Every MOT, the faults this exact model is known for, and a guided walkaround that ends in a price.
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Before you hand over the money
A car is the second most expensive thing most people ever buy, and the decision usually comes down to twenty minutes in a stranger’s driveway. AutoSpect is a used car check and a guided pre-purchase inspection in one: the official record before you travel, a walkaround built from it at the car, and a price to offer at the end.
One example car, followed from the registration to the offer. Every panel is the report’s own component on an invented car: real behaviour, illustrative figures.
Every MOT test and advisory, tax status, the mileage trail and open safety recalls, from DVLA and DVSA. Free, in about two seconds.
The registers say what the advert will not: outstanding finance, insurance write-off, stolen marker, true mileage, and the faults this exact engine is known for. It settles into one provisional score and a guide price.
Every check in order on your phone, the camera where a photograph matters, an advisor on every step. It holds your place if the viewing is cut short.
What you found, weighed against what the car is worth, turned into a figure with the evidence attached. The conversation is about the car, not about haggling.
A mechanic’s pre-purchase inspection costs around £150 and needs booking. The Decision Report is £29.99, for one car, ready in about a minute. The free check needs no account and no card.
One payment for that car, not a subscription. Nothing is charged if we cannot find the registration.
The Decision Report: a verdict on the car before you travel, its market value, the provenance checks, the faults this exact engine and variant are known for with what each costs to put right, and a guided walkaround that turns what you find at the car into a Purchase Score and a set of negotiation points.
The Decision Report is £29.99 including VAT, paid once, for one car. It is not a subscription: nothing renews, and there are no credits to buy. Looking up a registration is free, with no account and no card, and the free lane is not a trial that runs out.
No. Everything runs in your browser, the guided inspection included. Open AutoSpect on your phone at the car and it walks you through the checks, opening the camera when there is something worth photographing.
No. Most of the report is built from records, and it is worth reading before you decide whether the car is worth the journey at all. The guided walkaround is the part you do at the car, and you can stop partway and pick it up again, so a viewing that gets cut short is not lost.
DVLA and DVSA records for tax, MOT history and technical detail, Euro NCAP for safety ratings, and licensed commercial providers for the provenance checks: outstanding finance, write-off and stolen markers, and mileage verification.
No. It runs the register checks a history check runs, finance, write-off, stolen and mileage, and goes further: what the model is known for, what the car is worth, and a guided inspection at the car that produces a Purchase Score and an offer. See the full comparison →
The free check runs in about ten seconds. No account, no card, nothing to install.
