Location: Idaho / Washington
So i reside in Idaho but i bought this car in Spokane, Washington. I made a deal with this dealership for the trade plus cash on my end for a car they had. when i took the car for a test drive the check engine light came on. they had their mechanic look at it and he assured me it wasn’t a timing chain or anything like that (its an audi so they’re notorious for that). I was an audi mechanic for several years so i made a verbal agreement with the owner that I’d just check it out myself and if it were something simple I’d just take care of it but if it was something serious they’d help me out. it ended up being something serious and the timing chain. the owner absolutely refused to believe it. i got quotes at two seperate mechanic shops both quotes were around 4-5k for the work (timing chain and clutch replacement) I tried messaging the owner SEVERAL times over a couple months with him rarely responding. I tried offering solutions, maybe just taking what i have to pay in parts out of what I owe or even just discounting it or helping at all. but they refused. the owner would never respond, I guess the car i traded in ended up having some issues so he said “oh well i lost money on the deal so I just need you to pay in full” at this point just refusing to help at all. more time went on and he just refused to answer anything. I’ve now shown up at the dealership 4 times with intent to just pay what i owe and pick up the title. every single time the owner wasn’t there and NO ONE was there. the dealership has no cars on the lot. it honestly looks like a crack house now. theres always some friend of the owner there who can’t get ahold of him. the last thing the owner said was before the last time i went to the dealership. he replied to a string of my texts just asking him to reply with “I’m going to submit a 10 day pay or will repo the car” so i went into pay the full amount, found some random dude that works there who couldn’t help me and couldn’t get in touch with the owner. he took my number and said he’d let me know when he found out. that dude now won’t answer my texts. the owner changed his number. I have photos of all the paperwork for what i owe. at this point i just want the title so i can register the car and drive it. What are my options here? (Yes i know i shouldn’t have done this deal, i should have read the reviews about the dealer as on yelp there are MULTIPLE people going through the same exact thing i am)