Forever I used Edmunds and MSN Autos for studying used cars. Both sites have now gone through and extensive redesign process which makes them useless.
So what sites do you use or you can recommend?
Thanks!
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March 24, 2011 4:56 p.m. Sultan Reader
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March 24, 2011 4:58 p.m. EvanB SuperDork
I usually use a forum called Grassroots something or other, can't remember the name off the top of my head.
Or Wikipedia.
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March 24, 2011 8:57 p.m. White_and_Nerdy Reader
I'm sad. I don't know how many times I've browsed Edmunds, digging up specs and stats on countless cars that I've never owned and may never own but was curious about. There are "consumer reviews" still available on Edmunds, but I'd take them with a grain of salt. It's disappointing that they had all this great info and then threw it away.
I already know what the GRM forum will say - Miata, E30, or P71. Next?
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March 25, 2011 7:12 a.m. MA$$hole Reader
consumerguideauto is fine if you are looking for specs. Easy & quick to search through. Reviews, I never really paid much attention to them.
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March 25, 2011 7:17 a.m. huge-O-chavez SuperDork
Just two ideas out of many. This forum is fairly indispensable though....
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March 25, 2011 8:58 a.m. tuna55 Dork
Ateupwithmotor is fantastic if it's old or weird. Sportscarmarket has some neat articles too for that sort of thing. if you're talking about a last gen Toyota Tercel, I have no idea.
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March 25, 2011 9:02 a.m. FlightService Reader
The data on Autos.MSN.com was brilliant.
Simple direct and traceable.
I haven't found anything even remotely close.
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March 25, 2011 9:57 a.m. ArthurDent Reader
For classic cars - http://www.sportscarmarket.com/car-reviews/affordable-classics
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March 25, 2011 11:05 a.m. racerdave600 HalfDork
Most of the stuff on MSN is still there, you have to go to used cars, and then compare. It looks a little different and is harder to get to, but most of the details are still there.
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March 25, 2011 11:06 a.m. dculberson Reader
The data that Sultan is talking about is something that you can't easily get from a forum or ateupwithmotor. It was a nice database that listed all the generations of a given model and what motors and options were available for each one. It's so frustrating that they got rid of it. MSN Autos was one of only 14 pages I had on my bookmarks bar; it's going away now. The only reason I used it was for that data.
Wikipedia has some of the data, but nowhere near as much. It's also not in a nice list form. Hopefully someone has that data and it crops up somewhere. Now I wish I had pulled off all that data and saved it when I had a chance.
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March 25, 2011 11:32 a.m. thummmper New Reader
wikipedia rocks
