Interesting inspection. The US version seems to have a few differences. For an 80K mile car there appears to be no rust.
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No rust because its not from the rust belt. Carvana is an online version of Buy Here Pay Here car lot; its a lottery whether you get anything good. That body work, sub-Macco standard, was probably done by Carvana. It was a rush cosmetic job, and probably the paint will peel off in a year or so,
I’m not surprised “Car Wizard” considers the body shop to have dones a “pretty good job”. Used cars on lots in the US, unless “program cars”, even at main dealers, can be pretty shoddy compared to the UK. I brought a 1991 CRX in Alabama, back in 1995, from a Honda main dealer. I actually wanted a brand new Honda (a Civic Coupe), but as a Brit, Honda wouldn’t finance me, but they could finance me on a used car, and I wanted a stick shift. So my choice was limited, and I wanted to get shot of my 84 Cougar by any means necessary.
The CRX was on the front row of the lot, an ex-Tennessee car, no history. My choice was that or a 90 Accord Coupe. The dealer (remember this was a main Honda dealer) had managed to pull most of the dent out of the sill… The leather interior was trashed, no doubt from the sun.
The Rex was a clean car, but even though it was from a main dealer, it had overspray on the quarters, I guess from blowing in scratches. The buying experience for a 4 year old Honda from a Honda? Video’d attestation that the car was sold as seen, no comeback, no warranty.
Used cars in the States are both expensive, and at times, fit only for scrap. See this post=purchase evaluation of a 2009 Ford Escape hybrid. In the UK, not considered an old car, but this was from the rust belt Northern states was was basically scrap
The first 5 minutes it seems ok, minor issues with the tyre pressure monitoring system. Then you see the major structural rot on a 13 year old car. Oh, and a car fresh off the car lot is missing at least one lug nut.
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From my recall, very few of the cars that he spends time on doing interminable underneath inspections seem to have much problems. He knows how to talk with grand authority, but when you sit down and think about it afterwards, it’s all a big pose.
Yup.
He “inspects” a NB that is described as “minty” but which isn’t (one sill is shot, the other looks suspect, a faded airbab cover screaming scrapyard part, zip ties and clips on the intake suggesting a car put back to standard, no mention of the rollbar, gloss over the brass kitchen cupboard hinge repair n the arm rest).
Its for clicks. He gets guest appearances on Hoovies and some others.
This is a rust belt Miata
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