www.autotrader.co.za speed test — 20 Oct 2026
Measured from the wfix.shop server on 20 October 2026 at 15:46 UTC. Grade D (69/100), with the screenshots, the timings and the fixes that matter.
Where the first byte went
- DNS lookup 91 ms 6%
- TCP connect 313 ms 21%
- Server wait 1.08 s 73%
Measured on the connection that fetched the HTML. Every other request on the page waits for the end of this bar before it can start.
How this page compares
Every report published here is in this comparison, so it is a reference population of pages tested from one server - not a benchmark of the whole web.
What these numbers mean
- The first byte took 1.49 s. Everything else waits for that number, so the server is where to start: caching, a slow query, or an overloaded host.
- The page transfers 31.1 KB over 26 request(s).
- The HTML itself arrives gzip-compressed.
- It runs over HTTP/3, so the assets share a connection instead of opening one each.
Fix first: Server response time (TTFB) - Cut server think time: page cache, query indexes, fewer synchronous calls to third parties inside the request. Connection setup is distance, so a nearer region or a CDN edge helps instead.
Read on one shared server, not a visitor's phone: use it to compare pages against each other, not as a promise about every connection. We fix what these tests find.
The headless browser did not capture this page when the test ran, so only the server measurements are shown.
Page weight by type
What the page is made of
Transfer size, compressed as sent. 26 request(s) in total, 31.1 KB across all of them.
Top issues
Server response time (TTFB)
high impactThe first byte arrived after 1485 ms. Of that, 1082 ms was the server thinking and 404 ms was connection setup. A first byte under 400 ms is what a visitor feels as instant.
Fix: Cut server think time: page cache, query indexes, fewer synchronous calls to third parties inside the request. Connection setup is distance, so a nearer region or a CDN edge helps instead.
TLS certificate validity
high impactThe certificate for www.autotrader.co.za has 19 day(s) left.
Fix: Renew automatically (certbot with a working renewal timer) and alert on the certificate, not on the renew command, so a silent failure is caught weeks before a browser warning.
Avoid extra redirects
medium impact1 redirect hop(s) before the page load started, each one a full round trip before the first byte.
Fix: Link to the canonical URL (and make sure http, the apex domain and www all point at it) so no visitor pays a redirect first.
Waterfall
Slowest requests
Each bar is one request's own response time, scaled to the slowest. Assets were fetched in parallel, so the bars overlap in real time rather than stacking. first party third party
| Request | Type | Status | Time | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://www.autotrader.co.za/Bundles/client/assets/filter-DfjgNSjk.svg | images | 405 | 1.99 s | 0 B |
| https://www.autotrader.co.za/Bundles/client/assets/loader-white-BXVYhTAK.svg | images | 405 | 1.95 s | 0 B |
| https://www.autotrader.co.za/Bundles/client/assets/caret-down-DQpvM5So.svg | images | 405 | 1.90 s | 0 B |
| https://www.autotrader.co.za/Bundles/client/assets/search-2VVOXAmE.svg | images | 405 | 1.88 s | 0 B |
| https://www.autotrader.co.za/Bundles/client/assets/autotrader-logo-ARCMz5qL.svg | images | 405 | 1.83 s | 0 B |
| https://www.autotrader.co.za/Bundles/client/assets/logo-full-FKf7rdtu.svg | images | 405 | 1.81 s | 0 B |
| https://img.autotrader.co.za/49668698 3rd party | other | 405 | 1.72 s | 0 B |
| https://img.autotrader.co.za/51012118 3rd party | other | 405 | 1.72 s | 0 B |
| https://img.autotrader.co.za/47487103 3rd party | other | 405 | 1.72 s | 0 B |
| https://img.autotrader.co.za/51233068/Fit420x315 3rd party | other | 405 | 1.71 s | 0 B |
| https://www.autotrader.co.za/Bundles/client/assets/arrow-right-BFUoYmCE.svg | images | 405 | 1.71 s | 0 B |
| https://img.autotrader.co.za/49850116 3rd party | other | 405 | 1.71 s | 0 B |
| https://img.autotrader.co.za/49762682/Fit420x315 3rd party | other | 405 | 1.71 s | 0 B |
| https://img.autotrader.co.za/51007003/Fit280x210 3rd party | other | 405 | 1.70 s | 0 B |
| https://www.autotrader.co.za/Bundles/client/assets/info-B33YMzLS.svg | images | 405 | 1.70 s | 0 B |
| https://img.autotrader.co.za/50679485/Fit420x315 3rd party | other | 405 | 1.70 s | 0 B |
| https://www.autotrader.co.za/Bundles/client/assets/camera-Dz98dUJS.svg | images | 405 | 1.70 s | 0 B |
| https://www.autotrader.co.za/Bundles/client/assets/free-car-valuation-KqLokMXU.svg | images | 405 | 1.70 s | 0 B |
| https://img.autotrader.co.za/51134422/Fit960x540 3rd party | other | 405 | 1.69 s | 0 B |
| https://www.autotrader.co.za/Bundles/client/assets/car-finance-calculator-BWPbS3R2.svg | images | 405 | 1.69 s | 0 B |
| https://img.autotrader.co.za/50527199/Fit280x210 3rd party | other | 405 | 1.68 s | 0 B |
| https://img.autotrader.co.za/50908078/Fit420x315 3rd party | other | 405 | 1.67 s | 0 B |
| https://img.autotrader.co.za/50683241/Fit280x210 3rd party | other | 405 | 1.67 s | 0 B |
| https://www.autotrader.co.za/Bundles/client/assets/estimated-buying-power-marketing-Dd5m3BFZ.jpg | images | 405 | 1.67 s | 0 B |
| https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=1799656550460632&ev=PageView&noscript=1 3rd party | images | 200 | 1.42 s | 44 B |
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