Basically, it will ask you dozens of questions about your vehicle; they’re as detailed as “Do you smoke in the car” and “Is the ‘Check Engine’ light on?”. While you enter in streams of information about your car a counter style price up the top will change depending on your answers.

After this, you select which publications and websites you want to have your car listed for sale in. Some of the top ones include Auto Trader, AOL Autos, Google BASE, Ebay Autos, Oodle and Cars.com. These sites get millions of hits every month and make thousands of sales. The database will also suggest specific car magazines and websites for your particular make of car.

In the next step, you answer a few more questions and customize your advertising preferences and you’re done! Your car will be listed on all of your selected sites within a matter of minutes.

Mota.com isn’t only for the sellers though, they also cater to buyers needs. You can search through their ever growing database of cars up for sale that sellers have posted for sale in the steps I demonstrated above. So instead of searching through eBay, Cars.com and countless other you can have them all in the one place!

Check out Mota @ www.mota.com (by Dean Sherwin)

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The site lets you search for drives by location on the map or browse by categories like road drives, trail drives and track drives. Each entry is presented with a distinctive marker clicking on which shows you more details.

The site also offer iPhone and Blackberry apps which enable you to easily plot your drives with photos, videos, notes, and then upload them to your NationOfGo profile.

Demo video:

Features:

• Discover cool driving trails in your city or state.
• Share your favorite places with other enthusiasts.
• Join groups and find driving events.
• Upload photos and videos.
• Search driving trails by location or by category.
• iPhone and Blackberry apps are available.
• Similar sitea: MotorTopia.

Check out NationOfGo @ www.nationofgo.com

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Features:

• Leave public anonymous message to drivers.
• Check any car number and see if it has been reported before.
• Browse recent and most popular reports posted by other users.
• No registration needed.
• Similar websites: Zapatag.

Check out EMAILACAR @ www.emailacar.com (via TechnoSpot)

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The site has a database of user submitted complaints searchable by make, model, and year. Moreover, it includes sections for the worst cars, most amusing owner complaints, current vehicle trends, vehicles with the most problems, latest car problems etc.

Features:

• Database of common car problems submitted by users.
• Search cars by make, model, and year.
• Check current vehicle trends.
• See vehicles with the most problems.
• Read latest car problems as reported by press.
• Check out worst cars and amusing owner complaints.
• Contribute by adding your car problems.
• Similar sites: MotorMouths and CarBibles.

Check out CarComplaints @ www.carcomplaints.com

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You can search for parking by neighborhood, address, cross street, or attraction. All available parking facilities near the search destination will be presented on a map along with the list that can be sorted by name and distance. Details for each facility including addresses and phone numbers are also presented.

As it was mentioned above BestParking also covers parking garages in every major U.S. airport enabling you find cheap parking spaces there as well.

Features:

• Compare and find cheap parking in NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Washington DC, and all major airports.
• Both short-term and long-term parking rates are available.
• Search for parking by neighborhood, address, cross street, or attraction.
• Sort parking spaces by name, distance and price.
• Details for each facility including addresses and phone numbers are also presented.
• Mobile friendly version supported at mobile.bestparking.com.
• Free and no registration.
• Similar websites: PrimoSpot and AboutAirportParking.

Check out BestParking @ www.bestparking.com

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Additionally users can watch or share motor vehicle related videos, ask questions through the discussion forum, browse through the listing of auto parts for sale or list their own items.

Features:

• Social network for car, boat, plane and bike enthusiasts.
• Meet and share opinions with others.
• Get updates on upcoming events.
• Join groups or participate in exciting challenges.
• Section to share photos and videos also included.
• Buy, sell or trade vehicles or parts.

Check out MotorTopia @ www.motortopia.com (Added by Tehseen RechargeYourMind.com)

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• Fuelly: Track, Share and Compare your Gas Mileage
• FuelCostCalculator: Calculate The Gas Cost For Your Trip

Features:

• Calculate fuel cost of journey between 2 locations in US
• Calculator automatically takes into account the up-to-date gasoline prices and your car model details
• Gasoline prices supplied by Fuel Gauge Report, EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and OPIS (Oil Price Information Service)
• View today’s’ average gasoline prices in different US geographical regions
• Free, no registration needed.
• Similar websites: DrivePricing and Fuelly.

Check out FuelCostCalculator @ www.fuelcostcalculator.com

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To reserve parking spot online, first locate the airport from the drop down list and enter the travel dates. You may also select some optional services. Then click on “Go”. Next, all available parking lots will be displayed along with their prices. You can sort them further by top results, highest rated, lowest price and the distance.

Features:

• Reserve airport parking online.
• Lists information on more then 400 parking lots at more than 100 airports.
• Lets you save money by comparing and parking at remote lots.
• Sort results by highest rated, lowest price and the distance.
• Similar website:  PrimoSpot.

View AboutAirportParking @ www.aboutairportparking.com

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How it works:

1. Sign up and estimate your personal monthly fuel consumption online
2. Buy a plan. Lock-in the gas at the current price for 3 to 24 months.
3. If prices go up, you will get a refund for the price difference. If prices go down, you can buy the gas at cheaper actual rates

This service works well, if you are certain that gas prices will increase in the future. On the other hand, if prices go down, you will benefit from lower prices but will still have to pay the fee for each booked gallon over the period of your plan (around $0.28 – 0.40 per gallon, depending on the lock-in period).

See PetroFix explained on CNN Energy Fix.

Features:

• Hedge against future gas price increases by locking-in a fixed price for a gas
• Lock-in a fixed price for 3 to 24 months
• Estimate your fuel consumption online
• If gas prices increase, receive money refund from the company for the price difference

Check out PetroFix @ www.petrofix.com (via TechCrunch)

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Besides the website allows you to browse and view latest, most commented and most favorite submissions. No registration required for browsing and searching the site however if you want to submit a report or comment on the posts of others then sign up is needed.

Features:

• Report bad driving online.
• Search site by license plate and see if it has been reported before.
• Browse the site and view latest, most commented and most favorited submissions.
• Comment on other reports and collect your favorites.

Check out Zapatag @ www.zapatag.com (via Downloadsquad)

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Armed with this information you can negotiate a better car price at your local dealership and won’t have to overpay for the vehicle. The data is based on recent car sales statistics from your area and lets you see whether you are getting it at a great price, good price or it’s overpriced.

It works in 3 steps: Select your zip code, choose car model and options and click to view the price report on an interactive chart. View the dealer, invoice, sticker and overall average prices. See additional details such as historical prices and find out what others paid for the model nationally. No registration needed.

Features:

• Find out what people pay for new cars in your area.
• Browse the average invoice and sticker prices of recently sold cars.
• Select your area, choose the vehicle model and options and click to view the car price report on an interactive chart.
• View historical prices and the average national prices for the car.
• No registration needed.
• Similar sites: PriceHub and MotorMouths.

Check out Truecar @ www.truecar.com

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Features:

• Car maintenance guides to you look after your car like a pro.
• Detailed illustrated guides on different car parts such as suspension, brakes, engines, transmissions and more.
• General car maintenance tips and advice.
• No signup or registration needed to access the guides.
• Similar websites: VehicleFixer.

Check out CarBibles @ www.carbibles.com

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Features:

• Calculate your car commuting expenses.
• View your you daily, weekly and monthly totals.
• Integrated Google Maps showing the commute route.
• Available only for United States.
• No signup required.
• Similar websites: Drive Pricing and MyMileMaker.

Check out CommutePrice @ www.commuteprice.com

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By default CarRentals brings results sorted by price but you can easily sort them further by vendor, distance, car type and vendor location.

Features:

• Car rental rate comparison site.
• Compare car rental rates from major vendorslike Avis, Hertz, Sixt and many others.
• Sort results by daily rental price, car type, location and more.
• Toll free support number available 24 hours a day.
• No signup required.

Check out CarRentals @ www.carrentals.com

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You can search the site by car model or browse reviews by make, style, score or MPG. Car reviews can be sorted by critic credibility, review date and score given to the vehicle. Sources for car reviews include Car & Driver, MotorAuthority.com, Road & Truck, Cars.com, Automobile magazine, automobile sections of New York Times, Wall Street Journal and others.

Features:

• Find published car reviews and rankings.
• See the average vehicle score given to a new car by car critics.
• Search for make/model or browse reviewed cars by make, style, score and MPG.
• Sort reviews by critic credibility, review date and score given to the vehicle.
• Reviews are aggregated from online car publications such as Car and Driver,  MotorAuthority, Road & Truck, Cars.com, Automobile magazine, automobile sections of New York Times, Wall Street Journal and others.
• Clean interface and easy navigation.
• No registration or email needed.
• Other sites for car reviews: CarZen and PriceHub.

Check out MotorMouths @ www.motormouths.com

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To check the accident stats in your area, simply enter a city name, zip code and click on the “GO” button. Yhen you should see accidents in your area shown on the map marked with different color markers. Each color representing particular number of incidents. To learn more about specific accident simply click on its marker.

Features:

• Find out fatal traffic accident rates in your area.
• All accidents are presented on the map with colored markers.
• The data is obtained from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
• To check your area, simply enter city name, zip code or address.
• Free. No signup needed.
• US only.

Check out RiskyRoads @ www.riskyroads.org

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How it works:

1. Select Year, Make and Model of the car
2. Press “Find Parts”
3. Choose auto parts category
4. Select item
5. Compare prices & select the vendor

Features:

• Car parts price comparison shopping.
• Search & compare prices from over 50 retailers
• Narrow down search results by parts type, car brand, category, parts brand.
• See what other vehicles does a particular part fits with.
• Free, no registration.

Check out FrugalMechanic @ www.frugalmechanic.com

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The site is completely free and no registration required for watching videos. Registering on the site will let you keep track of your gas mileage, keep track of maintenance schedule and get alerts.

Features:

• Collection of free guided auto repair videos.
• Browse videos by vehicle name or job type.
• Register to keep track keep track of your gas mileage, maintenance schedule and get alerts.

Check out VehicleFixer @ www.vehiclefixer.com

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Features

• Find cheapest gas prices in your area
• Track your gas spending
• Report cheapest gas prices in town
• Similar websites: Fuelly, GasBuddy, FuelMeUp and GasPenny.

Check out OhMyGas @ www.ohmygas.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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Features:

• Track fuel efficiency of your car.
• Mobile optimized: easy to use interface when accessed from mobile phone.
• Customizable metrics: Liters/Kilometer or Miles/Gallon.
• Similar websites: Fuelly (compare with others) and MyMileMaker.

There is one thing to keep in mind though, by default the site reports numbers as km/l (kilometers per liter). If that doesn’t tell you much you can easily convert the units to miles per gallon using earlier mentioned ConvertCenter.

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Here is how it works:

First it asks you what you are looking for in terms of price, size, needs, comfort, convenience, entertainment, safety, make, and quality. And also how important each of those factors.

Once you have give the info, it will return you a list of cars that it believes suite your needs best. From here you can easily choose the ones you like most and them to favorites.

Features:

• Discover cars that fit your needs most.
• Narrow searches by brand, car accessories (sunroof, power seats), cargo capacity, etc.
• Keep a history for your searches and save selected cars in yor account (signup needed).
• Get additional info and tips on buying a car.

Check out CarZen @ www.carzen.com

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Features:

• Find the cheapest gas station in your area.
• Simple to use and no registration.
• United States only
• Similar websites: Fuelly, GasBuddy and FuelMeUp.

Apart from websites for checking gas prices we covered several other tools that savvy car owners might find useful. For instance, using CostToDrive drivers are able to easimate the cost of dricing from one city to another. See MakeUseOf cars category for more.

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The site shows real prices paid at dealerships by actual consumers. For those who have already purchased a car, they can submit the price and see how they rank compared to other buyers of the same vehicle. Great way to find out whether it was a good deal or a rip off.

See a sample screenshot showing Prices Paid for 2008 Honda Civic

Feature List:

• Browse Prices Paid for cars by car model and make.
• See MSRP (Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price), invoice price, price paid, and dollar savings.
• Also see dealership name, date of purchase, and buyer rating & comments.
• Sort listings by largest “% off MSRP”, city and state.
• Prices are ranked and given a letter grade from A to F.
• Submit your price and see how you rank compared to other buyers.
• Check out the avg. % off MSRP and avg. dollar savings for each make/model.

Visit RealCarTips @ www.realcartips.com

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Features:

• Download high quality car wallpapers for free.
• Search, browse by category and rate.
• Check out top rated and featured wallpapers.
• Eembed any wallpapers onto your blog or forum.
• No signup needed

Check out Autoknock @ www.autoknock.com

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As some of you might rememeber we have already covered DrivePricing. CostToDrive does pretty much the same thing. Enter your starting and destination points, car model and make year, and get back an estimated gas mileage cost.

Features :

• Get estimates on how much it will cost you to drive from one city to another.
• See the route map (covers only routes within United States).
• No registration required.

Check out CostToDrive @ www.costtodrive.com

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Trapster’s maps are user generated and through it’s mobile app users can report speed traps with a push of a button thereby making the maps more accurate. Currently it offers mobile apps for Windows Mobile, the BlackBerry, S60 smart phones, Nokia N95 and very soon it will offer for iPhone 3G too.

See Trapster Coverage on NBC TechNow

Apart from Trapster, there is also a website called Speedtrap, MakeUseOf writer Karl reviewed it here. And if you’re from Europe, then also check out Foxytag – a free, legal and collaborative system to signal speed cameras on mobile phones.

Check out Trapster @ www.trapster.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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- how much you are paying for a tank of fuel,
- how much you have paid in total,
- the amount you have saved,
- and so on.

You can even compare your fuel consumption with some other user who has the same type of car. By looking at all these data you can find out how much money you can save on gas with small driving changes.

It further lets you browse MPG (miles per gallon) data for differen car models. Almost 4000 car models represented.

Features:

• Track gas mileage and see how much you can save.
• Check out data of other drivers with similar cars.
• See how your mileage compares with EPA estimates.
• Get MPG data for different car models.
• Tips to minimize the fuel consumption.
• Check out tips and a discussion forum section for advice.
• Access Fuelly website directly from your mobile phone.

Talking about fuel consuption and costs I think you might be also interested in one article we have published couple of months ago. See “6 Smart Websites To Save Money on Gas“. Also see GasForFree (free gas in exchange for ads on your car), FuelMeUp (gas prices in your area) and MyMileMaker.

Check out Fuelly @ www.fuelly.com

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Drive Pricing calculates the total length of the trip and gas cost. The gas cost estimation is heavily based on the MPG (miles per gallon) value you provide, so make sure you enter that value correctly. If you’re not 100% sure about the MPG value for your car, find it out on fueleconomy.gov .

Go to Drive Pricing @ www.drivepricing.com

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Features:

• Place adds on your car in exchange for free gas.
• Your vehicle should not be older then 1999.
• You must drive at least 1,250 miles per month*.
• You must have a valid Driver’s License, insurance and be the registered owner of the vehicle.
• Available only to US drivers.

* some exceptions apply for shorter commutes in high-density, metropolitan areas

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Enter the address, intersection, or a zip code and click Search. PrimoSpot will then show you a neighborhood map along with available parking spots (see above) in the area. The different color legends indicate the time left at that parking spot. Click on the pin to see some photos and additional details. There are currently over 13,500 locations in the PrimoSpot.

Furthemore you can access PrimoSpot straight from your mobile device. The mobile version of the site can be accessed at m.primospot.com. Search results will be sorted based on the distance from the given address, starting from the closest.

Features:

• Find parking spots in the busy areas of New York (Manhattan, Brooklyn).
• Coming soon: Queens, Philadelphia and Boston areas.
• Access PrimoSpot from PC or mobile phone. (iPhone-optimized version available as well).
• Contribute by adding parking spots and garages that aren’t listed.

PrimoSpot Demo

Check out PrimoSpot @ www.primospot.com

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Currently the service supports only 10 major cities in the US. These are:

• Atlanta, GA
• Austin, TX
• Baltimore, MD
• Chicago, IL
• Dallas, TX
• Los Angeles, CA
• New York, NY
• Phoenix, AZ
• San Francisco, CA
• Washington, DC

There is nothing to install or download, simply enter a zipcode, the name of a city or your exact location and it will give you an area map along with the location of each vehicle. Vehicles are shown as little balloons (see screenshot below). Once you have located the vehicle you need, just call the service provider to reserve it. The company phone numbers are provided as well.

The Google Ride Finder is still a beta product and being constantly improved. So expect a wider coverage in the near future. For additional details see their FAQ section.

Check out Google Ride Finder @ http://labs.google.com/ridefinder

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Furthermore, you can find out what are the most common problems associated with the model of your car, mechanical details, ask questions, locate service and parts shops in your area, read reviews from other car owners, keep track of service information, get reminders for upcoming services, etc.

Features:

• Get independent price estimates for car repairs.
• Find out what the most common problems associated with the model of your car.
• Search for repair shops in your area. Over 260.000 service shops listed.
• Store and organize service and repair related information online.
• Get reminders for upcoming services.
• Ask live mechanic a specific question (non-free).
• Leave feedback about your car, specific repair shop or mechanic.
• The service is available only to users within US

Check out RepairPal @ www.repairpal.com

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Features:

• Check out live traffic conditions from your mobile phone.
• Browse traffic cameras by country, state, city and street.
• Includes over 4600 cameras across US, Canada, Austalia, China, Luxemborg, Sweden, United Kingdom.
• Requirements: web-enabled mobile device with a data plan.
• What’s missing: Maps integration, no search option.

Please note, if you plan to use this service on a regular basis then make sure to check with your mobile carrier about the data usage fees. Unless you are on an unlimited data plan, using MobileTraffic.tv from a mobile phone can be quite costly.

Go to MobileTraffic @ www.mobiletraffic.tv

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Features:

• Browse gas prices by state and city (anywhere in US and Canda).
• See 10 lowest prices by state and 10 lowest by city.
• Search gas by zip code, city or state.
• Check out top fuel saving tips for drivers.
• Submit and share info on low priced pumps with other motorists.
• and more …

Check out GasBuddy @ www.gasbuddy.com

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Features:

• There are about 82.000 gas stations in FuelMeUp database.
• See 10 lowest / highest average gas prices across US.
• Browse gas stations by city and state.
• Mobile friendly: Access and lookup gas prices from your mobile phone.

Check out FuelMeUp @ www.fuelmeup.com

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Feature List

• Manage and track service records for you cars online.
• Add as many cars as you like. It’s free.
• Get recommended service schedule for your car model. Supports pretty much every known manufacturer: Ford, Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen, Chrysler, Mercedes, Mazda, GM, etc.
• Get reminders on due services and receive notifications on manufacturer recalls.
• Easily book appointment for upcoming service with your service shop.
• Works with over 15.000 dealers and service shops (and growing).
• Option to transfer your car and service history to another person.
• For more info check out ServiceBeacon tour. or go to FAQ page.

Visit ServiceBeacon @ www.servicebeacon.com

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Features

• Search for cars OR browse cars by brand and model.
• Recent transactions for the same car model display year, actual sale price, mileage, condition, location, tramsaction date and the seller.
• Use keywords (i.e. limited ed., black etc.) to refine results even further.
• Contribute by submitting your own transaction price (registration required).
• Don’t see your car? Send them an email and they promise to get back to you within 24-48 hours.
• For additional information go to PriceHub help section here.

Check out PriceHub @ www.pricehub.com

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Overview

• Track mileage and gas consumption for as many vehicles as you like.
• Log details directly from your mobile device (http://mymilemarker.com/m) or via text message.
• Visualize ‘fuel consumed’ vs. ‘distance traveled’ on a simple chart graph.

Check out MyMileMaker @ www.mymilemarker.com

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