The "X is the Y for Z" line only works if Y is really popular and the whole analogy is easy to get. In this case, I don't know what Hipmunk is...
Most people here do know what Hipmunk is, I think. Hint: http://www.hipmunk.com/
Show HN: AutoGlance is the Hipmunk for Used Car Searches
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Re: Show HN: AutoGlance is the Hipmunk for Used Car Searches
#12What data are you using?
Re: Show HN: AutoGlance is the Hipmunk for Used Car Searches
#13What data are you using?
...sorry if there's a faq, still offline
Re: Show HN: AutoGlance is the Hipmunk for Used Car Searches
#14wow, this is awesome
Re: Show HN: AutoGlance is the Hipmunk for Used Car Searches
#15What data are you using?
At the moment we're just scraping. Hopefully we can get some APIs worked out in the near future.
Re: Show HN: AutoGlance is the Hipmunk for Used Car Searches
#16Do you have an email you can be reached at?
Re: Show HN: AutoGlance is the Hipmunk for Used Car Searches
#17Do you have an email you can be reached at?
kapgoals (AT) gmail(dot) com
Re: Show HN: AutoGlance is the Hipmunk for Used Car Searches
#18Great analogy. Wonderful presentation.
I've been using autotempest.com to search across several sources but it is like rocks to a hammer when you compare the UI.
For rare makes (Triumph, Fiat, Delorean) I would like the ability to search only by make and for much larger radii. The only Fiat showing is the new 500, but there are plenty of older models available across the country.
Re: Show HN: AutoGlance is the Hipmunk for Used Car Searches
#19I've been working on almost exactly the same project, and a very similar way of displaying the best deals.
The main roadblock is not the UI, but the car data source. It looks like he is parsing other sites, and displaying their data. This is illegal for most sites, unless he uses their API or has a deal with them.
Re: Show HN: AutoGlance is the Hipmunk for Used Car Searches
#20Great analogy. Wonderful presentation. I've been using autotempest.com to search across several sources but it is like rocks to a hammer when you compare the UI. For rare makes (Triumph, Fiat, Delorean) I would like the ability to search only by make and for much larger radii. The only Fiat showing is the new 500, but there are plenty of older models available across the country.
We do indeed have the ability to do this, but we decided to temporarily restrict some features to help ease the load on our server today (most notably the maximum search radius of 200 miles).