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Hi guys, I'm new to these forums, I don't actually have my V35 yet but I am *that* close, like in the next couple of days. I've shook on a deal with private seller pending finance/insurance etc.

Any suggestions with who to go to for a final, peace of mind, independent, vehicle inspection? Preferably someone that would take more care and might be a bit more clued up than your usual RAC/SGIO inspection?

The car has only done 9,800km and when I asked the seller about the grade on the auction sheet, he said 4.5.

And he'd organised the import through a "Mike Someone" in Melbourne - if that gives any clues as to the quality of the import.

Any help appreciated urgently!

EDIT: Did a search of the forum, I see Hyperdrive in Malaga is the place to go.

Next problem is how the heck you're supposed to get the seller to find a spare day / half a day to take the car to Malaga from south of the river. and get it looked at..!?

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Next problem is how the heck you're supposed to get the seller to find a spare day / half a day to take the car to Malaga from south of the river. and get it looked at..!?

Easy. You pay for it. Even if you don't buy the car, the seller has an inspection report for the next buyer :turned:

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you'd pay for the inspection then give the report to the seller? Would you seriously do that Kym?

If the seller is keen to sell, and if all that is pending is an inspection, then the seller would be nuts not to comply, BUT not somewhere of your choice.

If someone wanted to buy my car, but wanted an RAC inspection, I would tell them no. RAC don't know shit about my car and I don't want them going over my car or taking it for a drive. I would take it to a workshop, just like I did when I bought my car :)

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9500 kms - just get RAC to do a check, make sure there is no major unseen damage etc. RAC spend arou nd 2.5 hours to do an inspection, they are very thorough, but they dont know much about imports

but with 9500km, the car should appear in absolute show room condition, quite literally, and there is probably not much that a performance workshop could add to the value of an inspection done by RAC

If it doesnt look like it is just off the showroom floor, (eg, pedals showing signs of wear, etc) be vary wary - 9,500kms is nothing - engine is only just run in :(

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I would expect the auction grade to be more like 5 or higher if its under 3 years old...under 10000kms??? Unless its had some accident damage?

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lol true

You wouldn't pay for an inspection of a car if you weren't going to seriously buy it, so if you already have finance etc what's so bad about paying for an inspection report? If it comes back bad, the inspection cost is nothing compared to paying to fix something wrong with a car you have just bought.

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