Don’t give tow truck drivers your car’s lien holder information. Verify that the signage on the tow truck is identical to what appears on the documentation for the tow.

There you'll find the real Mater, the rusty tow truck locals credit as the inspiration for the character from Cars. Accessibility links.

Rogue tow truck drivers scout city streets and highways for cars left unattended or disabled, police say. Then they tow the car; passersby have no reason to doubt their motives. And they sell it ...

It should—it's exactly the way Mater the tow truck introduces himself to the Lightning McQueen character in Cars.) Keever got the nickname as a kid, chucking "tuh-maters" around a farm run by ...

Wild video shows the moment a Brooklyn driver who was furious over his car being towed hopped behind the wheel of the tow truck and barreled off, sideswiping cars and eventually toppling his own ve… ...