Legal Question in Consumer Law in California

I'm 18 years old and brought a used car from my father figure for $1500.00 He said that it was in good shape, and I've always believed and trusted him all my life. After my mother paid him and we went to DMV and transfered the papers into my name, and walking back to the car, he said, Oh, it has a small oil leak. The following week as I was driving to school, the car got hot and started smoking, while in the gas station the radiator was smoking, so I took the cap off and put some water into it and some oil in the car, when i got home the car made a loud sound and has not started up again, He has said that he won't give me my money back and for me to deal with it. I only had the car 6 days, is there anything i can do about this.


Asked on 2/14/11, 8:05 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Joe Marman Law Office of Joseph Marman

Even if you sue him and argue to the court that he made fraudulent mis-statements to you about the condition, the judge would probably rule that it was an "as is" sale and that it could have been in good condition when he sold it to you and it could have broken later. Unless you can show he had knowledge of its bad condition at the time of the sale you would probably lose. Your only hope is to appeal to his good morality and tell him that you alwasys looked up to him in his honest approach to life and you now believe that he has violated your trust in him.

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Answered on 2/15/11, 8:39 am


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