Ex-Fleet Cars: Bargain or Trap? Inspect First
Fleet cars are serviced on schedule and driven without mercy — both things are true at once.
What fleet life gives and takes
The case for ex-fleet: disciplined servicing, honest kilometres, no teenage ownership. The case against: a hundred different drivers with zero mechanical sympathy, kilometres compressed into few years, and cosmetic care that ended at the pressure washer. Both cases are real, which is why ex-fleet is the single category where inspection changes the decision most.
Our inspection reads fleet life directly: driveline wear against the odometer’s claim, brake and suspension condition that reveals how it was driven, service-record coherence. $395 in our workshop or $460 at the yard — and the report says plainly which kind of fleet car this one was.
FAQ
Often gentler duty cycles and stricter servicing, but it varies by agency and role. The inspection answers for the specific car, which beats the category stereotype.
Not by itself – a 160,000 km highway fleet car can be mechanically younger than an 80,000 km short-trip private one. Condition beats odometer; that is what we measure.
Compressed-interval wear: brakes, bushes, seats and trim, turbo and DPF condition on diesels, and any sign servicing was box-ticked rather than done.
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Pick a day below and we’ll confirm your exact time by SMS. Fixed written pricing before any work.