[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":467},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-2885720":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":5,"maker":10,"posted_at":11,"year":12,"points":13,"comments":14,"rank_in_year":15,"shown_in_year":16,"top":17,"tier":18,"category":19,"subcategory":20,"format":21,"keywords":22,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":44,"post_text":45,"what":46,"said":88,"maker_in_thread":248,"shape":258,"grid":262,"attempts":429,"same_week":430,"maker_shows":43,"maker_hidden":459,"reader_version":460,"card":461},"2885720","olegkikin.com","New way to search for used cars (my weekend project)","title","Show HN: New way to search for used cars (my weekend project)","http:\u002F\u002Fwww.olegkikin.com\u002Fcar_search\u002F","oleg_kikin",1313387993,2011,160,66,51,1097,5,"notable","web_saas","used car search","web_app",[23,24,25,26],"used cars","car search","price visualization","mileage chart","mixed",-0.046,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},9,16,6,11,42,{"design":36,"idea":38,"execution":40,"pricing":41,"performance":42},{"positive":37,"critical":17},3,{"positive":32,"critical":39},0,{"positive":39,"critical":17},{"positive":39,"critical":39},{"positive":39,"critical":43},1,[37,37,39,37,37,39,17,17,17,43,39,37,37,43,37,37,43,39,39,43,37,37,37,43,17,39,37,37,39,17,43,37,37,17,43,43,37,39,37,37],"Each dot on the chart is a car.\n\nHorizontal scale = mileage.\n\nVertical scale = price.\n\nThe size of a dot = year (newer = larger), plus I colored 2007 .. 2011 in different colors to find \"fresh\" cars quicker.\n\nThis is just some sample data from the last 24 hours, relatively cheap cars under $32,000 within 500 mile radius of NYC.",{"problem":47,"audience":57,"pricing":64,"motivation":65,"time_to_build":64,"stack":70,"openness":85,"stage":86,"team_size":87},{"value":48,"source":49,"evidence":50},"Searching for used cars with fixed filters is hard to compare value","inferred",[51,53],{"id":52},"post",{"id":54,"by":55,"text":56},"2886058","revorad","This is fantastic. I'm working on something similar for other product categories. One rule of thumb I'm going by is to show as few results to the user as possible. Shopping sites…",{"value":58,"source":49,"evidence":59},"Used car buyers",[60],{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},"2888408","dkokelley","What a great start! I think this has the potential to be a powerful tool for future car buyers. It will need some work first. The user interaction will be confusing to many.…",null,{"value":66,"source":67,"evidence":68},"Weekend project","maker",[69],{"id":52},[71,79],{"value":72,"source":73,"evidence":74},"Raphael.js for graphing","commenter",[75],{"id":76,"by":77,"text":78},"2886232","stef25","Very cool! How are you generating the graph, if you don't mind me asking? I'm using Google Charts for something similar. EDIT: ok seems to be http:\u002F\u002Fraphaeljs.com\u002F",{"value":80,"source":67,"evidence":81},"Gzipped JavaScript data file",[82],{"id":83,"by":10,"text":84},"2885971","I think it didn't like the gzipped JS file with the data. Not sure why, pretty much all modern browsers should support it.","unknown","prototype","solo",{"praise":89,"objections":107,"requests":162,"questions":203,"alternatives":222},[90,102],{"value":91,"source":73,"evidence":92},"Visualization is a novel way to spot good deals",[93,97,98],{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"2885756","jackpirate","I like the visualization. This could be a great way to visualize if you're getting a good deal or getting ripped off. Four things: 1. I don't see a way to change my location.…",{"id":54,"by":55,"text":56},{"id":99,"by":100,"text":101},"2885898","joelhaasnoot","One thing is that for some reason I'm expecting the good deals to be in the top right hand corner, most bang-for-the-buck charts work that way, while your graph shows it in the…",{"value":103,"source":73,"evidence":104},"Impressive for a weekend project",[105,106],{"id":54,"by":55,"text":56},{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},[108,120,132,140,151],{"value":109,"source":73,"evidence":110},"No legend for dot size and colors",[111,112,116],{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},{"id":113,"by":114,"text":115},"2887588","ajkessler","Very cool, with lots of potential, but definitely not done. The biggest annoyance is not being able to pick (or even differentiate) between different models of a particular…",{"id":117,"by":118,"text":119},"2886270","pyrhho","Desperately needs some sort of legend (at leas for the colors). I thought Fords were Purple, but then found some yellow, and some pink fords, and was thoroughly confused as to…",{"value":121,"source":73,"evidence":122},"Cannot change location",[123,124,128],{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"2885785","keyle","Pretty cool, would be nice to be able to click right on the spot to the open a new tab with the cars.com page. Would also be useful to change location. Also to drill down by…",{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},"2887035","martin1b","Very nice! Really easy to visualize the data and find what you're looking for without combing through hundreds of search results. Couple of thoughts: The colors are a bit…",{"value":133,"source":73,"evidence":134},"Too many cars make the chart cluttered",[135,139],{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},"2885795","gsivil","Nice idea! The picture is already almost unusable while you have something like 3300 cars featured. Do you have any thought on how to deal with that problem?",{"id":113,"by":114,"text":115},{"value":141,"source":73,"evidence":142},"Links hard to click once mouse moves off dot",[143,147],{"id":144,"by":145,"text":146},"2885849","bluehat","Pretty serious bug, I can't click any of the links because once I mouse off the circle the link is gone and I'm focused on a different car. (Firefox and Chrome on Linux)",{"id":148,"by":149,"text":150},"2886813","h6165","How do I click the \"Link\" for a car in the middle of the dot-cloud?",{"value":152,"source":73,"evidence":153},"Does not work in Safari on OS X",[154,158],{"id":155,"by":156,"text":157},"2885818","irfn","doesnt work in safari",{"id":159,"by":160,"text":161},"2885977","dw0rm","From safari error console: ``` car_data.js.gz:1 SyntaxError: Parse error ReferenceError: Can't find variable: car_data ```",[163,172,181,187,198],{"value":164,"source":73,"evidence":165},"Filter by model and year",[166,167,171],{"id":113,"by":114,"text":115},{"id":168,"by":169,"text":170},"2885954","brado86","Quick Suggestion: Could you add an option to slice by car model? People would be more interested in looking for cars by brand+model than just brand.",{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},{"value":173,"source":73,"evidence":174},"Add location selection",[175,176,177],{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},{"id":178,"by":179,"text":180},"2885808","prawn","Location and any other filters (particular makes\u002Fmodels or years or price ranges) would help with that. A front door of a site like this could have a screen cap, filter and then…",{"value":182,"source":73,"evidence":183},"Legend explaining colors and sizes",[184,185,186],{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},{"id":54,"by":55,"text":56},{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},{"value":188,"source":73,"evidence":189},"Filter out implausibly low prices",[190,194],{"id":191,"by":192,"text":193},"2886601","henry501","Maybe a price filter? Let us manually set the minimum to $1k.",{"id":195,"by":196,"text":197},"2885908","jmatt","There's a 2005 Bentley Continental GT for $29,800. Seems like a good buy. I think someone forgot a zero?…",{"value":199,"source":73,"evidence":200},"Price and mileage sliders",[201,202],{"id":54,"by":55,"text":56},{"id":191,"by":192,"text":193},[204,211],{"value":205,"source":73,"evidence":206},"Where did the data come from",[207],{"id":208,"by":209,"text":210},"2885834","b2spirit","Where did you find the used car data?",{"value":212,"source":73,"evidence":213},"Is there an API for the listing data",[214,218],{"id":215,"by":216,"text":217},"2885945","johnbatch","Have you looked at the Vast API. http:\u002F\u002Fwww.vast.com\u002Finfo\u002Fcustomapi",{"id":219,"by":220,"text":221},"2886236","Triumvark","I wonder if Carmax has an API...",[223,231,238],{"value":224,"source":73,"evidence":225},"Kelley Blue Book and Edmunds valuations",[226,227],{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},{"id":228,"by":229,"text":230},"2886937","spydum","Most excellent! I had dreamed up a similar idea years ago, but would compare listed price against KBB or edmunds valuations.",{"value":232,"source":73,"evidence":233},"Hipmunk-style car search",[234],{"id":235,"by":236,"text":237},"2886057","stevederico","Looks Great. Reminds me of a hipmunk for cars.",{"value":239,"source":73,"evidence":240},"Cars.com, Craigslist, AutoTrader listings",[241,244],{"id":242,"by":10,"text":243},"2885845","Downloaded 20 search results pages from cars.com. I wish I had direct access to their DB. Craigslist has a ton of car postings, but it's not structured in any way, will be very…",{"id":245,"by":246,"text":247},"2887587","msellout","Listings are valuable. I know AutoTrader.com works hard to protect its listings from mass downloading.",{"comments":30,"answered":249,"key":250},4,[251,254,255],{"id":252,"text":253},"2885774","Each dot on the chart is a car. Horizontal scale = mileage. Vertical scale = price. 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