Did I Tell You About The Mother-in-Law's Car?

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Okay, this gets complicated, so follow along. 82 year old mother-in-law drives a Camaro. Yeah, I know. There are two sons - my hubby and son #2. When she bought the car 2 years ago my hubby suggested she title it in both her name and one of the two sons names so that if/when she died, they wouldn't have to wait a long time to go through probate and they could sell the car and pay her funeral expenses or debts or split the money between the two sons. Well, that's not exactly what happened. Mother-in-law put the car in hers and Son #2's name and then promised the car to Son #2 when she dies. There's lots of issues with that, but we'll just move forward. Mother-in-law had a wreck three weeks ago and severely damaged the car. The car that is 1/2 belonging to Son #2. So it was close to being totaled, which we wanted, so that mother-in-law wouldn't have a car anymore because she shouldn't be driving. She's a danger to herself and others. Well, Son #2 didn't want it totaled because he wants to inherit the car. The insurance will pay XXXX amount of dollars to repair the car but the body shop wants $1500 MORE dollars to "repair it right with OEM parts, etc, etc." Son #2 wants Mother-in-law to pay the $1500, which she barely has. I won't even get into the fact that Son #2 makes $100,000/yr. So the doctor said mother-in-law can't drive anymore and mother-in-law said to total the car because she won't be able to drive it. Son #2 saw an opportunity to pay $1500 to repair the car (plus insurance coverage) and garner himself a $15,000 car. Son #2 whined that he's "never had a nice car" and "really wants the car" - even though he already has 3 cars. Now . . . Son #2 hasn't visited the mom in her new apartment, hasn't asked questions about her mental status, didn't help in the move/transition into the senior living facility, and has had his head in the sand. But he sure was cogent and Johnny-on-the-spot about getting himself a car for practically nothing. Do you sense my anger/resentment here?