On the evening of 3/16/2015 at about 7:37pm a Tim's Mannagift tow truck drove onto my property attempting to "repossess" a vehicle I had leased 11 days earlier from Front Range Honda in Colorado Springs. The repo man (separate complaint) that arrived with the driver in a separate vehicle identified himself as a police officer to intimidate my wife into handing over her key. She complied, then called me. I arrived minutes later and passed the tow driver and approached the repo man. I asked who he was and he stated Colorado Springs Police. I immediately responded I was going to call 911 to verify that info. The repo man said he was already on the line with his supervisor at dispatch. I responded I didn't believe he was a police officer. As 911 answered I incidentally walked past the tow driver while telling the story of what was occurring on my property. 911 asked me to ask my wife again how the repo man had identified himself (after already hearing from me how the repo man identified himself). She answered that the repo man had introduced himself as a police officer. At that point the tow driver jumped in screaming at my wife (while approaching her in a threatening manner), I'm going to tell the police he didn't say he was a cop, that's two against one lady, who do you think they are going to believe. I immediately told 911 what was transpiring and moved to protect my wife from the tow driver's approach. When I warned the tow driver to stand down he did so. A few minutes later the police arrived and approached both sides of the disagreement. By that time all 3 of my kids were watching from a window and were crying. My wife, who was sitting in our vehicle, was worried about the kids and since the police had arrived and everyone moved away from my car to give their side of the story, she decided to try and run in real quick and comfort our young children. I noticed out of the corner of my eye the repo man running towards my car. He grabbed the tow cable that was extended and laying on the truck, dropped under my car, and attached the cable. I immediately alerted the police to his actions. They noticed and commented "that's dirty." I asked if the cable could be removed since the repo man took it upon himself to climb onto the tow truck property and operate their machine, while using the police and crying kids as a distraction. They said they couldn't remove the cable at any time and that it must not be the first time the repo man had been involved in a dispute because that was sneaky. Not long later the police asked me if the tow truck could take my car and drive away. I stated no and that I would not voluntarily let the tow truck take my vehicle. I offered my lease contracts, my registration, and the phone number to Honda Financial to the tow driver so he could verify ownership of the vehicle and decide if the dealership was in the right. The tow driver refused to look or call. I asked the police how the tow could be initiated. They showed me an email printout that stated something along the lines of repossession due to rejected credit. The weird thing is the printout was dated 3/6 whereas problems between me and the dealership didn't start until 3/7. How could they have a repossession order from 1 day prior to the disagreement? I stated I had talked to Honda Financial directly on multiple occasions, I gave names and phone numbers to Honda credit officers, told them I had indeed been accepted and all the tow driver needed to do was contact Honda also and he would find this was true, and an illegal tow plus falsified paperwork from Front Range, not actually from Honda Financial. The tow driver again refused. I asked him if he even cared who was wrong or right or if he just cared about getting paid. The tow driver said he just cared that he was paid. I was dumbfounded. I reminded the police and tow driver that Colorado lease law says that a lease is between customer and dealer, not customer and financing company. Once a dealership and customer both sign a lease it is legally binding. It is not like a purchase where the dealership is acting in good faith as a middle man and they need to find someone to buy the financing. The lease could even be rejected, which it WASN'T in this case, the dealership would still be legally responsible for the lease contract. So in no case with a lease, unless I didn't make my payments (which I never missed a payment, I didn't even have time to miss a payment in 11 days), would a tow be legal for a lease. The police asked the tow driver to release our vehicle until the side in the right could be determined from Honda Financial. The tow driver refused. The police stated I needed to pursue this matter in the courts. The tow driver is responsible to know the law and when an illegal tow is taking place. Multiple felonies were committed and being investigated by CO Attorney General at this time. read more