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Hey I'm the co-founder of AutoGlance. Any feedback / comments / suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks!

MartinCron 15y ago
It's a shame that some of the selections don't seem to be mapped to the underlying data in a trustworthy way. If I do a filter on "convertibles" I get a lot of non-convertibles, which creates this tension of "did the last filter I did remove too many things that I would want to see".
- kapgoals 15y ago
  If you are selecting a body style from the homepage, its possible that you are de-selecting convertibles and instead searching for everything else (since all styles are depressed by default). You are the third person to mention this, so I definitely think we have a UI issue here. We will definitely figure out a better way to present the options.
  - MartinCron 15y ago
    Yes. That's it.
MartinCron 15y ago
The way you suppress listings that are "worse" than the one displayed is kind of weird to figure out, and sometimes really deceptive when the "best" deal is a $900 parts car that is masking a few $5K daily drivers.
spicyj 15y ago
I know exactly what Hipmunk is, but I have no idea what "Hipmunk for cars" is.
- dangrossman 15y ago
  I don't know why you were downvoted for expressing this thought. I had the same one.
  - artursapek 15y ago
    I see it. It's a strongly intuitive visual search for used cars, as opposed to airplane tickets.
    - dangrossman 15y ago
      The point of these "X for Y" little slogans is to elucidate what the site does by analogy. When I think Hipmunk, I think flight scheduling. There is no equivalent for cars, and this is not a car scheduling anything. Thus the "Hipmunk for Cars" line just left me confused... it failed at its purpose and shouldn't be used as it's not a clear analogy.
      - deleted 15y ago
        [deleted]
nthj 15y ago
Car was totalled today, and lo and behold a current HN headline has the exact tool I never knew I needed. Weird how often that happens. Thanks, guys. Excited to be a customer.
ktsmith 15y ago
I've done three searches now and have noticed that when I click "see listing" most of the links are invalid. Filtering to 100 miles in distance still returns results that are significantly more than 100 miles away (results from IL when using a CA zip code). It's interesting for a new site but not that useful for searching for vehicles yet as it probably needs more filters. For example, searching for a Ford F-150 returns a lot of results but someone buying an F-150 is probably going to have a specific subset in mind. Getting a ton of two wheel drive, standard cab with bench seat models when you want four wheel drive, king cab with bucket seats is going to be very frustrating.
- Poiesis 15y ago
  Yup, and sometimes particular option are the biggest part of the deal. I'm currently looking for cars that can sear 6+ passengers. Usually I see this as "third row seat". Don't seem to have that option. Also, the min-max sliders are a bit tricky on an iPhone.

It's a shame that some of the selections don't seem to be mapped to the underlying data in a trustworthy way. If I do a filter on "convertibles" I get a lot of non-convertibles, which creates this tension of "did the last filter I did remove too many things that I would want to see".

kapgoals 15y ago
If you are selecting a body style from the homepage, its possible that you are de-selecting convertibles and instead searching for everything else (since all styles are depressed by default). You are the third person to mention this, so I definitely think we have a UI issue here. We will definitely figure out a better way to present the options.
- MartinCron 15y ago
  Yes. That's it.

MartinCron 15y ago

The way you suppress listings that are "worse" than the one displayed is kind of weird to figure out, and sometimes really deceptive when the "best" deal is a $900 parts car that is masking a few $5K daily drivers.

spicyj 15y ago

I know exactly what Hipmunk is, but I have no idea what "Hipmunk for cars" is.

dangrossman 15y ago
I don't know why you were downvoted for expressing this thought. I had the same one.
- artursapek 15y ago
  I see it. It's a strongly intuitive visual search for used cars, as opposed to airplane tickets.
  - dangrossman 15y ago
    The point of these "X for Y" little slogans is to elucidate what the site does by analogy. When I think Hipmunk, I think flight scheduling. There is no equivalent for cars, and this is not a car scheduling anything. Thus the "Hipmunk for Cars" line just left me confused... it failed at its purpose and shouldn't be used as it's not a clear analogy.
    - deleted 15y ago
      [deleted]

nthj 15y ago

Car was totalled today, and lo and behold a current HN headline has the exact tool I never knew I needed. Weird how often that happens. Thanks, guys. Excited to be a customer.

ktsmith 15y ago

I've done three searches now and have noticed that when I click "see listing" most of the links are invalid. Filtering to 100 miles in distance still returns results that are significantly more than 100 miles away (results from IL when using a CA zip code). It's interesting for a new site but not that useful for searching for vehicles yet as it probably needs more filters. For example, searching for a Ford F-150 returns a lot of results but someone buying an F-150 is probably going to have a specific subset in mind. Getting a ton of two wheel drive, standard cab with bench seat models when you want four wheel drive, king cab with bucket seats is going to be very frustrating.

Poiesis 15y ago
Yup, and sometimes particular option are the biggest part of the deal. I'm currently looking for cars that can sear 6+ passengers. Usually I see this as "third row seat". Don't seem to have that option. Also, the min-max sliders are a bit tricky on an iPhone.