Hi, my car was towed today from a parallel parked spot. It‘s a manual transmission with anti-theft alarm. When I got my car, I checked for damage, no visible damage. However, I was curious, my car was parked in 1st gear, but when I got it back, it was in neutral. Did the tow guy get into my car to put it into neutral? or did he have a tool to pop the shifter to neutral from the outside? I have anti-theft alarm, how did he break in so easily? I forgot to check if the doors were locked, when I got it back. Please enlighten me how he did it. Thanks
Tow drivers like many locksmiths usually carry tools to get into your car either a slim Jim or a specialty tool that opens doors, so it is possible he opened the door and shifted the car. As for your alarm as I said tow drivers like locksmiths have specialty tools and he likely shut off the alarm after he opened the door too. Although your car being equipped with an anti-theft system if any car is lifted from the rear or the front at an angle of more than 22 degrees it automatically shuts off the alarm on the car. This is because it has a built in repo program that stops the alarm. It is much like a glass vial with mercury inside.
He could have moved the shifter from underneath the car after he jacked it up.
