San Marcos has a university, and a university means a steady trade in inexpensive cars sold quickly between people who are not mechanics. It also sits on a river with a serious flood history.
Booking starts with the ZIP the vehicle is in, so you know whether we can cover San Marcos before you fill in anything else.
On a three-thousand-dollar car, a failing transmission is not a negotiating point. It is more than the vehicle is worth, and the gap between a sound budget car and a worthless one is a single component that nobody looked at.
The Blanco and San Marcos rivers have flooded badly within living memory, and flood-damaged vehicles are cleaned up and resold well after the fact. On a cheap car nobody runs a history check, which is exactly where these end up.
Every inspection also covers the full checklist — engine, transmission, brakes, suspension, tires, body and interior — with a road test where the seller permits one.
Arguably it matters more. On an inexpensive car a single major fault can exceed what the whole vehicle is worth, and there is no warranty behind it.
Yes, and it is a standard part of the inspection. Water leaves physical traces in places a clean-up does not reach, regardless of what the title says.
It reaches you minutes after the inspector finishes on site.