A man want’s to trade me his 2001 Honda 350 4×4 for A 2001 Honda Accord I’ve been trying to sell.

Says it works great but the ES doesn’t work and the display doesn’t work either.
I told him that for me to drive the 45 minutes down to check it out he’d at least need to get the display to work so I could see how many kilometers are on it.
My question is does this sound like an alright offer? The car is up for $1200. What would cause the ES and the display to not work? Man says he shifts manually.