I'm still wondering if you have found out if the work will still be getting done or not. That is what I was trying to get at. If the guy gets the work done, then other than the fact that it took forever, what is the deal? I realize you have a lot of time in his ride, now just make sure that you get what you were supposed to, without "taking care of this shit" in a stupid manner. If the guy has said that no work will be done, then "take care of it" however you want. Seems that some of the story is missing and no one seems to care about actual details, but would rather egg you on to do something stupid. Calm down a little and make an attempt to get this solved without doing something that will cause you more problems. Like I stated before, if you have attempted to resolve the issue already without a response then do what you have to do. Hopefully this works out for you.