Mobile vehicle inspection passes a used car that others would've found not road-worthy
CTV
An Edmonton woman hopes others can learn from her experience after she bought a used car that turned out to be a lemon.
An Edmonton woman hopes others can learn from her experience after she bought a used car that turned out to be a lemon.
Gian Zsombar's 18-year-old son saved money for years to buy his first car. He found a private seller offering a 2009 Mazda 3 on Facebook Marketplace.
"[The seller] was super responsive," Zsombar told CTV News Edmonton. "He gave us the VIN right away."
She thought they had done their due diligence by checking the car for any liens and viewing its history.
"Everything seemed okay, so we went out there and took it for a test drive," Zsombar recalled. "We know that because it was an older vehicle, there was probably going to be a few things that had to be tweaked."
Zsombar found a mobile inspection company online that contacts the seller and meets them to do a test drive and visual inspection. She thought it would be a convenient service that would help provide the last piece of feedback before making the choice to buy the car.
"I don't know anything about vehicles, so we got the report back. It had a rating of great, 76 out of 100," she said. "We went through the report. There were some things to be expected, some mechanical things that we thought, for sure, we would bring it in and get them taken care of."
