I want to know if anyone else has EVER had an issue like I had last Friday. I live in a gated community in Naples. NOT FUN! About 4 months ago, I had a flood in my home. I finally got the insurance company to authorize repairs. They started last Tuesday. On Friday, I had a meeting in Cape Coral. My coworker picked me up and we went together. I couldn't leave my NSX in the garage as the workers needed that area. I couldn't leave it on the street because it was garbage day. I've always had permission from a neighbor to use her driveway-she lives in PA. However, another neighbor was already in her drive. So I went one more driveway down and parked it there. They live in the Netherlands & aren't in the country. When I got out of my meeting in the Cape, I started getting texts and voicemail msgs from neighbors telling me that my car was towed. I finally got ahold of our "local assoc. Pres". He told me that earlier in the day he was elsewhere playing tennis and the "person" on the corner called him and asked why Kathy's car was parked next door. He told him, she's having work done on her house and couldn't leave it there. He then proceeded to call a N. Ft. Myers' tow company & they came and towed it on his say so. Off of private property, someone ELSE'S private property. They towed it 45 miles north. On a hook, in gear, with the brake on & the front wheels turned & locked. I checked the neighbor's driveway & found gouges and scrapes in the concrete, probably from dragging my car out by the rearend. When I got to the "tow yard" (so tiny-my car was the only one there), it was still on the hook. He made me pay him $295 cash. Then he lowered it, untied a band from it and drove off. Never asked me to verify that I even owned it. I guess if anyone gave him $300 cash, they could have it. I was SO mad. I had to call Collier SO to find out who & where my car even was. To find it on the Lee/Charlotte cty line was outrageous. My attorney's sending the neighbor & the tow company a demand letter & if they don't respond, I'll sue them. I have to take the car tonight to my brother to put on the lift to check for damage. I've asked that it be treated as GTA. I've also reported these illegal actions to the tow company governing body. They weren't allowed to tow from private property more than 15 miles away. I can just imagine my car bouncing up I-75 for 45 miles! NO - I don't want to imagine that. I infuriates me. Anyone got any other suggestions on what to do here? Don't suppose anyone else has heard of anything similar? Oh, & yes, I'm looking to move ASAP!
. Good luck!
