2010-03-10T13:02:53Z http://dearlawyergreen.com/comments/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast tag:dearlawyergreen.com,2009-10-10:2486953 mechanic http://www.lubemobile.com.au 2009-10-10T15:53:35Z 2009-10-10T15:53:35Z The law is pretty unfair in some situations, but you can understand where every party is coming from. I suppose one way around this would be to strip your car, or have your mechanic strip your car, into parts and sell these individually. It takes a while longer and isn't necessarily guaranteed, but wouldn't leave you paying for a car that you no longer own or can drive. For me, there's another lesson also - don't pay for a new car! Depreciation just means they aren't very good value - a good going-over by the mechanic on a three year old car is much more cost effective than paying the inflated price for a new one.