Pre Purchase Inspection Companies In Sydney?

[LatinR33]

As NRMA I believe has stopped there mobile pre purchase vehicle inspection service. I was wondering if you guys can recommend any other reputable companies in sydney that do this?

[Primordial]

IMO your best bet is taking the car to a reputable tuner to get a compression and leak down test done... It should only cost $250 or so for a FULL inspection (including these tests), and it will tell you the condition of the most important part of the car - the engine! NRMA and mobile guys (that I know of!) wont do a compression test etc..

If the seller doesnt agree to take the car to a workshop to get it checked out, then he's probably got something to hide!

If you're a hard bargainer, you might be able to get him to take the cost of the test off the price of the car too

[NISMO]

As NRMA I believe has stopped there mobile pre purchase vehicle inspection service. I was wondering if you guys can recommend any other reputable companies in sydney that do this?

Hey mate,

try and get someone who knows the cars rather than a standard inspection company.

When I was buying my first R33 (almost 9 years ago now), I had a so called NRMA expert spend a whole day going over a 33 I was interetsed in.

At the end of the inspection I got a report which graded the car in A1 condition apart from a few paint blemishes on the body. That same day after laying down a deposit I get a call from the seller, saying the car is running on 5 cylinders and that they would need 2 months to fix this and other issues (under warranty). They were quite cool and gave me back my deposit, but moral of the story is I would never trust a so called expert.

There are a fair few expert Skyline workshops who I would go too instead.

Just my 2c

[Fujiwara]

take it down to a garage that deals with the type of car you're purchasing (ie CRD, Advan)

Better than mobile inspections.

[Primordial]

Hey mate,

try and get someone who knows the cars rather than a standard inspection company.

When I was buying my first R33 (almost 9 years ago now), I had a so called NRMA expert spend a whole day going over a 33 I was interetsed in.

At the end of the inspection I got a report which graded the car in A1 condition apart from a few paint blemishes on the body. That same day after laying down a deposit I get a call from the seller, saying the car is running on 5 cylinders and that they would need 2 months to fix this and other issues (under warranty). They were quite cool and gave me back my deposit, but moral of the story is I would never trust a so called expert.

There are a fair few expert Skyline workshops who I would go too instead.

Just my 2c

Hence - why you need a compression test!

[LatinR33]

By the way its not a skyline that will be inspected. Just looking for a lil hatchback for the missus. dont think i wanna take a bone stock suzuki swift to CRD hehe.

[evil_weevil]

if its a basic car, like a run a round daily eg a vt commodore v6

id use VIP inspections otherwise, take it to a workshop that deals with those special cars

[PIG747]

theres a company called SVC that you can use 9153 0888. They do it 7 days a week

[PIG747]

woops double posts

Edited October 19, 2007 by 4admrn

[LatinR33]

Yeah sydney vehicle check is the only one I can see that doesnt seem dodgy.

[MaTBoY]

Does anyone here know of a place or could recommend a good workshop in Melbourne with alot of experience with R32 gtr's?

[Blitz]

Does anyone here know of a place or could recommend a good workshop in Melbourne with alot of experience with R32 gtr's?

Racepace

Pm Ben (RPMGTR)

[chinkeboi]

stateroads

they're like nrma but better / more flexible

again, they'll only check the standard things though

[Birnie]

I used SVC many times.

They are better than NRMA and cheaper