Where independent Australian motoring and consumer media have come to us for the inspection-side perspective.
Aussie Auto Care founder our founding inspector walked us through the new 150-checkpoint methodology and why mobile inspections are eating dealer-supplied reports for breakfast.
Aussie Auto Care provided 12 months of data showing 38% of dealer-supplied 'safety reports' missed at least one major fault when independently re-inspected.
We sat down with Aussie Auto Care to look at six anonymised SoH reports from used Model 3s — three of them had degradation that would have cost the buyer $14,000–$22,000 in pack replacement.
our founding inspector on why mobile inspectors find more accident damage than hoist-based workshops (hint: it's the lighting and the panel-gap discipline).
Aussie Auto Care contributed the State-of-Health and battery-warranty section, including the model-year degradation curves now used as an industry reference.
Profile of a Northern Beaches buyer whose Aussie Auto Care PPI found undisclosed accident repair on a 2022 Outback — the report led to a price renegotiation and the dealer absorbing the repair cost.
Photo essay following an Aussie Auto Care EV inspection on a 2023 Polestar 2, covering charge-port checks and a battery-health assessment.
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