NO BAD deal!
Whats the guys number?
it does sound a little fishy...why does he want to trade the car? sick of having problem?
and if he's running 22psi safely on a 16g I would ask him what he did to make it safe.
Depends on where the leak is in the tranny could be just a simple fix.
And what are you calling ugly? I personally like the looks of a 1g over many hondas.