Riverton, Utah
Pre Purchase Inspection in Riverton
3311 W 12600 S, Riverton, UT 84065
Pre Purchase Inspection at our Riverton shop
A used car looks its best on the day you go to see it. A pre-purchase inspection at McNeil's Auto Care in Riverton is the hour that tells you what you are actually buying, before the money moves rather than after.
The inspection goes well past a test drive. The vehicle goes on a lift so the underside can be seen properly: corrosion, previous repair, leaks from the engine, gearbox or differentials, suspension and steering wear, tire condition and how evenly it has worn, brake life, and what the control modules have stored in their fault memory.
Riverton runs five service bays, which is why a lift can be given to a vehicle that is not yet yours. That access is the whole point, because the faults that matter most on a used car are the ones you cannot see standing next to it on a dealer lot.
You get a written picture of the vehicle's condition: what is sound, what needs attention soon, and what would be expensive. That is as useful for negotiating as it is for walking away.
Nothing is sold to you off the back of it, because it is not our vehicle and there is nothing to upsell. Book online or call Riverton, Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, and bring the vehicle in before you commit to it.
Questions
Pre Purchase Inspection in Riverton, answered
- Can you inspect a car I have not bought yet?
- That is the whole point of the service. Bring it, or arrange with the seller for it to be brought, and we will look at it as a vehicle rather than as a sale. We have nothing to sell you at the end, because it is not our car.
- How long does an inspection take?
- Long enough to put it on a lift and look properly, which is the part a test drive cannot replace. Riverton runs five service bays so that time is available rather than squeezed between other jobs. Book ahead so we can allocate the lift.
- What do I get at the end of it?
- A clear account of the vehicle's condition: what is sound, what will need attention soon, and what would be expensive. That is as useful for negotiating the price down as it is for deciding to walk away from the car entirely.
- Can you inspect an electric or hybrid vehicle?
- Yes. Riverton is EV certified with hybrid work in house, which matters on a used electric vehicle because battery condition and the high voltage system are the expensive unknowns, and they are not things a general used car inspection would reach or even look at.
Speak to the Riverton shop