re: Ford Motors applies for a pretty unique patent for those who don't pay up

Knew a guy who worked for a used car dealership that would finance almost anyone with a paycheck to show they had a job. When they sold a car, they would install a GPS tracker in a hidden place. They kept one set of keys to it and if the person got two payments behind the dealer would send out a guy at night and take the car back. They had a fenced in place on the lot and would park it there, usually behind some clunker cars. When the customer got even on their payments, they got their car back.

One mother called begging for her son's car back. When she was told "No". she asked if they could come and get his rims back, claiming e had paid more for the rims and tires than he had paid for the car. They just told her, "Then I am sure he will get slick with us on the payments."

These guys sold a lot of cars, and their payment assurance program worked better than most. There were words in the sales contract to cover what they did, just never any mention of the GPS trackers.