<human>: I crashed my car mid May, the only real damage was to the passenger front wheel. It was bent in the wrong direction and the power steering was leaking fluid. I had it towed to my house and a mechanic left his information on my windshield one day. Didn't trust him from day one but went with it because of the low price (Initial estimates of 6k, he said he'd do it for 3k). Body work, paint, replacement control arm etc. 4 weeks in, virtually nothing had been done, I had to order most of the parts myself since he didn't know how to use ebay... He told me MULTIPLE times that he had replaced the control arm and struts on the wheel, and after 6 weeks total, it was done. I paid him the remainder which totaled to about $2,800 in the end since he took so damn long. I wrote up a contract saying he is responsible for the safety of the car and that he is responsible for any additional repairs should they be required. 

I drove it to another mechanic who told me that nothing had really been replaced in the wheel assembly, and that he had just hammered everything straight, which simply cannot be done with these parts. After about 30 miles, I was driving it to this new shop to actually replace the parts (I didn't want the original mechanic to even touch it again) and the rack and pinion snapped and my wheel was at about a 90 degree angle. I had to get it towed to the new mechanic and the total repairs for everything are looking to be about $1,200. 

My question is, do I take him to small claims court? What will this cost me? I don't want him touching my car, he has already called many times saying "why didn't you bring it back?" umm, because I don't want to be car-less for another 6 weeks. I was thinking I can go to him and say hey, either you give me back $1,500 for the repairs you didn't do, or I will see you in court. I don't know what to do. Please help, thanks.

Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?
<bot>: Guy said he fixed my car and replaced everything. Really just hammered things back and cause my tire to come off on a busy road. Have to pay $1,200 for repairs he had already supposedly done.