I live in California. I bought a car, that was lowered and had 17 inch rims on it. I asked the seller if he would put the stock wheels back on and raise it. He said he no longer had the wheels but raising it would just take 15 minutes. He just couldn't do it that evening. He promised that if I brought it in to the shop where he claimed he worked at on Monday, he would take care of it and fix the check engine light and check things out while he was at it. Turned out he didn't work at that dealership at all, so I had to take it to another shop. Once they had it on the lift, we could see that the springs were actually cut. And the check engine light was a thermostat that had been disconnected and an O2 sensor that had fried out. The muffler had a hole that was soldered shut. And the oil pan was damaged from the car literally hitting potholes in the ground (that I had expected). So basically the dude had lied, not just about the condition of the car, but about who he was. And the guy not only refused to take the car back, he denied ever having said any of the things he promised he would do. I had brought my roommate with me who was car-savvy and he asked a lot of questions even I didn't think of. Problem is, I still ended up with a car with issues. Do I have a case? Can I sue him in small claims since he won't take the car back?