Your not alone mate, if he cann't be honest about the basics then I wouldn't trust anything else he had to say, Theres alway give on the price of a car so make sure your not looking to needy when talking to the people selling them, do up a question list and get answers to them all take your time and don't be rushed of a topic until you have the answer you want and this goes with out saying, bring someone along that knows something about the car if you don't, always worth getting some one to look at it. Happy hunting.