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AutoGlance: Find The Best Used Cars Listings

Umar — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:01:04 +0000

When people look for used cars online, they often jump from one site to another to look for listings. But what if you could use a search engine that gathered listings from various online resources and that let you search them? AutoGlance offers precisely this.

AutoGlance is a web service that aggregates used car listings from Cars.com, AutoTrader, etc. You can search for their make and model. You can also specify the seller’s closeness to you by the zip code and searching distance. Your car results are arranged according to price. And each price range has a single car listed in front of it – this is the best offer. To view other offers in the same price range you can use the red buttons on the left pane.

To be taken to the listing’s official page, just click on a car icon; a floating window will appear where the link to the listing will be given.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Lets you search for used cars.
You can search cars by model, make, and proximity.
Results are displayed according to price.
The best results are displayed.
Similar tools: CLcarz, Ecoforecourt, Craigslist Car Research, Honk, Mota, MotorTopia and TrueCar.

Check out AutoGlance @ www.autoglance.com (By Umar from AllthatIsApple)

CarCareKiosk: Get Various Car Repair Video Tutorials

Umar — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:01:15 +0000

When you visit a car mechanic for repairs to your car, you are often presented with a bill that does not justify the labor put into the car. To save money, the next time your car is giving you any problems, you should first give the repairs a go yourself by getting instructions from CarCareKiosk.

CarCareKiosk is a free to use website that offers users video tutorials on various car repairs. What sets the site apart from other mechanic video tutorials is that special attention is paid to the car. Thus you know exactly which the car model the tutorial is for. After watching regular video tutorials you might have thought “My car isn’t wired like that!” with this website you can find tutorials precisely for your car.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Offers video tutorials on car repair.
Has a large collection of tutorials on various car models.
Lets you search for tutorials for the car model you own.
Similar sites: AutoMD Auto Repair, RepairPal and VehicleFixer.

Check out CarCareKiosk @ www.carcarekiosk.com (By Umar from AllthatIsApple)

BodyShopBids: Get A Car Damage Repair Quote From Local Shops

abhijeet — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:01:58 +0000

If you are a car owner and have ever needed to get a dent fixed, then you will know how much of a pain in the neck the entire process can be. Different repair shops give you different price estimates and you don’t even know if they’ll be able to fix the dent properly.

Body Shop Bids is a site where you can upload photos of the damaged car, create and submit a report of your car, and then get bids from local shops via email. The site almost guarantees the authenticity and credibility of all the shops it does business with.

Apart from the site, the service is also available via apps for iPhone and Android, so you could initiate the repair process from your mobile phone too. It doesn’t take care of other stuff like insurance though and is currently likely available only in the US.

Features

Get car damage repair bids from local shops via email.
Send damage photos and car report to get bids.
Similar website: AutoMD Auto Repair, RepairPal and VehicleFixer.

Check out Body Shop Bids @ www.bodyshopbids.com (By Abhijeet from Guiding Tech)

Fun2Rent: An Online Platform To Rent Your Vehicles, Vessels & Trailers

MOin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:01:02 +0000

If you own a jet ski, a snowmobile, or a similar recreational vehicle, there is a good chance that you use it only for a short time in the year. The remaining days, your vehicle remains idle, without being used by you or anybody else. An easy way to make some extra cash would be to rent out your vehicle to others and earn some money while you are not using it. To do this, the online platform Fun2Rent was created.

Fun2Rent is an excellent online platform made for people to rent recreational vehicles. You can visit the site and proceed to create an account either as a renter or a ‘rentee’. Your vehicle can be listed very quickly; while doing so, you can add a picture, location, and pricing details. You select which renting request to approve from all the requests you get on the site. Moreover you can add all sorts of details about your vehicle.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Lets you make your recreational vehicles available for rent.
Lets users find recreational vehicles rent.
Supports transactions through PayPal and credit cards.
Similar tools: Rent-Calculator, Kindle Textbook Rental, Zilok, eCampus and Rentalic.

Check out Fun2Rent @ www.fun2rent.com (by MOin from ThumbPress)

Drivia: An iOS App For Staying Alert & Mentaly Active While Driving

MOin — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 03:01:37 +0000

While driving long distances, it is common for the driver to get bored and inattentive to the road. This can have drastic results. In fact, numerous driving accidents take place simply because the driver dozed off while driving. Here to help avoid that by keeping the driver active is an iOS phone app called Drivia.

Drivia is sized at nearly 11MB, and compatible with the iPod, iPhone, and iPad running iOS 4.0 or later. The app is basically a game that the driver plays entirely through speech. The game asks the driver from various categories that the driver can choose from. If the driver takes too long to respond the app starts asking the question with a greater frequency and at a higher volume. Thus whenever you are about to get sleepy, you are made to pay more attention to driving by the app’s loud and frequent messages.

Features:

A user-friendly phone app.
Compatible with iOS devices.
Helps keep you active during long drives.
Helps avoid accidents.
Similar tools: Fly-Or-Drive-Calculator, DriveMeCrazy and DriveSafe.ly.
Also read related article: 6 Effective Tools To Avoid Police Radar Speed Traps.

Check out Drivia @ www.driviapp.com (by MOin from Thumb Press)

Carsort: Car Comparison & Recommendation Website

Hammad — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 03:05:14 +0000

Are you thinking about buying a car and don’t know which one you should buy? To make an informed decision which car come in your price range and will suit your needs, you should give Carsort a try.

Carsort is a useful online utility which can help users make an informed purchasing decision. The site lists all the cars that are available in your budget and categorize them on the basis of different features they have to offer like car brand, type, engine, seating and other safety features. Once you open any listing, it will show you all the details about that car, its price. Pros and cons, what other people say about it and more. If you want, you can compare it with other brands available in the market, check specifications like model, engine details, power, suspension and handling, brakes and more. You can even check out the pictures of the car and see whether it is good enough to suit your needs or not.

All you have to do is select the type of vehicle you are looking for and it will list all the options to help you make an informed decision.

Features

Find vehicles in certain price range
Compare different cars
Get detailed information about any car
Check user reviews about different cars

Check out Carsort @ www.carsort.com (By Hammad from TechnicallyDigital)

iOnRoad: Car Collision Alerts For Drivers (Android)

abhijeet — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:01:30 +0000

If you are one of the few always-on-alert drivers then you probably don’t need a tool like iOnRoad or any other collision monitoring tool for that matter. However, only some of us can claim to be in that category and therefore there is no harm in taking extra safety measures before hitting the road. This app for Android gives collision alerts and prevents you from having a head-on collision on a highway if you doze off unwittingly. It uses the phone’s camera to monitor the road in front so you’ll need to place the phone in your car accordingly.

It’s a free app and comes with some other features apart from collision alerts. The alerts can be delivered in audio so you don’t need to be looking at it while driving.

Features

Android app to monitor and prevent collisions on road.
Provides audio alerts.
Uses phone’s camera to monitor the road.
Similar tools: Last Call, R-u-buzzed and SlowDown.

Check out iOnRoad @ www.ionroad.com (via The Red Ferret Journal By Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)

AutoMD Auto Repair: Get Car Repair Guides & Quotations

Umar — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:01:30 +0000

A lot of car owners probably do not know much about car maintenance and repair. Mechanics often exploit this and overcharge customers. Here to you help solve the issue of car repairs is a web service called AutoMD Auto Repair.

AutoMD Auto Repair is a website that lists numerous DIY car repair guides. These guides come in the form of step-by-step articles and videos and cover all aspects of car repair. The site even helps you estimate repair costs.

The most useful feature of the site however is that it lets you get car repair quotations from various mechanics to compare deals and settle for the best one.

AutoMD also offers an iOS application with all the site’s features. The app is available for free from iTunes and compatible with iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad running iOS 3.0 or later.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Offers DIY car repair guides.
Provides guides as text and as videos.
Provides a car repair cost estimator.
Lets you get repair quotations from various mechanics.
Lets you find mechanics according to region.
Offers an iOS application.
Similar tools: RepairPal and VehicleFixer.

Check out AutoMD Auto Repair www.automd.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

Parking In Motion: Find & Reserve Parking Spots [iOS]

MOin — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 03:01:04 +0000

Driving can be frustrating if you cannot find a parking spot. A good idea would be to know where you are going to park whenever you head out. Parking in Motion helps you with this.

Parking in Motion is an iOS application that finds parking spots for you. Sized at only 2.3MB, the app is compatible with the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. The app lets you find parking spots in over 16,000 locations in more than 300 cities. This include cities from the US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain.

In addition to the parking facilities offered, you can also view the parking prices of each spot and reserve them in advance to conveniently park when you arrive at your destination.

Features:

A user-friendly smartphone application.
Compatible with iOS devices.
Helps you find and reserve parking spots.
Covers more than 300 cities from around the world.
Similar tools: Parkopedia, ParkWhiz, YouParkLikeAnAsshole, OpenSpot and Roadify.

Check out Parking in Motion @ itunes.apple.com/us/app/p-i-m/id417605484?mt=8# (by MOin from ThumbPress)

CLcarz: Easily Look For Cars On Craigslist

Umar — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:01:22 +0000

Craigslist is an excellent place to find cars people have put up for sale. The site’s native searching interface however has much room for improvement. Thankfully there is CLcarz – a search engine that helps finds cars on Craigslist.

CLcarz lets you search for cars available on Craigslist. The site does not require any registration and works much like a search engine. While searching you can enter the make, model, years between the model was released, and your price range. You can also specify the location you want the offer to be at.

Your search results are neatly shown and can be easily browsed. Each result includes a view of the details under the title; clicking on the result title takes you to its Craigslist page.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Lets you search for cars on Craigslist.
You can search cars by make, model, year, price, and location.
Displays results with a few details under each result title.
Similar tools: Ecoforecourt, Craigslist Car Research, Honk, Mota, MotorTopia and TrueCar.

Check out CLcars @ www.clcarz.com (By Umar from TechCityInc)