Sutherland sits at the top of the Shire on the Princes Highway, with dealer frontage on the highway and quiet residential streets behind it. We attend the car wherever it is standing and give you a photographed report before you commit — no need to drive an unproven car anywhere.
The Princes Highway and the rail line divide this suburb, and the road network around them shapes both where we can work and how the road test is built.
Cars on the Princes Highway frontage are parked close together facing the traffic, which is neither safe nor accurate for an inspection — you cannot hear an idle or a bearing over highway noise. We ask for the vehicle to be moved to the back of the site or a quiet side street with the keys available.
The Princes Highway and the motorway south give a proper high-speed leg, and there is enough undulation on the routes out of the Shire to load the engine and transmission on a climb. Both matter: vibration and lock-up need speed, and cooling and gearbox temperature behaviour need load.
If a tow bar is fitted, we inspect the mount, the wiring, the surrounding chassis area and the transmission's service history rather than treating the bar as a cosmetic accessory. Towing loads a driveline in ways ordinary commuting does not, so it changes what is worth checking on that particular car.
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 Sutherland. 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 Sutherland 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 — Sutherland 2232 and the surrounding Shire suburbs are inside our standard service area at the advertised price, with no travel surcharge. Give us the exact street address at booking so the inspector can plan around access.
The tow-bar mounting and its surrounding chassis area, the trailer wiring, transmission fluid condition and any available service history, rear-suspension condition, and cooling-system performance under load during the road test. Towing changes the wear profile, so we test for it instead of noting the bar and moving on.
$199 Essential, $329 Comprehensive and $449 Elite, GST included, plus $199 if you add the EV or hybrid battery health assessment. There is no Shire travel surcharge.
Yes. We attend licensed yards as well as private addresses, and we are independent of every yard we visit. Let them know a buyer's inspector is coming so the car is accessible and can be moved somewhere quiet enough to assess properly.
Sutherland 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).
Inspection in SutherlandBook a same-day inspection in Sutherland
At the seller's address · from $199
