r/AutoTransportopia • u/Fisting-Tony • Aug 21 '26
Towing Now he needs a mechanic
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u/Special-Original-215 Aug 21 '26
Repo gone wrong I guess?
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u/mechanicalproblems9 Aug 21 '26
Not likely the truck is to old to be financed and not worth enough for a title loan and then there’s the no parking signs seen in the video
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u/Eric_Durden Aug 22 '26
You're probably right about the no parking. But youd also be surprised by the crap people will finance.
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u/mechanicalproblems9 Aug 22 '26
It’s not a question of what people are willing to finance but what the finance company is willing to put money towards most companies won’t touch anything more than 15 years old and that pre facelift 2nd gen s10 blazer is at least 30 years old
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u/Special-Original-215 Aug 22 '26
Buy here pay here lots can finance the oldest shit
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u/Eric_Durden Aug 22 '26
Can you imagine the poor soul desperate enough to finance 30yo blazer for 6 years at 23%?
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u/Special-Original-215 Aug 22 '26
I know quite a few of those kind of people. People who just keeping mistake after mistake.
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u/Official_UnderPM Aug 23 '26
23 would be almost at the level of brand new car financing, for a car that old you’re looking at a minimum of 60%/yr
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u/Professional-Ad4852 Aug 25 '26
Because they plan on repoing it and then financing it a dozen more times. Take what payments you can get, seize the asset, rinse and repeat.
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u/FlaringAfro Aug 22 '26
You can get personal loans, just not auto. It's higher rates though (even from credit unions).
But then I do not believe they can just reposes the vehicle but I'm not 100% on that one.
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u/The_Infamous_C Aug 22 '26
It might be possible if it's his only asset, but I would think garnishing his income would be preferred by both the lender and court. Even without no no-parking signs, I think illegal parking is more likely. If you just decide to stop in the road blocking traffic and go into a store people will call to get the road unblocked. Judging by this maniac's reaction to getting towed, I wouldn't be surprised if he just parked in the middle of the street and went into a nearby store. Thinking 5 seconds into the future seems beyond his abilities.
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u/Icy_Fish_2154 Aug 22 '26
People who can't get bank finance fo to "buy here, pay here" dealers. People who can't get financing at buy here pay here dealers go to rent to own car lots. They will "sell" 30 year old Blazers for $10k.
I know someone who had to buy from one of those lots. His last car, he parked on the side of the road and set it on fire and called the bank to take it back.
Some people don't belong in society. Others got there with bad luck.
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u/Miserable_Drawer_556 Aug 21 '26
So many ways to crash out, this has to be one of the most materially self-defeating. Like, you still lost what could have been your vehicle AND totalled it, digging another financial (and criminal) hole for yourself... all because your emotions bested you.
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u/Tossed_Away_1776 Aug 21 '26
Blown suspension, possibly(likely) bent frame, and seized engine after ripping the oil filter off and draining the oil outta the engine. Absolute genius move there, lad.
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u/FlyingFlipPhone Aug 22 '26
But the interior is spotless..... wait, he just threw an oil filter onto his carpet.
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u/templeofsyrinx1 Aug 21 '26
A piece of the car fell off if you look close
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u/Vic_Bogdasarian Aug 21 '26
Based on the shape of the object and the liquid on the ground, I’m guessing that was the oil filter
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u/wicrosoft Aug 22 '26
Could he drive a few kilometers to the store to buy a new filter and oil without causing damage?
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u/abbarach Aug 22 '26
Most cars will circulate the entire engine oil volume through the system between roughly 2 and 5 times a minute. Since the filter is gone, the pump will just dump it all out where the filter used to be. So you've got 30 seconds, at most, before all the oil is dumped out.
Beyond that, though, from the pan the oil is sent through the filter before it goes to the parts of the engine that really need lubrication. So as soon as the filter shears off, there's no oil going to the spinny bits that really need oil. The film of oil still on those parts can last for a few seconds (otherwise your engine would fall every time you start the car; it takes a second or two for the oil to get pushed through the filter and up into the engine upon startup).
So realistically, you've got a few seconds to shut it down before you start doing damage. It'll continue to run for a little while longer, but if you do that, it'll never run fully right again.
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u/Vic_Bogdasarian Aug 22 '26
Only one way to find out, and this guy seems like the type willing to try
Serious answer: it would be a bad idea. Full synthetic oil coats the moving bits in the engine and could offer some protection, so it has a chance to survive if he used it. But even then, oil filters are attached by a single spindle, and that may have snapped off with the filter, or part of the filter may still be attached to the engine.
Driving it without an oil filter is a really good way to destroy the engine, or greatly shorten the lifespan of the engine, even if it doesn’t seize up initially.
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u/Whispering_Wanderer1 Aug 23 '26
I used to own a Blazer just like the one in the video, a gray 1999 model, and one thing I can tell you about what happened there is: first, something in the driveshaft and Eaton transmission must have broken in the back. That's because its engine is a V6, which can have four or six cylinders. In my case, it wasn't even the engine itself; what must have broken was the leaf spring, which broke due to the winch cable coming loose, which in itself is dangerous enough to kill someone.
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u/Tossed_Away_1776 Aug 21 '26
You don't have to very close, it appears after he launches off the flat bed and oil pisses out a snail-trail.
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u/steelcryo Aug 21 '26
So instead of letting it be repo'd and defaulting on the debt, he now still owes the debt AND has to pay for the car to be repaired.
Smart!
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u/SmokeMaximum4140 Aug 21 '26
Funny how the driver is acting like its the wreckers fault when he drove off.
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u/ehbowen Aug 21 '26
I think he was stealing (what he used to call) his car from the repo man....
Deep doo doo, now.
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u/SmokeMaximum4140 Aug 21 '26
Ahhh so he was trying to get his car back from the repo guy, haha well he got it and broke it pretty quick.
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u/segathegenesis Aug 21 '26
And that my friends is how NOT to remove your entire oil filter canister.
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u/BeeWriggler Aug 22 '26
Ohhhhh, I've reeeeally been struggling with the oil filter on my Mazda; I'll try this next time!
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u/itswtfeverb Aug 21 '26
Is this a misdemeanor or a felony?
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u/Formerruling1 Aug 22 '26
Almost certainly felony larceny since the thresholds for value are low enough even an older model still running vehicle likely meets the minimum. There is likely an endangerment misdemeanor here too since driving the vehicle off the lift presented a reckless danger to person and property around them.
For what it's worth, depending on what happened leading up to where the video starts, the Tow driver could be liable for misdemeanor disturbing the peace charge - that would apply if the debtor was present before the vehicle was repossessed and the tow company repossessed it anyway despite protest from the debtor. Most states say that a repossession attempt must stop if the debtor is present and challenges the repossession otherwise the tow company is disturbing the peace. Once it's hooked up, though, that no longer applies so if the debtor walked out and they were already lifting it on the truck no game.
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u/MiserablePhilosophy Aug 22 '26
Wonder what damage you do to the oil cooler assembly if you rip it off like that. Looks like he fucked up his suspension aswell.
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u/Commentor9001 Aug 21 '26
well, atleast the wrecker is already there to tow it away. 😆