Should I buy this used car?

Yes — that's exactly what this is built for. Get the VIN from the listing or the seller, plug it in, and you'll have the read before you write a check. Most pre-purchase buyers run a Vehicle Verdict ($79) to decide whether to keep negotiating.

Not at all. A lot of customers run a Verdict the week after they bring it home so they know what to budget for over the next 12 months. Same $79 — same read.

NHTSA recall and complaint records for that VIN. The known failure patterns for that exact year, make, model, and engine. The mileage band the car sits in. Regional repair-cost baselines. And we hunt for any open warranty extensions or TSBs the dealer might cover.

No. For a pre-purchase or just-bought read, all we need is the VIN, the mileage, and what you paid (or were quoted). The Vehicle Verdict works without a shop quote. If you have a pre-purchase inspection in hand, the Full Verdict ($129) digs deeper into it.

About 15 minutes from payment to delivery. Sent to your email when it's ready.

Those tell you the car's history — accidents, ownership, title brands. Useful, but they don't tell you what's likely to break. We do. We read the platform-specific failure modes at that exact mileage, so you know what you're walking into mechanically.

Most deposits are refundable before you sign final paperwork — check the language on what you signed. The Verdict comes back in about 15 minutes, so you'll know fast.

Every scoring decision is transparent — you can see exactly which factors contributed and why. If you believe a data source was wrong (wrong recall applied, incorrect mileage band, etc.), email smithperformanceproductions@gmail.com with specifics. We review every dispute.

Yes. We don't sell or share your information. Your VIN and the analysis are yours. We delete on request.

Only if you share the link with them. The Verdict lives at a unique URL — no one finds it organically. Most buyers use the Verdict privately for the negotiation, then forward selected sections (like an open recall, a TSB the dealer hasn't applied, or the regional repair-cost baseline) to put a number on a counter-offer.

Yes — that's the whole point of the audit trail. Every Verdict carries a permanent audit_trail_id. Same VIN + mileage + symptom on a different day, on a different server, produces the same Verdict byte-for-byte. We can re-run any score we shipped on demand and show which inputs and which engine version produced it.

Devon Smith. He ran a restoration shop — British marques were the specialty, but the work spanned the trade — until a critical motorcycle accident took him off the floor and closed the shop. Since then he has pivoted to building tools he wishes had been available for his clients — after watching too many customers make decisions without the information they needed, and watching others miss free coverage at the dealer. RepairVerdict is that tool: the veteran-mechanic analysis his customers should have had, completely automated.