Lidcombe sits on the Parramatta Road motor-trade corridor with a dense apartment precinct around the station, so a Lidcombe inspection is either a yard visit or a basement car — rarely anything in between. We attend both and report to you, not to whoever is selling.
The Parramatta Road frontage and the station precinct define this postcode. Which side of it the car is on decides how we set the appointment up.
Cars advertised in this corridor are not always physically where the ad says. Before we attend we confirm the actual street address with the seller, because turning up to find the car is at another site two suburbs away wastes your appointment, not ours only.
The apartment buildings around Lidcombe station keep their parking underground behind security doors. Building access has to be arranged with the seller in advance, and the paint and underbody sections are far better done at street level than under basement lighting.
Parramatta Road gives the heavily-signalised stop-start leg and the M4 is close enough for sustained-speed running. We use both. Low-speed transmission engagement and brake shudder show up in the first; wheel balance, vibration and lock-up behaviour only show up in the second.
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 Lidcombe. 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 Lidcombe 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.
Not in itself, but it changes what to verify. Confirm whether the seller is a licensed motor dealer, because that determines whether statutory dealer warranty and title guarantees apply. The PPSR check included with Comprehensive and Elite tells you what is registered against the VIN either way.
No. Lidcombe 2141 is inside our standard service area. Prices are $199 Essential, $329 Comprehensive and $449 Elite, GST included, plus $199 for the EV or hybrid battery health assessment if you add it.
Each vehicle is a separate inspection with its own report, because each one needs its own road test, scan-tool session and photo set. If you are looking at more than one car in the same area, tell us at booking and we will try to schedule them together subject to inspector availability.
Findings with photographs, severity, the scan-tool results, road-test observations, tyre and brake measurements, and a plain-language summary with the inspector's recommendation. Comprehensive and Elite also include the PPSR history check. It is written so you can hand it to the seller as the basis for a price conversation.
Lidcombe sits inside our Western Sydney 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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At the seller's address · from $199
