All About Towing

All About Towing is one of several businesses in Davis to provide towing services. If your car breaks down, you may want to call them to tow it to an auto shop. At the request of a property owner or the police, they may also tow and store your vehicle if it is parked illegally.

If you have been towed by them, they will register your vehicle and call you if they tow it again so that you avoid storage fees.

Patrol Plus Private Security partners with All About Towing to have vehicles without parking permits removed from certain apartment complexes.

For more information on towing, see CVC 22658

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2006-12-02 16:57:37   Avoid this company at all costs. The driver (and presumably the owner) is a complete jerk, and takes any and every opportunity to levy charge after charge on college students who don't have a spare $300 laying around. If your car is towed on Friday night, you have the choice to wait until Monday to pick it up, in which case he'll charge you for two days of "storage", or if you want it back the next morning, he'll charge you an "after-hours fee", which ends up costing the same as leaving it there all weekend. —CameronYoung

2007-01-19 05:26:46   2007-1-18 car towed this afternoon, didnt call till late, picking up tommorow at 8am, will be within 24 hours, cant pick up tonight without additional fee, out $220 for my stupididy in parking choice —ErikBoehm

2007-01-23 02:37:01   dpd had my car towed for being out of registration. $220. $180 towing + $40 storage for 24 hrs. moral: don't get your car towed. —CaptainRush

2007-02-16 14:37:30   Total scam artist. AVOID AT ALL COST!!! I feel pity on anyone who gets their car towed from an apartment complex by these people. They totally damaged my car and blamed it on me for my parking job. STAY AWAY!!! —SteveCarson

2007-02-17 10:28:34   here is a suggestion to avoid this company at all costs: dont park your car in private parking lots that you are not authorized to park in. —JeffIto

2007-04-24 11:21:07   http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc22658.htm They charged me $220. I am going to try to make sure that they have not charged me excessively. —AnnThiNguyen

2007-05-29 03:52:32   Cruel company! Their fees are ridiculous! In my apt complex, there are a few parking spots that serve as "Future Resident Parking" until 6pm, when they become normal guest spots. I parked there on a Saturday at 5:47pm thinking it was only going to be a few minutes till 6 anyway. Well at 6:12pm, I noticed my car was gone. The only way they knew I wasn't a future resident was because the leasing office was closed at the time!
I really felt sorry for the owner of the red car parked next to me. When I was out in the parking lot, the tow truck returned to remove the red car, which was parked next to mine. It was as if the tow truck driver took down the license plate of the red car before 6pm, towed my car, then came back AFTER 6pm to tow the other car!
I understand that I broke the rules a little and parked where I shouldn't have but how could these money-grubbers be so stiff!? When I went to bail my car out, I had to pay almost $300 in towing & storage fees because I couldn't pick it up till Monday. They were so rude too. They acted so cold and really treated me like a criminal.. I guess I was a criminal in a way, but you'd think they could give some college students a break, especially for parking 13 minutes in an office spot.
Oh why couldn't "Johnny's Towing Service" tow me instead? —BenjaminCatabas

2007-11-14 12:00:41   Most people never have their vehicles towed and stored. We are called the bad guys and many other things by the owners of the vehicles that get towed and stored. It is the poor decisions that the vehicle owners make that lead to the vehicle being towed. If the irresponsible owner fails to renew their registration, drives while intoxicated, or drives without a license the police departments will have us tow the vehicle. We are the good guys to the police departments who keep our roadways safe. If the inconsiderate driver parks in a restricted location, they should expect that their vehicle will be towed. We are the good guys to businesses who want to provide parking spaces to their customers. We are the good guys to tenants who want access to their reserved parking spaces. We are the good guys to apartment complex managers that need to get the fire lanes open for emergency equipment and the handicapped spaces open for people with special needs.

As to the postings on this web site, we do not show that we ever towed a vehicle for Cameron Young, Steve Carson, Jeff Ito or Ann Thi Nguyen (possibly the same person with different aliases). We do show that we towed Erick Boehm’s and Benjamin Catabas’s vehicles. The tenant on Drake Drive that pays for the reserved parking space requested that we tow Erik’s car out of their space. The manager of the apartment complex on 5th Street had us tow Benjamin’s car for parking in a reserved space.

Yes, towing rates are expensive, but operating a towing business is expensive, especially in Davis. Real estate is expensive. Business and residential rental rates, insurance, gasoline, vehicle maintenance and repair, wages, and providing 24/7 service are also expensive. Consequently it is expensive to live and operate a business in Davis.

So bottom line, it is the driver’s poor decisions that initiate their vehicle being towed. Obey the laws and heed the warning signs and your car won’t be towed. If you make the wrong choices, your vehicle may be towed. If your vehicle is towed, it will be expensive to get it back, but stop complaining and take responsibility for your actions. But most importantly, make the right decisions and you will probably never have your vehicle towed.

—RandyRoss


Word up Randy, thats some sensible points you make, and I like how you guys obviously have meticulous records —StevenDaubert

I agree people should be considerate & not park in assigned spaces but Office Parking hours were from 6am-6pm. Offices closed at 4pm on Saturdays (Perhaps Greystone should've given me my money back). I parked at 5:47. My tow receipt says I was towed at 6pm. I thought I was past this little incident but I found my receipt while cleaning my desk today... and whenever I see that $280, it's dumb but it still really pops my corn! —BenjaminCatabas

2007-12-17 20:09:32   Know your rights: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc22658.htm
If you were towed illegally, the property owner who had you towed is liable for twice what you were charged (don't take it out on the tow truck guys, they're just doing as asked).
If you catch them towing you before they leave the property, they must release your vehicle for half price (if you ask).
If they damage your vehicle, they are liable for repairs. —JenniferKucich

2008-05-05 12:21:01   Company is a joke and very frustrating. Employees are your stereotypical tow truck drivers. Very hard to work with, or have any type of legitimate communication. The fees are ridiculous. Basically don't park your car in a park lot you don't have a permit for. The guys are just doing there job, however they are idiots so it makes the whole process difficult, frustrating, and expensive. —armaraglia

2008-11-04 14:18:24   I actually had a really great experience with this company this morning. My car was towed last night due to the assholes at Cartridge World, and they released my vehicle to me for free because they said their driver only waited 58 minutes to tow my vehicle and he had to wait 60 minutes. I think they were really just being nice due to the amount of times I called them and was fighting my case. —AllanRae

2009-01-15 14:59:50   $220 to tow a car a few blocks is excessive. The problem is, the people who ask for a vehicle to be towed don't care how much it costs, and the vehicle owner has no control over the price of the towing. Therefore... Randy can charge whatever the heck he wants without having anyone regulate his pricing. There should be oversight for businesses like this. —MTills

-I disagree. If someone had the right to tow you, as in, you were in their spot that they probably pay for, then you deserve to be towed. I towed people at Greystone because I would have had someone in my spot everyday if I didn't. Seriously, be considerate. -AmLin
-Yeah, people really shouldn't park in reserved spots.. they do deserve to be towed. However, I can think of 3 times when I went door to door asking who parked in my spot because I'd rather they moved their car rather than deal with the nightmare that is All About Towing. I say: use towing as a deserved consequence, but also as a last resort.

2009-02-04 14:03:56   protect your right at: www.rtstow.com/pdf/cttaguide.pdf (California Assembly Bill 2210 ) and www.yolo.courts.ca.gov/SmallClaims —seyed

2009-03-20 17:16:04   Had my car towed last night for parking in The Drake without a permit. Sucks... But the employee I dealt with today was very polite and courteous; I was in and out in about 5 minutes. —JaredS

2009-03-24 13:10:48   Ok people need to get over themselves! Yes being towed sucks but it really is our fault if we get towed. I was towed yesterday and there goes my rent check but if you want your car back then you have to pay. I had no problems with these guys yes it is pricey but I didn't really notice my car was gone until 3AM so I called and got an immediate response. They really do answer at any time of night or day! Thanks for keeping my car safe for the night I hope we never do business again! —michaelkelley

2009-04-24 15:21:23   All About Incompetence: they towed my car even though I'm a RESIDENT with a VALID PERMIT! I live in Allegre Apartments and recently got a new car. I don't have license plates for it yet, so I got a temporary permit from the office until the plates come in. I put the permit in clear and plain sight and it explicitly states "Allegre Temporary Parking Permit" with a permit number on it. What's more? Just two nights before, I caught one of their workers looking at my car around 1 a.m. with a flashlight. I walked up to him and he asked me if it was my car. When I said yes, he went on to explain to me how I needed a permit to park there. I just pointed to the temporary permit on the windshield and went back inside to my place. Then just last night, I decided to walk outside to check on my car, and it was gone. I immediately knew what happened, called the tow company, and went to retrieve my car at about 2 a.m. They didn't charge me anything because they knew it was their mistake.

The guy who towed my car gave me some BS excuse about how they weren't familiar with the temporary permit. The funny thing is, I had my mom's 10 year old car up here for two weeks which also had a temporary permit, and that car magically never got towed. I feel like they try to prey on new cars because they need some way to make money and they bank on the chance that people won't get their permits right away. Even if they're not familiar with the permit, I would hope these people at the minimum know how to read. Half of the fault should probably go to their equally incompetent partners, the Patrol Plus rent-a-cops, who were most likely the ones who called in the tow company on my car. What a mess. —Anirudh

2009-04-27 22:38:07   yeah fxxx these people. i agree w/ u anruidh —tahoeian

2009-05-12 08:39:12   My car was towed in allegre at around 8pm, so I call them and the reception was courtliest and friendly. When I got to the tow yard, the transaction was fast and professional. Overall everyone was pretty friendly except for the driver with the Irish accent(didn’t sound or look friendly at all). #220 is a lot of money but so is keeping the shop open 24/7 and have drivers on call….just don’t ever park your car there without a permit….not even for 10 minutes, IT WILL GET TOW!!! —acatmpf

2009-06-06 14:37:13   My car was towed last night. The charge came out to $310. it would have been more if the guy working there had not told me about storage fees and what not. I was grateful that the service was good and quick, even if it cost $310 dollars!

On the plus side, they resister you once you get towed, so if they tow you again, they will call you. —tmmeadow