AIW for blocking a former friend over a car deal from last month
I sold my old Volkswagen Passat B7 about a month ago. I am a mechanical engineer by trade and I keep my stuff in decent shape, but a ten year old German car is always going to have something waiting to break. Before the sale, I sat the guy down - he was a casual friend from a local car group - and told him straight up that the turbo was starting to whistle and the DSG service was coming due. I even showed him the diagnostic logs. I sold it to him for a fair price, well below market, because I wanted a quick sale and thought I was doing a buddy a favor. We signed the paperwork "as is" and that was that.
Last week, he calls me up absolutely losing his mind. Apparently the turbo finally gave up the ghost while he was on a road trip and he ended up with a massive towing bill and a repair quote that he cannot afford. He started accusing me of "hiding" the severity of the issue and demanded that I pay for at least half of the repair costs. I reminded him about our conversation and the fact that the price reflected the risk he was taking. He did not care and started calling me a scammer and saying he was going to tell everyone in our social circle that I ripped him off.
I did not argue. I just hung up and blocked his number on everything. I also blocked him on social media and left the group chat we were both in. I do not have the energy for high school drama over a used vehicle transaction. My logic is simple: the deal was transparent, the paperwork is legal, and his lack of maintenance planning is not my financial emergency.
Now I am getting messages from mutual friends saying I am being "cold" and that I should at least talk to him to reach a compromise. They say "friends help friends" and that blocking him was an overreaction. From my perspective, once you start threatening my reputation over a machine I warned you about, we are no longer friends. I am not a warranty provider and I am certainly not a bank for people who do not listen to technical advice. Am I wrong for just cutting him out completely instead of "negotiating" a fix for a car I do not even own anymore?