A tool to find NA online :) [Archive] (2024)

_Remi

28th September 2010, 03:20

Hi friends,

Now that I don't have anymore questions to ask about my 93 red Miata, I am working on something else :)

I wrote a simple program that looks into craigslist car postings and re-organize them into relevant categories. Basically it filters the Miata into three categories, NA, NB and NC simply based on the model year. I tried with a couple of other cars and it is giving some good results so far.

Please let me know what you think, you can change the location and the car make ;) It may not be the best sub-category but since it is not completely ready, I just want to share it with NA guys :wave:

The homepage (defaulting to sfbay for now) : http://www.rideslist.com

The Mazda and the available regions so far (kind of random, please ask if you want yours) : http://www.rideslist.com/sfbayMiatachange.html

Thanks!

grueinthebox

28th September 2010, 05:43

Neat. If possible I'd make it where you could expand/collapse or hide generations of cars as desired to clean up the list if you're not interested in a particular group. The tags ("turbo", etc) are a nice touch, but don't seem to have provisions for, say, a turbo convertible.

On a non-technical note, I'd recommend checking in with Craigslist if you haven't already to make sure they're not going to get the lawyers on you and force you to take it down before investing too much time and effort in it.

red_clair_mx5

28th September 2010, 07:50

cdave

28th September 2010, 08:27

and fast...well done

Now, for a Colorado option :)

pgh_miata

28th September 2010, 08:35

El Fez

28th September 2010, 09:01

cdave

28th September 2010, 09:12

and fast...well done

Now, for a Colorado option :)Read the about, fast cause the data is collected just once a day. Still a very nice tool

SwissFerdi

28th September 2010, 09:20

Wow, AWESOME! You have two of the biggest cities in my proximity, perfect. I'd like to see a SWFL location though (Fort Myers, Naples), craigslist has one of those.

Great work.

bovaco

28th September 2010, 09:25

Miamimiatagroup

28th September 2010, 10:03

JRitt

28th September 2010, 10:18

Gene-M

28th September 2010, 11:50

When this is up and running, let everyone know about it by posting in Car Talk or Pricing section? Looks nifty!

I agree. This is definitely a great tool, and since it would fit so well with what we generally deal with in Pricing, I'd like to move it there. What I will do since you are anxious to help out your fellow NA'ers so much, is that I will leave a redirect here for an extra length of time so that it's visible here in NA for a while still.:)

Thanks for the tips!;)

_Remi

28th September 2010, 13:36

Thanks everybody, I really appreciate your feedback!

First thing to keep in mind is that for a couple of reasons, I decided to make it "static". This means that all the pages are plain HTML without any fancy ways to sort or filter for example. I went that route because it was faster to develop and faster to use. I will maybe revisit that later on because it would be great to be able to focus on one or two types for a given model.

Thanks to you, on my immediate todo list:

- Add a couple of locations (State of New York, Colorado, SWFL)
- Add a way to separate private and dealers
- Sort by price in the sub-categories

:)

SR20DE_MAN

28th September 2010, 14:50

Mr. Sound

28th September 2010, 20:52

bartekb93

28th September 2010, 22:16

IKIGAI

29th September 2010, 10:17

Vancouver BC and Seattle WA Craig's Lists would be great. Lot of Miata.netters up here, lots of rust-free Western WA and BC Miatas listed...

Did I mention I live up here? :)

This would make a great sticky at the top of P&D D. Gene?

tom4416

29th September 2010, 10:52

CooperD

30th September 2010, 09:34

_Remi

30th September 2010, 14:49

I have added a couple of regions! If you need any other, please send an email :) I will work on the other suggestions later in the week.

http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/937/screenshotfw.jpg

Diamond Dave

30th September 2010, 16:33

I have added a couple of regions! If you need any other, please send an email :) I will work on the other suggestions later in the week.

http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/937/screenshotfw.jpg

I was skeptical until I clicked on your link. Wow! Nice work. If you could add Portland, OR that would be great.

I like how it seperates the ads by year. Adding a Parts section would be awesome as well.

IKIGAI

1st October 2010, 13:18

_Remi

2nd October 2010, 17:39

_Remi

3rd October 2010, 16:56

Oregon (Eugene and Portland) is now available :)

... and you can "like it" on Facebook :D

sherwin3501

4th October 2010, 11:27

Diamond Dave

9th October 2010, 17:08

Oregon (Eugene and Portland) is now available :)

Booya! Thanks.

Ratava253

9th October 2010, 20:32

A very cool website. I really enjoy this!

My request: Cincinnati and Columbus Ohio.

But wow!! I'm impressed by this site.

_Remi

10th October 2010, 04:42

Dealers are now highlighted (well, so that you can see them) :)

Canada? Hum, maybe next week-end!

Bradley in DC

10th October 2010, 15:50

Great program, but a few suggestions: search all "for sale" to get parts, etc.

Also, if you could add Baltimore to the DC search, that would be great!

_Remi

24th October 2010, 23:39

Great program, but a few suggestions: search all "for sale" to get parts, etc.

Also, if you could add Baltimore to the DC search, that would be great!

Baltimore is available in Maryland and a new feature "nearby search" is coming soon!

Thanks!

mattseg

25th October 2010, 18:06

Please add Albuquerque and Santa Fe :)

I really dig this tool, you did a great job.

B3D3G1

26th October 2010, 12:19

Diamond Dave

21st January 2011, 19:18

IKIGAI

21st January 2011, 19:35

Thanks to Diamond Dave for bringing this thread back to the top. Great tool.

One suggestion would be to allow for screening the listings by dealer or by private seller. I for one like to focus on private sales when searching CL.

But still. Pretty awesome!