Macquarie Park is a business and university precinct rather than a traditional suburb — office towers, multi-storey car parks, a metro line and a growing band of residential apartments along Waterloo Road and Herring Road. Most inspections here happen in a car park rather than a driveway, and that shapes how we run them.
Multi-storey and basement parking, corporate and lease vehicles, and motorway access on the doorstep.
Office and shopping-centre car parks are the default meeting point here. They are level and sheltered, which suits interior, electrical, scan-tool and fluid work, but the artificial light and low ceilings make paint-depth interpretation unreliable and leave no clean underbody sight-line. We plan a short move to an open deck or street level for the body assessment.
A precinct full of corporate fleets means a share of the cars offered here are ex-lease. That often brings complete servicing and steady highway kilometres — both good — but it also means a financier may still hold a registered interest. The PPSR check included with Comprehensive and Elite reports exactly that against the VIN on the car.
Epping Road, Lane Cove Road and the M2 all connect here, so a road test can carry sustained speed and a loaded merge. That is where wheel balance, driveline vibration, steering pull, brake shudder and transmission lock-up behaviour are actually assessable, and it also lets us check adaptive cruise and lane-keeping systems at their operating speeds.
The precinct has a high concentration of workplace charging, and EVs are a normal part of the market. On an EV we read the high-voltage pack data directly for the battery health assessment, check charge-port and cable condition, look at the 12-volt system that still runs the car's electronics, and assess brake condition — which on a regenerative car often means checking for corrosion and seized slides rather than worn pads.
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 Macquarie Park. 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 Macquarie Park 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, and it is the usual arrangement here. The one limitation is light and clearance — paint-depth readings and the underbody assessment are far more reliable in daylight, so we plan a short move to an open deck or street level. All other work is done in the bay without compromise.
Often, because lease vehicles tend to be serviced on schedule and accumulate steady highway kilometres. The specific risk is title: a financier 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.
Yes. The EV and hybrid battery health assessment is a $199 add-on to any tier. We read the high-voltage pack data at the vehicle and report a state-of-health figure with the supporting data, rather than inferring condition from the dashboard range estimate.
$199 Essential, $329 Comprehensive or $449 Elite, plus $199 for the battery health assessment on an EV or hybrid. All prices include GST and travel — Macquarie Park 2113 is inside the standard Sydney service area.
No. We arrange access with the seller, attend, inspect 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 the inspector can talk you through them afterwards.
Macquarie Park 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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