how do car repos work when there is positive equity

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I’m not on the line or anything but I recently bought a car. Decided to blow a fat wad last month and pay off half of it. The cars worth 29k and I owe just under 15k.

I forgot a payment on thanksgiving(thought I was on autopay) and got a super threatening phone call about possibilities if I didn’t pay by EOD Friday.

Obviously I paid it because it was my mistake and they even waived the late fee for me. But it got me thinking. Let’s say I said screw you(which I’m not because I value my credit that I worked and continue to work hard to rebuild) and didn’t pay. If they take my car back do I get the positive equity? I couldn’t find much with my lender given that it’s a tiny local credit union.

Purely for educational purposes here.

Edit:

So I’ve read my contract and it simply states that the asset of found in default would be forfeited. That seems criminal Timmy given that I’ve already put nearly $20,000 into US $30,000 vehicle.

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It’s a good way to make $ . For example u have a 20k car u sell. They pay 3k before u repo for missed payments then you sell it for 20k again and repeat.. selling to poor irresponsible people

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