About
Why We Built Shufti
A used car is one of the biggest purchases most people ever make, and one of the least informed. The seller has known the car for years. The buyer gets half an hour with it, often with the seller watching.
In an ideal world, all of us would go and get a thorough inspection done by a trusted professional, but that's starkly at odds with what most of us do. At $250–350 a car, with a booking to arrange and usually more than one car to look at, most buyers go without. They turn up, walk around the car, ask a few questions they found online and hope for the best. Then they hand over thousands of dollars, and find out later what they missed.
Help at Every Level
Buyers start from very different places. Some know their way around an engine bay and only want to know what goes wrong with a particular model. Others have never opened a bonnet. We want to be useful to all of them.
That's why so much of what we do is free: common problems and checklists for 105 models and a checklist for any car, buying guides for every state and territory, and VIN and rego checks. For buyers who want more, the Shufti app brings it all together, from the first look at a listing to the final offer.
From the Founder
Hey, I'm Ed.
I founded and built Shufti after being that person staring at a car in the driveway, awkwardly wondering what to ask so it sounded like I knew enough and the seller didn't mess me around. And that's after spending most of my career working as an engineer in the automotive industry 😅 I couldn't help thinking that if I felt this way, as a supposed expert, then most people who just want to get through the process with a great car they can rely on must be struggling a bit. That's exactly what Shufti is for. It takes all the technical things and the endless reports, complaints, recalls and negotiation strategies, and distils it all into a simple, calm, guided process.
I read every feedback message myself and use it to decide what we work on next. The product is shaped by users, not a static checklist.
Feel free to email me at ed@shufti.com.au.