Zahn’s Towing

If they ever show up to tow my car I’ll pass (unless my car is already totaled). Just saw them driving like a crazy person. Crossing multiple lanes of traffic without signaling and dangerously tailgating whomever got in their path. What great advertising dumbass.

Got a second «compliment», after the first one that I ignored that encouraged me to change my initial negative review, from our good friend ol’ John W. saying simply «f**k you c**cksucker».
Strange how a random Unilocaler seems so invested in my negative review.
That’s some quality customer service right there, Zahn’s.

It’s never a good experience when your car breaks down, but thanks to Zahn’s, what could have been an awful mess was not bad at all. My girlfriend, our bulldog, and I were on our way to New Orleans, we were about 30 miles east on I-​10, when my battery stopped charging, my engine temperature raised, the warning lights on my dash came on, and I lost power steering. Luckily, we were able to make it off the highway and into a gas station parking lot. I called AAA, and they said they were sending a flatbed from Zahn’s. I was told that my girlfriend and I could ride in the truck, but our dog would have to ride in my car. Now, our dog is a very well behaved dog, but he gets a bit nervous in some situations. Keeping him locked in our car while it was towed 30 miles certainly wasn’t ideal for any of us. Luckily, when the truck arrived, the driver, a young man named John, was a very friendly, very professional driver. He hooked my car up to the truck quickly, and allowed our dog to sit in the back with my girlfriend. On our way to the garage, he showed us around the city, and gave us some tips about getting around. After dropping my car at the garage, he even dropped us off at the hotel. Now, I’ve dealt with other tow truck drivers, who all did the job, but many times they have bad attitudes, and don’t bother to go out of there way to do anything but the bare minimum. In this case, our driver was excellent, and exceeded our expectations in all areas. I would highly recommend Zahn’s if you’re in the area, you can’t do any better. Thanks again John, we appreciate the help!

Two really bad experiences.
1) My brother and I parked at the French Quarter during the day once. We looked over the spot with a fine toothed comb… couldn’t find anything that said no parking. Car got towed. Called around for a long time, looked around for a long time, nothing. Then, finally, we noticed an old faded sign behind an old faded glass window that said no parking, it was barely visible. Of course it had their name and number on it. OF COURSE, they own the spot and use it as bait to steal people’s cars and charge you out the ass. And don’t try to start anything with these folks, they’re appear to be in cahoots with some mustache-​packing, shady looking authorities, just hanging out at Zahn’s on a Sunday.
2) My car breaks down on the I-​10, but I had a really crazy day at work, so I park it deep into the shoulder, away from traffic as much as possible. My boss picks me up and I go to work. 8 hours later I look for my car so I can call AAA and what do you know, the car has been towed. I call THE CITY, who says «it’s gotta be in _​_​_​lot», fill in the blank with whatever the city calls its own lot. I called, they don’t have it, have no idea what happened to it. So then I call every single tow truck in the metairie/​new orleans phone book. Some people I called 3 – 4 times, because they have multiple businesses, still found nothing. It seemed hopeless. No one on the phone could relay any hint as to solving my problem.
Then, as it turns out, I decide to call Zahn’s, which, since it starts with a goddamn Z is literally the last place that you will call in the phone book. So that makes it easy for them to get that one extra day out of you, enabling them to charge more. These people are theives. What they did had to have been illegal – how the hell do they have a right to tow if the city doesn’t know about it?
The second you walk in the door, polite or not, they treat you like you did something wrong. And the douche whose job it is to go retrive your car mumbles and won’t respond when you ask a question, too busy listening to music on his phone.
I really hope nothing good for these bastards.
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update: 4÷23÷14
As of today, there are 3 positive reviews of Zahn’s on Unilocal.2 of them are 5 stars, from accounts that have no other reviews, both guys are named John, and both stories talk about a guy who works their named John. John W. sent me the following Unilocal compliment for my review: «Look before you park dumbass there’s signs out there». A hilarious, flagrant example of a business owner posting fake reviews. If all of the business practices I mentioned were legitimate, like snatching my car off of the I-​10 without the city of New Orleans knowing, the owner would come on Unilocal and defend the incident.