Be Aware!
Being the guy that I am, I probably would have dished out the rest of the money for the dart since I came all that way, even if the car was not up to my expectations.
I don't think I could have left the man high and dry without taking possession of the car unless he was being a real prick and the car really turned out to be a severely rusted piece of junk.
I can understand the schedule issues as everybody has to juggle a million things from time to time.
Sounds like a very stressful set of circumstances for GTX with the time frame of storage and the issues with cop's time schedule.
Although, one should always ask tons of questions and get tons of pics before hand, even if it means having a little guilt for being such a speculative pain in the azz.
I hope you guys can resolve this and move on, and I'm glad this was posted as we can all learn something from this.
Just consider it another day in the life.
Shizzle happens.