mechanic wont give car back

[ra555]

Hey guys just wanting to see if anyones got any sugestions on what should happen. Well I got a motor fully built to spec by a guy who has a business he runs out of home which I wont name.he did everything on it such as rebuilding,sourcing parts,welding,modifying things etc.i got the car back from him an he mentioned car had excessive smoking after first startup. I then took it directly to my tuner which the builder said and I followd instructions.we then run it in on dyno for awhile after a week or so at tuners wrkshop we decided to fix the minor exhaust leak on manifold so we took manifold off and discovered ezcessive amounts of oil.we then contacted the builder to say hey weve got a possible stem seal leak and will warranty cover it, he kept humming and harrong as id understand bein a bisness one one wants to do free labour. I ask another guy who is a head specialist who the builder took my head to to get assembled and he said yup heil fix the head as long as the engine builder would take it out of the car for him he will fix it free pf charge but latet on that day the specialist rang me saying the builder ask him for money to do it and then he asked me I said u should cover it which he said no. Later on I rang consumer council and they said he should fix if not I have a good chance of winning a court case but he was good to me on my previous engine so I ddnt want to go down that track. Aftr a month of disagreements he said dont go down that track so bring it around and heil fix it. I said ok ive recently gone for a wof and I had a list of things to do majority of them wer small things such as light bulbs ,headlight align,seatbelt replacmnt etc and ill let hom fix all those pronlems ONLY IF HE FIXS THE VALVE STEM SEALS to help him out finacally and he agreed. So I dropped car off to him around xmas time. I txted him numerous times times hows the update on the car especially asking about the valve stems several times over the 2 months he had the car and he never mentioned the stems aftr measking him time after time. He then emailed me saying he wants close to a grand (1000) for the wof jobs. I said sweet ok until I found out he ddnt do the stems as he said hes tested it and theres nothing wrong I said ok write it on paper and everythng will be sweet he then refused to do so so I said there oviously not fine if your not confident enough to write on paper an we kept arguing about the problem with no resolution he then said ive got the car stored at my girlfriends amd u cant see it till your paid in full to his banl acc and I said ok I want to see car firat and he said I cant do that an I said I have the right to kno wea my car is and he kept saying I cant tell u wea it is.it sounded quite dodgy to me hence the reason I ddnt pay at that time and he kept sayn he wont tell me wea it is. I never said I wont pay but I gave him thos jobs only if he was doin the stems if he didnt do stems he should have told me first amd I would have grabbed the car asap and took else where to this day I have no idea wheee the car is has anyone got any suggeations? Thanks for reading?

[Guest]

Nothing on paper so you could say hes stolen your car? Boys in blue could get it for you?

[jazza]

Report the car stolen to the cops, if theres no proof that its "pay before yo drive away" then wouldnt it technically be stolen? Its yours and a.he wont give it back and b.wont tell you location......except "my girlfriends"

[Marky]

Guessing you\'re writing on a phone or something? Thats hard to make sense of haha

My understanding - rebuilt motor, motor bad, mechanic says he will fix while doing some other work, now refusing to give car back without payment for the other work, says the original problem doesn\'t actually exist and won\'t let you see it without you paying first

Sounds dodge as all hell - just say you\'ll pay in cash when you pick the car up and be done with the guy, sounds like a cowboy

Hell for all you know he\'s lent the car to a mate somewhere else and he\'s stalling for time - who knows (happened to friend of a friend years back)

[ADIKT]

Call police. Give them his address and everything you know about him.

Then i would go to the small claims court and lodge a case against him there. get the ***t served.

explain you DONT want him fixing or working on your car in future and get him to pay for another engine builder to fix his mistakes.

then burn his house down. na dont actually.

OH AND - NAME AND SHAME THE MOTHER FUCKER

[Joker]

^^ I\'m not reading that or the OP sorry

[ra555]

Thanks guys its gettn really serious and now everybody wants me to get him done and my previous engine job he did was like over 5000 and he didnt pay tax as he wanted cash. My lawyer said he can get done through tax department big time minimum of 25000 fine

[Guest]

Who is he and who done the machine work? Could be anything not just valve stem seals even though ultimately it would come back to the coot you are dealing with as he sub contracted it out so he should deal with it. Cashies can go bad.

[ra555]

Yup hes a fully licensed business so he says. will give him a little bit longer as if I name him his business could potentially go down the hole.

[Timmah]

Ring up once more, politey ask to get your car back and just lightly threaten if he does not agree, you will get the police and a lawyer involved. He\'s clearly not stood up to his part of the agreement.

The better attitude you have towards this will go in favor for you if it goes to court/legal action.

[ra555]

 Timmah said:

Ring up once more, politey ask to get your car back and just lightly threaten if he does not agree, you will get the police and a lawyer involved. He\'s clearly not stood up to his part of the agreement.

The better attitude you have towards this will go in favor for you if it goes to court/legal action.

yea al he says is hes happy to go to court but he thinks im bluffing which im not. Last time I was about to take it to court he said dont take that path but the longer he hides the car the wors the situation

[ra555]

 jazza said:

Report the car stolen to the cops, if theres no proof that its "pay before yo drive away" then wouldnt it technically be stolen? Its yours and a.he wont give it back and b.wont tell you location......except "my girlfriends"

thats what I said but he keeps saying I cant tell u wea it is

[MercuryFree]

Police, go.

[DRFVDR]

Police. end of story tell them the WHOLE story

[DacerX]

go see the popo

[Joker]

further information has come to light

note to all, be careful what you put on the internet

[ra555]

 JoKer said:

further information has come to light

note to all, be careful what you put on the internet

reason I havnt named

[funkytown]

 DNA']

[quote name='JoKer said:

further information has come to light

note to all, be careful what you put on the internet

/quote]

and that would be?

yeah all i said was "name and shame"

yolo

it would be the person in question has made contact with us.

and the point being is there are always two sides to every story.

[ra555]

 funkytown']

[quote name='JoKer said:

further information has come to light

note to all, be careful what you put on the internet

/quote]

and that would be?

yeah all i said was "name and shame"

yolo

it would be the person in question has made contact with us.

and the point being is there are always two sides to every story.

tell him put his side up. See what hes got to say

[Joker]

I have advised against it, as you have mentioned it is a matter for the law

not the internet judgment system

nothing wrong with gathering advice from people on here who may have been in similar situation etc.

 ra555']

[quote name='JoKer said:

further information has come to light

note to all, be careful what you put on the internet

/quote]reason I havnt named

and it has been noted

[QIK_KAS]

He hasn\'t said the mechanics name or business, so hasnt deflamed anyone in a derogatory manner.

Interested in seeing outcome from police. Keep us updated.

[Joker]

OMG KAS POSTED

EVERYBODY COME LOOK

[QIK_KAS]

 JoKer said:

OMG KAS POSTED

EVERYBODY COME LOOK

Only a year since I last posted ;] ..and don\'t worry, I always keep a watchful eye on you boys.

[loner]

forget the police... get soopersubaru to open a can of caps lock on his ass.

[ADIKT]

 loner said:

forget the police... get soopersubaru to open a can of caps lock on his ass.

hahaha