Stolen blingoes

Had a customer drop a car off the other day, 2.7 V6 powered 300 Touring with an overheating problem. Turned out to be a blown HG caused by a hole popped in the radiator and the guy pleads flat broke... anyway, this thing has the windows tinted so dark it looks like black paint and a set of 24" blingoes on it. So we came in to work yesterday, it's sitting on 4 concrete blocks and the wheels are gone. Called the po po, filed a report, they fingerprint the car yada yada yada.

A few hours later the service manager gets a phone call from a local rent to own outfit. They had reposessed the wheels late on Sunday night.

Talk about add insult to injury.

Ouch!

People who finance wheels deserve to have them repo'd.

We had the local rent to own/blingmerchant get busted last fall for unauthorized distribution of non-prescribed pharmaceuticals...

I can see why they would do it while it was in the shop not having to deal with the owner and all but you would think they would kinda look at the fact of how much of an inconvenience it is for the shop to have a car sitting there on blocks and no way to move it...

How the heck did the repo men know the car was at your shop? Something smells fishy.

J

I think they called the owner looking for the payment he hadn't made and he told them where it was.

one of my coworker's hood-rat cousins had his dubs repo'd while he was in the mall - on a date!!

BWA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!

I never knew places like this existed until I went to visit my Dad in Atlanta...the Rent-n-Roll is my favorite.

I feel bad for all the mustangs around here with 22-24" rims on them, and all these guys are wondering why they go through brakes like crazy. Uhhh you added 100lbs of rotational mass on each corner hmmmm

I always wondered why these guys who live in $300 a month apartments can afford $4,000 wheels. Now I know.

Jensenman wrote: Had a customer drop a car off the other day, 2.7 V6 powered 300 Touring with an overheating problem. Turned out to be a blown HG caused by a hole popped in the radiator and the guy pleads flat broke... anyway, this thing has the windows tinted so dark it looks like black paint and a set of 24" blingoes on it. So we came in to work yesterday, it's sitting on 4 concrete blocks and the wheels are gone. Called the po po, filed a report, they fingerprint the car yada yada yada. A few hours later the service manager gets a phone call from a local rent to own outfit. They had reposessed the wheels late on Sunday night. Talk about add insult to injury.

ROFL! We had a neighbor at the apartment complex that had a set on a poor old BMW 5-Series (E34). He was so proud of them that he found a set of reflective badges for the sides that said ` 22" ' (22 inches). I guess it was cheaper than fixing his creaking trailing arm bushings or getting it running on all six cylinders...

EDIT: I knew if I looked for a bit, I could find something similar:

http://tinyurl.com/d84xbn

Repo guys are very sneaky...

skruffy wrote: Repo guys are very sneaky...

"Ordinary people spend their whole lives avoiding tense situations. A repo man spends his life getting into tense situations."

-Bud

That is some funny E36 M3.

ultraclyde wrote: one of my coworker's hood-rat cousins had his dubs repo'd while he was in the mall - on a date!! BWA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!

Ouch. I think the word construction "in the mall - on a date" sums up where this hero went wrong in life pretty well.

friedgreencorrado wrote: ROFL! We had a neighbor at the apartment complex that had a set on a poor old BMW 5-Series (E34). He was so proud of them that he found a set of reflective badges for the sides that said ` 22" ' (22 inches). I guess it was cheaper than fixing his creaking trailing arm bushings or getting it running on all six cylinders... EDIT: I knew if I looked for a bit, I could find something similar: http://tinyurl.com/d84xbn

Hahaha, that's brilliant! All I can think of is some poor rap-star-wannabe, all chuffed and proud of his 24" sticker, returns to his car in the car park only to find someone next to him with the dreaded 26" sticker. Cue "fail" sound effect.

J

I want some chrome "13" stickers.

Hah! "Redefining Ballerism". Ballerism!

friedgreencorrado wrote: He was so proud of them that he found a set of reflective badges for the sides that said ` 22" ' (22 inches). EDIT: I knew if I looked for a bit, I could find something similar: http://tinyurl.com/d84xbn

That is an entire quadrant of the galaxy that I want as little to do with as humanly possible.

this made me smile. dubs are one of things I hate.. it is right up there with oversized SUVs... oversized SUVs on Dubs are even worse.

Ah yes, the burden of being ghetto-fabulous. I live in the ghetto and see tire/wheel combos on cars that cost $$$$. That's right up there with the "no prep" paint jobs that are usually on the same car. Just make it shiny. I live behind a self-serve car wash and you should see the ghetto cruisers that roll through that place. Only the best that mom's credit can buy. I guess drug dealing still pays. Blows my mind when I see a $40k Chrysler 300C sitting on 24"s and the owner lives in a ghetto apartment. I guess if you spread the payments over 96 months it's affordable.

i see those all the time, broken down on the side of the highway. Its always an old Caprice with 28s on them with a body lift. "aight ya dont axe me why it dont run, but damn it sho do look tight wit dem 28 bladez on it!!"

slefain wrote: I guess if you spread the payments over 96 months it's affordable.

I guess if you can keep convincing people to lend you money at usurous interest rates, you can keep driving it until it gets stolen or repoed. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Duke wrote:

slefain wrote: I guess if you spread the payments over 96 months it's affordable.

I guess if you can keep convincing people to lend you money at usurous interest rates, you can keep driving it until it gets stolen or repoed. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Ah, touche'

I also have a "buy here, pay here" lot around the corner. I've seen the same early 90s Mercedes for sale on that lot four times. It's gone for a few months, then it's back.

I worked with a woman at my last job that felt that repossession was a "normal" part of vehicle ownership. She was the resident expert on repossession and was always giving advice to people on how to hold onto their cars longer (aka hiding it).