Buyers' essential used tips

Everyone knows you need to check the clutch and brakes on a potential second-hand buy. But how do you actually do it? Identifying problem areas is the easy bit; examining them prop­erly is a job for the experts.

That’s why we’ve enlisted the help of John Gregory, a technical advisor at the RAC. He’s been with the breakdown firm for 25 years: first as a patrolman, then as a vehicle inspector. John takes us through eight essential checks for any used purchase.

See our RAC expert talk you through the used car checklist in video