It's a shame that there isn't a dealer closer that will work with you. But honestly, if you took your Ford, or GM, or Toyota to a independent shop, would they pay the shop to do warranty work? I'm really sympathetic to your situation and hope that you can get something worked out.
I'm not saying you're totally at fault, but perhaps you should have gotten all the details about warranty work hammered out before you bought from a far away dealer. We checked with the local dealers before we bought our Fuzion from a dealer in Knoxville, Tennessee. We've already had to do some warranty work and it was a non-issue.