Ashfield sits between Parramatta Road and Liverpool Road on the Inner West rail line, mixing Federation houses with a dense band of red-brick walk-up flats. We bring the inspection to the car, wherever it is parked, and the written report reaches you before any money does.
Walk-up flat parking, two heavily trafficked arterials and a large stock of century-old housing shape the practical side of an Ashfield inspection.
Much of 2131 is interwar and postwar walk-up blocks with open rear bays or a row of lock-up garages down a shared driveway. Open bays are workable, but they are often boxed in on three sides. We ask for the car to be brought forward onto the driveway apron or the street so there is room to open doors, sight along the panels and get safe jack access.
The older detached and semi-detached houses here typically have a single narrow driveway running down one side to a rear garage, with a fence within centimetres of the car. That leaves nowhere to stand back and read a panel. Bringing the car to the front of the property, or to the street, takes a moment and materially improves the body section of the report.
A car that commutes on Parramatta Road or Liverpool Road spends a great deal of its life in stop-start traffic. That is heavy duty on brake pads and discs, on a manual clutch or an automatic's torque converter, and on the cooling system and radiator fans. We check brake material remaining, disc condition, fluid state and cooling performance rather than assuming the mileage tells the story.
Crawling on Parramatta Road tells you nothing about wheel balance or driveline vibration. Where the car is registered and insured and the seller consents we take the drive out toward the City West Link or the M4 so the car sees sustained speed under load, then return it to the seller's address.
You don't need to be there and you don't need to move the car. Timing depends on inspector availability in your area and on when the seller can make the vehicle available — we confirm a time with you once we've spoken to them.
Send the listing and the address of the car. Tell us if there is anything specific you want checked.
We contact the seller or the dealership directly and lock in a time that suits both sides, based on inspector availability in your area. You don't need to be there.
A qualified mobile inspector attends the vehicle where it is and works through the full checklist, including a road test.
Comprehensive and Elite reports are issued on site. Essential reports are delivered the same day. Every report ends with a plain-English recommendation and a phone call if you want to talk it through.
Every price below includes travel within our Sydney service area, so there is no surcharge for Ashfield. All prices include GST.
Visual and mechanical safety check, OBD-II scan, measured brake and tyre life, battery and charging test, and a road test.
Written photo report the same day
with code SAVE10
Everything in Essential plus a full mechanical assessment, an undertray-off leak-source check where safe and permitted, every suspension bush inspected, PPSR history and repair-cost estimates.
Report issued on site, before the inspector leaves
Everything in Comprehensive plus a senior inspector, paint-thickness readings on every panel, cold-start assessment, advanced history deep-dive and on-site price negotiation.
Report issued on site, before the inspector leaves
Adds a measured state-of-health assessment of the high-voltage battery on any EV or hybrid, issued as a separate certificate.
Certificate issued with your report
If we miss a major fault that was present at the time of inspection on an Elite Buyers' Protection inspection, we contribute up to $3,000 toward the repair within 30 days. Essential and Comprehensive do not include this cover.
A pre-purchase inspection in Ashfield removes most of the risk in a used-car purchase. It does not remove all of it, and you should know where the edges are before you book.
Yes, but usually after moving it. Rear bays behind Ashfield's brick flats are typically boxed in and reached by a single shared driveway, which gives no room to open the doors properly, no jack access and no sight-line for paint. Out on the apron or the street the whole assessment runs normally.
For some components, yes. Constant stop-start work is hard on brake pads and discs, on a clutch or torque converter, and on the cooling system, and it stops the engine spending much time at a steady operating temperature. We check the actual condition of those parts rather than inferring anything from the odometer.
Essential at $199 is the baseline check. Comprehensive at $329 adds depth on drivetrain, suspension and body and is what most buyers choose for a mainstream car. Elite at $449 is aimed at prestige, European and near-new vehicles. The EV and hybrid battery health assessment is $199 on top of any tier. All prices include GST and travel.
On anything with an accessible diagnostic port, yes — stored and pending codes, live data and readiness monitors across the modules the vehicle exposes. Readiness status also indicates when codes have been cleared recently, which is worth knowing if the dashboard is suspiciously clean.
Yes, and many people do exactly that. We arrange access with the seller, attend, inspect and send you the report so you can decide whether the car is worth your own trip. Comprehensive and Elite reports are issued on site; Essential the same day.
Ashfield sits inside our Inner West coverage. If the car you're chasing is a few suburbs over, it's the same service and the same price.
Tell us where the car is and we'll arrange the inspection with the seller. Written repair cover on Elite (30 days / up to $3,000).
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