I think you are right. I do have the Deposition paperwork where the attorney asked him about my request to him to buy the Smart Car from him. He stated I may have made a few payments but the money he got from the sale was 'probably' used for furniture or something.
By the way it was not put in my name as it wasn't paid off. Was still in my ex's name. He sold it prior to making the last payment because the bank had screwed up and sent him the title early. I wasn't aware of that until after the fact.
I both wrote him checks for what he already had in the car but I also wrote checks to the bank with the loan number in the subject line of the check. I have a copy of the payment book and the last payment notification. Am I just out of luck?