Can you afford to pay $2K for tires? $6K for brakes? That's the kind of numbers I see on my Audi RS 5.

>Can you afford the monthly payment on a $100k car?

Plus interest.

Also, it's an M3.

I have an "equivalent" (no religious wars, please), the Audi RS 5. There's the ongoings too, on a performance car:

New tires? $2,000.

New brakes? $6,000.

And so on.

Yeah, that sounds very much like your old company screwed all its old employees, and "sold you out" as part of the sales negotiations.

That being said, still a challenge. Did you sign a new employment contract with the new company? Because if not, they can't unilaterally impose an obligation on you because they decided not to transfer things.

>I've contacted my new HR department and their response was pretty much "This is between you and CA now, we have nothing to do with it."

I would actually dispute that.

Company/division spin offs/sales are typically of two types: 1) IP only, and 2) whole entities.

Given that the employees went with the company to the new owner, they were "made whole" for their assets and liabilities. Your PTO should have been zeroed out or, worst case, the negative balance transferred to the new company.

That doesn't make sense. The manager says they don't have a similar unit and he'd have to downgrade.

"Hey, I know you were looking for 2br apartments, and we said this one is available, just apply for it. Oh, no, we actually have only a studio available, accept the downgrade, thanks."

Can still say 100% their fault, absolutely.