Do you check for flood or water damage?

We check for the physical evidence of water ingress — silt and staining under carpets and in the spare-wheel well, corrosion on seat rails and under-dash brackets, moisture in lamp housings, and corroded connectors — and we report what we find with photographs. We also run a PPSR check that reports written-off status. We do not speculate beyond the evidence.

Is there a surcharge for Casula?

No. Casula 2170 is inside the standard Sydney service area. Essential from $199, Comprehensive $329, Elite Buyers' Protection $449, and an EV or hybrid battery health test for $199.

Do you inspect at Casula Mall or a public car park?

We can, but a busy public car park is a poor place for an inspection — there is no room to work around the car and often nowhere safe to raise it. Wherever possible we ask the seller to meet at a quieter location with clear space, and we agree that at booking.

How soon can you attend?

Same-day or next-day inspection appointments, subject to availability. Book online or call 02 8320 1246.

South West · NSW 2170

Pre-purchase car inspection in Casula.

Casula sits on the Hume Highway south of Liverpool, wrapped around the Georges River and cut through by the South Line. It is a suburb where you might be buying from a highway yard one week and a family driveway the next, and either way we come to the car and report to you in writing before you pay.

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Independent — engaged and paid by you
Qualified mobile inspectors
Written photo report before you pay

Buying in Casula

Inspecting a car in Casula, practically speaking

Three things matter in a Casula job: highway frontage where stock is parked to be seen rather than examined, a river-side low-lying edge, and immediate access to both the Hume and the M5 for a road test with real load in it.

Highway forecourts park for display, not for assessment

Along the Hume Highway frontage every metre of display space is selling space, so stock is set nose-out and door-to-door. You cannot open a door to its stop, you cannot walk a paint gauge down a flank at a consistent angle and you cannot get a torch along the sills. Our first request at a Casula yard is that the car be moved to the service area or the rear of the lot with clear space on both sides, unlocked, with keys available. If the yard cannot free that space, the report names each item the parking prevented instead of quietly recording it as inspected.

The river flats and what water damage actually looks like

Parts of Casula sit low against the Georges River. We do not speculate about any individual car's history, but we do check for the physical signatures that matter to a buyer anywhere near a floodplain: silt lines and staining under carpet and spare-wheel wells, corrosion on seat rails, bolt heads and under-dash brackets, moisture and residue inside lamp housings, and corrosion or contamination at connector blocks. The PPSR check we run alongside the inspection also reports written-off status.

Hume and M5 access means the road test is worth something

A road test confined to Casula's suburban streets is close to worthless for a driveline. With the Hume and the M5 both at hand we can hold the car at sustained higher speed, which is where torque-converter lock-up shudder, driveline vibration, wheel imbalance, brake pulsation and steering pull actually appear. We watch live scan-tool data through the shift range at the same time.

Worth arranging before we arrive in Casula

Ask a yard to have the car pulled out of the display row before the appointment, unlocked and with keys available.
Leave the engine cold — insist on it. A pre-warmed car is the single most common way a bad cold start is hidden.
Send the listing link so we can check the advertised variant, build date, kilometres and claimed service history against the vehicle.

How it works

Booked, inspected, reported.

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.

Book online or call us

Send the listing and the address of the car. Tell us if there is anything specific you want checked.

We arrange the time with the seller

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.

The inspection happens at the car

A qualified mobile inspector attends the vehicle where it is and works through the full checklist, including a road test.

You get the report before you commit

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.

Inspection levels

Three levels, one flat price each.

Every price below includes travel within our Sydney service area, so there is no surcharge for Casula. All prices include GST.

Essential

$199

Afterpayor 4 interest-free payments of A$49.75

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

ComprehensiveMost booked

$329Save $33

$296

with code SAVE10

Afterpayor 4 interest-free payments of A$74.00

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

Elite

$449

Afterpayor 4 interest-free payments of A$112.25

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

EV / hybrid battery add-on

+$199

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.

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Straight answers

What a mobile inspection can't tell you.

A pre-purchase inspection in Casula 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.

We do not dismantle the engine, remove the gearbox or pull interior trim, so faults only visible during disassembly can't be ruled out. On Comprehensive and Elite, the engine undertray is removed where fitted, safely accessible and permitted.
We work at the vehicle's location, not on a hoist. Underbody checks are done on portable ramps where safe and permitted; seized fasteners, unsafe access or seller refusal are recorded as inspection limitations.
A cold-start assessment is only possible if the seller leaves the engine untouched before we arrive. If the car has been warmed up, we record that in the report.
The road test runs on public roads at legal speeds, so it can't reproduce every intermittent fault or a fault that only appears under load or after long distances.
A PPSR check reports what is registered against the VIN on the day. It cannot show unreported damage or work done off the books.
The report describes the vehicle's condition on the day of inspection. It is not a warranty and not a valuation guarantee.

Questions

Casula buyers ask us this.

Yes. We attend dealer yards along the highway as well as private addresses, and we are completely independent of every yard we attend — you engage and pay us, and the report goes to you first. Tell the yard in advance that an independent inspector is coming so the car is accessible and unlocked.

Coverage

Also inspecting nearby.

Casula sits inside our South-West Sydney coverage. If the car you're chasing is a few suburbs over, it's the same service and the same price.

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Worth reading before you inspect

Booking a car in Casula?

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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