About Buying Buddy
Practical help before you buy.
Buying Buddy publishes practical guides and free tools for Australian used-car buyers, with Queensland-specific guidance labelled.
Who is behind Buying Buddy?
Buying Buddy was founded by Jordan Lansbury. His current work is in used-car dealership operations. The site brings practical buying steps, evidence prompts and record-keeping tools together for people considering a used car.
Start with the free buyer toolkit. Optional buying help is described on the pricing page, with its scope and current availability.
Editorial responsibility
Buying Buddy is responsible for the guides published on this site. Guides carry the Buying Buddy publishing credit. They provide general buying guidance; an individual car still needs its own evidence and checks.
AI-assisted tools help prepare and maintain some site content and software. A guide is not a personal review by Jordan, a mechanical inspection or a verification of a particular seller or car. Jordan's written opinion is a separate part of the Buying Buddy Review service, subject to its stated availability.
How the guides use sources
- Link to official sources for registration, PPSR and consumer rules so you can check the original guidance and its scope.
- Identify Queensland-specific steps. Requirements elsewhere may differ; use the relevant state or territory authority for your purchase.
- Keep seller claims, buyer observations, source records and interpretation separate. Missing information stays unknown.
- Show a “Sources checked” date only when a source check has been recorded for that guide. An absent date does not mean the guide was checked today.
Rules and source information can change. Follow the linked authority for current requirements and obtain appropriate individual advice when the circumstances are unclear.
What a tool result means
Listing prompts help you request evidence. Checklist ratings are your recorded observations. Draft paperwork uses the details you supply. None of these establishes ownership, confirms a car's mechanical condition or guarantees a safe purchase.
A registration result and a PPSR search have different scopes. Check the physical VIN, seller authority, available history and condition as separate tasks. Use the buying guides for the relevant steps and source links.
Spotted something that needs correcting?
Use the contact page and include the guide URL, the passage in question and a relevant source if you have one. Leave out private vehicle, payment or identity documents.