Help- Stolen Car!

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Hi All,
I'm in Colorado and I need some serious help. A member of www.colorado4x4.org sold me a car a few weeks ago. Me being the trusting person I am (and assuming we were friends) didn't do a bill of sale while we waited for the title to arrive. We then had a problem finding a time to meet to sign the title over. Hey, no big deal since we were friends, right? Wrong.

He had the cops escort him to my house this morning and take the car back. He told them I had not followed through with a verbal agreement to make payments. This is untrue, and I need help.

He purchased a '90 (I think) Bronco fullsize. I wrote the check directly to this dealership.

Am I just totally screwed here since everything was still in his name? I'm out quite a bit of money since I've put high profile tires, new brakes, and gears in the car.

HELP???

For information on what my other board has had to say check out
http://www.colorado4x4.org/cgi-bin/u...=002288#000017

Thank you.
Justin