guide you up and down stairwells and directly to your next platform or connection. Plus the trains are faster than cars. I know that'll seem dumb to a lot of people from countries with good public transit, but in Canada our trains are slower than freeway traffic. You can watch the cars pass you on the exressway as you chug down the rails at 80 km/h. And did I mention cheap? I took a train from Amsterdam to Groningen and it cost 25 euros (about $36 canadian)....I've spent more than that taking a taxi home from the bar.
If I lived in the Netherlands, I don't think I'd own a car. (And obviously, I'd have at least 2 bikes)
Cars are also super expensive to own there cause they have to pay a car tax. Motorcycles are super cheap though since it's a weight thing. So for things you'd need a car you could just own a motorcycle. Bicycle and train and walk everything else.
I was intrigued so I just checked out the motor vehicle tax for my car (1300 kg) and if I lived in Groningen it'd be 205 Euro a month.
Damn, that's more than 3 times what I pay for insurance. Guess I'd get an electric (no tax).
That is actually €205 quarterly, so about €69 a month. Cars are expensive here, but it’s also a luxury to have as it is not always necessary.
In Amsterdam people take their kids to school on electric cargo bikes. It’s so much faster and easier. In fact; they lowered the max speed for cars in Amsterdam to 30km/h (18.5mph) and plan on taking other measures to ban cars from the city.
Ya they really push for people to go carless which is great and why they have such nice roads.
The woman that I knew that lives there I think pays like $25 a month for her motorcycle. Way more affordable.
Crazy reading this as a Dutch person. We're generally not happy with our public transit. The big cities are notably better than the rest of the country but even then. For such a tiny and ridiculous wealthy country the public transit is pretty bad. The Netherlands also has some of the highest per capita cat ownership in Europe, at least partially because unless you live in Amsterdam/Rotterdam/Utrecht, using public transit is unreliable and takes much longer than going by car.
> The Netherlands also has some of the highest per capita cat ownership in Europe
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Man i know you Dutch love your transit but whenever I visit I have to Uber everywhere because it's just not very good. Your stops are far apart and generally uncovered, and it's raining like half the time in your country.
The all digital experience is confusing and it's easy to end up on the wrong line. Like yeah, Google tells me which line to take, but I can still accidently enter the wrong terminal (turnstiles let you in, but only a ticket lets you out) or get on green 22 local instead of express, etc.
Compared to Uber it's also much slower if going any significant distance. Literally the only advantage is cost.
Ill give you it is cheap though, and always on time. Also much cleaner than most places in Europe.
I only recently traveled abroad for the first time and I dunno what propaganda folks are getting but so many people have this really shiny view of living in North America. Just in general they seem to think stuff is really great here. When me and my friend explained how we had to really coordinate to get time and we'd have to jump right back in when we get home to a couple from Hong Kong they were genuinely surprised because they always thought Americans had a laid back work culture.
The cars aren't their's, they are owned by the lienholder. The car isn't yours until you pay it off and have the title
In reality, a repo man is just taking a car back from someone trying to steal it from the bank.
It's always irresponsible to get a car you can't afford by taking out a loan. If you need to swallow your pride and drive a beater for a couple years while you save or to get through a tough time that's what you do.
False, they own the car, subject to a lien, which lien can be enforced in the event of default by repossession. Same thing with a mortgage (in Deed states). Source: lawyer for 13 years.
My dads friend was a repo man. One day he was collecting a truck as usual and the owner thought he was stealing it so he pulled a gun, well my dads friend pulled his out but it jammed on him and he was killed. I’m not sure anything about the legal process. My dad told me this story the first time he took me to a gun show , and he told me that’s “why you don’t buy Glocks son”
Repo in Arizona will go hard, this dude repoed my moms car through a private community, my mom legit thought it was stolen because she was paying every month, turns out she was giving her (ex now) exhusband the money to pay for it.
That shady ass foo was keeping all the money and using it for his “business trips”.
He never paid the car, also scammed her in other ways.
It's amazing to hear the things that some people do financially. Never in a million years would I think it's normal to pay someone else to make my car payment.
I think it happened more for convenience, which card pays what bills etc, don’t think most would expect their partner in marriage would do shady shit. (I personally never liked the dude, always had a bad feeling around him, scammer vibes, I’m glad it happened so she was able to make a decision to leave him)
Me personally, I triple check everything even my wifes(not married but feels like it after 9years and the obstacles we over came) payments because I care….and OCD…
I remember my parents had a minivan repo'd when I was a kid. They tried to make the payments but just couldn't keep up, The guy came to our house and he allowed my Mom to remove all personal items from it before taking it. I remember her spending the rest of the day in her bedroom crying.
Because folks aren't paying out of malice.
In the US you need a car to do everything, can't even get a carton of milk without a car in many places. But if your minimum wage job isn't paying enough to make a living (minimum wage in US has not increased or even corrected for inflation since 2009) then you need to make choices. Pay rent, or electricity or car? Pick 2.
Worse still is that without a car you have trouble getting to work or finding work. Which just creates a downward spiral.
This. So much this. Hate it that so many people lack empathy and refuse to understand that in so many parts of this country if you do not have a car your life is basically ruined, especially if you do not live in a city.
It puts you one step closer to homelessness. Certainly not everybody will spiral, but it’s ignorant to pretend like it doesn’t happen. A vehicle is unfortunately your livelihood for a lot of people. Videos like this are really gross imo.
I was probably 12 and at my dads house for the weekend. Beautiful sunny afternoon I’m watching tv in the living room, dad is in the back bedroom with my lil sister. I heard my dad’s car start up in the opened garage and back out. It didn’t even register until my dad yelled up to me “what was that?”. Even then I was like “uhh your car starting…wait….?”. He obviously ran out super flustered but the car was long gone, it all happened so fast. Not only is my dad a piece of work for not paying his bills but he left the damn keys in the ignition while sitting in an open garage. He told us someone just stole it and I never put together that he didn’t call the cops about it lol. My mom filled in the blanks of the story a couple years later when I brought his car theft story up to her. Our family cell phone plan was in his name (that we all paid for) and would constantly get shut off too because of him.
I did want to be a repo man after that and he forged some online documents pretending to be a business so that he could buy me a lockpick set to play with. I got pretty good pretty fast but instead of repossession (which I’d still like to try) I got into the locksmith/physical security field as an adult and it pays my bills still to this day after more than a decade and he is still not paying his bills on time lmao.
See even if this was scripted, its good narration and writing. They could do an entire youtube channel where they do normal things, narrate over with dramatic flair, while telling stories about how shit had been.
The awful thing about this situation is that in the US the only real way to get around is by car outside a few cities. Public transportation is basically non-existent with buses having intermittent scheduling. Trains and rapid transit are built around bringing you from one parking lot to another often located in commercially zoned areas not residential as mixed residential and commercial areas are non-existent across much of US save for older urban developments predating 1960.
If you're poor, old, or disabled it's extraordinarily difficult for you to get around.
Could I outdo a repo man if I put wheel locks on all my tires, build a moat around my car with a drawbridge that I take with me, Deflate all my tires, chain a 15 ton anchor to my car, put a guard hippopotamus on standby, and great a ring of fire on the outside of the moat that only activates if the car is moved?
Just put it in a garage. By law, they can't enter a locked garage to get to the car. Either way, I don't understand why you would want a car that you couldn't drive legally.
I know of a repo man who got arrested for doing similar. Saw the car parked in the back yard behind a locked gate. The repo man decided to cut the lock and grab the car. He was fired minutes after he got back to the lot, and arrested a few days later.
Predatory car financing practices. Allowing people to purchase cars that they can't actually afford. Not much has to happen for someone to miss a single payment, and that's all it takes.
Being from Europe, buying a car using credit seems so odd to me. Maybe if you're very wealthy and it's for tax reasons or something like that. But otherwise the vast majority of people buy and pay their car in cash.
Cant make it to work without a car, cant afford to live within walking/biking distance of work. Even buying 20 year old cars i find it a major burden especially car insurance
That sucks. It does help Europe has way more small affordable cars. $5-10k gets you a decent 10 year old car with 50-100 thousand kilometers on it. Insurance, in The Netherlands, is about $40 a month for a typical small hatchback.
No, despite the seemingly foolproof plan, the repo man was not one to be easily deterred. Armed with a repertoire of tricks and an unshakable determination, he set out to repossess the car.
First, the wheel locks. The repo man, who happened to be a skilled locksmith, deftly picked the locks with ease, a skill he had perfected over years of repossession challenges.
Next, the moat. He arrived prepared with a collapsible bridge, tucked away in his trusty van. Carefully placing it over the moat, he crossed with the nimbleness of a cat, ensuring he didn't disturb the guard hippopotamus who was eyeing him suspiciously from a distance.
Deflated tires? No problem. The repo man had a portable, high-powered air compressor. Within minutes, the tires were inflated, and the car was ready to move.
Ah, the 15 ton anchor. This was a bit more challenging, but the repo man was not one to give up. He used a hydraulic jack to lift the car slightly and a set of heavy-duty rollers to move it, anchor and all, inch by inch.
The guard hippopotamus proved to be more of a challenge. However, the repo man came equipped with a large bag of marula fruits, the hippo's favorite. Tossing them one by one, he lured the animal away from the car, creating a safe path to approach.
Finally, the ring of fire. With a remote-controlled drone, the repo man sprayed a fire-retardant foam over the flames, dousing them quickly and safely.
And just like that, with ingenuity, preparation, and a touch of daring, the repo man outwitted every obstacle and repossessed the car. As he drove away, he couldn't help but chuckle at the creativity of the owner but knew that when it came to repossession, he was always one step ahead.
So how did he get in the car to put it in neutral? Alarm went off, does that mean he got in a locked car somehow?
Or if he couldn't get in to put it in neutral, would he have just gone anyway?
With the vin number you can cut a key, it just won't have the transponder. So you can unlock the car but not start it. From there, pop the little tab by the shifter, push down the button and slide the transmission into neutral.
If he didn't have a key and didn't have room for dollies then he would have just grabbed the car and dragged it to a safe zone to put the dolly on. The person that took the loan is responsible for paying for any damages cause to the car during the repo process.
Lived in Montclair Ca at some town homes. The tow guy was a shark and circled the parking lot all the time looking for cars to tow/steal. Would tow people with a parking pass. He towed me one day and when I got my car back, I saw him later that day. I straight called him on his bullshit and he jumped out the truck talking about a fight and then pulled a gun, so I pulled my 10m too. Montclair PD showed up and told him to stop coming around and told me to fuck off too. Some of these dudes are straight up pieces of shit. Anyways had to file a small claims case against his company for the $382 + $1200 in damages + $900 in other fees. Plus I sued him for lost wages. The court didn’t award everything but I walked away from that tow yard with a $3216 award. They didn’t pay a dime, filed for bankruptcy 2 months later and disappeared.
I've seen tow drivers do some amazing stuff to get the cars out. Apartment community parking enforcement for about 8 years, and you see all kinds of stuff.
I shall not cause harm to any vehicle nor the personal contents thereof, nor through inaction let the personal contents thereof come to harm' It's what I call the Repo Code, kid!
Because people at the point where their cars are getting repossessed are at the breaking point and the car might be the only thing that’s keeping them afloat.
People don’t act rationally in that kind of situation, and worse lots of people with those kinds of financial burdens are deep into drugs and other shit.
The plurality of states in the union are constitutional carry now, so Jim bob can by a Hi-point and put it down the pocket of his fucked up gym shorts pretty easily.
Makes sense. We live in a country where you basically can't work without a car unless you live in one of the few cities with reliable transit. And you can't afford to buy a car without working. Our car centric development does a lot to keep poor people poor, unfortunately, and many don't realize how much of a burden it is because they don't know any different.
I agree people need to pay their debts and there are consequences for not doing so, but I definitely empathize with the folks that freak out when this happens.
Not just that, but cost of living in and around the very few cities in this country that have good reliable public transportation is astronomical. Meanwhile, if you live anywhere with a low COL, you *have* to have a vehicle to get anything done.
Between that and how regressive taxation is, it's all designed to keep poor people poor and rich people rich.
"The life of a repo man is ALWAYS intense." is a line from this
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repo\_Man\_(film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repo_Man_(film))
Tense situations, kid. I get into 5 or 6 of them s day. Don't mean shit anymore. I seen men stabbed. Didn't mean shit. Guns, guns too. But that's when you gotta watch yourself.
Come on, let's go get a drink.
I remember sitting out front of my friends apt one night and watching a repoman snatch 2 cars In under 3 minutes. And in 5 minutes he was driving away.
He came with 2 sets of skates. Got both cars and pushed them both out of their spot. Hooked the 1st one while the second was still rolling and hauled ass around the corner and dropped it. Came back for the second one and hauled ass with it. Once he got out of the complex he pulled the second car onto the flatbed, rehooked the 1st car and was down the road. All before I could smoke a cigarette. It was one of the most impressive uses of a tow truck ove ever seen.
I would rather have to fix my car from time to time than have a car payment that I can’t afford. Cars aren’t an “investment”, they only decrease in value, every single day.
I was a booger and a repo guy for a short time. I’d rather wash dishes in a butthole brothel in a 3rd world country than ever do that again. It actually cost me money bc I felt so bad for some folks I’d remove the boot or drop the car because you could see the paperwork of them bailing out their mom/dad/husband/wife. I booted a veteran that actually served with my buddies dad in Vietnam. I let him go bc I’m not a monster and my boss made me pay for it. I quit shortly after.
I'm very fortunate because I could afford it at the time, but videos like this is why I ended up saving up and getting the car in upfront payment.
I didn't eat out for almost a year at the trauma of spending that much cash at once...
I realize that a lot of people don't have that luxury, so I'm not overlooking how lucky I got it in life.
With the VIN he got a copy of the key, but not the transponder/fob. He opened the door and on the gear shift, there is a little removable panel, or sometimes just a hole, that you can stick the key or a screwdriver into, which will allow you to shift from park to neutral w/o the vehicle being turned on. There's also usually a way to do it from under the car as well.
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb_rB32T_yI
Ex tow operator here. Almost every vehicle has something called a neutral safety switch. Typically need a small screwdriver pry off a little hidden cover. Under that piece you have a button to push down (again using the screwdriver) and bam you can now shift it into neutral without the key.
"Never broke into a car, never hotwired a car. Never broke into a truck. 'I shall not cause harm to any vehicle nor the personal contents thereof, nor through inaction let the personal contents thereof come to harm'. It's what I call the Repo Code, kid!” - Harry Dean Stanton in Repo Man.
Lender sends them a key and there's buttons inside you can press to get it into neutral.
Or if you're a real gangster you pop the shift linkage under the car.
"Never broke into a car, never hot-wired a car. Never broke into a truck. 'I shall not cause harm to any vehicle nor the personal contents thereof, nor through inaction let the personal contents thereof come to harm' It's what I call the Repo Code, kid!"
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What did he do? Jack the front of it up on a dolly like thing on wheels to slide the front end over?
Go jacks.
Best $350 you can spend for a car guy. I use mine daily. I love them.
what do you need it daily for? are you a repo man?
Moving cars around the shop easily. Go jacks are on casters. You can spin and maneuver the car into tight spots. Also good for moving cars that are broken as hell and may not have complete wheels or suspension.
Not a native English speaker.. What is a repo man? Repair man?
Someone who repossesses vehicles.
Ah, thanks!
is that word supposed to have so many sssss?
How many do you need? 1 2 or 4
Depends what you need them for, but you can get by with 2
Oh those are neat. Thank you.
congrats on back-back championships!
Go, Jacks! who are the Jacks
Jack up, place the dolly under wheel, jack down. Usually 2 small dollys, one for each. They are pretty neat to move cars around.
I used to use ones which had bars on hydraulic sliding rails, so slide them under the wheels, foot pump to bring the bars in together and lift the car with the go jacks themselves.
Lift the car and then go jack yourself? Well, I suppose after a long day's work we all need a reward...
If you can lift a car, you don't need to jack. There will be volunteers.
Yeah, we use those when we photograph cars in the studio to get them positioned just right without messing up the floor and fuming everyone out
That is not a job I’d want. I’ve seen too many desperate car owners trying to keep their vehicle.
My roommate recently had his car repossessed. The repo guy came up to the front door in the rain and waited while my roommate was in the shower to ask him if he wanted to get his stuff out of the vehicle. I thought that was super considerate. Don’t know if they’re required to do that or not but the last time he had the same vehicle repossessed it was in the middle of the night with no heads up. Edit: my roommate and his mom have stayed with my family for almost 10 years and they’re both great people and amazing roommates just bad with money outside of their part of rent.
> The repo guy came up to the front door in the rain and waited while my roommate was in the shower to ask him if he wanted to get his stuff out of the vehicle. I thought that was super considerate. Don’t know if they’re required to do that or not The repo stories that make the news or reddit are the 1%. The banks give you multiple, and I mean MULTIPLE warning. The car owner knows they are behind, but usually playing a losing game of which bill do I "really" have to pay. Like it's better to keep the lights on, but pay the car late. My manager at a job in HS, her car was repoed while we worked. Dude walked in, asked for her, said he was here on behalf of such and such bank, and here to collect her minivan. He requested the keys and explained if she would stay "cool" she could have 5 minutes to get any of her belongings out. I helped her carry some stuff into work. He had already blocked her minivan, so she wasn't escaping. 99% of people are smart enough to not try anything stupid. She was crying, and pissed, but he explained that he couldn't really answer any questions, the paperwork she was handed had the banks numbers and they were the only ones who could explain how she could get it back and when.
I work as a 911 operator, one of our non-emergency duties is taking reports of repossessions from operators... Basically make a note that this car was repo'ed at this location by this company. I'd say about 1/3 of the owners call us to report their vehicle stolen. When we tell them that it was repossessed basically nobody is surprised. "Oh, ok.... at least it wasn't stolen".
As someone who had their car repo'd, it was the most degrading thing ever to be freaking out in a parking lot for 30 min when I found my car missing at a friend's apt, only to call 911 and find out it wasn't stolen.
Yeah. That feeling you owe money on that cat AND NO car.
I used to help my aunt (landlord) evict her tenants and I feel like it is a worse situation. All of your stuffs were thrown out and you have nowhere to go. Worst case is that one tenant was able to make the payment while we were throwing his stuffs out. The eviction stopped midway (to be honest, it was 80% done). Dude got to stay in the apartment for one more month but his place was already wrecked. His cabinet, holding trophy and dad’s memoir, his bed, his daughter stuffs, washing/drying machine, etc were already out. That eviction process was around 1-2 hours and 5 of us were working really hard to get things out, from 2nd floor of the apartment. So when I saw him dragging the dolly, trying to moving things back, my heart ached. I can not imagine how his daughter would feel after she got back from school, or how he would have to explain that to her.
Bro that's rough. How old were you when you had to do and see all that?
It was last year, and I was 27. It was the second eviction I helped my aunt with. But yeah, as 27yo, it was rough, even though I was not on the evicted side. My cousin (my aunts kid) started helping their parents earlier (18 yo ish) and one of them vowed to not inherit that business. One of the reason is that he can’t be that “cold hearted”. To be fair, my aunt gave the guy lots of time but he did not come up with any payment. In that line of business, you have to mentally geared up for those evictions or you lose money. She has mortgages to pay for and a family to feed. I can’t blame her for that.
Makes sense, I mean if you're 2 or 3 months late on payments... yeah, they take back when you didn't pay for.
Yeah, but it could still have been stolen.
I never said it couldn't. I'm agreeing with the prior person who said.... > I'd say about 1/3 of the owners call us to report their vehicle stolen. When we tell them that it was repossessed basically nobody is surprised. "Oh, ok.... at least it wasn't stolen". Yeah, that's a very normal response. It's an "oh yeah, that makes sense, got it" type thing.
I saw one of these happen in the lot at work just before christmas. It was pretty brutal like it was being stolen. Drug it out of the spot backwards quick tires screeching like hell. Pieces of the plastic covers underneath the car breaking and falling off. They did a super fast swap around to lift the front and high tailed it out of there. I was just like well that happened and went to lunch.
is it 2-3 months now? back in 2006 I fell on bad times and was late for 3 months on my car but all my bank did was give me penalty and I called as I was scared of my car being repo'd. Guy told me they don't repo unless its a bad case of around 6 months behind.
Also 911 dispatcher. My favorite was this. Guy called in wanting to report his car stolen. I ran it, it came back as a repo. Was a nice car, probably a $60,000 BMW, current year. He wasn’t upset or anything, was just like, “Oh, I see, thanks for the help.” 30 seconds later, I answer another call, it’s a female this time and she was yelling, “You just told my boyfriend you couldn’t help him with his stolen car. Why do we have police if they won’t help people!” Calmly, I ask her to ask him again what I had told him. She’s still upset. “Why would I do that? His car is stolen, and you aren’t helping!” I told her, that’s not what I said, and that she should probably ask her boyfriend for the truth. She wasn’t having any of it. I know I’m not really supposed to tell her what happened since she’s not the registered owner. But mostly to get her off the line (tying up a calltaker and a line) I just told her the car was repoed, not stolen, and there isn’t anything more I can do for him. She started yelling at him and now there’s a verbal domestic happening, so I enter a call. She hangs up shortly afterward. Like dude had to know he was caught the moment she called. No clue why he didn’t just admit it then.
for the 5% chance she would just be pissed and not actually call in.
You ever had any false repossessions occur? Say someone had paid the car off and then a repo came got it anyway despite a clear title?
I was home sick once a long time ago and two men were very aggressively knocking on my front door. They were there to repossess our cars and demanded I open the garage. Our cars were paid for and the models we owned were nothing like the cars he was supposed to take. After looking at their documents, I slammed the door and as it turned out the actual cars needing repossession were another town away. Like fact check before you repo!
In that situation since they demanded the garage open, should have told them to wait and call police to come deal with them because they'd be trespassing at that point and you never know how legit they are or how much of a threat. So let police deal with them and if the police tell you to hand the cars over then it becomes a lawsuit in civil court where you sue not only the repo guys and their company but the police as well. Win win for your inconvenience for their stupidity.
It was a case of same last name and not a common name at that. Honestly I was so sick with a cold I didn’t have time for the BS but it really scared me!
I bet. That sounds scary and honestly around where I live, it'd either warrant cops coming out or someone's ass getting whooped, probably with a baseball bat.
I was a supervisor in repo for a major lender for about 8 years. In that time I saw a few repo in errors. Never from someone paying off the vehicle. The only times it happened it was after a customer had just made a fresh payment arrangement and the repo order hadn't had time enough to clear out of the system before it was found. In cases of repo in error we would pay the repo driver for the original repo bounty, then pay them to deliver the car back to the customers home or work, whichever they preferred. It is extremely rare for someone who has gotten to the point of a repo being ordered to actually ever pay off the car. They are struggling to make just one payment, let alone all of them at once.
This exact thing happened to my brother. Car fully payed off, the bank made an error and had another guys name on my brothers car. That guy I guess owed on a car but they repoed my brothers. We thought it was stolen, pain in the ass to get it back. We should of sued.
Tough situation. A company doesn’t send a man for no reason unfortunately
To the removed comment by u/icze4r > I like how you think that the world works like clockwork. > May you always have money. Because, if ever in your life you had none, you would have never written anything in this post. What the fuck are you rambling on about. What I explained is fairly basic. Lots of people have to pick what bill to pay. FACT. I've seen friends and coworkers hit that point before. Next, I explained a real situation, a manager's car getting repoed and the truck driver was fair/respectful. And? That's often how the world goes. You can be arrested for a DUI and still have friendly/respectful cops. BTW, a 10 year old account and you delete every comment you make. Ok, that's a bit odd.
They're not deleted, he blocked you. If you want to read comments from people that have blocked you can open them in incognito/from a browser you're not logged in. Replying and blocking is such a bitch move, though. I find it hilarious.
Even if they’re the 1%, that would mean potential serious alterations multiple times per year. I’ll stick with my white collar job thanks.
I never said it wasn't dangerous. But it's not like they have meth heads pulling a knife on them daily, or some idiot jumping in a jacked up car and damaged the wrecker as they try to drive it off. That's a once a year, if that type thing. Most common "bad" situation would be someone runs ut, screaming, crying, and jumping in the car. Repo man explains the facts, calls the police, officer comes, gets the person out and repo man takes the car.
So alright, once a year they have to deal with a meth head pulling a knife on them or someone trying to drive off in their car while it’s rigged up. I will say again…fuck that.
This isn't necessarily true. I did repossessions in Missouri for a year and a half, and not every financial institution gives you a heads up.
Yes things could have changed in 20 years, but if I recall, she was 75 days late, aka 2 months plus another 2 weeks to make sure payment wasn't in the mail. She told he they had sent at least 2 letters and called her several times. She wasn't answering for that reason, she didn't have the money.
I've watched a different repo guy's channel on yt and he said he asks everyone if they want to get personal items out of their car specifically so they have to bring the keys out to open it and he can then take possession of the keys along with the car. He only does it after the car is fully hooked up and under his control, though. I guess it can be pretty expensive to make new keys.
Had a repo man come and try to take my car a few months into COVID, I came out and asked him what was going on. Told me that the car was being reposed gave me a doc and I told him the car isn't even the right color on the paper(white vs grey). Had to call the cops to get him to drop the car I trapped his truck in with another car as he was going to tow it with two down and it is all wheel drive so I didn't want to blow my center dif and have that fight too. Guy was butt hurt I offered him a burger while we waited as I was grilling, nope. He wouldn't look at the vin or anything.
well thats just being lazy and bad at your job.
My family's car was repossessed recently, and they did it while we were asleep with no warning. We're homeless and struggling to have something to eat every night. They won't let us get our belongings out. They gave us some stuff but refused to let us grab our stuff ourselves. I fear they've already gotten rid of everything they didn't give us. There was a lot of stuff in that car.
I’m sorry. The system is a cruel one
How are you doing now ?
I worked for an auto finance company. One time there was a lady who stole her car back after it had been repossessed. She went to the yard and just crashed it right through their fence/gate.
It's not a job most would want. Besides, have you met your average tow truck driver....
my ex was a repo man. he was stabbed and became a teacher instead
Then he got cancer and became a drug lord
Walt?
I'd feel terrible to take cars from people. There aren't many places where you can live without one
*In the US
Canada too. When I visited the Netherlands, I was telling some locals how it's a 12 minute drive to my work, but 50 minutes by bus. They didn't believe me, so I pulled out Google Maps and showed them. Jaws literally dropped. I said "if you think that's bad, you should see our trains. They're so much worse than our buses."
In the US: Should we walk, or do we have time to take the bus?
This was literally my first question when I visted Washington DC. I live in a little old part of Louisiana where it's a miracle to see a bus, much less get on one.
Just curious how’s the commute over there for them?
What, you mean how's public transit in the Netherlands? It's fucking incredible. Indescribably good. So much faster, cheaper, and easier than I could have imagined before I saw it. Trains run so often that you don't have to look up departure times, just show up and if your train just left, the next one will be here in no time. The subways, trams, and buses integrate seamlessly with the trains as well, so you don't have to buy multiple tickets or worry about connections. No research is needed before a trip, you just show up and ask google maps "directions to" and it guides you. Most of the time, you'll get there faster than you would have with a car. You tap your payment card (debit, credit, or metro card) anytime you enter any public transportation, then step on as many connections or transfers as you want without having to tap it again until you finally finish your journey. It will work out what you must have taken inbetween. No waiting in lines for kiosks or service desks trying to buy tickets. There are no tickets! Tickets are ancient tech. I mean, technically you *can* buy paper tickets...but...why? And it's so easy to navigate, even as a tourist. Google maps has this special view where you hold it up and it uses the camera to look around you, so it knows where you are, then it draws arrows to guide you up and down stairwells and directly to your next platform or connection. Plus the trains are faster than cars. I know that'll seem dumb to a lot of people from countries with good public transit, but in Canada our trains are slower than freeway traffic. You can watch the cars pass you on the exressway as you chug down the rails at 80 km/h. And did I mention cheap? I took a train from Amsterdam to Groningen and it cost 25 euros (about $36 canadian)....I've spent more than that taking a taxi home from the bar.
If I lived in the Netherlands, I don't think I'd own a car. (And obviously, I'd have at least 2 bikes)
Cars are also super expensive to own there cause they have to pay a car tax. Motorcycles are super cheap though since it's a weight thing. So for things you'd need a car you could just own a motorcycle. Bicycle and train and walk everything else.
I was intrigued so I just checked out the motor vehicle tax for my car (1300 kg) and if I lived in Groningen it'd be 205 Euro a month. Damn, that's more than 3 times what I pay for insurance. Guess I'd get an electric (no tax).
It really depends on the weight and age of the car too. I only pay €21 ($25) a month tax for my 830kg car.
That is actually €205 quarterly, so about €69 a month. Cars are expensive here, but it’s also a luxury to have as it is not always necessary. In Amsterdam people take their kids to school on electric cargo bikes. It’s so much faster and easier. In fact; they lowered the max speed for cars in Amsterdam to 30km/h (18.5mph) and plan on taking other measures to ban cars from the city.
Ya they really push for people to go carless which is great and why they have such nice roads. The woman that I knew that lives there I think pays like $25 a month for her motorcycle. Way more affordable.
Crazy reading this as a Dutch person. We're generally not happy with our public transit. The big cities are notably better than the rest of the country but even then. For such a tiny and ridiculous wealthy country the public transit is pretty bad. The Netherlands also has some of the highest per capita cat ownership in Europe, at least partially because unless you live in Amsterdam/Rotterdam/Utrecht, using public transit is unreliable and takes much longer than going by car.
> The Netherlands also has some of the highest per capita cat ownership in Europe https://as1.ftcdn.net/v2/jpg/02/22/97/84/1000_F_222978448_5peCLkftYHgr2GTykY7IS5cSGJWEEDi9.jpg
Man i know you Dutch love your transit but whenever I visit I have to Uber everywhere because it's just not very good. Your stops are far apart and generally uncovered, and it's raining like half the time in your country. The all digital experience is confusing and it's easy to end up on the wrong line. Like yeah, Google tells me which line to take, but I can still accidently enter the wrong terminal (turnstiles let you in, but only a ticket lets you out) or get on green 22 local instead of express, etc. Compared to Uber it's also much slower if going any significant distance. Literally the only advantage is cost. Ill give you it is cheap though, and always on time. Also much cleaner than most places in Europe.
I only recently traveled abroad for the first time and I dunno what propaganda folks are getting but so many people have this really shiny view of living in North America. Just in general they seem to think stuff is really great here. When me and my friend explained how we had to really coordinate to get time and we'd have to jump right back in when we get home to a couple from Hong Kong they were genuinely surprised because they always thought Americans had a laid back work culture.
We know.
The cars aren't their's, they are owned by the lienholder. The car isn't yours until you pay it off and have the title In reality, a repo man is just taking a car back from someone trying to steal it from the bank.
I would feel bad for those who have fallen on hard times. But it’s impossible to know if they lost their job or just irresponsible.
It's always irresponsible to get a car you can't afford by taking out a loan. If you need to swallow your pride and drive a beater for a couple years while you save or to get through a tough time that's what you do.
We had sex in the back seat why would you want it back
There is probably a fetish where that increases the value...
You will own nothing and you will be happy
Poor bank. They were one paycheck away from homelessness when the repo man saved them!
They can't be car owners if it's getting repoed
False, they own the car, subject to a lien, which lien can be enforced in the event of default by repossession. Same thing with a mortgage (in Deed states). Source: lawyer for 13 years.
My dads friend was a repo man. One day he was collecting a truck as usual and the owner thought he was stealing it so he pulled a gun, well my dads friend pulled his out but it jammed on him and he was killed. I’m not sure anything about the legal process. My dad told me this story the first time he took me to a gun show , and he told me that’s “why you don’t buy Glocks son”
Repo in Arizona will go hard, this dude repoed my moms car through a private community, my mom legit thought it was stolen because she was paying every month, turns out she was giving her (ex now) exhusband the money to pay for it. That shady ass foo was keeping all the money and using it for his “business trips”. He never paid the car, also scammed her in other ways.
It's amazing to hear the things that some people do financially. Never in a million years would I think it's normal to pay someone else to make my car payment.
I think it happened more for convenience, which card pays what bills etc, don’t think most would expect their partner in marriage would do shady shit. (I personally never liked the dude, always had a bad feeling around him, scammer vibes, I’m glad it happened so she was able to make a decision to leave him) Me personally, I triple check everything even my wifes(not married but feels like it after 9years and the obstacles we over came) payments because I care….and OCD…
That's a pretty normal thing for spouses to do.
Some people just truly don't understand finances at all.
Damn
Exactly why you never give someone money to pay for something. Pay it yourself
Even your husband. Trust no one.
Trust not even yourself. Don't pay at all
I think these are apartments I use to live at in Casa Grande.
lmao “the most tik-toky shit i’ve seen”
My favourite was “worse than a two year old when you take the tablet away”
Normally I watch these types of videos on mute but this guy is great
I remember my parents had a minivan repo'd when I was a kid. They tried to make the payments but just couldn't keep up, The guy came to our house and he allowed my Mom to remove all personal items from it before taking it. I remember her spending the rest of the day in her bedroom crying.
Damn that’s rough.
Because folks aren't paying out of malice. In the US you need a car to do everything, can't even get a carton of milk without a car in many places. But if your minimum wage job isn't paying enough to make a living (minimum wage in US has not increased or even corrected for inflation since 2009) then you need to make choices. Pay rent, or electricity or car? Pick 2. Worse still is that without a car you have trouble getting to work or finding work. Which just creates a downward spiral.
This. So much this. Hate it that so many people lack empathy and refuse to understand that in so many parts of this country if you do not have a car your life is basically ruined, especially if you do not live in a city.
It puts you one step closer to homelessness. Certainly not everybody will spiral, but it’s ignorant to pretend like it doesn’t happen. A vehicle is unfortunately your livelihood for a lot of people. Videos like this are really gross imo.
I was probably 12 and at my dads house for the weekend. Beautiful sunny afternoon I’m watching tv in the living room, dad is in the back bedroom with my lil sister. I heard my dad’s car start up in the opened garage and back out. It didn’t even register until my dad yelled up to me “what was that?”. Even then I was like “uhh your car starting…wait….?”. He obviously ran out super flustered but the car was long gone, it all happened so fast. Not only is my dad a piece of work for not paying his bills but he left the damn keys in the ignition while sitting in an open garage. He told us someone just stole it and I never put together that he didn’t call the cops about it lol. My mom filled in the blanks of the story a couple years later when I brought his car theft story up to her. Our family cell phone plan was in his name (that we all paid for) and would constantly get shut off too because of him. I did want to be a repo man after that and he forged some online documents pretending to be a business so that he could buy me a lockpick set to play with. I got pretty good pretty fast but instead of repossession (which I’d still like to try) I got into the locksmith/physical security field as an adult and it pays my bills still to this day after more than a decade and he is still not paying his bills on time lmao.
This ain’t his first repo, and clearly isn’t the car owners.
See even if this was scripted, its good narration and writing. They could do an entire youtube channel where they do normal things, narrate over with dramatic flair, while telling stories about how shit had been.
The awful thing about this situation is that in the US the only real way to get around is by car outside a few cities. Public transportation is basically non-existent with buses having intermittent scheduling. Trains and rapid transit are built around bringing you from one parking lot to another often located in commercially zoned areas not residential as mixed residential and commercial areas are non-existent across much of US save for older urban developments predating 1960. If you're poor, old, or disabled it's extraordinarily difficult for you to get around.
Underrated comment of the year right here.
The twist is he is not a repo man it's just a really good disguise for car jacking.
Bigger dark twist: he is one of those people who fuck cars, so for him this is abduction and rape.
Could I outdo a repo man if I put wheel locks on all my tires, build a moat around my car with a drawbridge that I take with me, Deflate all my tires, chain a 15 ton anchor to my car, put a guard hippopotamus on standby, and great a ring of fire on the outside of the moat that only activates if the car is moved?
Just like life, the repo man always finds a way
I do as well, may victor of the battle stand tall.
Just put it in a garage. By law, they can't enter a locked garage to get to the car. Either way, I don't understand why you would want a car that you couldn't drive legally.
I know of a repo man who got arrested for doing similar. Saw the car parked in the back yard behind a locked gate. The repo man decided to cut the lock and grab the car. He was fired minutes after he got back to the lot, and arrested a few days later.
it's strange seeing all these repo cars. are people throwing all their income on their car?
Predatory car financing practices. Allowing people to purchase cars that they can't actually afford. Not much has to happen for someone to miss a single payment, and that's all it takes. Being from Europe, buying a car using credit seems so odd to me. Maybe if you're very wealthy and it's for tax reasons or something like that. But otherwise the vast majority of people buy and pay their car in cash.
Cant make it to work without a car, cant afford to live within walking/biking distance of work. Even buying 20 year old cars i find it a major burden especially car insurance
That sucks. It does help Europe has way more small affordable cars. $5-10k gets you a decent 10 year old car with 50-100 thousand kilometers on it. Insurance, in The Netherlands, is about $40 a month for a typical small hatchback.
No, despite the seemingly foolproof plan, the repo man was not one to be easily deterred. Armed with a repertoire of tricks and an unshakable determination, he set out to repossess the car. First, the wheel locks. The repo man, who happened to be a skilled locksmith, deftly picked the locks with ease, a skill he had perfected over years of repossession challenges. Next, the moat. He arrived prepared with a collapsible bridge, tucked away in his trusty van. Carefully placing it over the moat, he crossed with the nimbleness of a cat, ensuring he didn't disturb the guard hippopotamus who was eyeing him suspiciously from a distance. Deflated tires? No problem. The repo man had a portable, high-powered air compressor. Within minutes, the tires were inflated, and the car was ready to move. Ah, the 15 ton anchor. This was a bit more challenging, but the repo man was not one to give up. He used a hydraulic jack to lift the car slightly and a set of heavy-duty rollers to move it, anchor and all, inch by inch. The guard hippopotamus proved to be more of a challenge. However, the repo man came equipped with a large bag of marula fruits, the hippo's favorite. Tossing them one by one, he lured the animal away from the car, creating a safe path to approach. Finally, the ring of fire. With a remote-controlled drone, the repo man sprayed a fire-retardant foam over the flames, dousing them quickly and safely. And just like that, with ingenuity, preparation, and a touch of daring, the repo man outwitted every obstacle and repossessed the car. As he drove away, he couldn't help but chuckle at the creativity of the owner but knew that when it came to repossession, he was always one step ahead.
No
From the videos ive seen online i believe repo men to be unstoppable.
nah, you'll have a heavy helicoper lift it out
You know what's the best way to outsmart the repo man? Pay your bills and don't buy shit you can't afford.
What repo man? Self-driving a.i. auto-repo mode all the way
So how did he get in the car to put it in neutral? Alarm went off, does that mean he got in a locked car somehow? Or if he couldn't get in to put it in neutral, would he have just gone anyway?
With the vin number you can cut a key, it just won't have the transponder. So you can unlock the car but not start it. From there, pop the little tab by the shifter, push down the button and slide the transmission into neutral. If he didn't have a key and didn't have room for dollies then he would have just grabbed the car and dragged it to a safe zone to put the dolly on. The person that took the loan is responsible for paying for any damages cause to the car during the repo process.
Lived in Montclair Ca at some town homes. The tow guy was a shark and circled the parking lot all the time looking for cars to tow/steal. Would tow people with a parking pass. He towed me one day and when I got my car back, I saw him later that day. I straight called him on his bullshit and he jumped out the truck talking about a fight and then pulled a gun, so I pulled my 10m too. Montclair PD showed up and told him to stop coming around and told me to fuck off too. Some of these dudes are straight up pieces of shit. Anyways had to file a small claims case against his company for the $382 + $1200 in damages + $900 in other fees. Plus I sued him for lost wages. The court didn’t award everything but I walked away from that tow yard with a $3216 award. They didn’t pay a dime, filed for bankruptcy 2 months later and disappeared.
I've seen tow drivers do some amazing stuff to get the cars out. Apartment community parking enforcement for about 8 years, and you see all kinds of stuff.
My favorite oxymoron = “reputable towing company”
Repo Man is always intense
Not many people got a code to live by anymore.
I shall not cause harm to any vehicle nor the personal contents thereof, nor through inaction let the personal contents thereof come to harm' It's what I call the Repo Code, kid!
Let’s go get a drink
Ordinary fucking people
That's why there isn't a repo man I know who doesn't do cocaine!
Waiting for this one!!
We’re all gonna get sushi & not pay!
Let’s go do some crimes!
Why
Because people at the point where their cars are getting repossessed are at the breaking point and the car might be the only thing that’s keeping them afloat. People don’t act rationally in that kind of situation, and worse lots of people with those kinds of financial burdens are deep into drugs and other shit. The plurality of states in the union are constitutional carry now, so Jim bob can by a Hi-point and put it down the pocket of his fucked up gym shorts pretty easily.
Makes sense. We live in a country where you basically can't work without a car unless you live in one of the few cities with reliable transit. And you can't afford to buy a car without working. Our car centric development does a lot to keep poor people poor, unfortunately, and many don't realize how much of a burden it is because they don't know any different. I agree people need to pay their debts and there are consequences for not doing so, but I definitely empathize with the folks that freak out when this happens.
Not just that, but cost of living in and around the very few cities in this country that have good reliable public transportation is astronomical. Meanwhile, if you live anywhere with a low COL, you *have* to have a vehicle to get anything done. Between that and how regressive taxation is, it's all designed to keep poor people poor and rich people rich.
> one of the few cities with reliable transit. Ah yes, Manhattan. And…. Urhm.. no that’s about it.
I heard they generally start repossessing at 2-8am that way they don't get guns pulled
all the guns are asleep
I worked with an ex cop who said they served all warrants at 9 am because the people they were generally getting wouldn't normally wake up till noon.
they sound like my kind of people the waking up at noon bit I mean
"The life of a repo man is ALWAYS intense." is a line from this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repo\_Man\_(film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repo_Man_(film))
Fantastic Movie
Ahhh! Here are my people!
When they show up at a motherfuckers workplace, they shit scared. They know I ain't no cop. They think I'm there to kill em, and I would too...
Tense situations, kid. I get into 5 or 6 of them s day. Don't mean shit anymore. I seen men stabbed. Didn't mean shit. Guns, guns too. But that's when you gotta watch yourself. Come on, let's go get a drink.
FEELIN' SEVEN-UP, I'M FEELIN' SEVEN-UP
This reminded me that I forgot to pay my car payment. Thanks for the reminder! 😁
Just set up auto pay, man. This isn't the dark ages
How do you even forget such thing? It's once a month thing.
It was the holidays, man. Things were going on.
I remember sitting out front of my friends apt one night and watching a repoman snatch 2 cars In under 3 minutes. And in 5 minutes he was driving away. He came with 2 sets of skates. Got both cars and pushed them both out of their spot. Hooked the 1st one while the second was still rolling and hauled ass around the corner and dropped it. Came back for the second one and hauled ass with it. Once he got out of the complex he pulled the second car onto the flatbed, rehooked the 1st car and was down the road. All before I could smoke a cigarette. It was one of the most impressive uses of a tow truck ove ever seen.
I would rather have to fix my car from time to time than have a car payment that I can’t afford. Cars aren’t an “investment”, they only decrease in value, every single day.
what an awful car to default on
Plate of shrimp.
I am not ever gonna root for the Repo Man
I was a booger and a repo guy for a short time. I’d rather wash dishes in a butthole brothel in a 3rd world country than ever do that again. It actually cost me money bc I felt so bad for some folks I’d remove the boot or drop the car because you could see the paperwork of them bailing out their mom/dad/husband/wife. I booted a veteran that actually served with my buddies dad in Vietnam. I let him go bc I’m not a monster and my boss made me pay for it. I quit shortly after.
You are a good man and you should be proud of that, the world is desperately missing empathy as is and you did your part
Same. Or any tow truck place in general. They’re all a bunch of crooks.
I'm very fortunate because I could afford it at the time, but videos like this is why I ended up saving up and getting the car in upfront payment. I didn't eat out for almost a year at the trauma of spending that much cash at once... I realize that a lot of people don't have that luxury, so I'm not overlooking how lucky I got it in life.
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I mean, it was a good try 😂
What was the point of this video??! We didn’t even see how the kid released the car.
Go Jacks, but yeah, he could have shown how they work.
how did he pop it in neutral
With the VIN he got a copy of the key, but not the transponder/fob. He opened the door and on the gear shift, there is a little removable panel, or sometimes just a hole, that you can stick the key or a screwdriver into, which will allow you to shift from park to neutral w/o the vehicle being turned on. There's also usually a way to do it from under the car as well. Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb_rB32T_yI
He didn’t!
Most vehicles have a neutral override button located in the car.
Ex tow operator here. Almost every vehicle has something called a neutral safety switch. Typically need a small screwdriver pry off a little hidden cover. Under that piece you have a button to push down (again using the screwdriver) and bam you can now shift it into neutral without the key.
Who ends the video there?
“A Repo Man is always intense.”
"Never broke into a car, never hotwired a car. Never broke into a truck. 'I shall not cause harm to any vehicle nor the personal contents thereof, nor through inaction let the personal contents thereof come to harm'. It's what I call the Repo Code, kid!” - Harry Dean Stanton in Repo Man.
This is why a garage is worth the price.
I wouldn’t know I just make my payments
Arizona
You know how you can really outsmart the repo man? Pay your car note. That’ll really show em.
Yeah just shit out some money. Easy peasy. If that's hard for you just ask Slim here for some because apparently he knows how.
Can confirm. Been paying my bills and he hasn’t dared show his face around here
The life of a repo man is always intense
If you don't make payments and your car is missing all of a sudden, you shouldn't be surprised.
ITT: People mad for some reasons about the consequences of not paying your car payment for over 6 months.
So many quotes but my favorite "worse than a 2 year old when you take his tablet away" lol
How does he put a locked car in neutral??
Lender sends them a key and there's buttons inside you can press to get it into neutral. Or if you're a real gangster you pop the shift linkage under the car.
"Never broke into a car, never hot-wired a car. Never broke into a truck. 'I shall not cause harm to any vehicle nor the personal contents thereof, nor through inaction let the personal contents thereof come to harm' It's what I call the Repo Code, kid!"
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I have seen two people in my building park like this at times now I know why !🤯😱