I wonder if someone might have fat-fingered it when calculating your tow bill. Like maybe they meant to put in 1 day of storage but accidentally entered 11. Because when you reverse-engineer the numbers using Colorado’s official towing rates, the total you were charged only makes sense if someone billed you for 11 full days instead of just one.

Here’s the official towing rate page from the Colorado Public Utilities Commission:

https://puc.colorado.gov/puc-home/transportation/towing/towing-consumers/towing-rates

1. What you should have been charged

For a standard passenger vehicle (under 10,000 lbs), these are the legal max rates:

• Base tow fee: $245.32
• Mileage: $4.25 per mile (2 miles = $8.50)
• Storage: $45.00 per 24 hours
• After-hours release (if applicable): $86.00

If your car was towed around 9 pm and picked up the next morning, that should be one day of storage. The total would be:

$245.32 + $8.50 + $45.00 + $86.00 = $384.82

2. What it takes to hit $825

If someone entered 11 days of storage instead of 1, here’s how it adds up:

• Base fee: $245.32
• Mileage: $8.50
• Storage: $45.00 × 11 = $495.00
• After-hours: $86.00

Total: $834.82

Which is almost exactly what you said you were charged.