I tell you I have terrible luck with cars... honey, I ain't kiddin'.
Before I had the Metro, I bought a Saturn. Saturns are supposed to be WONDERFUL cars - I have friends who've had theirs happily for years with no problems. It was older, but still very nice. To top it off, it was only $3K, so I was a very happy camper.
Well, I drove it for a month, and it died. And when I say "died", what I mean is that the engine block inexplicably cracked, essentially totalling the car. I didn't have a warranty either... in fact, the 30-day warranty from the dealer had JUST expired. 
You know d@mn well I raised h*** with the dealership for selling me junk. I'm good at getting my way when I get pissy, I guess. In the end, they agreed to apply my purchase price of the old car towards a new one... and that's how I got my Metro, which has been a basically good car through an awful lot of mileage.
Call the dealership. You've only had the car 9 days - most dealerships will work with you in that time frame, even without an extended warranty. And if they don't, that's when you report them to the BBB and register complaints about them with their managers, their corporate offices if they have them, etc etc. You'd be surprised what you can accomplish when you don't settle for being treated like crap... but hopefully it won't have to go that far anyway.
A car not starting *can* be something really minor, costwise, to fix. Don't freak out till there's something worth freaking about! 
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