That would happen a lot at Heathrow Airport in London. In 91, parking was GBP 1.70 for 30 minutes which worked out to 48.00 GBP day.

Some people would dump cars deliberately because they were leaving the country and could not sell them. Others would go on vacation for three weeks and come back to a $2000 parking bill. In some cases they would walk away from the car because it wasn't worth the cost of retrieval.

I've also seen people pull a number of stunts in attempting to get their car out.

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Al