Buying a used car often is challenging especially if you do not know about cars or have no mechanical background. The issue is that you can never know if the vehicle status is how it looks to be or it is different.
Losing money on used cars commonly happens everywhere however with just a little bit of extra care this can be avoided. This is the reason why Car Inspection is essential before making any purchase.
It is also always recommended by the Department of Fair Trading to ensure that you inspect the car before paying any deposits or making the purchase.
Before making any commitment to the seller, check all the following to make sure the vehicle is in a good shape and you are not buying someone else’s problem.
Here are the top 9 things you should consider while inspecting your vehicles:
- Brakes: Test the brakes and the test the emergency brake.
- Bumpers: check front bumper and inspect rear bumper.
- Interior: check the horn, inspect the seat belts, make sure the front and rear defrosters work, try out the heating, check for any emergency equipment.
- License and insurance details: check the operator’s driver’s license, verify that the vehicle/operator has valid insurance.
- Lights: check headlights, make sure tail lights are okay, test brake lights, check turn signals, check reversing lights, make sure the license plate light is working.
- Mirrors: check outside mirrors, inspect inside mirror.
- Tires: make sure the tires and wheels match, check tire condition, check wheel alignment, make sure the spare tire is in good condition, check tools for replacing tires.
- Under the hood: check the brake fluid level, measure the windshield washer fluid, inspect the engine oil level and quality, inspect any hoses.
- Windshield and accessories: check the windshield, inspect the rear window, make sure the windows are in good condition, check the window controls, inspect the windshield wipers.
Speak with us to find out more:
If you have any question, please free feel to call us today 0404096583. We can give you some information about mechanical vehicle inspections.
All of our car servicing and car repair jobs are carried out by licenced vehicle technicians with years of extensive experience across all popular and luxury makes and models.
Our Address: 71 Atkins Road, Ermington, NSW 2115
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If you are live in Sydney and you need to have your car dent removal and repair, you are welcome to visit our shop to get it done. We do car servicing and car repair job for people for the Eastwood, Carlingford, Epping, Ryde, Ermington, and all the rest of Sydney, Australia.
We can repair most of the following car’s dent removal and repair for you in sydney: TOYOTA, HONDA, BMW, BENZ, MINI, NISSAN, Mitsubishi, Subaru, Audi, Volkswagen, Hyundai, Ford, Holden, JEEP and many more。
