Let my parking tickets pile up until I got booted

It started with one $65 parking ticket I forgot to pay. Then another. Then I figured I'd deal with them "later." Later turned into 11 months and 8 tickets. The city eventually booted my car and I had to pay $2,340 in fines plus a $250 boot removal fee to get my own car back. I could have parked in a garage for $150/month this whole time.