the total number of vehicles in the overall U.S. car fleet dropped. There were 250 million cars here in 2008, and only 246 million at the end of 2009. We may have been buying fewer cars than we usually do in a year – there were around 10 million sold in 2009 – but we still got rid of 14 million units.
Monthly Archives: October 2010
Recon Scout – Products – Recon Scout and Operator Control Unit
Throw it through a window, over a wall, or down the stairs and it lands ready-to-go. You can even drop it from an unmanned aerial reconnaissance vehicle. Once deployed, you can control its movement at a distance using a hand-held operator control unit. The Recon Scout helps you explore hostile or dangerous environments by providing real-time mission-critical reconnaissance video that enables your teams to act quickly, safely and decisively.
via Recon Scout – Products – Recon Scout and Operator Control Unit.
Yep, a bit on the amazing side and I hope I never meet one.
- cricketdiane
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Repo man thrives in ailing economy | Banking & Finance > Banking, Lending & Credit Services from AllBusiness.com
Financial institutions usually wait until the account is up to 90 days past due before they repossess the vehicle, he said.
But “fearing they will lose out,” some banks have pulled the plug on accounts just 30 days past due.
Nationwide, the number of vehicle repossessions hit a record of 1.8 million in 2008, up 19 percent from 2007, according to Tom Webb, chief economist for Atlanta-based Manheim, the largest car auction company in the nation.
In the first half of 2009, repossession volumes were increasing at a near double-digit rate, and have continued to inch upward in the second half of the year.
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My Note – I was looking up some police science stuff and found this – but aside from the company being owned by ThomsonReuters (West Government Services – I noticed their new products offer these in particular and thought it might be good if people know that -
- cricketdiane
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Isn’t that special?
(I’m looking up the number of vehicles that have been repossessed in the US since the economic disaster started on my other computer and posting them, too.)
Credit Unions Begin to Look Online to Unload Excess Repos
Toyota Repossession Class Action Settlement
Toyota Repossession Class Action Settlement.
Nearly 40,000 California residents who had their vehicles repossessed and sold by Toyota Motor Credit Corporation may be able to recover up to 100% of any money they paid to TMCC after their car was repossessed, thanks to a class action lawsuit settlement.
According to the class action lawsuit, after Toyota Motor Credit Corporation repossessed customers’ vehicles, it issued NOIs (“Notice of Our Plan to Sell Property”) to California customers that were legally defective. That means TMCC was not entitled to collect any money owed on what they called “deficiency balances” from customers following the repossessing and sale of their vehicles.
Auto Repossessions Hit Record High – U.S. News Rankings and Reviews
Auto Repossessions Hit Record High – U.S. News Rankings and Reviews.
2008 – Says that nationwide the vehicle repossessions are up 15% as of March 2008.
Wonder what it is now.
BankruptcyProf Blog: 1.6 Million Vehicles Repossessed in 2008
The repo man is getting busy – MSN Money
The repo man is getting busy – MSN Money.
2007 numbers – 1.5 million vehicles repossessed in 2007
