Pre Purchase Vehicle Inspections

[Chili]

I have a buddy who is shopping all over the USA right now for a used 05-07 F350 Diesel but he is very concerned with spending 30-40K on a truck that he can't inspect.

I seem to recall in the past seeing a service offered on E-Bay where the company had guys all over the US that would go out and do a detailed inspection including multiple photos for a couple of hundred dollars. Of course now that I'm looking I haven't been able to find any such service. Anyone have any leads on this type of service?

 

[oldguy]

Doug I know they recommended having it done but do not remember them having any one they used. I know they had a company they recommended for holding the Money in escrow until everything was received and in proper condition

 

[fatcat216]

I would think if you can't find an actual service, you could hire a personal property appraiser.

Having said that- you certainly could utilize the services of somebody like this:
http://www.autoappraisal.com/prepurchase.htm
http://c2c-auto.com/Prepurchase_Inspection.html
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2006/07/17/015068.html (See datascan:
http://www.datascanfieldservices.com/solutions.asp)
http://www.automobileinspections.com/
http://www.cars-on-line.com/insp-1stpg.html
http://www.jtcbiz.com/classiccarappraisals.html
http://www.vehiclevaluationservices.com/?gclid=CJSIibD5sJICFQx7PAoduwaULA

Somebody like that would be able to handle it. ;)

 

[Chili]

Thanks for the leads, I'll send him searching!