Thanks everyone for the responses.
Old Man Neri - I'm in a bit of a delicate situation with this dealership now, but will mention the name later as they really did seriously misrepresent the car in a number of ways. In fact, I'll become their "
PR firm" as I'm quite unhappy.
In order to pre-empt too many comments about how I should have had a PPI, I hereby claim that I will never buy another car without doing a lot more homework, including a PPI.
As for the odometer issue, it was apparently rolled back quite awhile ago by at least 40,000 miles. The carfax report shows 81,000 miles in 1996 and a 1999 registration shows 44,000 miles. I am told by an attorney friend of mine that the dealership should be required to refund my money even if they didn't roll the mileage back nor had knowledge of it. However, he has to do more research and I need to find an attorney who specializes in these cases. No response to my faxes from the dealership yet and I am guessing they will not agree to a refund.
Thanks again.... really like this forum.
Ken K.