IROC_Canuck

the towed my car from qew at hurontario , to burnahthorpe(cant spell) 200 dollars, had the car on the truck like 30 mins? so pretty much i paid 400 dollars an hour, and the guy said it had to go to there shop, it didnt, after they took it the cop said i was free to take it anywere, so there another 30 dollars aday added up, had to pay 350 to get my car, ****ing ******, never go there, there ****ing accident chasing scum

Pacer

Thanks for the reminder.
Forgot how dishonest the towtruck profession is.
Let this be a lesson to us all.
Get YOUR car towed to YOUR body shop...
...because they'll lead you to believe anything.

Pacer...

PS CAA has saved me a couple of times...

Z-drr-Guy

Now come on now .........None of you know this ........except a few ......i did that profession for 11 yrs ........Owned my own busieness ..........NOT all of them are A$$H&les .......but you are 100 % right .......Lyons are bad ...........& so are alot of others .............i could tell you guys stories that would make your hair stand on end about at least the Miss Tow trucks !

Mark

Sorry you had a bad experience .........i know how you feel

Pacer

OK, fair enough, not all are bad. Some are probably very respectable.
I've never had a problem when calling CAA either.
But, examples like this paint a bad picture for the business.
When it comes to accident chasing, there aren't a lot of heart warming stories to tell....

Pacer...

nblanchard

I use Tom James Towing here in NIagara... they went to hamilton to pick up my car and bring it back to Welland... it was covered under my roadside.. but it was under 200 bux for sure

IROC_Canuck

i have CAA, they saved my enough, i am a normal member so i have to pay 2 bucks a km after 5 kms, still only cost 28 bucks to take it from lyons to kerr cady at thirdline

copperchick

I'm with CAA too. Some of the guys around here are not the most honest folks, but through CAA you're covered. I have heard some real horror stories. They even did a little info thing at work that included a section on how not to get ripped off. Sad, eh? Even with CAA though, if you go to one shop, and then have it taken to another- you're paying for that second tow. Best of to do some one stop shopping if possible.

tanager11

I agree with Z-drr-guy, not all of them are ******, like anywhere you have your ****** and you have your honest guys just making a living. I have been helped out by a couple of really good guys over the last couple of years when these guys could have really jammed me just cuz I was in a pinch!

Like you guys mentioned below, make sure it gets towed to the shop YOU want it to go to..... and if they "insist" it has to be towed somewhere else, tell em if they hook the car up and tow it is equivalent to stealing since you didnt authorize it. Just sit tight and wait another 2 min and I am sure another rig will be by and willing to take it to your shop!

copperchick

Exactly- your car, your decision.

IROC_Canuck

yep, unless the police say otherwize, which he siad that they did, there email doesnt work, can anyone find lyons auto body on the internet, also the canadian towing society? cant find them, there email is lyons@pathcom.com, but it doesnt work

Eric2ndGen

Just a note: If this tow was required as a result of an accident- the "standard" removal/tow charge in the GTA when police are present is $250.00- i.e. what they can bill to an insurance company. If you take too long getting the car off the scene (i.e. waiting for a tow company that's not yet arrived) and the cops say to get it out of there- you (or your insurance company in the event of an accident) may very well be forced to pay $250 to a tower you don't even want to use. Too bad- but that's the 'cost' of keeping the roads from getting plugged up.

If this was just you calling around just to move your car from location 'A' to location 'B' (i.e. no accident or police request to remove it from a road)- use anyone you want and get a clear price up front. For a standard tow that distance $200.00 was definetly way too high.

IROC_Canuck

i know about the standard 200 for off the highway, i am more psit that he said it wouldnt have cost me anything, also that he said it had to go to this impound lot, which it didnt, which was there impound lost and it cost 30 bucks a day, so i had to 90 bucks that i shouldnt have had too