Corrected entry: After Melanie and Jake have a fight when Jake finds out she used all the money in the joint account, Melanie drives to a restaurant in the car that was impounded by the police. There is no scene showing her getting her car back.
livestrong7
19th May 2009
Correction: For the same reason we don't see Melanie sleeping or Jake eating breakfast every morning. The director chooses which events are important enough to be shown. Just because we don't see something or have it told explicitly to us, doesn't mean it didn't happen.