[Zappo]

I think JM need not be hurried into rushing to the court. He is collecting ammunition, whether he realizes it or not, which will serve him in the bigger battles ahead.

JM, I do not know whether you realized this, but Honda's reply about changing the door and bumper but not the rest has actually got them into a soup. You just need a really good lawyer now. Earlier you had a problem because every communication between you, the dealer and the honda rep was verbal. Now I presume you have something in written from them.

If they have sent a written communication you have got a big break. Now it can be proven that the car was definitely defective when it was given to you. Otherwise they would not have agreed to change the door and the bumper. A good lawyer can always argue on the lines that even that is unacceptable considering the in-your-face looks of that door and the bumper. Why should a customer be cheated when he is paying the full price of the car? Secondly, if all those damage happened because of a 3rd party's fault it is very much possible that the rest also happened at the same time. All of a sudden the ball goes into Honda's court to prove that the rest of the damages were not there. Its like a thief caught stealing can not claim that this is his only felony when he left the marks elsewhere as well.

You do get in touch with a good lawyer. And preserve that communication well.