He was told that despite his version of the car being presented to Ariel on March 2, 2021 and Ariel's enthusiasm, Eliran Sabag claimed that Ariel was interested in a sports car, about which he said, "This is the first time I hear what you are saying right now, Ariel never told me if he wanted a Mercedes or a B. M. W. Or this car. [...] Or sports, sorry, it's the first time I've heard that, honorable referees." If Eliran Sabag testified about this at the hearing, then, according to him, he did not hear it. In his words, "I answer unequivocally, Ariel never told me he wanted an X or Y car, he never asked for anything specific, or at all, nothing, he never told me anything. [...] Whatever you bring him, he'll say thank you, he won't tell you I wanted one, there's no such thing. This is the first time I hear the word sports, which he said here in court, I haven't heard and certainly not from my son."
The defendant claimed that he had not even inspected the vehicle. There was talk of a list price of ILS 75,000 and Eliran Sabag said, "I'll arrange a price for you." According to him, he asked Eliran Sabag to replace the car's tires, as well, "The lights were on, I didn't know what they meant, he told me it was a computer reset, I don't understand cars, I trusted everything he told me, I told him to shed [to close] for 55,000 shekels, he told me less than 60,000, we argued in the end we agreed 58,000 shekels that he would replace 4 tires, replace the battery to the Volta and deal with the issue of resetting the computer of the lights that were on. [...] We closed the sum of 58,000 ILS and at his expense everything he needs to arrange in the car, after about a week, [...] I return the car to him to take care of the defects, he wanted money on the bill, I didn't have money, it was about a week or so I came to him, we met at the checkpost he has another lot, after about a week since I showed it to Ariel I brought him a down payment of 20,000 ILS he told me to take care of the defects he needs 7-10 days, We parted."