Pre-Sale & Pre-Purchase InspectionKnow the car before the money moves.
Quoted for your car
We buy cars like these for a living, and we look at them the way a buyer should. Have the car gone over before you commit to it, or before you list it, so the surprises are found on a lift and not after the wire.
Pre-Sale & Pre-Purchase Inspection
Quoted for your car
This work isn't sold from a price list. We look at the car, tell you what it needs and what it will cost, and you decide.
- What sets your price
- Your car, its condition and the exact product you choose
Starting prices are the lowest a service costs. Your price depends on your car, its condition and the exact product you choose, and is confirmed in a written quote before any work begins.
- Held to the standard of our own showroom cars
- By appointment only, never a drive-up line
- A written quote for your car alone, before any work
- Starting prices posted on every service
What we do.
- A mechanical and cosmetic look over the car
- What we found, in plain language
- Our read on what matters, what doesn't and what it may cost to put right
Quoted for your car
Know the car before the money moves.
What moves the number.
Every job is quoted for the car in front of us. These are the things that decide the figure.
What changes the price
- The car: the more complex it is, the more there is to check
- How deep you want to go, from a visual inspection to diagnostics
- Whether the car comes to us or has to be seen elsewhere
Good to know before you book
- An inspection reports the condition we find on the day we see the car. It is not a warranty or a guarantee of how the car will perform later.
- Some faults can't be found without taking a car apart. We'll tell you what was checked and what wasn't.
- Inspecting a car you don't own needs the seller's permission and the car made available to us.
Add to the visit.
Booked together, it's priced as one job.
Pairs well with
A starting price is where it starts.
These are exotic, luxury and vintage cars, and no two of them are the same job. Here is exactly how a starting price becomes your price.
Starting prices are the lowest a service costs. Your price depends on your car, its condition and the exact product you choose, and is confirmed in a written quote before any work begins.
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A starting price, then a quote for your car
Every starting price is for a smaller car, in good condition, with our entry product. From there, we quote the car in front of us.
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The car sets the price
A long-nose V12, a wide-body with vents and aero, a 60-year-old car on its original lacquer: none of them price like a daily sedan. Size, the complexity of the body, the materials and how much has to come apart all go into the quote.
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So does the product you choose
Films, coatings, tints and vinyls come in very different grades, finishes and thicknesses, and the difference in cost between them is large. Tell us the exact product you want, or let us recommend one; the quote is written for that product and no other.
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Condition decides the work
Two identical cars can need very different hours. Oxidation, deep scratches, old film or tint, earlier repaint work and heavy soiling are only clear once the car is in front of us, which is why we look before we price.
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You approve a written quote first
After we see the car you get a written quote for the work and the product agreed. Nothing starts until you approve it, and if we find something that changes the job, we stop and call you before going further.
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Honest about results
Some marks can't be removed safely, and old, thin or repainted finishes behave differently from new ones. Where there is a limit or a risk we tell you before we start. Times are estimates, and prices don't include sales tax where it applies.
Your car. Your price.
Two minutes here gets you a real number for your car, not a guess off a menu.
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Tell us the car
What it is, what you want done, and the product you have in mind if you have one.
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We look it over
In person, in good light. Condition is half the price and it can't be judged from a form.
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You get it in writing
A quote for the exact work and product. Nothing starts until you say yes.
Rather talk it through? (385) 437-1523