im so pissed off!, dealer screwed me over Options

[Ethnykceli]

Around january my sister got a 94 celica gt from a small dealership. So i tould my sister to put the car under my name. Since, i was gouing to put the car under the same insurance policy as mine. Well, the dealer charged my sis $300 for title and a new tag. Well that a$$ turned in my tag on my celica for here new one with out telling me about it and he made her pay as if it was a seperate tag. So for the past 6 mounths i been driving with a dead tag on my car and i didnt find out untill today when i went to renew my regestration! they told me i had to pay for a new tag. That sux since my tag is not even two years old. what should i do? Also i guess i been paying for insurance for no reason. since my car is not registered i could of gotten in alot of trouble if i would of been in an accedent.

[Galcobar]

Complain to Toyota's regional office -- and find out the name of the local consumer affairs reporter at the biggest TV station or newspaper. Mention him/her by name (don't say, "I'd hate to take it to the media," say "I'd hate to take it to Chris Olson"). Should customers not trust Toyota dealers to be capable of filling out insurance forms? If they make that kind of mistake, how many customers should be checking their insurance to see if they've been driving illegal cars?

I mean, you're talking about a potential national problem here. What happens if one of these drivers gets into an accident and discovers his/her registration was cancelled without his/her consent? Imagine the potential liability claims of an injured party with no insurance coverage because of something the dealer did?

BTW, get a dollar figure on the insurance you paid on your car since the dealer de-registered it. You should be able to get that back from your insurance company, since it's generally a requirement the car be registered to be insured. If they knew your car was no longer eligible to be driven, and therefore insurance would not be paid, that could be considered fraud -- they were charging you for a service they had no intention of fulfilling.