Towing! (Everyone's favorite!)
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davis_squareAh, yes, towing. I'm hoping someone here knows more about The System than I do. Being new to MA (as I point out in, like, every post I make), brings out all of my Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer instincts.
I'm hoping someone here has inside knowledge or can be of help in my situation. I'm completely exhausted at this point because my car was totaled a month and a half ago in an accident not my fault (rear-ended at a stoplight) and I'm still going through a nightmare from that. (I've stored up good rants involving Enterprise, Hertz, certain cab drivers, insurance companies, a shady dude who sold me a car that died in 2 days, etc. When I say nightmare, I do mean grand mal, balls-out nightmare.)
The latest version of the nightmare is this: my totaled car was legally parked on the street by my apartment. It had to be there because insurance was inspecting it and assessing the damage and such. I don't know why it took the damage inspector over a month to come and inspect it, but it did. Finally, that was done, and I needed the title so I could salvage the car and get the insurance check for the car's worth, so I sent for that from Virginia.
Imagine my surprise to come home yesterday and find out that my totaled car wasn't there. "Surely I am simply delusional," I thought. But no. It was gone. I called the police and they said they'd towed it, but they didn't really give me a reason why. The lady wasn't forthcoming with any information, in fact, but I did glean I have to get a release from the police and then go to Pat's and give them $120, plus $25 for every day it's been there. Fun!
Ultimately, all I need to do is get all my stuff cleaned out of the car (there's a lot) and have the title so I can salvage it.
I'm exhausted and thoroughly dehumanized by now, plus I have job interviews this week and need to keep my composure somewhat, so any help would be wonderful.
I have a few questions:
Don't laugh too hard at my asking this, but is there any way to appeal or somehow mitigate this? Do I have any rights here? Is there anybody I can talk to that doesn't get off on turning me into a sniffling, pathetic mess?
How long do I have to claim my car? I'm trying to figure out if I can wait until I have the title so the salvage dude can just pick it up from the tow yard once I pay, rather than me having to tow it back to my apartment.
I'm hoping someone here has inside knowledge or can be of help in my situation. I'm completely exhausted at this point because my car was totaled a month and a half ago in an accident not my fault (rear-ended at a stoplight) and I'm still going through a nightmare from that. (I've stored up good rants involving Enterprise, Hertz, certain cab drivers, insurance companies, a shady dude who sold me a car that died in 2 days, etc. When I say nightmare, I do mean grand mal, balls-out nightmare.)
The latest version of the nightmare is this: my totaled car was legally parked on the street by my apartment. It had to be there because insurance was inspecting it and assessing the damage and such. I don't know why it took the damage inspector over a month to come and inspect it, but it did. Finally, that was done, and I needed the title so I could salvage the car and get the insurance check for the car's worth, so I sent for that from Virginia.
Imagine my surprise to come home yesterday and find out that my totaled car wasn't there. "Surely I am simply delusional," I thought. But no. It was gone. I called the police and they said they'd towed it, but they didn't really give me a reason why. The lady wasn't forthcoming with any information, in fact, but I did glean I have to get a release from the police and then go to Pat's and give them $120, plus $25 for every day it's been there. Fun!
Ultimately, all I need to do is get all my stuff cleaned out of the car (there's a lot) and have the title so I can salvage it.
I'm exhausted and thoroughly dehumanized by now, plus I have job interviews this week and need to keep my composure somewhat, so any help would be wonderful.
I have a few questions:
Don't laugh too hard at my asking this, but is there any way to appeal or somehow mitigate this? Do I have any rights here? Is there anybody I can talk to that doesn't get off on turning me into a sniffling, pathetic mess?
How long do I have to claim my car? I'm trying to figure out if I can wait until I have the title so the salvage dude can just pick it up from the tow yard once I pay, rather than me having to tow it back to my apartment.
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