God damn, I go away for one day and could drink a gallon of hate'o'rade from the comments left here. Well not all of them. Some of you are understanding, if not downright nice about it, so thanks for that!
As for the car, all three dealerships I went to confirmed it had been in 2 accidents, something I could have also confirmed had I done a carfax, and all estimated the repairs needed to the car around $3k ($2,800 to $3,500 to be exact, depending on the place, almost all of that to fix the airbag system, which is non-functioning). It's crazy how at every dealership the guys can immediately start pointing out shit tons of flaws that I would have never noticed. "This has been repainted, look you can see orange peel here and here, and over there. Also, see how the light doesn't line up with the hood? And look at the rear fender? See how I can slide my finger in here and pull this away from the car, yeah, I shouldn't be able to do that, all of this should be snug". 2 out of the 3 lots I went to, the guys said almost the same things, with the Hyundai guy clearly being the most knowledgeable.
The local place offered 6k for it as a trade in, the Hyundai dealership offered 6.5-7k depending on what their "good" mechanic says about it if I bring it back in on Tuesday, and the Ford Dealership said 6k as well. In addition to that, if I go with the Ford Dealership I qualify for their Z-plan, which is the best employee they have, as my dad worked for Ford forever. They also have a 2k rebate on buying a new car, that I can get in addition to the rest. So, I have the option of 6-7k on a pre-owned car on two lots, or 10-11k on a new Ford. I could also, as some of you suggested, try to sell it to some unsuspecting Joe trying for my money back, but I'm not really a dick, in addition to never really wanting to enter any kind of transaction with another human being again, so that doesn't seem like a great plan. Maybe I could talk my wife into being the face man? Har har
And yeah, after test driving other cars, the one I bought really seems like a giant pile of shit. It seemed better compared to my duct taped together current car of 7 years, but holy shit is it night and day with every single other car I drove.
So that, plus the fact I want to forget this whole thing, is why I'm so gung ho on just getting rid of it and moving on.
(Edit - I typed a big ass paragraph here defending myself to the people who still think I probably caused all this through aggressiveness or whatever, or that I am leaving things out, or whatever, but ultimately, it's the internet, I can't prove anything. I'm guilty of being dumb, by way of being trusting and nice, giving some people who looked untrustworthy the benefit of the doubt. I don't plan on getting into the situation again, because, in all honesty, even with this whole terrible thing, I could very well convince myself of "No way that could happen again right? You don't want to insult anyone by implying...". That's just the kind of person I am. I've had friends do really shitty things before, and a few months later I'm helping them move or something. I tend to understand people make mistakes, no ones perfect, forgive and forget. Again, no way I can prove anything I'm saying, but if any of you idiots are ever in Kingman Arizona, call me up, I'll have you over, cook you dinner, play board games with you, whatever. I'll end this now, as my paraphrase turned into a big ass wall of text as well. Summary: I'm great!
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As far as giving out all her personal info.... there have definitely been times where I about posted all of it here, out of insane anger. I'm wanting to be done with it now, so I'm not seeing any positive outcome to me doing that. Best case scenario is nothing, worse is that "shit gets real" when her scumbag friends show up to stop the non stop harassment she is getting. Right? I would love to post her Facebook page, just so you can see that the theme of every picture is her dressed like a slut, taking pictures of herself that are blurred enough you can't see her imperfections while posting things like "Looking Hott!", or Duck-facing pictures with her boyfriend looking smug, OR her and motorcycles (which apparently her dad, x-boyfriend, current boyfriend, and everyone she know's are into, not that there is anything wrong with that, just saying), but again, what's the point?
A couple of you have said "DON'T POST THAT SHIT YOU FUCKING RETARD", and I'm thinking that they are probably the voices of reason among the masses asking for it.
