No Datsun?!? For "car guys" you need to allow searching by the platform code. Way more important and specific than the decade-spanning model names. For example "e30" should return '83-91 BMW 3 Series. Love that you can specify Slushbox/Manual and exclude salvage titles. Very annoying that middle-clicking car posting titles on the 'grid view' page does not open the cars in new tabs. I want to scan through the list and…
I've noticed that the kind of listings for "e30 m3" versus "1989 m3" is going to end up being from a different kind of owner...
Show HN: Craigslist Car Search
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Re: Show HN: Craigslist Car Search
#102You created a really nice site. Unfortunately, if you have any success CL will make legal moves to shut you down as they did with NotifyWire (which I created).
My software actually reduced server load on CL's servers when compared to the alternative (everyone using an RSS reader to do the same thing). So don't believe the BS about server load, they want complete control.
If you want to talk about what happened, send me an email ian@notifywire.com
Re: Show HN: Craigslist Car Search
#103Earlier quoted context omitted.
You have to enter a zipcode, sorry that's not clear.
Please add support for Canada. Heck, while you're in there, make it work world-wide.. CL is, so you may as well be.
Re: Show HN: Craigslist Car Search
#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
no idea what kind of car you were looking, but my last experience I took 1.5 mo to find a decent one. and then negotiation took another couple weeks. in all that time i was still "searching" craigslist, and I could see the same cars over and over. A few were fast, of course.
wasn't looking for a specific car, just wanted a good deal on a car that matched my criteria ended up getting the car 30% below the KBB value
I was just looking for any car in my budget that was in perfect shape. So, not unfair to pair almost the book value.