Feel bad, but not guilty

Sold as-is, so mechanicals are too bad, so sorry, wasn't that way when you left.

If you never retitled it in your name after you bought it, then that part's your problem to fix, IMHO.

I spent 3 years on a bonded title unraveling 7 different sellers who flipped the car without registering it only to find there was a problem somewhere along the line and the only way to fix it was a bonded title.