Then I stand corrected! I now see that there is not an actual law, and I am not going to try to defend it since it obviously doesn't exist. I wasn't trying to pedal crap, I honestly believed that the law existed. I was not put under the impression by a salesman. I know better than to believe a salesman. I was put under the impression by the owner of the dealership, who was a friend's brother. My friend is an honest person, so I extended the belief of honesty to his brother. Oops. I guess in reality he is the head salesman, but I would hold him a little more accountable, thus hope more honest. As Edward Ohare stated on here a few hours ago, he believes that GM did promise parts for the oldsmobile. So apparently around the time that Olds was dissolving, they were making some promises, which I can see how the owner may have embelished by adding some legal claims to it.
I really don't want to argue about this any more. I've already said that I was mistaken twice. If this is really supposed to be a forum about helping people, why don't we get to that...
As I stated in my first posting, freightliner also sells the Sprinter. I am not sure if that is gong to change after DC divorces, but I think it would be a viable idea to check with a freightliner dealer to see what they have as far as plans for parts. Even though the Sprinter hasn't been a huge success on a small business or personal use level, both UPS and DHL use them. Even though it is possible that these large companies might have their own supliers, I would imagine that if one tried hard enough, they could find a supplier for the parts well into the future. Car companies stop making models all the time, and continue to have parts for them.
I really don't think that finding parts is something worth worrying about. If it does become a problem, I would imagine that some little company would pop up to feed the market created by the shortage- importing parts from Europe where Sprinters abound. It's the American way.
Have a good day, Bill