Paint mega-disaster (long rant)

Bill, you do sound like a lawyer regarding the scumbag comments. Sorry to offend but I don't like dealing with lawyers at all, seems whenever they get involved everyone loses. My goal is to try & get him to settle 1st so I can get my car back & finish it myself. All depends on how reasonable he is, he has been very pleasant & cooperative so far but this could change in a heartbeat. Once he finds out my plans he may go ballistic in which case I will go the court route as a last resort. I never gave him the go-ahead to work all these hours. He did it without informing me. Keep in mind we went over a year with no billing & I suddenly get a billing for 100's of hours.