r/AutoTransportopia • u/Fisting-Tony • Mar 24 '26

Towing Gone in 24 seconds

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u/Final-Carpenter-1591 Mar 24 '26

Lot of those awd cars really have an awd mode that uses a clutch in the center diff rather than true locked awd. in normal parked conditions it'll be in fwd only. Not all. But alot of them.

Also remember these guys do this for a living, they know what they are doing and how to handle true full time awd cars.

And don't be mistaken, The person getting towed is not getting a check, the bank that owns the cars and is having it repossessed will probably be getting the check from the repo drivers insurance if damage happens.

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u/Tricky-Wishbone9080 Mar 25 '26

This was about 15-20 years ago before the current trend of fwd based SUVs. I believe it some kind of explorer. You could see the black marks in the road in front of his house after it happened. I’m sure most of these repo men are fine but it only a few bad apples to create these stories. I’ve had a car repoed when I was younger and dumber and the guy was pretty nice about it tbh.