In what looks like the best UNCUS article to date, one of UNCUS’ finest was rear ended by a Cavalier Wrecker truck yesterday. I can only applaud UNCUS on this one. How many of you have been literally screwed by the local tow truck scene? I swear tow truck/wrecker companies are like little mafias. They can tow your car without warning and then can’t provide who recommended the tow. So UNCUS is right, karma is a bitch. Enjoy that insurance claim, wankers.
On the flip side, I think that pic of the fireman holding the “though to be injured but was later declared fine” baby is a little too mud slinging.
[pic from Mr. Thomas on flickr, where else?]
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Talk about recycling stories.
http://cvillain.com/2008/03/27/getting-towed-in-c-ville/#comments
my favorite part is how the tow truck driver tried to claim the Hook driver was on the phone and that’s what really caused the accident. but yet the tow truck rear ended the first car with enough force to force it into a second car, and to force the second car into a third car. clearly someone was not paying attention. and that baby will be able to reopen an injury claim when she turns 18, so i hope the two truck company has good liability insurance … i actually don’t think it’s too much mudslinging to think the baby was injured. children are injured more often in accidents than you might think, especially if they’re improperly restrained or they’re in the wrong location in the vehicle.
but yeah, tow companies around here suck. it’s about time they dip into their pockets to pay something out for the damages and injuries from this accident.
hey they towed my car, should i write a story about it?
@3: Did they camel tow it?
@4 - I’m trying to picture that and it just comes out all wrong.. lethal camel tow?
@5: Oh, I just meant they towed you with real, live, actual camels. Preferably of the dromedary variety. (Slogan: “One hump is enough!”)
Jeez, Thorby, getcher mind outta the gutter.
Camels of both variety have lots in common with the tow-truck drivers I’ve encountered. They both spit constantly. They both make incomprehensible braying noises. Neither understands spoken english nor can produce written english. They both smell very bad. They both need to be beaten in order to do right.
These are the guys down on Avon Ext.? I will never, ever call these people again.
Not because of this but because of personal experience. I’ve never had a towing company tell me I can’t remove my property from my vehicle until they had proof of someone paying for towing and storage. Even my claims agent said they were ridiculous.
And actually I didn’t call them now that I remember. The chick who hit me called them for me. I think she knew something…
So did the tow driver get charged with leaving the scene of the accident because he left and came back?
That’s f’ing ridiculous.
How are they even still in business?
*keeping the name of a different tow company in the wallet just in case for the future*
I heart how UNCUS has a big ol fat pic of the driver in the article.
THIS IS TOTAL BULLSHIT. apparently if you call a tow truck company for anyone parked in a private lot, all you have to do is sign this little slip of paper saying you authorize the towing. there is no check or anything like that.
the tow truck company can’t give out your name unless the person who towed your car is sub subpoenad by court. and trust me no one is going to hire a lawyer for 400 bucks to save 100 towing fee. if you really want to fuck someone over, this is a great way to do it and the tow truck company wins in the end. fucking assholes
Um Thor did you park in the wrong lot?
i never park in the right lot
So your chariot is towed? Can’t you use lighting bolts and stuff on the tow truck driver.
not when I’m around! i have been looking into the lightning theft deterrent system (LTDS) but i don’ tknow if shocking people when they come close to it would be good for my reputation
I like this particular Thor…. send all others to Dixie Pawn…its the one with the melted restraint chip in its primary CPU, so it says fuck.
jebus harsh words for the remaining 2 billion of us
@12: Where did you hear that? Everytime i’ve tried to get someone towed who’s blocking my private driveway, they tell me only the landlord can authorize the towing.
@19 - thats not what happened for me .. so maybe it depends on how sketch the tow truck companies are?
Maybe. I’m pretty sure it was Cavalier and the woman who answered the phone was rude as shit.
@20, I’ve encountered the same thing. The douchenozzles that bang my neighbors like to take all the spots at my place, but the cops told me if it’s private, it’s a landlord thing.
Cavalier/Lethal is the most horrible business in all of Charlottesville. If you really, really need a tow truck, I’d go with Colliers.
Man, I hate to be all “not with the flow”, ya’ll, but I’ve called “Lethal” a couple of times in the last couple of years and they’ve done alright by me - once to change tire I couldn’t get the lug nuts off of (yeah, yeah, I said the word “nuts” - ya’ll are all 8 year olds), and once to jump car with nearly dead battery long enough to get said vehicle to store for new battery. In both cases, were very helpful. Maybe it was because didn’t have impounded vehicle - I don’t know, but good experiences in light of annoying situations.
(take it back now, ya’ll…)
@15 Wouldn’t he use his hammer, instead?
/not just a word nerd but a nerd in general.
@24
I’ve had good luck calling Lethal—have it programmed into my phone for when my various ‘collectible’ POS old vehicles give out. Bad luck however under other circumstances. They scratched the dickens out of my Jaguar and refused to take any responsibility for it.
Fun fact: you idiot neighbors seem to be able to have you towed if you allow a vehicle to sit for a week without moving it in one space, and can do same if you leave a vehicle with a flat tyre or an expired inspection sticker in one place for about a week, the assumption being that if it’s uninspected it can’t be moved.
/effing tsunami over here, how’s the weather four feet away?
they scratched my jetta horribly. fortunately, my loser ex had already totaled it.