Real talk

 

Thread should be closed. My bad, but seller sold it the same day I tried to talk to him. Sometimes, you get lucky and someone decides to just get rid of a car because they don't want to deal with a car. This was one of them.

For those wanting to know, I am a DIY'er so I wouldn't have been afraid to get my hands dirty fix the problem.

There was no noticeable damage to the car, as again, the seller said he bought the car from auction as a salvage title (I assume the auction issued it like that to justify as-is).