SOLD A CAR THAT WASNT IN MY NAME HELP?

If she made a threat to you, call the police, no questions asked. Better safe than sorry. They will at least patrol the area around your house, and she can be in deep **** for threatening you.

Re: selling the car, if you gave them a signed title then they legally own the car. Is there a bill of sale or receipt to prove money changed hands for this car? There should be one.

Re: the idiots who wrecked the car, definitely call the cops and tell them someone you sold a car to is now calling and threatening you with violence. Give the cops all the info you have, including the phone numbers, description of the car, etc.

Next time, never sell a car without getting all the info from the buyer and doing all the proper paperwork. Its not that hard and will protect you if there is a problem, like you have now. Be a smarter person!!

Let it be a lesson to you, always get the buyer to sign a bill of sale, even if the title was not in your name it is in your possession. keep one copy, always write on a paper your conditions of the sale (as is condition, sales are final, no returns, no refunds etc.) and have them read it and sign it. Make a copy and keep it.

Call the police and explain the situation they should tell you what to do, off course if they show up at your house call the police and wait until they arrive before you go out just in case they turn violent and besides they already made a threat to you. They will go to jail if they destroy any of your property and if they assault you or anyone physically they know that. All they want to do is scare you, and they did, but there is no sense in taking chances, too many loonies this days.

It is a really unpleasant experience and I hope everything works out for you.

If you are being threatened - call the police and report it. Generally, a private party car sale is an "as is" transaction, meaning that you have no duty to accept a return of the vehicle or refund the sales price if the car breaks down on the new owner. However, since the title was never transferred after you bought it, you may not have a legal transaction.

honestly, I think you might just want to give the money back. What you are legally responsible for may be less than this- but morally, I think if it happened to you (purchased a car and wheel fell off same day) you would hope that the person you purchased it from would give you your money back. On a different subject, threats of violence and them trying to stiff you 20$ means they are not the kind of people you want to engage with longer then you have to. You do NOT want angry violent people thinking you have stolen from them, and as much as you might feel that they are unsavory, just refer back to the beginning of this, and put yourself in their shoes. If you give the money back you will obviously loose money on this deal- (having to have the car towed and tire fixed) ... and I guess you can say "buyer be ware" and just try to call the cops on them- but my 2 cents, for what its worth, is do not keep these people in your life, and don't do something you wouldnt want done to you. I'm sure you thought you sold the car in good faith- that it runs well and everything- but it didnt..... and no amount of police protection will keep them at a safe distance...... so I hope you make a smart choice for you and your family.

Threatening is ALWAYS a punishable offense. She has no defense the second she begins with the threats of bodily harm. What she should've done is threaten to take you to court or something like that. But threats of bodily harm can be a serious offense. File a report. If that doesn't work, if something very unfortunate were to happen to your family or items of value, police would have primary suspects. BTW I would be very pissed as well. She shouldn't have to pay for the repairs of the tire falling off.

Absolutely yes! Call the police and explain everything to an officer...As far as legally selling the car, that might be an issue because its changed hands a few times without ever having the title changed...

You dont owe them their money back.

You should most certainly call the police.

The punishment for threats is far less than selling a car in someone elses name.

Get the threat on record. You dont even need to bring up anything about whose name the title was in. Not relevant.

You might try getting information from your DVM. They may get involved and get in touch with the person that sold you the car. That's illegal to sell something that doesn't belong to you.

Threating someone is a criminal offense. Call the police.