Pre-purchase checklist / 11 items
2016 BMW 320d M Sport
84,000 miles · N47 diesel4 critical, 7 worth checking
Tap a row to mark it pass, fault, then clear
0 Passed · 0 Faults
Pass / Fault / Not checked
Know every fault before you buy
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+ 29 more makes covered
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Models covered
11
Checks in a typical list
30s
To build a checklist
$3,200
Typical missed fault
Three steps, every car
Your buyer doesn't learn a new system. They answer five fields and read a list written for that exact car, nothing else.
One
Tell us the car
Make, model, variant, year, mileage. Thirty seconds at the auction rail or on the forecourt.
Two
We research the model
Recalls, technical bulletins, owner reports and known failure mileages, read and ranked for that exact spec.
Three
Work the checklist
Mark each item pass, fault or not checked. Add a photo. Everything saves against the vehicle as you go.
Does your inspection look like this?
Generic checklist
VagueCheck the tyres, check the oil, take a test drive
Owners' forum
Noisy1,400 replies · half of them arguing
YouTube review
Slow22 minutes before he mentions the gearbox
Service history
ThinTwo stamps, no invoices, no context
The seller
Biased“It's never given me a moment's trouble”
Generic checklist
VagueCheck the tyres, check the oil, take a test drive
Owners' forum
Noisy1,400 replies · half of them arguing
YouTube review
Slow22 minutes before he mentions the gearbox
Service history
ThinTwo stamps, no invoices, no context
The seller
Biased“It's never given me a moment's trouble”
Five sources, five opinions, none of them about the car in front of you. All describing a model in general, none of them telling you what to check first.
One checklist, in inspection order
This is a real checklist for a 2016 BMW 320d at 84,000 miles. Read it and you'll know exactly what to look at, and why it matters.
No forum threads, no guesswork, no generic advice. One page, one order of play, every finding saved against the vehicle.
What one missed fault costs
$3,200
The bill on one missed timing chain. A checklist costs far less than a set of tyres, and it takes just five minutes.
Check a carWhat VehicleFaults knows and what you keep
What it knows
The exact failures that model is actually known for
Not a universal tick sheet. Every item is tied to that engine, that gearbox, that build year, with the mileage the problem tends to appear and the evidence it came from.
What you keep
A record you can hand to someone else
Findings, photos and severity stay on the vehicle. Clean cars get a pass certificate you can put in the windscreen; the rest get a fault list you can negotiate with.
One bad car costs thousands
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- Every documented fault for that exact car
- What to look at, and how serious it is
- Printable checklist for the viewing
- Emailed to you to keep
3 reports
$19
for three carsShortlisting a few cars
- Three full reports, use them any time
- Compare cars side by side
- Cheaper per car
- Link emailed to you
Dealers
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- Unlimited checks and saved cars
- Photos and findings per item
- Pass certificate and advert image
- Stock feed sync and team accounts
Dealership · $59
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Adds your stock feed, your branding and your whole team on shared history.
- AI fault checklistsUnlimited
- Photos and findings per item
- Pass certificate and advert image
- Fault library and buyer guides
- Stock feed sync (MotorDesk, DealerKit)
- Your dealership branding on certificates
- Team members and shared historyUnlimited
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Why this exists
Nobody can hold the weak points of nine hundred models in their head. The car in front of you has three or four expensive ones, and they're always the same three or four.
A good buyer isn't the one who checks everything. It's the one who checks the right things first, on the right car, before the money moves. That's the whole product.
Questions, answered plainly
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