bendleton
Nov 8, 2010, 09:54 AM
I flooded my engine for my VW golf and while we were getting that fixed through insurance we decided to rebuild the transmission because it had a small clicking sound. My dad's friend from work used to work for an Audi VW dealership fixing trans so we thought he could fix and rebuild it pretty easily and that was his thought too. He started on it and we gave him money to get a rebuild kit and a new rear gear to fix the broken one. It seemed everything was going good and he would have it done but the last time he called he said it accidentally chipped the 5th gear so my dad gave him the money to get a new one so he could finish and that was the last thing he had to do. Then when my dad talk to him next he said he was having back surgery in a few weeks and might not beable to work on it. And when he hadn't call for those few weeks and my dad couldn't get a hold of him ( a bunch of answering machines and messages left with his family). Dad went to his house and found his place empty and the guy had moved. At the moment were still giving him the benefit of the doubt since my dad had back surgery and had to tell a lot of his client the bad news about not working on their cars for awhile. All we want is it finish or get it back a box of parts so we can find some one else to put it together. The cheapest I can find a used transmission online for is $560 and the average is around $1000. So using that as the value of my transmission he has plus the cash we forked over for the parts and rebuild can we charge him with a crime. My dad says that since it was verbal agreement we can't do anything. If anything I just want my transmission back.