Thursday, January 14, 2010

Installment #54 - Car Shopping Sites














It's that time again! I'll be getting my driver's license reinstated in April and will have to buy another car. Ugh! As if the money involved wasn't bad enough - for taxes, and insurance, and the registration and tag, which has recently gone up in Florida - shopping for the "perfect" car is a nightmare!

Of the 18 websites, I found the usual numbers of suspects - 8 were OK, 7 have excessive popups or aggressive spam, and 3 were big no-no's.

Here are my results:

BAD:
  • autotrader.com
  • cars.com
  • automotive.com
DUBIOUS:
  • usedcars.com
  • edmunds.com
  • carsdirect.com
  • carmax.com
  • thebiglot.com
  • autoweb.com
  • carsforsale.com
GOOD:
And, of course, I will definitely comb through my city's Craigslist!

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