Give it a good look over for rust and other maintenance, talk him down to $4,000 (or not), and buy it! Just my opinion.
I can guarantee he's already got people coming out to look at it. I was looking over the entire bay area for a manual transmission or auto/superchared 4Runner and within a few hours of posting every one would have offers![]()
Look it over for rust? :wtf: the thing is in Cali lol it will be fine! Around here we don't look for rust we look for holes in the frame lol.
If you're going to buy anything that's worth the price on CL you have to have cash out and waiting to go, and watch CL like a hawk. And be able to roll out immediately.
Good stuff sells *fast*. Crappy stuff that's overpriced? You can take your time.
There is no guarantee that it hasn't spent 10 years in a salt mine. How do we know it has ever been registered in Cali? Might as well tell the guy "I'll buy it" and then look under the hood before handing over the cash![]()