Craigslist Car Shopping Part 2

I went to look at a minivan yesterday. Not exactly my first choice but it's practical and cheap. There were only 2 pics on the ad so I had to go on faith that the guy wasn't lying to me about the interior. The outside looked decent and after a long phone call I decided to drive the 60 miles to see it. As soon as I opened the door, I realized that people have different opinions on what is considered clean. There were supposedly a "few" spots on the carpet that needed cleaning but overall it was supposed to be pretty good. Boy, was he wrong. The back area looked like someone rebuilt a motor in it! The rest of it was also filthy with missing or broken trim everywhere. I would hate to see this guy's house. My wife looked at me like I was crazy when I said to get in so we could test drive it but I'm too polite sometimes and figured that, since I drove 60 miles, I might as well drive it. We fired it up and noticed immediately that it didn't have enough gas to get to a gas station if we bought it. I guess if you keep one on empty, a potential car thief won't get too far. It's a shame that it was so dirty because it actually ran pretty good. We got back to the guy's house and told him it was too small for our needs and got the hell out of there! Well, back to the ads.