Pre-purchase inspection Dublin

Unless someone can get underneath it too, can they actually do a proper inspection?

Genuine question

There could be unseen issues if not getting It up on a lift but an inspection still worthwhile if buyer themselves are clueless.

Where car is . Is more important

Ya of course there are all sorts of characters operating there but in general, high change over of businesses etc doesn't inspire confidence.

The one car we did buy from there years ago, the log book never turned up and the manager was strangely busy whenever we rang. Silly stuff. We got the book ourselves in the end but that kind of thing messing is so annoying. Luckily never had to bother with guarantee.

Hi OP

Can I ask. do you have a car to trade in, if not would you consider buying privately? I bought a number of cars private over the years, all in Dublin as it happens,and I'm not from there.

I wouldn't dream of buying a second hand car from a garage, it's either privately here or UK.

I cannot comment on Dublin garages, but my experience in dealing with Dublin folk is that they are decent, reasonable people to deal with. Also their cars are well looked after with below average mileage compared to some of the scrap for sale 'down the country' - to borrow a phrase

Ridiculous statement to say you wouldn't dream of buying a car from a dealer , it's harder to get finance for private sales and you can get good warranties from main dealers

You must have been buying fairly high end cars privately to have all good experiences , also main private sake cars are way overpriced

You're showing your cocky southwest Dub side now and that's coming from a fellow Dub !

That's not the average car buyer though , most have a trade in and need finance. Private sales are great for older or specialist cars but buying from a dealer is still the best option for most!

Don’t mean to sound cocky at all, I have just bought and sold enough cars to know what I’m looking at and am willing to take a risk that what I’m buying has no major issues.

The reason I don’t need finance is because I don’t buy new cars or cars that I can’t afford. If others want to use finance that is fine by me.

But you are right, a lot people wouldn’t have a clue at what there looking at when it comes to buying a car

On the flip side tho if your getting a mechanical inspection done why would you limit yourself to just dealers? A mechanical inspection would be more worthwhile on private sale cars