We recently sold a car as a "parts car", being honest--we had a clear title, it was an old car with the frame rusted through. The buyer came with a tow device, and said he wanted to buy the car as a donor car for another car he had.
The first red flag was, he said he was a notary, and notarized the title himself. We don't know if he filled in his name on the title--we had never sold a car this way.
Anyway, he bought the car (for very little money), and I called the DMV being nervous about the damaged frame--they told me I could be held liable if this guy sells the car to be on the road, and I should get a copy of the title and junk it, to protect myself and others.
When I called the guy, he said he thought the damage wasn't that severe and wanted to repair the car (it's a uniframe, 15 yr old car, the frame shop told us it couldn't be made safe by welding the frame--a new frame would cost far more than the car is worth).
This car shouldn't be on the road--what do we do now?
2007-09-29
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