Pre-Purchase Car Inspection
Purchasing a car is an exciting but arduous journey, especially when it comes to second-hand cars. However, at National Vehicle Inspections, we make that easy for you.
We are a licenced and registered company with 45 years of experience in the vehicle industry, aiming to facilitate a confident purchase decision. Our qualified specialists have a keen eye on everything, from tyres, interior and exterior body, clutch, and fuel to thermal imaging.
Our extensive pre-purchase vehicle inspection service ensures a quality vehicle purchase, detects any repair needs, and estimates the maintenance cost to help you make an informed decision. So before purchasing a new car, connect to our experts for a detailed pre-purchase car inspection.
Our Thorough Pre-Purchase Car Inspection
While making a purchase, one looks at the external conditions, model, cost, features and other tangible things; however, we examine in depth and run tests to evaluate its functioning, potential risks, maintenance cost, and other minute critical details to ensure its quality and safety.
Our thorough analysis and comprehensive car examination cover the following domains:
- Engine Department
- Exterior and Interior Assessment
- Brakes
- Mechanical Evaluation
- Exhaust System
- Paint Check
- Tyre Check
- Luggage Compartment
- Rear and Front Suspension
- Underframe
- Clutch/Transmission/Axle
- Electrical Control
- Noise
- Final Drive Operation
Our experienced team, comprising of mechanics and other specialists, thoroughly examine every car part, including tyres, brakes, mirrors, steering, headlights, brake pads, brake lights, turn signals, tyre rotation, parking brakes, exhaust system, wheel assembly, windshield wipers and horns.
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Importance of Pre-Purchase Car Inspection
Investing in pre-purchase car inspection may seem unnecessary, but it comes with numerous benefits, including but not limited to:
- Informed decision
- Peace of mind
- Stronger price negotiations
- Time and money saving
- Verification of parts conditions
- Estimate maintenance cost
- Unexpected repairs prevention
- Safety and reliability ensurance
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- An experience of more than 45 years in the industry.
- Highly transparent in terms of cost.
- Customer-centric approach and excellent communication, ensuring you understand all the technicalities in the simplest way.
- An analysis with an estimated cost evaluation to help you negotiate better.
- Same-day verbal reporting after the automobile inspection.
- For used car inspections, Experian AutoCheck to confirm vehicle history.
- Pictures and videos to ensure a detailed demonstration of the inspection.
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FAQs
Pre-purchase car inspection simply means a thorough car inspection that includes physical tests and a comprehensive examination to evaluate the car's quality and condition, find any faults, get an estimated maintenance cost, and predict other liabilities so you can make an informed purchase and negotiate with more substantial points.
Our process consists of simple steps:
- Connect with us.
- Schedule an appointment.
- We do a full physical examination.
- 10-mile road test of the car is conducted.
- Verbal report after assessment is given.
- Written report with an optional completed multi-point inspection checklist is provided.
- Experian AutoCheck is done to confirm vehicle history.
- Final reporting is completed.
There is no age limit. We can do a thorough inspection from the latest models to century-old models as well.
On average, the pre-purchase car inspection may cost you around £100 for a common car. However, it may vary from vehicle to vehicle and the company you are hiring, and other factors.