Eastwood is split by the Main North rail line into two shopping precincts, surrounded by hilly residential streets in the City of Ryde. Most homes here have a driveway or garage, which makes for a thorough inspection, and you get the written report before any money moves.
Eastwood's terrain and its rail-divided centre are the two practical facts. Steep driveways change how we lift and test a car, and the two-sided town centre changes where we can stop.
A lot of Eastwood driveways run at a real gradient. That matters for safe jacking, for reading fluid levels honestly, and for assessing a handbrake — a handbrake that holds on the flat can slip on a slope. We work on level ground where we can, and where we cannot, we say what that limited and why.
Rowe Street on both sides of the station is busy, short-stay and heavily loaded through the day. It is not a place to conduct an hour-long inspection. We work at the seller's address wherever possible and, when a car is genuinely parked in the centre, plan a legal spot before the visit rather than circling on the day.
Eastwood is minutes from Epping Road and the M2, so the road test can include sustained motorway-speed running rather than a suburban lap. Driveline shudder, wheel balance, gearbox lock-up and steering pull commonly appear only above 80 km/h, so that leg is worth asking for when you book.
Plenty of cars here do the same motorway run every day. Rather than generalising about that, we pull stored and pending fault codes from every module we can reach, watch live engine and transmission data under load, and check cooling system and fluid condition. The report describes what that car's data shows.
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 Eastwood. 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 Eastwood 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.
It is a limitation we work around rather than a blocker. Safe jacking, accurate fluid-level reading and honest handbrake assessment all want level ground. Where the driveway is too steep we ask for the car to be moved to a flat section of street; if that is not possible, the report states which checks were affected.
Where the car is registered and insured and the seller consents, yes, and it is worth asking for. Highway-speed running is the only way to assess wheel balance, driveline vibration and torque-converter lock-up honestly. Suburban streets simply do not load a car enough to reveal them.
Yes. Underground parking is fine for diagnostics, battery and charging tests, fluids and interior work, and poor for paint reading and underbody sight-lines. We ask for the car to be brought to daylight where the building allows, and we record anything the parking limited.
$199 Essential, $329 Comprehensive or $449 Elite, with the EV and hybrid battery health assessment at $199 on top of any tier. GST and travel within our Sydney service area are included, and there is no surcharge for Eastwood.
Comprehensive and Elite reports are completed on site and issued before the inspector leaves; Essential reports arrive the same day. Each is a photographed report with a clear verdict, not a tick-list you have to interpret alone.
Eastwood sits inside our North Shore 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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