wow that's harsh... it's kinda bad he didn't come clean with you right away, I mean it's one thing to hide like a hairy back or something but totally diff if it's gonna affect how he operates from day to day life. Honestly I'm a bit uncomfortable giving advice on this since I don't know you well enough and I definitely don't know this guy to be saying anything one way or the other... I do hope you can figure it out tho. Sorry for being no help
I had no idea Kia Souls were even in the mod scene until a few weeks ago when a whole group of them rolled into Ertefa (it was a weekly meet of over 1000 cars). lol