Ticking noise
 

Hi! I'm looking to buy a 1996 passat VR6 with . I looked at one with 122,000 on it but the problem is it's got a little ticking noise coming from the top of the motor, the guy that's selling it said that the car wasn't started in a wile.It did quite down after it ran for few minutes. Is that normal for this car to have a little ticking lifters? Help me out I really would like to buy the car with out having any problems down the road! Thank you for your time and help