UK Car Inspection Services?

kosch · 14 Jul 2010 at 13:34

Hello

I'm looking at buying a car from a private seller and was hoping someone could recomend a good vehicle inspection agency (Cambridge, UK). The car is a 2007 Golf GT TDI 140 Sport.

So far I've found the following

AA Full £195
AA Basic £156
RAC Basic £132 with member discount
RAC Full £175 with member discount
Dekra Basic £120
Dekra Full £159

Does anyone have any recomendations or comments on the above services?

Thanks

Kosch

DM · 14 Jul 2010 at 13:49

See if you can find a VW specialist to do an inspection, if not any of the ones you found, they are all the same anyway.

[TW]Fox · 14 Jul 2010 at 13:57

Is it worth it on a car that new and that ordinary?

Fr0dders · 14 Jul 2010 at 13:58

if you're going to spend hundreads of £s getting it inspected just buy from a VW dealer and get a 1 year warranty. Anything wrong and you just take it back.

Rotty · 14 Jul 2010 at 14:06

is it still under manufacturers warranty ?

merlin · 14 Jul 2010 at 14:21

[TW]Fox;16943803 said:
Is it worth it on a car that new and that ordinary?

Spose it could have had a right good smack somewhere shortly followed by a less than diligent repair.....

DM · 14 Jul 2010 at 14:26

There's horses for courses if an inspection makes you feel better its worth the money, if it dont its not.

kosch · 14 Jul 2010 at 23:19

Hi

Thanks for the interesting replies

Its got until the end of July for the manufacturers warranty.

Paying 11k for it with 23k miles and a few nifty optional extras plus a years tax and MOT.

[TW]Fox · 14 Jul 2010 at 23:26

Shame it hasnt got the most important nifty optional extra, the 170 variant of the engine.

kosch · 14 Jul 2010 at 23:27

Yes that is a shame but it seems all the the 170 models around the Cambridge (40 mile radius) are quite a bit more expensive and with a higher mileage too.

DiG · 14 Jul 2010 at 23:48

kosch said:
Yes that is a shame but it seems all the the 170 models around the Cambridge (40 mile radius) are quite a bit more expensive and with a higher mileage too.

Perhaps travel a bit further then? An extra £40 on petrol for a car further away seems worth it when your spending £11k

Spamalot · 14 Jul 2010 at 23:53

DiG said:
Perhaps travel a bit further then? An extra £40 on petrol for a car further away seems worth it when your spending £11k

Yep, it's less than 0.4% of the over all cost. Either wait or go the extra distance for the car you want.