cleanWe predict yourrecon costs.
FixPilot reads every listing, prices the recon at your shop’s rates, and gives buyers one number: the most to pay and still profit.
14,200
Cars graded with dealers
$1,840
Avg extra gross per car
11 min
To grade a 20-car batch
01buy86
2019 Toyota Tacoma TRD
02buy83
2022 Hyundai Tucson SEL
03buy81
2021 Honda CR-V EX-L
04watch74
2018 Subaru Outback 2.5i
4 of 20 shownranked by margin · updated 11:42
Works with listings from
Good cars are hiding in plain sight.
Between a 500-car run and a buy decision, three things quietly cost you margin. FixPilot fixes each one.
01
The problemHours lost scrolling listings
Buyers spend 15–20 hours a week reviewing auction listings by hand just to decide which cars are worth bidding on.
With FixPilot
We grade hundreds of cars in bulk and hand your team the 20 worth their time, so no more all-Tuesday scrolling.
4–6 hrs → 30 min02
The problemProfit buried deep in the list
The best deal might be listing #147, and nobody scrolls that far, so an $8K-profit car sells to someone else.
With FixPilot
Every car is ranked by margin, so underpriced inventory rises to the top no matter where it sits in the run.
$2–5K under market, surfaced03
The problemDamage the platforms miss
Frame and flood damage, prior paint work, and undisclosed issues rarely show up in the listing data itself.
With FixPilot
We read every photo for damage and wear, then price the real recon at your shop’s own rates.
frame · flood · paint, flaggedThree steps between a listing and a buy decision.
Every car gets the same workup: analyze, price, decide. Whether it’s a $12k Tucson or a $48k F-150. Same data, same rigor, every time.
01 · Analyze
Read every listing photo.
FixPilot reads damage, wear, tire life, and aftermarket parts straight from the seller’s uploaded photos. We tag everything that would show up in a physical inspection, plus things an inspector might miss.
clean framebumper scufftires 7/32″minor hail
02 · Price
Localized recon + market.
Recon costs from your own labor rates, parts, and transport zone. Market comps from live auction data and retail sold-listings in a 50-mile radius around your lot.
Recon$1,940 local body + detail
Mkt comp$27,400 12 sold, 30d
Margin+$2,560 / +11%
03 · Decide
A not-to-exceed price.
Every vehicle gets a hard ceiling, the price above which your target margin disappears. Your buyers bid with a number they can actually trust, not a gut feeling.
Ceiling · score 86
$22,900
See the damage before you bid.
Carfax tells you the history. AutoCheck tells you the auction data. FixPilot tells you what you’re actually buying, by reading the photos the seller just uploaded.
Damage detection from uploaded photosDents, scratches, panel alignment, paint mismatch, tire wear, interior condition.
VIN-decoded option packagesEvery factory option priced to your market, so you don’t underprice a TRD Sport.
What the seller’s notes really mean“Runs great” vs. “needs TLC” vs. “mechanic’s special”, all scored and flagged.
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cleanDriver side
door ding
door dingRear
bumper scuff
bumper scuffEngine bay
clean
cleanTire · FL
7/32″
7/32″Interior
wear: light
wear: light12/12 photos read · 2 issues flaggedrecon est. $1,940
No demo required
Want to see it first? Email me a real graded car.
Not ready to talk to sales? Send your address and we’ll grade a live auction listing (full photo analysis, recon estimate, and not-to-exceed price) and email it straight to you. No call, no calendar.
One number. No second-guessing.
The not-to-exceed price is the most a buyer can pay for a vehicle and still hit your target margin after recon and transport. No more mental math in a noisy lane.
Backed by your own margin targetsSet per-rooftop, per-inventory-band. Updated live as market comps shift.
Live comps from 50-mile radiusRetail sold-listings + wholesale auction data, reconciled against MMR and Black Book.
Transport + reconditioning baked inYour actual per-mile transport, your actual shop rates. No generic averages.
2019 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-RoadLot #48619
Not to exceed
$22,900
+$2,560
margin
margin
Floor
$19,400
Ceiling
$22,900
Market
$27,400
Bid below the ceiling, hit your margin. Above it, you’re buying someone else’s mistake.
Measured across real dealer groups.
$1,840
Extra gross per car bought, after 90 days on FixPilot.
vs. pre-FixPilot baseline
4.7×
More cars reviewed per buyer-hour, measured across 14 dealers.
Q3 2025 cohort
83%
Of recon estimates land within ±$250 of actual cost, post-sale.
n = 14,200 vehicles
11 min
Avg time to grade a 20-car batch, from click to ranked shortlist.
p95 < 18 min
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Our buyers used to spend Sunday afternoons cherry-picking 200 Manheim listings. Now FixPilot hands them the seven cars worth bidding on by Monday morning, and the recon estimates come in within $250 about four times out of five.
VP
FAQ
Questions buyers ask first.
Straight answers on how FixPilot grades, prices, and fits into how your group already buys.
FixPilot uses your actual labor rates, parts pricing, and transport-zone costs, set per rooftop. When a listing’s photos flag a bumper scuff or a tire at 7/32″, the recon estimate reflects what your body shop and detail team would really charge, not a regional average. Across 14,200 graded vehicles, 83% of estimates land within ±$250 of actual post-sale cost.
It’s the most a buyer can pay for a vehicle and still hit your target margin after recon and transport. FixPilot calculates it from live market comps in a 50-mile radius, your reconditioning estimate, and your per-rooftop margin targets, then puts that single ceiling number in front of the buyer in the lane.
FixPilot reads listings from Manheim, Copart, ACV Auctions, ADESA, Carvana, and IAA. It pulls the seller’s uploaded photos, the VIN, and the listing notes, with no extra integration work on your end.
Carfax tells you a vehicle’s history; AutoCheck adds auction data. Neither tells you what the car in front of you is actually worth to buy today. FixPilot reads the current listing photos for damage and wear, prices the recon at your rates, and returns a buy decision with a hard ceiling: the forward-looking number, not the rear-view history.
About 11 minutes for a 20-car batch, from click to a ranked shortlist, with p95 under 18 minutes. Buyers review 4.7× more cars per hour than they did working listings by hand.
Yes. FixPilot is built for multi-rooftop dealer groups. Margin targets, shop rates, and transport zones are configured per store, so the same listing can return different ceilings for different rooftops based on each lot’s economics.
Book a demo
Put a max bid on every car.
20-minute walkthrough with a product lead. We’ll grade a live batch against your own store’s recon rates and margin targets.