i'd go up to the dealer and be like
"look man i heard what happened and it's pretty fucked... but i'm not my friend, i'd like to be able to still do buisness with you, but i can understand why you wouldn't want to do buisness with me... i'm looking for a more reliable dealer, i was hoping you'd be able to fill that, but if you don't want to lemme know so i can keep looking."