Neighbor Wars·
THE TOWED CAR
A couple's supposedly foolproof parking setup collapses when a pre-registered vehicle is towed for missing a pass, leaving them scrambling for options and answers.
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At 6 a.m., the poster walked out of the apartment complex in Indiana and saw their girlfriend's vehicle sitting exactly where it was supposed to be. Twenty minutes later, it was gone.
The couple had just relocated to Indiana for work. The girlfriend had moved about a month earlier, and as part of the rental setup, she had done everything by the book: she gave the apartment complex a description of her vehicle and its license plate, and the complex issued a parking pass under the lease agreement.
There was supposed to be a clear system. The complex had one area for renters to park and another for guests. The girlfriend had been using the renters' area without a problem. Nothing suggested trouble. Then came the morning of the post.
The poster left for work around 6 a.m. and noticed the vehicle was still in the renters' section. About 20 minutes later, the girlfriend called with a question that instantly changed the tone of the morning: was the vehicle still there?
The poster said yes, it had been there when they left. Moments later, the answer came back: the apartment complex had towed it.
"Her vehicle was there when I left," the poster wrote, before adding, "It was and she confirmed moments later that it was the complex that towed her vehicle."
That was the shock. The complex already had the vehicle's description, the license plate, and had issued a parking pass. Still, the car was hauled away.
When the girlfriend reached out, the complex gave its explanation: the vehicle was towed because the person didn't see the parking pass inside.
"They said her vehicle was towed because the person didn't see the parking pass inside," the poster wrote.
The post doesn't say where the vehicle ended up or whether the couple had already gotten it back. It ends on the practical question hanging over the whole incident: "What her options at this point?"