First inspection when buying a used car from Germany

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Inspecting the vehicle is the key step when buying a used car. You need to take a close look at what you are dealing with and weigh up the shortcomings. How to buy a car in Germany and carry out the inspection properly: read about it in this article.

First steps of the inspection

When you start getting to know the car, check the external factors first. At the initial stage, “sniff out” the interior and feel your way around it. Work out as far as possible what has happened inside before: whether liquid has been spilled, whether there are cigarette burns. During a vehicle inspection the cold start is particularly important. The first minutes after starting from completely cold can “tell” you a lot of useful things about the car: how the vehicle behaves, whether the engine shakes or runs smoothly, and more. You can get a truly accurate assessment if it is carried out by an experienced person who inspects cars all the time. For an inspection of a car from Germany it is important to:

• Start the engine and listen carefully to its sound, identifying any unusual noises if there are any.
• Check the condition of the paintwork.
• Analyse the electronics.
• Look through the service book.

Listening to the engine

For an inexperienced person it is hard to judge how an engine is running by ear. You need to get used to the different kinds of knocking and to how the engines of different car brands work in order to understand them. Without knowing these particulars you may buy a model that later turns out to have serious faults. You can order a car from Germany through us, and then a specialist will give a professional opinion on how the vehicle is working, help carry out a full examination and complete the purchase. You can also bring a mechanic you know to the inspection, with the right equipment and many years of experience. Mechanics can listen in and identify knocking, rustling, rattling, cracking or any other “foreign” sound in the running of the engine. From an additional, unnatural sound they can also point to the likely problems, where the source of the noise is, and whether it is worth buying a vehicle with such faults.

Ordering a car

The company “Destacar” offers vehicle sourcing, technical inspection and document preparation. Our specialists will advise you on how to buy a car in Germany and help assess its external and technical features. Contact us in whichever way suits you: email, Viber, telephone. All the numbers are listed in the contacts section.