Before you sign anything

Go outside and take another look.

You've agreed the price. The paperwork's nearly ready. This is the moment to pause — walk the car properly, panel by panel, and know whether it's a buy, a negotiate, or a walk away.

170+ five-star Autotrader reviews 48 five-star Google reviews Built by an ex-master technician
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Why this exists

I've bought the car that looked fine.

"I said to the seller — make sure the engine's cold when I get there. Two hundred miles later, it was warm. That should have been my sign to walk. I bought it anyway."

The next day, back home, it wouldn't start properly. Injector problems — on a 1.6 diesel Volvo, that's not a small bill.

That single missed moment — not checking a car cold, not pausing before agreeing — is the exact gap this app is built to close. Every question in it exists because something like it has cost someone real money, including me.

£250 per injector. A lesson I'd rather you didn't have to pay for.
How it works

One question at a time. No jargon.

A guided walk around the car — start to finish, in the order you'd actually move around it.

01 — SET UP

Tell it what you're looking at

Vehicle type, transmission, and whether the engine's cold — because a warm engine hides exactly the faults you're there to catch.

02 — WALK IT

Tap GOOD, NEGOTIATE, or CONCERN

One panel, one question, at a time — with a diagram showing exactly where you're looking, so nobody's left guessing what a "sill" is.

03 — DECIDE

Get a straight answer

BUY, NEGOTIATE, or WALK AWAY — with everything you flagged laid out, ready to email or WhatsApp yourself before you leave.

The green/amber/red system behind every question here traces back to Garrett Morgan, the Black inventor who patented the three-position traffic signal in 1923 — adding the amber "caution" position between stop and go that the whole world still drives by today. A small acknowledgement, seemed worth making.

Who it's for

Built for people standing at the car right now.

First-time buyer

The nervous buyer, or with someone who knows a bit about cars

A dad taking his daughter to buy her first car. A friend who "knows a bit about cars" but isn't a mechanic. Open the app together, walk the car together, and have a real reason to say "hang on a minute" before anyone signs anything.

The enthusiast

Knows cars but works 9 to 5

When you're short on time and need a useful structure to help you when you're stood in a showroom and the salesman is hovering!

Who's behind it

Not a generic checklist. A lifetime in the trade, written down.

Buyer Check comes from Slocombe Cars Ltd — built from years of buying, selling, inspecting and working on used cars.

The knowledge comes from the trade. This check puts it in your hands.

  • Ex master technician
  • Ex service manager & workshop controller
  • Runs an independent used car business — Slocombe Cars
170+
Five-star reviews, Autotrader
48
Five-star reviews, Google
£15.99
Per check — no subscription
Pricing

One car. One price. No surprises.

Buy a check the day before you view a car — like booking a slot. No subscription, nothing running in the background.

£15.99 / check
  • Full guided walk-around, start to finish
  • Try the first section free before you pay
  • Email or WhatsApp yourself the full report
  • Works on your phone — no app store, no install
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