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We do one thing: read the paperwork before you spend money on a mechanic. Here's what that means.
Buying a used car has three checks that matter: the paperwork, the mechanical inspection, and the deal itself. VehicleIQ reads the paperwork — the Carfax, the AutoCheck, the service history — and tells you if it's clean enough to justify paying a mechanic $150–$300 for a pre-purchase inspection. If the history is a minefield, a PPI is wasted money. If it's clean, you book the PPI with confidence and walk into the negotiation knowing what you're working with.
Every report gets cross-referenced against what a seasoned used-car buyer already knows: manufacturer TSBs (oil dilution on the 1.5T Civic, head gasket failures on the Focus RS, water pump on the Mk7 GTI around 80k), red-flag patterns (repair blitzes right before a sale, the same system failing twice, auction flips after private ownership, years of service gaps), and mileage-appropriate cost-of-ownership. You get flags tied to specific dates and mileages on your report — not generic platitudes.
We don't run a compression test, check frame alignment, pull OBD codes, or verify the VIN on the dash matches the title. That's what a mechanic does on a PPI, and it's the step we can't replace. We also don't re-run the Carfax — you bring the report, we read it. Think of us as the filter before the mechanic: cheap enough to use on every car you're considering, honest about what it can't see.
A real analysis on a 2018 Honda Civic Si. This is exactly what your report looks like.
Solid bones, but oil dilution TSB is unresolved and the pre-sale repair pattern suggests the owner is offloading known issues.
Regular oil changes every 5K, timing belt documented.
Early for a manual. Ask for shop receipt and test shifts under load.
10th-gen 1.5T known issue. Two oil changes in 60 days before sale is a tell.
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