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Guided Purchase | EUR 899

Personal support through your car purchase.

Guided Purchase supports private buyers through the decisive pre-purchase steps: sorting candidates, preparing seller questions, planning the inspection, structuring negotiation, and checking handover details.

More structure through handover, without dealer incentives and without false certainty.

Start Guided PurchaseReview one car first

How Guided Purchase is scoped

EUR 899 total; the EUR 89.90 deposit is credited, leaving EUR 809.10 before agreed discounts or credits. Includes 30 calendar days from a jointly confirmed start; up to 5 short candidate screens, including 2 full PDF audits with discussions; 4 30-minute calls in total, including the audit discussions; 8 consolidated written/email rounds.

Included work, timing, and additional agreements
  • The 30-calendar-day period starts only on a date both sides confirm, after the scope is accepted, the required payment is received, and we have enough information. The deposit alone does not start the period.
  • The package includes up to five short candidate screens. A candidate counts when its review begins; multiple listings for the same car count once.
  • Two of those five candidates receive a full Listing Audit with a PDF report and discussion. The existing 48-hour window starts only after payment and complete details.
  • The package includes four 30-minute calls in total. The two discussions for the full audits count toward that total.
  • The package includes eight consolidated written/email rounds. Each round covers one related batch of questions or documents and one substantive reply. Corrections for Vehilo errors are free.
  • We reply by the end of the next business day, Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays that apply at Vehilo's registered office in Bavaria.
  • One mutually agreed pause of up to seven days is included. Time when Vehilo is unavailable extends the 30-day period by the time lost; we jointly confirm the revised period end date. Seller delays do not pause it automatically.
  • Support ends at purchase closeout or on the adjusted period end date, whichever comes first. We accept no new work after the service end date; work accepted before that end is completed even if it finishes later. Once five candidate screens have started, we do not start new candidate reviews; advice for cars already included continues until the service end date.
  • For one jointly selected finalist, you receive seller question and message drafts, a plan for an independent inspection, negotiation preparation, and a handover checklist. You contact sellers and arrange external services. You can use one unused closing call for the same finalist within 14 days after the adjusted period end date; it does not include new research.
  • If you do not buy a car, you receive the comparison, reports, reasons for excluding candidates, and a next search step.
  • After the adjusted period end date, a 14-day extension is available for EUR 199: two short candidate screens, one 30-minute call, and two written rounds, with no full Listing Audit. It needs a manual agreement and does not renew or charge automatically.
  • An additional full Listing Audit with discussion costs EUR 149 and needs a separate agreement. By manual agreement, one previously paid EUR 149 Listing Audit for the same purchase may be credited at EUR 149 against Guided Purchase if you upgrade within 30 days after the payment date for that audit; its report and discussion then count as used inclusions. A EUR 349 search plan is not credited automatically.
  • If Vehilo declines the support before substantive work begins, we refund the deposit in full under the existing rules. Your statutory withdrawal rights are unchanged.

What you receive

  • Seller questions and message drafts before viewing, reservation, or deposit.
  • Missing-document plan: service history, invoices, HU/TÜV, accident status, warranty, import, or modifications.
  • Handover checklist: documents, payment, keys, tires, accessories, defect notes, and evidence.
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Start with a short buyer profile

Before payment, we ask for the key details about you, the car, the buying stage, and where you need support. Then we agree the scope and start date together.

The buyer profile covers four areas

  1. Your starting point

    Name, email, optional phone, and budget.

  2. Where the purchase stands

    Candidate or shortlist and current buying stage; listings or links, region, and timeline are optional.

  3. Where you need support

    How you plan to use the car and where you need support, with optional must-haves and concerns.

  4. Deposit and consent

    Optional discount code, payment method, deposit, and consent.

Request Guided Purchase

Your context first, then the deposit.

The package costs EUR 899. The EUR 89.90 deposit is credited toward it; EUR 809.10 remains before any agreed discounts or credits. We agree the scope and start date together. Read all package terms

Your starting point

Where the purchase stands

Where you need support

Deposit and consent

Payment

Your request does not confirm acceptance or a start time. The 10% deposit alone does not start the period; the scope and start date must be confirmed together, the required payment received, and enough information provided.

Guided Purchase is for you if

  • one candidate or a small shortlist is becoming serious.
  • you want help with seller communication, follow-up questions, and message order.
  • you want to organize a technical inspection but need to know what should be checked.
  • you want calmer structure before negotiation, reservation, deposit, or handover.
  • you need active support after First Look, Listing Audit, or Search Support.

Not for you if

  • you only need a quick first read - use First Look.
  • you want one listing reviewed - use Listing Audit.
  • you still need model direction and search filters - use Search Support.
  • you have a rare, emotional, or complex specialist project - Enthusiast Concierge fits better.
  • you expect Vehilo to act as dealer, agent, broker, technical inspector, or legal representative.

Deliverable

What you receive

Guided Purchase is practical buyer-side support. It stays advisory and manually reviewed, but goes further than First Look, Listing Audit, or Search Support.

Shortlist review: which candidates still make sense and which should pause.

Seller questions and message drafts before viewing, reservation, or deposit.

Missing-document plan: service history, invoices, HU/TÜV, accident status, warranty, import, or modifications.

Inspection planning: what a workshop, TÜV, DEKRA, or specialist should check.

Negotiation preparation: open risks, price arguments, timing, and reasons to walk away.

Handover checklist: documents, payment, keys, tires, accessories, defect notes, and evidence.

Guided Purchase helps you plan the steps before purchase. Technical judgement stays with a workshop, TÜV, DEKRA, or specialist.

How Guided Purchase works

1. Clarify the entry point

You bring one listing, an audit, a shortlist, or a Search Support direction.

2. Confirm scope

We check timing, candidate status, missing facts, and whether Guided Purchase is the right next step.

3. Prepare communication

You get seller questions, message drafts, and a clear order for follow-up.

4. Structure the decision

We structure inspection, negotiation, handover, and stop signals. Technical judgement stays with a workshop or specialist.

Support, not representation

Vehilo works independently on the buyer side. We help you run the process better, but we do not become the seller, dealer, inspector, lawyer, financier, or insurer.

No technical inspection and no replacement for workshop, TÜV, DEKRA, expert, or specialist checks.
No legal, financing, insurance, tax, or warranty advice.
No dealer, agent, or broker representation and no hidden seller commission.
No guarantee of purchase price, condition, negotiation outcome, fault-free status, or purchase completion.
No automatic seller outreach without your approval and no autonomous purchase decisions.

Related insights

More context before the next step

These articles help you understand common risks, documents, and decision points before moving forward.

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GermanyBuying a used car privately or from a dealer in Germany: what to establish firstCompare the actual seller, statutory defect rights, records and inspection access without confusing legal protection with vehicle condition.Read articleDocumentsChecking German HU and service records: build a vehicle-document timelinePut inspection, service and repair records in date order, identify inconsistencies and keep missing pre-import periods visible.Read article

Other options

If this entry point is not quite right

Choose the next step based on the question you still need to answer about your purchase.

Listing AuditIf you want a deeper review of one listing with a PDF report and discussion.Search SupportIf you need a car-buying search plan with model directions, filters, and up to five starting candidates or search directions.Enthusiast ConciergeIf the car is rare, emotional, imported, or unusually complex.