And I'm just wondering...how did they tow truck driver dismantle my e-brake? I was parked on a slight decline, and had the e-brake fully engaged. I was backed into the spot, so I am not so worried about my alignment/differential being messed up, but I am curious as to how when I picked up my car, the e-brake was fully disengaged. The e-brake lever was engaged when I parked the car.

Can the e-brake lever be controlled from outside of the car? I can understand the e-brake being disengaed from the back wheels, but can they really control the lever inside the car as well?

 

Its been my experience that they will open your door by popping your lock to get to the e-brake handle, or they will use a flat bed truck.

When they use a flat bed, your car is pulled up onto the slanted flat bed with the parking brake on. When the car is fully on the bed, the bed levels out.

Something like this...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Tow_Truck.jpg

 

oh...and why the **** did it get towed?

 

what if he just picked up the rear end with the claw?

 

 

Most comminly they will pop your door to release the ebrake. If a officer is present they can and will do this. If not they just drag it up on the trailer and theres not much you can do about the wearing a flat spot in your tire. Why did it get towed? Parking illegal again???

 

Nope, He was hard parking

OP - they probably picked up the rear end of the car with the claw and peaced out.

 

they most likey used a wheel jack. its used by alot of tow companys and they mainly use it on the "drivetrain wheels" of the car ,cause the wheel jack has wheels on it too, but some times they'll use it on a car that has it's e-brake on.thier super fast and super easy to use. they put it under the tire 3 pump's pull it on a flat bed or lift it from the back and all that in less then 10 mins lol. since your car is an si was it in neutral? if it was that made it even easier for them. i know alittle cause i had a friend who worked for a tow company and told me alot about how they towed cars. hope this helped a little

 

I was backed into a corner, with a car next to me. They definitely towed it with the rear wheels on the ground.

The trucks this company had were this kind of deal.

 

dam......... idk maybe they have a ufo and teleported it lol im lost

 

they probably got into the car, or they used a flat bed. no way in hell would they drag a car to tow it. they arent that big of ******

 

If your car was in neutral, they dragged it out of the spot with the e-brake engaged until they could get the hook under the back tires. Popping the lock would obviously set off your alarm. Or they used the wheel jacks the guy above described.


Watched a show about repo men on Discovery. Sometimes, they'll drag your car a quarter mile with the e-brake engaged until they feel safe they can get it without confrontation.

 

This kind of stuff pisses me off. Yeah okay they towed it. Not a big deal, just doing their job. But opening up someone elses private property (cop present or not) is just wrong. The obviously opened the door to dissengauge the e-brake. To me that is a violation of personal space. If they don't have the right truck to tow it then they need to go get one. If I ever catch someone in my vehicle without my permission I will raise hell.

 

Calm down tough guy...read above^

 

They did that to my brother's car and there is no way a flat bed truck would fit in our condominium parking lot. So whatever they did to tow your ride, they did to my brother's!

 

So how did you find out about the tow? Did you just walk out to the parking lot and see it was gone?

 

Yeah, I walked to the car and there was some deuche-*** F-250 in my spot, parked all crooked.

I'll check the tires, but it did not look like they got into the car...nothing was missing, the weather stripping is intact and does not look like it was messed with.

 

Why was your car towed to begin with though? Were you in a handicapped spot or something?

 

They probably did something, they got a bunch of tricks up their sleeves they do this for a job remember.

Thankfully my car will never be in a position to get towed and they wouldnt even be able to get started with it because the diesel truck sound would turn my alarm on and page me.

 

Resident Only lot.

Its a very congested area. Parking on the street is a gamble. You're very likely to come back to a missing mirror, numerous dings on your bumpers, and big old scratches down the side of your car from drunk idiots walking/riding bicycles down the street.

Its a college-part of town, but not just college kids, mostly the covered-in-tattoos, hate-the-government, I-ride-a-bicycle-so-I-have-no-respect-for-automobiles kind of college kids.

So I take my chances with the lot.

I've parked in this lot numerous times and never had a problem, even when parked over night. They got me 15 minutes after I left my car, this time.

 

The above post makes no difference to the violation of personal space. And not being a dick but your "tough guy" thing... you don't know me. You don't know who I am or what I've done or will do. But I'll tell you what, you spend 2 yrs. of you life over seas, then you can decide whether I'ma "tough guy" or not

 

take it easy tough guy. nobody has beef with you.

 

lol

 

 

Cool.