🚙 2nd hand car buying guide

Look around it

• Milky oil cap
• Leaks (fresh oil) around engine connections and hoses
• Engine should be clean
• Tyres
• Rust on panels (cosmetic or totally rotten?)
• Rust underneath (axles, etc)
• Rust on door hinges

Documentation

• Service history
• Engineers report (for campervan conversion)
• Paperwork for parts (new engine, etc)
• When is the next service due?

Test drive

• Go up and down through all the gears
• Reverse
• Emergency stop
• Acceleration
• Left and right turns
• Wheel bearings OK?
• Everything must be perfect for daily drivers