THANK YOU, everyone!

After reading your advice I'm going to try to locate an Isuzu pro in San Francisco who is willing to do an inspection and can act as a broker. If you have any recommendations, I'm all ears! If I find someone within the next few days, I'll be a new VX owner… otherwise I'll write this one off and patiently wait for a seller who isn't so spooky. Sheesh, I sure didn't expect to encounter this kind of hassle in "forcing" payment onto a seller. Frankly, they're so spooky that I'M starting to get a weird spooky vibe of my own. Naive little me.

The VX I'm looking at is listed here on this site. If you see any red flags, clueing me in to that would sure be appreciated, too. My original plan revolved around something with lower miles and red/black interior so I won't be completely heartbroken if I miss this one. Maybe I was just compromising due to the low price.