Do you road test on the M5?

Where the seller consents and the vehicle is registered and roadworthy enough to drive, yes — a higher-speed leg is part of a useful road test and the M5 is close to Moorebank. Tell us at booking so we allow time for it.

Is Moorebank inside your standard service area?

Yes. Moorebank 2170 is a standard Sydney service area suburb with no travel surcharge. Essential from $199, Comprehensive $329, Elite Buyers' Protection $449, plus an optional $199 EV or hybrid battery health test.

Do I need to be there for the inspection?

No. Most of our customers are not present. We arrange access with the seller, inspect the vehicle, send you the written photo report, and the inspector is available to talk it through with you before you make a decision.

How soon can you inspect?

Same-day or next-day inspection appointments, subject to availability. Book online or call 02 8320 1246.

South West · NSW 2170

Pre-purchase car inspection in Moorebank.

Moorebank sits on the eastern bank of the Georges River, between Newbridge Road and the M5, with Liverpool immediately across the water. Most sales here are private, in a driveway or an apartment car park, and we inspect the car exactly where it is standing rather than asking you to drive an unproven vehicle anywhere.

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Qualified mobile inspectors
Written photo report before you pay

Buying in Moorebank

Inspecting a car in Moorebank, practically speaking

Three practical realities shape a Moorebank job: newer apartment stock with basement parking, the freight traffic along Moorebank Avenue and Newbridge Road, and immediate M5 access — which is the single best thing about road-testing a car here.

Basement parking is the most common obstacle

A large share of Moorebank's newer housing is apartments with residential basements, and a basement is close to useless for assessment. There is no daylight to read paint or panel gaps, no room to open doors, no room to walk a gauge and nowhere safe to run an engine while we listen. If the car lives underground, we ask the seller in advance to bring it up to the visitor bays or the street in daylight. That one request usually adds more value than any other thing you can arrange.

M5 access makes a genuine load test possible

The motorway is minutes away, which means the road test can include a sustained higher-speed leg rather than only suburban streets. That leg is where gearbox lock-up shudder, driveline vibration, wheel imbalance, brake pulsation and steering pull actually reveal themselves. If you are buying the car for a commute, tell us at booking and we will make the motorway leg part of the test.

A river-side suburb with a freight corridor through it

Moorebank Avenue and Newbridge Road carry constant heavy traffic, and cars that have lived on that daily stop-start run wear differently to garage-kept ones: brake discs, bushes, engine and transmission mounts, and cooling systems all take more heat and load. We measure rather than eyeball — brake friction material and disc condition with the wheels off where the tier includes it, live scan-tool data on temperatures and shift behaviour, and a pressure test on the cooling system before we sign off.

Worth arranging before we arrive in Moorebank

Ask for the car to be brought out of any basement or garage into daylight before we arrive.
Leave the engine cold — do not let the seller warm it up ahead of the appointment.
Tell us if you want a motorway leg in the road test, which is easy to arrange from Moorebank.

How it works

Booked, inspected, reported.

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.

Book online or call us

Send the listing and the address of the car. Tell us if there is anything specific you want checked.

We arrange the time with the seller

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.

The inspection happens at the car

A qualified mobile inspector attends the vehicle where it is and works through the full checklist, including a road test.

You get the report before you commit

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.

Inspection levels

Three levels, one flat price each.

Every price below includes travel within our Sydney service area, so there is no surcharge for Moorebank. All prices include GST.

Essential

$199

Afterpayor 4 interest-free payments of A$49.75

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

ComprehensiveMost booked

$329Save $33

$296

with code SAVE10

Afterpayor 4 interest-free payments of A$74.00

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

Elite

$449

Afterpayor 4 interest-free payments of A$112.25

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

EV / hybrid battery add-on

+$199

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.

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Straight answers

What a mobile inspection can't tell you.

A pre-purchase inspection in Moorebank 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 do not dismantle the engine, remove the gearbox or pull interior trim, so faults only visible during disassembly can't be ruled out. On Comprehensive and Elite, the engine undertray is removed where fitted, safely accessible and permitted.
We work at the vehicle's location, not on a hoist. Underbody checks are done on portable ramps where safe and permitted; seized fasteners, unsafe access or seller refusal are recorded as inspection limitations.
A cold-start assessment is only possible if the seller leaves the engine untouched before we arrive. If the car has been warmed up, we record that in the report.
The road test runs on public roads at legal speeds, so it can't reproduce every intermittent fault or a fault that only appears under load or after long distances.
A PPSR check reports what is registered against the VIN on the day. It cannot show unreported damage or work done off the books.
The report describes the vehicle's condition on the day of inspection. It is not a warranty and not a valuation guarantee.

Questions

Moorebank buyers ask us this.

We can attend, but a basement badly limits what can honestly be assessed — there is no daylight for paint and panel work and no room to open doors or work around the car. We always ask for the vehicle to be brought up to the visitor bays or the street. If it cannot be moved, the report will state which checks the location prevented.

Coverage

Also inspecting nearby.

Moorebank sits inside our South-West Sydney coverage. If the car you're chasing is a few suburbs over, it's the same service and the same price.

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Worth reading before you inspect

Booking a car in Moorebank?

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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