Drakul
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Hey guys I'm looking at purchasing a 2005 VZ Calais through a private seller. It's only done 36,000km which is excellent for the year but it is still a lot of money to be exchanging through a private sale and so I'm going to do an RACV Comprehensive Inspection on the car before i go ahead with it.
It's $280 for non-members and gives the following description:
"Comprehensive vehicle inspections
A comprehensive vehicle inspection is the most complete survey of your vehicle that RACV offers. It checks even more components of the vehicle than a pre-purchase inspection.
Inspections can be done at one of our vehicle inspection centres or onsite at a private address. If the inspection is at a private address, there must be off-street parking available on a solid, flat surface (for OH&S reasons, a solid, flat surface must be available).
In workshops, the vehicle is placed on a hoist (where possible) so our inspectors have increased accessibility and visibility of components and the undercarriage.
The wheels are removed to allow access to check the braking components and the lining size and disc thickness are measured against industry standards.
If your vehicle is inspected at an inspection centre the vehicle's emissions are checked, which assists in evaluating the efficiency of the engine operation. The inspection is based on a visual external examination of components only. Components are not dismantled to examine internal parts. Some vehicle faults can be diagnosed only by dismantling the engine or are intermittent in operation and not evident from an external examination at the time of inspection.
RACV provides a 30-day mechanical guarantee on pre-purchase and comprehensive vehicle inspections, available exclusively to RACV members. RACV will provide a reimbursement on the cost of repairing a mechanical fault not identified on the inspection report, giving added assurance when purchasing a used vehicle."
I've never had such a test done on a car before and am just cruising for opinions as to whether it's worth the money and past experiences of using the service.
Cheers in advance.
It's $280 for non-members and gives the following description:
"Comprehensive vehicle inspections
A comprehensive vehicle inspection is the most complete survey of your vehicle that RACV offers. It checks even more components of the vehicle than a pre-purchase inspection.
Inspections can be done at one of our vehicle inspection centres or onsite at a private address. If the inspection is at a private address, there must be off-street parking available on a solid, flat surface (for OH&S reasons, a solid, flat surface must be available).
In workshops, the vehicle is placed on a hoist (where possible) so our inspectors have increased accessibility and visibility of components and the undercarriage.
The wheels are removed to allow access to check the braking components and the lining size and disc thickness are measured against industry standards.
If your vehicle is inspected at an inspection centre the vehicle's emissions are checked, which assists in evaluating the efficiency of the engine operation. The inspection is based on a visual external examination of components only. Components are not dismantled to examine internal parts. Some vehicle faults can be diagnosed only by dismantling the engine or are intermittent in operation and not evident from an external examination at the time of inspection.
RACV provides a 30-day mechanical guarantee on pre-purchase and comprehensive vehicle inspections, available exclusively to RACV members. RACV will provide a reimbursement on the cost of repairing a mechanical fault not identified on the inspection report, giving added assurance when purchasing a used vehicle."
I've never had such a test done on a car before and am just cruising for opinions as to whether it's worth the money and past experiences of using the service.
Cheers in advance.
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