i live in Maine and can say that's not exactly walk-away-right-now terrible given the conditions here, however, it is in considerably worse shape than my 2010. if i lived in CA i'd pass on this one and wait for the right car to surface more local to me.
take that for what it's worth. generally speaking, you want to import a California car to Maine—not vice versa!
That really helpful, thanks!
And yeah, seems like people try to move cars eastward due to rusting, but my budget keeps trying to bring them back.