AutoGlance
Web and SaaS
used car search
SHOW HN2012
68points
30comments
#347of 1,677 in 2012
Top 21%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
5 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 7 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Design: 3 for, 4 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Easy to use and better than Craigslist
From 2 comments
Awesome! This is ridiculously better than Craigslist. A quick heads-up: Using the parameters provided in the HN link, a number of the listings are dead, including:…
AdleyEskridge on HNIt was really easy to use for my mom. Thanks =)
chaostheory on HN
Useful concept with good UI and information architecture
From 3 comments
Great work, I think this is going to be something special. Congrats on the launch! Quick things: it'd be nice to have a "tweet" button rather than a follow so I can tweet about…
yesimahuman on HNNice! You guys are definitely heading the right direction in terms of information architecture, UX and UI. I would like to see a overall price distribution reference with the…
jcarden on HNSweet! This looks really useful. Hope to see support for Canada!
fudged on HN
Objections
Many listing links are dead or already sold
From 3 comments
Awesome! This is ridiculously better than Craigslist. A quick heads-up: Using the parameters provided in the HN link, a number of the listings are dead, including:…
AdleyEskridge on HNI'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…
ktsmith on HNNice UI. Glad to see it improving. A few suggestions: - You should be able to edit all the parameters you set when you created a search (e.g., radius) - A keyword filter would be…
gnachman on HN
Filters map to listings unreliably, e.g. convertible filter returns non-convertibles
From 2 comments
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,…
MartinCron on HNI'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…
ktsmith on HN
Name 'Hipmunk for cars' is unclear
From 2 comments
I know exactly what Hipmunk is, but I have no idea what "Hipmunk for cars" is.
spicyj on HNThe 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…
dangrossman on HN
Feedback tab and cluttered layout are distracting
From 2 comments
Looks very nice. My only feedback so far is on the feedback tab that blocks content and is generally distracting.
pbreit on HNGreat work, I think this is going to be something special. Congrats on the launch! Quick things: it'd be nice to have a "tweet" button rather than a follow so I can tweet about…
yesimahuman on HN
Requests
Keyword search
From 2 comments
Nice UI. Glad to see it improving. A few suggestions: - You should be able to edit all the parameters you set when you created a search (e.g., radius) - A keyword filter would be…
gnachman on HNKeyword search is our number one priority right now. We wanted to have it ready for this re-launch but unfortunately things didn't work out that way.
kapgoals on HN
Single autocomplete search box instead of make/model dropdowns
From 1 comment
Pretty cool. One point that makes it less "Hipmunky" to me is the fact that for a new search I need to select a maker/model from a dropdown (there's no other option). Feels like…
aik on HN
Canada support
From 1 comment
Sweet! This looks really useful. Hope to see support for Canada!
fudged on HN
Year range slider
From 1 comment
Can you make it a bit easier to set a year range? Maybe a slider? Otherwise, it seems really useful and looks really good!
mikeevans on HN
Questions
Will dead listings be purged periodically?
From 1 comment
Awesome! This is ridiculously better than Craigslist. A quick heads-up: Using the parameters provided in the HN link, a number of the listings are dead, including:…
AdleyEskridge on HN
How would you monetize this?
From 1 comment
This is neat. How would you monetize this?
ricksta on HN
Alternatives named
Craigslist
From 1 comment
Awesome! This is ridiculously better than Craigslist. A quick heads-up: Using the parameters provided in the HN link, a number of the listings are dead, including:…
AdleyEskridge on HN
Hipmunk
From 1 comment
Pretty cool. One point that makes it less "Hipmunky" to me is the fact that for a new search I need to select a maker/model from a dropdown (there's no other option). Feels like…
aik on HN