34,400 miles and falling apart

What is the name of your state?Hi. Our church (in Mississippi) just purchased a 24 passenger bus from a dealership (in Louisiana). We bought the bus on June 14. The bus is a 1995 Ford F-350 with 34,400 miles on it. The dealership told us that they had all of the maintenance records and would give them to us at the time of sale as part of the deal. They did not give them to us when we came with the check (gave several excuses, said they'd send them), and we still haven't received them. The dealership said that they'd checked it out, and put a new alternator in, and they said everything else was in good condition.

The first time our youth group took the bus out, the battery died due to a bad alternator, and parents had to come get the kids.

We informed the dealership about the problem.

Then, the youth took the bus on a trip to Tennessee for youth camp. The van made it 3 hours out of the 8 hour trip before the transmission went out in Alabama. We left it at a dealership in Alabama to get a new transmission ($2800). We had to rent a van ($400) to get the kids to the camp and back. One the way back, we picked up the bus from the dealership and were informed that the catalytic converter was clogged up. That would cost another $800 to fix, so we decided to wait and let our mechanic (a member of our church) fix it for less.

On the way home from Alabama, the brakes went out on an exit ramp, nearly creating a wreck. We replaced the master cylinder and bled the brake lines. After 14 hours (including a 5 hour wait for the parents to pick the kids up again), we made it home.

Now, our several sets of our youths' parents don't want their children riding on "the bus from Hell."

The dealership in Louisiana sold it to us "As Is - No Warranty." Is there any legal way to force them to refund the purchase price? Could we at least get them to pick up the repair costs for the past thirty days? Did they even complete the purchase transaction even though they never sent the maintenance records? Could they change the mileage on a digital odometer? Let me know what you think. Thanks.

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

My response:

Caveat Emptor. That's Latin. It's also a legal term. Look it up.

IAAL

BUYER BEWARE!!

[Bluff Man]

"As IS" means****************************"As Is ! " You bought it without a warranty, and now want a warranty, it does not work that way. Sounds a little strange for a 10 year old vehicle to have only 35000 miles on it, would make me very suspicious.