3k for that is chump change, I’d buy it in a minute if it was closer. I’d love to pull my hotdog cart up to a gig with it.
If you can talk him into a long test drive, say an hour, him driving plus you and your mechanic friend, freeway and city, hills, etc. - you’d shake down any immediate problems. A close friend can bring you up to speed on basic maintenance skills to save money. Its’ 109,000 miles were sure to have been easygoing miles, but if the owner has any service records, that would be great. I say buy it, you could convert those soft boxy rails into storage shelves, hell it looks big enough to divide the back into two separate rooms!