Depends on how "small" the town is.

My home town population is 1200. Everyone knows everyone, and the cop will let you off on alot of stuff.

 

A few problems with your previous statements...
1. A ticket does not mar the title of a vehicle. A ticket has NOTHING to do with the title and does not carry with the vehicle. Only wrecks, accidents, insurance claims, etc... are carried with the vehicle.
2. What would they throw him in jail for? Sure, they could for doing more than double the speed limit, but that is solely based on the cops discretion, as opposed to something like a DWI where the cop is supposed to take them in no matter what.
3. Nobody said the kid or other passengers (if there were any) was drinking. I'm not saying he was or wasn't, but you can't make assumptions in a case like this.

 

Strange things like this do happen at dealerships. My sister had taken her Escalade ESV to their Cadillac dealer for warranty work and had to leave it there for several days. One night when she and her husband were getting out of their car at a local theater she spotted her Caddy outside the theater with a man, woman and several nasty kids (with food) getting out of it. She told her husband that it was her car, but he didn't believe her and wouldn't let her say anything to them. The next day she went to the dealer and checked it out. The truck still wasn't ready but she insisted on seeing it. It was nasty inside with food all over it and there was 98 more miles on it than when she had dropped it off. She hit the ceiling. They told her that it was common for service people to drive vehicles home to "check them out". She "explained" to them that you don't take a new, black, spottless, $70K vehicle home and treat it like the family van. This may be "common practice", but, knowing my sister, I don't think they'll be taking hers home again.

 

You need to check the laws in your state. In New Hampshire it does NOT matter if you sign all the required paperwork including the financial paperwork for you loan. For the truck to be considered “legally” yours in New Hampshire you have to take delivery of the vehicle.

Delivery is defined as driving the truck off the dealer’s lot. Until then you are NOT obligated for any loan or anything to do with the truck. You can sign the paperwork today and if you don’t drive the vehicle off the dealer’s lot it does NOT legally belong to you EVER…

Again, this may be different in different states but in New Hampshire a vehicle is considered NEW until it has been registered with the state DMV. In other words the promotion vehicles you see on dealer’s lots that employees may use for a year or so and they sale them as promo vehicles could have for example 12,000 miles on them and they are still considered new…

So I don’t know if you actually took possession of your truck, in other words drove it off the dealer’s lot, if you haven’t check with your state laws…

 

One good hitman is worth 10 lawyers anyday. I'd say you have a good case for a hitman.

 

you stayed a lot cooler than i would have. someone would be dead if they tryed that with me. id just tell them "You better call the police" and they would be like "Why?" and id tell them "Cause theres about to be a murder" and beat them to death. that GM would wish he never messed with me. anyways, if you dont wanna spend your life in jail, talk to a good attorney, he can tell you what you should do.

 

Try calling or contacting FORD corporate. Sounds like that dealer runs a sloppy shop, you can claim the 3 days the law allows maybe.

 

What kind of business are they running? I would be soooooo pissed too!!! Refuse the truck! They can not make you take it. I hope you get a good lawyer. And call the BBB, and I would call one of the news satations that has a consumer reporter. That is disgusting behaviour by the dealer.......in this case....I think the term stealership is in order.