A friend of mine got an trade offer for his car, both cars unknown, and they both inspected vehicles themselves and agreed to do the trade. the owner of the vehicle who offered to trade had just put the car in his name and was recieving the title in the mail, and offered my friend some cash because he was trading the car with no title, until he got in in the mail and would give it to my friend. but still gave him registration and cert. of title.

They both trade that night my friend gave him the title to the car he had and he signed his name on it(dumb move) i know but anyways, the person my friend was traded his car all the way home no problem everything runs fine.

a week later he gets the title and then informs my friend that the car he gave him had a rodknock in it that there was no oil in the motor, my friend honestly doesnt know how this could happen because it ran perfectly fine the whole time he had the car and all of a sudden when he gives the car away the motor gets a rodknock?! even tho this happened well after he traded and is his responsibility to check the car out himself. he says he wont give up the title to my friend as he said he would until the car is fixed out of my friends expense. he said if nothing is done he will file lawsuit against my friend. and my friend says if he doesnt get the title he will sue for the title.

Should my friend sue for the title?
And is it my friends responsibility to pay for the motor that was driven by someone else when the rodknock occured?

let me know what you guys think!

 

if it ran fine when he had it fuck that buyer he must of done something, doesnt seem to be a shady person by the story so your friend should sue to get the title. he shouldnt pay for something that messed up after he got rid of it.

 

^ +1

 

oh man that gave me a headache to read..

synopsis?

 

I should sue you for making this thread and then me reading it.

 

Your friend never got the title so hes fucked.

 

your friend is fucked. He doesn't have to pay for the engine or the car fucking up because it is implied sold as-is. but if the guy wont give him the title, and there was no notarized signed agreement and no paper trail it is just hear-say. the registration is meaningless, its still in the other guys name because its only been registered to him and you cant apply for a new title since it is still in his name.

basically at this point, if he was to call the police, your friend would have to surrender the car to him if he couldn't produce any paperwork stating there was a transaction and outlining the specifics of the sale.

its basically only good as a parts car now. if your friend was a dick he could part it and then leave it somewhere and have it impounded. at which point all the fees and such would be assessed to the other guy, and if he didnt pay them the impound yard would suspend his license granted your friend hasn't signed a bill of sale or the like and he has possession of it still.

 

yeah the car is "basically" his if he didnt hand over the title, so just sell it as a parts car and just try to recoop what u lost

 

yep i agree, your friend is pretty much fucked....time to part it out and try to recoop his loss...then get whats left of the shell and have it impounded...then walk away, a little bit wiser!

 

no body can sue anyone, techic. that other guy owns both cars b/c ur friend signed the title, so he could go pick up his car and then sell it