depending which state im in vic and got racv to do check for me when I bought mine, had books but still got it checked was there when they done it. they did everything from compression test,all driveline,testdrove for a good 15mins, yes mine is a x cop car and he was impressed with it, and if your there when he does it pay him extra $100 cash get him to write sum problems in like diff clunk,slipping auto, then go in for the kill and get a cople of grand off, trust me racv dudes don't get paid that well so extra $100 comes in handy hope that helps.