Mitsubishi Galant

I found out that there are crooks everywhere you turn. I thought I was getting a very good deal on this car. It turns out when I called to get his address to pick up the car. he asked when and how I would be paying the down payment. I told him that I wouldn't be making a down payment that in fact I would just be there in a few hours to pay in full and get the car. At first there was a long pause then he said that he didnt have the title and He was leaving the country soon, then the phone call was cut off. I called right back and he said that in fact I could not have the car. The phone call cut off again. I called again and from then on he wouldn't answer. I think he was just baiting me for a down payment for a car that didn't excist. Please be careful when trying to buy things on ebay.

This is my 3rd galant and 4th mitsubishi owned. My first galant went to 170,000 miles combined city/highway and lasted 10 years. The transmission started to go and I didnt want to invest the $ into it. The second was sold at 3 years old to a friend who totalled it, and I had an Eclipse which was stolen.
I purchased this 2003 off lease at a year old in '04 and my prior experiences told me that I shouldn t have had any problems aside from maintenance (or bad driving/luck).
Overall this is true except for 1 relatively expensive repair that will need to get done. The control for the heater will stop working and it will always blow either hot or cold. When purchasing a car check to see that it goes from hot to cold and back and there is no noise when the controls are turned. Signs that this will go bad soon is a grinding clacking sound from behind the dash.
This is a average car that does nothing spectacularly well except longevity! I do my own repairs and I understand the heater control valve can be done in less than an hour with less than 100.00 worth of parts.
If this is true, I guess this is not my last Mitsubishi.