The bank or finance company pays up front. It can range from $250 to $500 depending on state laws. The customer is billed that fee along with everything else they owe to get the car back.
Sound like the boom, which raises the car up and down. It scrapped the street cause it was a dip. Usually you have to raise it up or down depending on the dip. He was so press to get out of there though.
Plus he could've damage the transmission pulling it out from the parking space. He dragged it out!