Pre-Purchase Car Inspection Service in Toowoomba

Affordable New Tyres and Mechanical Toowoomba provides pre-purchase car inspection services including reports for anyone thinking of buying a used vehicle. As qualified mechanics, each with over 10 years’ experience, we’ve dealt with all makes and models of car and are aware of the common problems that each model experiences. We’ll evaluate your vehicle, inspect the logbook, taking note of any inconsistencies, as well as inform you of what will be required at the next service.

Pre-Purchase Car Inspections Save You Money in the Long Run:

Think of pre-purchase inspections as a kind of insurance, either giving you peace of mind that nothing on the car is going to fail soon, or providing you with fair warning of any potential issues. It’s always worth getting a pre-purchase inspection performed by a knowledgeable mechanic, regardless of if you’re purchasing from a dealer or individual, as you’ll be saving yourself money in the long run; our hourly rate is significantly less than the cost of something like a transmission replacement.

Isn’t a Safety Certificate Enough?

Safety certificates ensure the car can operate safely, but they don’t tell you if the vehicle has been properly serviced or maintained, and mechanical faults can be imminent despite a valid safety certificate. Some sellers make efforts to hide problems in the short-term, making your test drive feel great, and stinging you shortly thereafter. Sometimes it’s simply not worth the repair costs, and for the money that you would spend repairing the vehicle, you could use towards a vehicle in better shape.

When performing a pre-purchase inspection, we thoroughly inspect all areas of the vehicle that we would during a major service, not just visually, but also physically testing them during an on-road test. In addition to checking for mechanical faults and wear, we’ll also look for and take note of cosmetic faults, including evidence of accident repair. After we’ve completed the inspection of your vehicle, we’ll provide you with a detailed report that outlines the areas that need attention.

Roadworthy and Safety Certificates in Toowoomba

Affordable New Tyres provide roadworthy and safety certification for vehicles in our Toowoomba mechanical workshop. Safety certificates certify that your car meets all current requirements to be driven on Queensland roads as determined by the government and are required by anyone who is selling a vehicle. Our roadworthy and safety certificates are fixed price, allowing anyone selling a car to ensure that it is safe for operation before transferring ownership. Please give us a call to book your car in for a safety certificate inspection with one of our qualified mechanics.

Safety Certification Performed to State Government Standards:

Roadworthy certificates are known in Queensland as safety certificates and are required by law when selling a road-registered vehicle. All our vehicle safety inspections are performed to Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads light vehicle inspection guidelines (available here), and we allow for no deviance from what it is required, as we assume full accountability should a car that is unsafe to operate be signed off. If we discover a problem during inspection, we’ll give you a call and provide a quote on the areas that need attention.

Repairing Your Vehicle for Sale:

Although we cannot deviate or exceed the requirements of a safety certification test, we can, however, make recommendations separate to the safety certificate requirements from observations we’ve made during the safety certification process. For example, safety certificates may not require oil leaks to be addressed, provided they aren’t dripping onto the road or exhaust, but nevertheless, an oil leak is a cause for concern, regardless of if your car is granted a safety certificate.

We recommend you undertake repairing your car beyond what is required from a safety certificate, as cars that are full of mechanical problems are difficult to sell, and you’ll be able to command a higher asking price when your vehicle is operating correctly.

Professional and Affordable Logbook Servicing in Toowoomba

Since 1984, Affordable New Tyres & Mechanical have been providing trustworthy log book servicing to Toowoomba residents that won’t affect their warranties. We pride ourselves on our tight-knit team of staff, each with more than 10 years’ experience under their belts, that constantly adapt to the ever-changing technological demands of modern cars. For cars under warranty, we use OEM parts and aftermarket which carry on the warranty to give you peace of mind without the dealership mark-up. Please give us a call on 07 4632 5566 or 07 4659 8699 to arrange logbook scheduled servicing at a time suited to you.

Our logbook services don’t just include what is required from the vehicle manufacturer; we include a full vehicle analysis for mechanical problems, a diagnostic scan for error codes, a wheel alignment check, as well as a scan for any degrading parts to notify you of what may need replacing at your next service. All vehicles are road-tested after you drop them off and prior to pick up, allowing us to get a feel for the vehicle and ensure that it’s safe for you and your loved ones; if we wouldn’t drive it, we don’t sign off on it!

Logbook Servicing: Keeping Your Car Healthy

Preventative maintenance is the most economical way to keep a car in tip-top shape, and if we find something not included at your log book interval that needs attention, we’ll give you a call to discuss your options. Furthermore, if we suspect a part has failed under warranty or poor workmanship, we’ll notify you to allow to get it replaced under warranty.

As more and more new cars are getting extended service intervals, we advise you not to go beyond the intervals required, as they can already be quite liberal. For example, many new cars are getting rated for 15,000km / 12-month service intervals, and driving on oil and filters 15,000km old can be quite unhealthy for the moving parts in your engine. It is for this reason that we only use Shell, Castrol, Penrite, Mobil, and AC Delco engine oils, as they carry warranties on engine failure caused by oil.