Ricci had full access to the Jeep and had driven it while he worked for Ed. He knew full well what he was getting. There is no indication that the jeep was in the shop all the time. You are just making things up as you go along - again.
I'm still trying to figure out what's with Smart calling Ricci by his formal name, Richard, when everyone else called him Rick. Must be a class distinction thing.
Like, Duh! Richard was his name. Your lame bashing of the Smarts is really transparent.