WHEW!!!!! Just arrived home. I'd like to thank everyone that called to offer assistance. The car was sold "As-Is", but the owner of AutoQuest said they would definitely solve the problem. The flat-bed showed up about an hour after I decided to let them pick it up. They will call me Monday to give me an update on the issue. You can imagine all of the conversations I had with various people who walked over to gawk at the car and then listened to me explain my problems on the phone. One genious interrupted my conversation to inform me that I should let whoever I was talking to that I had electric fans?! "Ummm... yeah.... Thanks, BYE!" To top things all off, my phone was going dead, it felt like 110 outside, my wife was very upset(her parents are coming in tonight), and Tampa had no flights out to Nashville after 6pm. I guess I can laugh at the whole situation now. It could've been much worse.
I'm getting the compression checked also this week while the car is in Ft Meyers, due to the high temps.
I will say this, Tom, the salesman, and the owner of AutoQuest were very helpful and never said anything about not fixing the problem. The guy with the flatbed said he was told that after they had the problem fixed, they would have him deliver the car to my door on the flatbed. Of course, I'll have to somehow make sure that there are no problems before it gets sent up here.
Again, thank you guys very much for the calls. Sorry I was short on the phone. I know I had the towing guy on the phone and received 3 calls in the short time I was trying to give him directions.
Thanks to Dan for offering his residence for the weekend. I'm sure he had no clue about my priors for grand theft.
Carlton was also a big help. He went to our house and made sure the animals had plenty of water and food. Not sure where my TV and beer has gone, though.
