On April 4th I saw a car on auto trader in van nuys. it was a 05 chevy cobalt and i went to the dealer that same day to look at it because i wanted to buy it. i got there in the night and i test drove it and it was about 8 in the night and the dealer told me that i would have to pick it up the next day because he had o fix a sensor on it, so i thought tat was fine, but he said to leave him a 500 dollar deposit to make sure i would buy it. the next day i went and i paid him 5,800 cash he said that the price for the car was 5000 adn the rest were fees and taxes. well as i was signing my contract i see that it said pull price paid in cash 5300. soi asked the receptionist who was hading me the paper work why it said 5300 if i gave them 5800 and she said that the taxes werent included so i figured she was telling me the truth. then i asked to have the car fax and she said there systems were down so i made sure i got a warranty paper since it said there was a 30 day warranty. i also asked for a pink slip andshe told me that they were gonna send the paper work to sacramento and i would be getting my registration on mail. i didnt think anything bad from it because i trusted them. well after getting on the road back home( i live 2 hours away) i stooped in Castaic to pump gas. afer i turned the car back on i notice it turned off and started up again on its own but i thought well maybe it does that on its own since its a newer model.( i know that sounds kinda dumb but i dont know anything about cars what so ever. ) after i got home and my dad saw the car he told me that the key they gave me was a copy not an original key and that the key wouldnt be able to open the doors if locked. so i called the guy and he told me he didnt know why. then later on on tuesday, a day after i bought the car, the engine light on the dash board turned on. so i called the dealer again and he told me he didnt know why and that he sold me the car AS IS and i tld him i had the warranty paper. it was a 30 day or 1000 miles warranty. 50% for motor and 50% for transmisson. then he was just kinda blowing me off. i tld him i wouyld take the car to a mechaninc and if the car had problems he would pay for it and he said he wasnt gonna pay for something he couldnt see and i said that wasnt a aproblem that i would take the car to him. so that day i took it to a local mechanic in my town and it ended up being that the problems were the catalytic converter and some fans in the motor and the key switch. he told me the estimate would be aroung 900 dls. so i called the dealer emedietly and no answer i called the next day aswell about 10 times and still no answer. so on Friday April 8, just 4 days after buying my car i decided to drive up there and make them look at the car and fix the problems well when i got there the dealersgip was GONE!. there were nomorecars no people no nothing! I was so mad, sad. i didnt know what to so so i went to the LAPD and they sent me to consumer affairs and they gave me a number to the dmv investigators and i sent a complaint form with all the paper work which was really only the contract i was given and some little sticker to put on my window . the thing is that the 30 days werent up yet but i had already made 2 trips to Van Nuys trying to contact them or find them. that was about 3 weeks ago and since i hadnt heard anything from them i went to the dmv today to see if they had some info to give me. they didnt have much to tell me but to wait for investifgations to call me, then i asked her under whos name was my car under then she told me some dealer or something like that and if i would want the registration i would need signatures from previous owners and i would have topay 934 dollars for the registration because they hadnt paid the tas in about 2 yers. i halready fixed the repairs to my car and i have no money and no job =( im a college student whho saved up for a car and now i have nothing and no job! How am i gonna pay that.Im always sad and worried, i cant even sleep thinking of this. If they find the owner of the dealer, CAN I SUE HIM? WILL I WIN? PLEASE HELP ME IM SO LOST AND I DNT KNOW WHERE TO GO FROM HERE!