Two cars getting towed in 48 hrs

My bf and I have a Camaro and a Mercury, and both have been broken down for quite a while. We've got to replace head gaskets on the maro, and the Mercury is just now getting finished up. We've been walking everywhere this Winter - they're our only cars.

Unfortunately, the coppers have tagged both of 'em up and are planning to tow in the next 48 hours. I guess they've been sitting out too long.

Do you think that if we just move them to the other side of the street that the city will still tow 'em? Will the tow company still be able to nab em? I think the coppers believe they're both completely broken down, but that's just not true.

Nothing like little orange stickers to greet the morning.

 

if the cars have current inspections and registration they really cant tow them. Unless you are parked on street with signs that say cleaning, no parking..

 

They're both 100% current. Insured and everything. The tires are flat though - which may be against our city ordinances. Actually, I'm sure it's the flat tires. I believe they consider cars with flat tires to be inoperable - just junkers sitting on the side of the road.

Which is why I think that moving them may prove that they ARE operable??? I don't know if this is how it works.

 

Possible. ordinances may vary from town to town.. but they gave you a warning. so its more likely one your neighbors called to reported them abandoned. when the cops got there they seen they were current/ and they know they cant move them right away. could you move them to provate property like a front yard?.. lol.

 

Lol. That's what my dad does every time he gets into a stink. We've been considering that, but we live up on an embankment sort of thing. It'll be difficult but it's doable. The landlord will hate it LOL

The cops didn't talk to us, they only put these orange stickers on that say "Police Tow" and say that they'll be towed in 48 hours. I hope it's just a warning, but I still have my worries.

We're gonna slap some brakes on the Mercury and we'll just drive it somewhere else. But the maro we cannot move very far. It'll probably end up in the yard if we can't just move both of them down the street.

It probably was one of our neighbors though. Damnit. They can deal with the white trash car in the yard if they hate our white trash cars on the street.

 

Bumping and necroing to say that moving the cars stopped the threats for towing, in case it helps anybody in the future.

But alas, the tags expired finally and yesterday we found a new tow sticker. The same cop #, too.

Has anybody ever "booted" their own car to prevent a tow? Just to fuck with them, what would they theoretically do if we invested in four boots, and locked the entire motherfucker up?

Not saying that we're not going to renew the tags, because we are. But I'd like to know how that would work, in theory.

 

they would just use a tilt and load and take it anyway

 

You're a good man BBAD.

Law, you win again.