I wouldn't just throw in the towel regarding your own lawyer vs. arbitration. I think that arbitration baloney refers to a new car warranty and failure of the mfr./dealer to live up to their responsibilities.
Ask your family, friends, relatives, etc. if they can steer you to a trusted attorney that you can run this situation by. Print out your story that you posted here, and summarize each paragraph with handwritten notes in the margins so the lawyer doesn't have to agonize over each and every paragraph looking for that one magic bullet that might save the day for you. This will help him remember the important stuff after you leave his office after having met with him.
Yes, you might risk losing another $100-200 just to meet with him (FIND OUT JUST HOW MUCH BEFORE YOU AGREE TO MEET WITH HIM), but this might turn out to be the best post-sale money you have spent so far. You might get lucky and he might charge you less or even zero for the first meeting. You might get super lucky and have him instill so much fear in the dealer that he will convince them that the very best thing for them to do is to buy back the car and make you whole again.
As an example, a lawyer may look at things like this: "I have been told at Nissan local dealer of and Chris Myers that it should not have passed the CPO inspection due to the aesthetics not even including the functionality problems with the clutch and rattle." as some failure of the dealer to deliver the product as described. I'm stopping short of suggesting even more severe claim against the dealer because I'm not a lawyer and I don't know the law. But I have had a lawyer in the past scare the you know what out of a dealer into returning my money for something he did not deliver as promised, despite all the legalese this dealer tried to hide behind. So don't let them just bully yiu around . At least put up some sort of a fight.
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