Pick your service and pay
Choose the live call or the written report, and pay securely through Stripe. Your payment receipt confirms the order.
Don't buy that car alone
Take a mechanic with you to buy the car.
Send the listing and VIN. Get up to 1 hour on a live video call with a real Apex Automotive mechanic — briefed on your exact car before the call — plus your full written verdict afterward. It's the closest thing to bringing us to the lot with you.
Book your call — $500
Pay securely through Stripe. Call scheduled within 24 hours, 8 AM–8 PM Central.
Researched, reviewed, and signed off by the owners of Apex Automotive, a working repair shop in Pryor, Oklahoma.
Your Live Mechanic Call
1 hour · your car
Mechanic briefed on your exact car before the call
Walked through exactly what to check in person
Your questions answered live, on the spot
How it works
Book, send the car, get your verdict.
Email the evidence
Send hello@getcarverdict.com the listing link, VIN, photos or notes, and a walkaround video of the car looking it over or running, if you can get one. For videos over about 25MB, send a Google Drive or unlisted YouTube link.
Get your verdict
Booked the live call? It's scheduled within 24 hours, and your written verdict follows the call. Chose the written report? It arrives within 24 hours.
Inside the report
The answer first. The evidence behind it.
A low price can hide an expensive problem. A high price can still be fair. Your report puts the records, the model, the asking price, and what you can inspect in person into one decision.
Verdict up top: BUY, NEGOTIATE to $X, or WALK AWAY
Asking price vs. a fair-market range built from real comparable listings
VIN decode, history red flags, recalls, and service bulletins
Known failures for that year, make, and model — plus likely repair costs
In-person checklist: exactly what to look at and listen for on the test drive
Negotiation talking points — including a word-for-word script
No surprises
See a real sample report.
This is the exact format every Full Verdict and Live Mechanic Call customer receives — verdict up top, fair-market range from real comparable listings, VIN and recall check, known failures with repair costs, an in-person checklist, and a word-for-word negotiation script.
View sample report (PDF)Choose the level of help
A smaller bill now can prevent a much bigger one later.
Pick the service that matches the decision in front of you, pay securely through Stripe, then send us the vehicle details.
Take a Mechanic With You
$500
Everything in the Full Verdict, plus up to 1 hour on a live video call with a real Apex Automotive mechanic. We brief the mechanic on your exact car before the call, walk you through what to check in person, answer your questions live — then your written verdict follows the call.
Book your call — $500Full Verdict
$349
The complete written report on one specific used car: verdict, comparable listings, VIN and history flags, recalls and bulletins, known failures, repair costs, your in-person checklist, and a word-for-word negotiation script.
Buy Full VerdictCheck-Engine Second Opinion
$79
You got a diagnostic code or a scary quote from another shop. Get a concise written second opinion on what it likely means and whether the quote is fair.
Buy second opinionA plain-English guarantee. If we miss the turnaround time, you get a full refund. Written reports arrive within 24 hours; Live Mechanic Call appointments are scheduled within 24 hours, 8:00 AM–8:00 PM Central, seven days a week. If the car sells before we deliver, you get a full refund. We can't promise the car is perfect — nobody honestly can. We promise a straight verdict from working mechanics.
Straight answers
Before you ask us about the car.
No fine print dressed up as reassurance. Here's what this service is — and what it isn't.
Who are you?
We're the owners of Apex Automotive, a real auto repair shop in Pryor, Oklahoma. Every full report is reviewed and signed off by us.
Is this AI?
AI helps gather research efficiently — comparable listings, recalls, and bulletins — but the owners of Apex Automotive review and sign off on every full report, and the video call is with a real mechanic, not a recording. The judgment call is always ours.
Do you inspect the car in person?
No — and for most cars, you won't need one. This is a written report — and, if you book the call, a live video call with a real mechanic — built on remote research plus a mechanic's verdict. If anything in the records or your evidence raises a flag we can't clear from here, we'll tell you straight, and give you a checklist of exactly what to look at and listen for.
What do you need from me?
Email the listing link, VIN, any photos or notes you have, and a walkaround video of the car looking it over or running if you can get one. Send videos over about 25MB as a Google Drive or unlisted YouTube link.
What if the car sells first?
You get a full refund, no questions asked.
How does the Live Mechanic Call work?
After payment, email your VIN and listing to hello@getcarverdict.com with the subject SCHEDULE MY CALL, plus two or three times that work for you between 8 AM and 8 PM Central. We confirm your call time, brief the mechanic on your exact car beforehand, walk you through what to check on the call, and deliver your written verdict afterward.
Why not just get a vehicle-history report?
A vehicle-history report is data. We turn the available records, real comparable listings, model-specific risks, and your evidence into a decision — buy, negotiate to $X, or walk away.
Don't buy that car alone.
Take a mechanic with you — a live call on your exact car, plus the full written verdict.
Book your call — $500
Pay securely through Stripe. Call scheduled within 24 hours.
Fine print
What a CarVerdict is — and isn't.
Clear limits, the same way we give clear answers about cars.
Expert opinion
Every verdict is an expert opinion for general information only, based on the records available and our experience. It is not a formal appraisal. No appraiser license is required for, or held in connection with, this advisory service.
Remote review
A CarVerdict is not a substitute for an in-person pre-purchase inspection. We never see, drive, or touch the vehicle, so a qualified local mechanic should inspect it before you buy.
No prediction
We do not guarantee any vehicle's condition, history, or future reliability. We promise honest, careful work — not perfect records or perfect predictions.
Independent advice
We are advisors only, not brokers or dealers. We do not buy, sell, or arrange vehicle sales, and we take no commission from a transaction — only the flat service fee you choose. We may pay a referral fee to partners who recommend us; it never affects our verdicts. Full details in our Terms of Service.
Refund promise
You receive a full refund if we miss the stated turnaround or if the car sells before we deliver. Written reports: 24-hour turnaround. Live Mechanic Call: appointment scheduled within 24 hours, 8:00 AM–8:00 PM Central, seven days a week.