{"id":40,"date":"2026-08-31T05:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-car-dealership-pro\/2026\/08\/31\/pre-purchase-inspection-checklist\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T05:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:51:09","slug":"pre-purchase-inspection-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-car-dealership-pro\/2026\/08\/31\/pre-purchase-inspection-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Our 160-Point Pre-Purchase Inspection, Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every car we sell goes through the same 160-point inspection in our workshop. Most of the points are quick checks; a dozen of them decide whether a car makes it onto the lot at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Engine compression and leak-down on older engines<\/li><li>Timing belt or chain service history<\/li><li>Transmission fluid condition and shift quality<\/li><li>Brake pad and rotor thickness<\/li><li>Tire tread depth and age<\/li><li>Suspension bushes and shock absorbers<\/li><li>Frame and underbody for rust or repairs<\/li><li>Cooling system pressure test<\/li><li>Battery health and charging output<\/li><li>Airbag and warning light diagnostics<\/li><li>Air conditioning performance<\/li><li>A 20-minute road test on mixed roads<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You get the full checklist with the car, signed by the technician who did the work.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What our technicians check before a car reaches the lot, and the 12 items that matter most when you buy used.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buying-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-car-dealership-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-car-dealership-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-car-dealership-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-car-dealership-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-car-dealership-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-car-dealership-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-car-dealership-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-car-dealership-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-car-dealership-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-car-dealership-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}