Daniel Kovács
Lead car inspector at cardata - every inspection and buying guide on this site, in plain English.
About Daniel
Daniel Kovács leads the on-site pre purchase inspections at cardata and writes every buying guide on this site. A qualified vehicle technician, he has spent well over a decade checking used cars across Budapest and its agglomeration - engines, transmissions, brakes, suspension, electronics, bodywork and, on hybrids and electric cars, battery health - and reporting on them honestly, in English, for buyers who cannot easily judge a car themselves.
His writing reflects that hands-on experience rather than second-hand theory: what actually goes wrong on a given car, how a fault shows itself, and what it means for a buyer's money. The aim across all 205 articles is the same as the inspections - to give a buyer the informed, independent judgement a knowledgeable friend in the trade would, delivered in plain English.
Latest articles by Daniel Kovács
Buying a Used Car From a Deceased Estate
Used Car Exhaust Smoke Colours Decoded
How to spot a cut-and-shut used car
The VIN check: what a used car's number reveals
Common used-car scams and how to avoid them
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