Interesting Repo-man rig

"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher) 03/11/2019 at 19:37 • Filed to: Better pay your bills!

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Note the dual license plate reading cameras.

Maxima Speed > shop-teacher 03/11/2019 at 19:43

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Strictly drive off then? I don't see a towing rig there 

shop-teacher > Maxima Speed 03/11/2019 at 19:50

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They're either doing drive off repos, or they call in a tow truck once they find their mark. A buddy of mine used to do repos for GMAC. They'd either show up with an extra key and drive it off, or sit on it until a wrecker could come grab it.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > shop-teacher 03/11/2019 at 19:50

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See, I'd be the repo guy with a heavy duty truck that I've taken the body off of and put on like a minivan or something. Cause no one ever suspects the minivan.....mwahahaha.

facw > Maxima Speed 03/11/2019 at 19:51

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Sometimes they do that, but they can also summon a tow truck. They use these cars as spotters to find cars that have been marked for repossession.

Highly recommended read on the modern repo industry (only going to become more relevant given the state of auto loans):  The surprising return of the repo man

Nick- Professional Car Destroyer > shop-teacher 03/11/2019 at 19:54

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They use spotter cars, they tell the tow guys where they are and what times and usually will spend weeks searching until they have a stack of cars and then go grab them.

412GTI > shop-teacher 03/11/2019 at 19:56

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A car you would expect to see getting repoed is the one  trying to catch debtors. Interesting.

shop-teacher > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 03/11/2019 at 20:00

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Nice!

Urambo Tauro > shop-teacher 03/11/2019 at 20:40

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Too bad the cameras stick out like a sore thumb. With all the animosity people tend to have towards r epo men, I’d probably try to hide those in the fenders or bumper , if there’s any room behind there .

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > shop-teacher 03/11/2019 at 21:33

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In my PI days I crossed paths with a number of repo men. Just like PIs some good some scum, most in the middle. We were often staking out the house, it seems disability fraud and repos go hand and hand

ThePlasticOne - no diggities expressed nor implied. > Urambo Tauro 03/11/2019 at 21:46

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I’d do the headlights.

shop-teacher > 412GTI 03/11/2019 at 22:29

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I’m sure they repo'd it a while back, and nobody wanted it from their auction.

shop-teacher > Urambo Tauro 03/11/2019 at 22:30

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True, but I bet most people don't know what they are.

shop-teacher > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 03/11/2019 at 22:33

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I don’t begrudge repo men. If I don’t make my payments, someone should take the stuff back.

I can't say I'm surprised that those two go hand in hand. 

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > shop-teacher 03/11/2019 at 22:47

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The ones who follow the rules are fine but the ones who operate unlicensed make me very angry.  

shop-teacher > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 03/11/2019 at 23:01

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Yeah, that makes sense. I have no way to distinguish them. 

The Compromiser > shop-teacher 03/12/2019 at 18:53

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Was this getting INTO a tense situation?

shop-teacher > The Compromiser 03/12/2019 at 20:59

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No, it was outside a gas station. I have a strange fascination with  any vehicle I see with license plate reading cameras.

The Compromiser > shop-teacher 03/12/2019 at 22:11

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It’s a line paraphrased from Twister, taken from RepoMen for that movie . I don't get out enough....

shop-teacher > The Compromiser 03/12/2019 at 23:32

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I liked Twister, but I don't recall that line.

The Compromiser > shop-teacher 03/13/2019 at 08:02

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“ Most people spend their lives getting out of tense situations. Repo M en spend their lives getting INTO tense situations! Wooo Beltzer!!”

I may have watched the movie a few times or a couple hundred. maybe...