Hi all,

So, as most of you are aware, I finalized the sale of my car last Saturday to a local guy. I couldn't have asked for a more accommodating buyer, and I would really like to maintain a friendship with him given the fact that we are local and share many common interests.

Having said all of that... yesterday I get a phone call. He had driven to the airport to leave town for a week, and literally as he's entering short-term parking... the car develops a misfire. Now, when he called, he was panicked -- after all, if you've never felt our cars misfire and start killing cylinders, it's a scary experience. The car shakes, the motor sounds like a bucket of bolts, and the idle won't climb above 500 RPM. I calmly explained all of this to him, and asked him if he had checked the codes. He said no, but there was a CEL. I asked if he was able to let the car cool down and attempt a restart, he said he didn't have the time due to the departure of his flight.

Now, as some of you remember, I had an issue with heat-related misfire but it only occurred on warm days, and I took it down to Buckhead and they eventually discovered it was the Bosch EV14 injectors. We swapped those out, put a new dyno tune on the car, and they gave it a clean bill of health. The car drove FLAWLESSLY (in fact, better than it ever had) on the 4-hour drive back. I drove it for the next two weeks during the hottest days we've had this year, and experienced zero issues. My buyer drove it home last Saturday, with zero issues. He's been driving it all week, with zero issues. In fact, I spoke to him on Wednesday and asked him how he was liking it... his response was "it is working beautifully, I'm very happy with the car".

At the moment, the car is sitting at the airport and will be there until he returns next week. As of right now, I have no clue which code was thrown at the moment of misfire. The car was sold as-is, with no warranty. Yesterday was a cool morning (~70°) and he had only driven it 11 miles from his house to the airport.

My concerns/questions:

• I want to help him out of kindness, but with no legal obligation to do so, would you recommend it?
• He has been driving it for a week with no issues, and I have no clue what he's done to it during the week
• Should I simply offer advice, but no physical assistance?
• How do I "politely" advise him that the car is not my issue anymore without alienating a friendship?

I know that from a legal standpoint, I have nothing to fear because there was no implied or expressed warranty. From an ethical standpoint, I have nothing to be ashamed of because I sold him the car in perfect running order with a clean bill of health. It's unfortunate that he's already had an issue, but at the same time I don't have a heavy conscience because I went to every length possible to make the car as "like new" as possible for him (even getting him a new key and replacing the headliner at zero cost to him).

My dad says to wash my hands of the deal since he is now the owner, and dad insists that I owe him nothing and that any additional "help" will only muddy the waters and encourage future harassment.

I want to preserve a friendship, but at the same time, I have neither the time nor patience to receive a phone call every time the car does something unexpected. It IS a high-performance, modified, 10-year-old car after all...

Your thoughts? If you were in my shoes, how would you handle it?

Thank you for your advice...