TOWRANNY

got towed?make it their problem.

they know the rules. you should too.

towing companies are used to people paying up and moving on. we’re building tools, starting in california, to help you question the charges, challenge unfair practices, and make sure they don’t always get the last word.

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it shouldn’t be this hard.

getting your car towed is already a bad day.

then you get to deal with the fees, paperwork, unfamiliar rules, and trying to figure out whether any of it was actually justified.

sometimes everything was done by the book.

sometimes it wasn’t.

but here’s the thing.

towing companies deal with this stuff every day. they know the procedures, the charges, and how the system works.

most people don’t.

and when you’re trying to get your car back, you probably don’t have hours to spend figuring it all out.

that’s a pretty convenient arrangement for the people collecting the money.

we think it’s time to make things a little less one-sided.

okay, so what’s the idea?

we want to make it easier for people to fight back when a towing company gets something wrong.

and we want to make it harder for those companies to get away with it.

we’re working on a few things.

  1. figure out what happened.

    understand the fees, paperwork, and rules that apply to your tow. let’s check their work.

  2. challenge what doesn’t add up.

    get organized, understand your options, and make things like formal complaints and small claims a lot less intimidating.

  3. keep the receipts.

    we want to document people’s experiences, look for patterns, and investigate towing practices that deserve a closer look.

  4. put some pressure on.

    when there’s evidence of wrongdoing, we want to help bring it into the open. more scrutiny, more accountability, and fewer opportunities to quietly get away with unfair practices.

we’re starting with tools and research. the bigger ideas will take time.

but the goal is pretty simple.

make it easier for people to stand up for themselves, and a lot harder for bad towing practices to go unchallenged.

still in development. no magic buttons just yet.

we’re probably going to be a pain in their ass.

and honestly, that’s part of the idea.

not because every towing company is doing something wrong.

but because companies that are doing something wrong shouldn’t be able to count on people being too confused, busy, or frustrated to challenge them.

  • we want to ask questions.
  • we want to look at the paperwork.
  • we want to help people use the options available to them.
  • and when we find something worth investigating, we want people to know about it.

if everything checks out, fine.

if it doesn’t, we don’t intend to just shrug and move on.

a little backstory

hey,

this whole thing started after i had my own pretty frustrating experience getting a car towed in southern california.

what bothered me wasn’t just the money.

it was how much the whole process seemed to favor the people who already knew how everything worked.

i remember looking around at other people dealing with the same thing, paying hundreds of dollars just to get their cars back.

and i kept thinking: how many people actually challenge any of this?

not because they necessarily agree with the charges, but because who has the time?

i started looking into the rules, the fees, and what towing companies are actually required to do.

turns out there’s quite a bit to look into.

and the more i learned, the more i wondered why there wasn’t something making all of this easier for regular people.

but i also started thinking about the other side of it.

what if towing companies knew someone was actually checking?

what if more people challenged questionable charges?

what if their paperwork got looked at a little more closely?

what if patterns of complaints were documented instead of disappearing into individual bad experiences?

that’s where TOWRANNY came from.

part consumer tool, part watchdog, and hopefully a real headache for companies relying on people not knowing their rights.

it’s early. there’s a lot to learn, a lot to build, and plenty that might change along the way.

but i think there’s something here.

and if you’ve dealt with a tow yourself, i’d genuinely like to hear about it.

the founder of towranny

october 12, 2026

wanna see where this goes?

we’re just getting started.

we’re building tools, looking into how the industry operates, and figuring out how to make things a little less comfortable for companies that aren’t playing fair.

if you’ve dealt with a tow, have something worth sharing, or just like the idea of someone finally giving the industry a hard time, we’d love to have you around.

keep me posted

occasional updates as things get built. that’s it.

tell us your story

had an interesting towing experience? we’d like to hear what happened. please skip plate numbers, IDs, and sensitive documents for now.

made by people who think towing companies could use a little more accountability.