Lane Cove West sits between Epping Road, the Lane Cove River and the business park off Mars Road, so the cars sold here range from garage-kept family vehicles on the leafy streets to ex-company cars leaving the office estate. We inspect wherever the car is, and the written report is yours alone.
Steep river-side streets, a business park with restricted parking, and a lot of low-kilometre garage-kept cars. Each of those changes what an inspection needs to prove.
A car that has covered 6,000 km a year and lived under cover will look immaculate, but short trips and long idle periods are hard on specific components. We look for brake disc corrosion and seized caliper slides, perished rather than worn rubber, brake fluid moisture content, tyre age from the date code rather than tread depth alone, and oil condition consistent with time rather than distance.
Many blocks here fall away sharply toward the river and the golf course. A car parked on a slope hides fluid drips, misleads a handbrake test and makes brake and tyre comparison unreliable, so we ask for it to be moved to level ground before the underbody and brake sections rather than reporting from a compromised position.
Around Mars Road and Sirius Road, cars are usually parked in a secured staff car park or an undercover bay. We agree the access arrangement, the bay location and a business-hours slot at booking, and ask for the car to be brought to open ground for the paint-depth and underbody work, where artificial light and low clearance would otherwise limit what can be assessed.
Epping Road and the tunnel approaches carry sustained speed a minute from the suburb. Where the car is registered and the seller consents, a road test at that speed is what exposes wheel balance, driveline vibration, steering pull, brake shudder and transmission lock-up behaviour — none of which show on a 40 km/h residential loop.
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 Lane Cove West. 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 Lane Cove West 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, because low-kilometre cars fail differently. Time-based deterioration — perished rubber, aged tyres, moisture in the brake fluid, corroded discs and seized caliper slides, degraded coolant — does not depend on distance travelled. We measure those specifically rather than treating a low odometer reading as evidence of condition.
Yes, with access arranged in advance. Interior, electrical, scan-tool and fluid work is unaffected in a bay. Paint-depth readings and the underbody assessment need daylight and room to move, so we plan a short move to open ground for those sections and note anything that could not be completed.
$199 Essential, $329 Comprehensive or $449 Elite, plus $199 for the EV or hybrid battery health assessment. All prices include GST and travel — Lane Cove West 2066 is inside the standard Sydney service area.
Often, because servicing tends to be documented and on schedule. The specific risk is title: a financier or lease company may still hold a registered security interest. The PPSR check included with Comprehensive and Elite reports that against the VIN read from the car, along with written-off vehicle and stolen-vehicle records.
No. We arrange access with the seller, attend and send the report to you. Comprehensive and Elite reports are issued on site before the inspector leaves; Essential reports are delivered the same day, and you can call the inspector to talk through anything in them.
Lane Cove West 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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