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My 01 Cadillac has been down now for over a year with a blown head gasket. Got ripped off by 2 shadetree's and out over a thousand bucks with nothing to show. The first mech worked on it every now and then, and ended up end jail, so I told him not to return and I did get my 500 bucks back. The second mech came out to the house and towed it to what was a "supposed" shop, I referred to his deal in another post, finally went with police a few weeks back to confront him and get my car towed home, (they didn't even care I was going into a obvious confrontation armed, I did tell them my background). They were ready to let my wrecker tow it home until a nosy neighbor called him, and took the phone to one of the officers. He said he was in Bulverde and was headed home, so we had to wait another hour for him, 3 units (two officers and a sgt). He finally shows up screaming bloody murder and telling lies (I had already provided my copy's of the contract to SAPD) so they saw through him really quickly. he claimed he had bought the parts and put it all back together but it didn't run right, so it wasn't finished. The Sgt asked me if the engine looked different than the last time I saw it, being honest, I said it did. At that point I was screwed, so they said I could take it but would have to pay him the remaining 500 bucks, he had been paid 780 up front. There was no way I was going to leave it now, so while I stepped away to call my wife over finances, the Sgt came over to say he had talked the guy into dropping it a little to 300, He kept apologizing because he knew this guy had screwed the job up, oh yeah, the SGT even argued the fact to this ass that 4 months WAS unreasonable, but, me saying that something was different tied his hands. ANYWAYS... now I have this beautiful car with a bad motor, how do you determine value on something like this, it's a gorgeous car but I think I am done. Exterior is 97% and the interior is at least the same, leather is in great shape. Any ideas what you would ask for if it were yours?
