Yes, even if there is a locked gate they can reposes your vehicle.
In the UK it can, if the driveway is private property.
Yes. If the person repossessing the car finds it then they can take it!
You need not notify the vehicle owner. It can be repossessed from a private driveway or yard. You cannot break into a garage nor threaten the owner with violence. The person doing the repossession must be licensed by the State. Within five days, you must send written notification to the owner, telling him to come get his personal belongings that were in the vehicle.
If you have not paid your loan, your vehicle is repossessed. If your vehicle is parked illegally, such as in front of a driveway or in a no parking zone, it is impounded. In both cases, a police report should have been turned in to the local police department. With an impounded vehicle you generally have a parking ticket, a towing fee, and a storage fee. All three must be paid before you get your vehicle back. Next time walk an extra block.
Yes. If you are in a vehicle with the keys in the ignition, you are considered to be driving that vehicle regardless if it is public or private road. You can be arrested in your own driveway even if you do not even have the vehicle started.
You bet it can.
You are entitled to any property that is not physically attached to the vehicle. In many states, you may remove after market speakers you have installed, provided doing so causes no damage to the vehicle. You will be given only thirty days to recover private property after the vehicle is repossessed.
If it didn't leave your driveway, then it wasn't repossessed.
It is the person who is blocking the private driveway's fault because they should have known not to park in front of a private driveway in the first place. However, if the private driveway is not marked with a sign of some sort to let people know that it is private, it may be the driveway owner's fault.
This is best answered by referring to the language of your private sales contract.
you better go look in you driveway