Buying at Auction? Inspect Before the Hammer
Auction cars sell as-is, no cooling-off, no comebacks. The inspection is the only protection on offer — and it has to happen before you bid.
Buying a car? Pre-Purchase Inspection Cranbourne West — $395
As-is means exactly that
Auction purchases in Victoria generally carry no cooling-off and minimal recourse: the hammer converts every unknown into your problem. Inspection windows exist before most auctions — that is when the $460 mobile inspection earns its keep, at the yard, on the viewing day, with a written report and a phone call before you set your limit.
The report changes bidding, not just buying: knowing a car needs $2,800 of brakes and bushes does not always mean walking away — it means bidding $2,800 lower with certainty while others guess.
FAQ
Most, during their published viewing windows – tell us the yard and the lot number and we confirm access same day where slots allow.
Whatever the yard forbids – some limit road testing. The report says explicitly what was and wasn’t possible, so the residual risk is named, not hidden.
That is 5% of the price to remove the blindfold on a no-recourse purchase. The cars where it “wasn’t worth it” are the ones people remember bitterly.
Book it in
Pick a day below and we’ll confirm your exact time by SMS. Fixed written pricing before any work.