Randwick sits between Anzac Parade and the coast, with the L2 light rail running through it and a mix of apartment blocks, semis and hospital-precinct traffic. We inspect the car where it is parked and give you the written report before you commit to anything.
2031 combines dense apartment parking, permit-controlled streets around the hospital and university precinct, and enough coastal exposure to matter underneath the car.
Parking pressure here is constant, and the streets near the hospital precinct and the racecourse are permit-controlled and full. A kerbside inspection needs room around the car and a legal spot for the inspector, so we lock the time and place in at booking. A driveway or block bay, where one exists, is always the better option.
Randwick is close enough to the coast for salt to reach the underside of a car. We check the specific places it starts: brake and fuel line runs, subframe seams, sill and boot lips, drain paths and the spare-well underside. It is inspected and photographed rather than assumed either way from the address.
Anzac Parade is dense with buses and light rail crossings, so a slow lap tells you nothing. Where the car is registered and insured and the seller consents, we find a leg with sustained speed and firm braking, because balance, vibration, steering pull, transmission lock-up and disc shudder only appear under real load.
Much of the unit stock parks in a block basement or a stacked bay. Diagnostics, electrical, battery, fluids and interior all work down there; paint and underbody assessment need daylight and clearance. We ask whether the car can be brought out, and anything the parking prevented gets named in the report instead of being left blank.
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 Randwick. 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 Randwick 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.
It can, and where it does you will not see it from above. Salt-driven corrosion starts at drain paths, seams and fastener surfaces, so we inspect those specific locations and photograph the result rather than generalising from the suburb.
Yes for diagnostics, battery and charging, fluids, electrics and the interior. Paint depth reading and underbody sight-lines need daylight and clearance, so we ask for the car to be brought up where the building allows, and the report states any check the parking limited.
No. 2031 is inside the standard service area: $199 Essential, $329 Comprehensive, $449 Elite, plus $199 for the EV and hybrid battery health assessment as an add-on. All prices include GST.
Where the car is registered and insured and the seller consents, yes — and away from the Anzac Parade crawl, on a leg that gives real speed and real braking. If a road test cannot happen, the report says so and explains what that limited.
Comprehensive and Elite reports are handed over on site before the inspector leaves; Essential reports arrive the same day. Every report is photo-backed and ends with a clear verdict.
Randwick sits inside our Eastern Suburbs 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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