Miranda is the commercial centre of the Sutherland Shire, built around The Kingsway and the T4 line with President Avenue running east toward the bay. We inspect the car at the address — driveway, unit block or kerb — and hand you the written report before any money changes hands.
2228 mixes established family housing with driveways and garages against a dense retail core where the parking is time-limited and the traffic is constant.
Plenty of Shire vehicles have pulled a trailer or a boat down to the water. That is inspectable, not guesswork: towbar mount condition and its chassis attachment, wiring loom and connector, rear spring sag and bump-stop contact, and on automatics the transmission fluid condition plus any stored temperature-related faults. We photograph the evidence and report it plainly.
Sellers sometimes suggest meeting near the centre. Time-limited bays with low clearance give no room to raise a car and poor light for paint assessment. Inspecting at the residential address is materially better for you, and where that is impossible we record exactly which checks the venue prevented.
The Kingsway is signalised and slow. Where the car is registered and insured and the seller consents, we road test toward President Avenue or the Princes Highway so the driveline sees sustained speed and the brakes are used from real speed — the only way vibration, pull, lock-up behaviour and shudder actually surface.
Between Port Hacking and Botany Bay, cars in the Shire spend their lives in air that carries salt. We check where corrosion starts rather than where it shows: brake and fuel line runs, subframe seams, sill and boot lips, drain paths and the spare-well underside, with photographs in the report.
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 Miranda. 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 Miranda 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 inspect and report the physical evidence: towbar mount and chassis attachment condition, wiring and connector, rear ride height and bump-stop contact, tyre wear pattern, and transmission fluid condition with any stored temperature faults. We report what is there and photograph it rather than speculating.
No. Miranda is inside our standard service area: $199 Essential, $329 Comprehensive, $449 Elite, and $199 for the EV and hybrid battery health assessment as an add-on to any tier. GST included.
We would rather work at the address. Centre parking has low clearance, poor light and time limits, and the car cannot be safely raised. If it is genuinely the only option, the report will state precisely what could not be assessed.
Yes. Air off Port Hacking and Botany Bay carries salt inland, and corrosion begins at drain paths, seams and fastener surfaces long before it is visible on a panel. Those areas are inspected and photographed on every job here.
Comprehensive and Elite reports are handed over on site before the inspector leaves; Essential reports arrive the same day. Each report is photo-backed and finishes with a clear recommendation.
Miranda sits inside our Sutherland Shire 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
