How to find a new car to buy?

I've been slowly looking towards buying a new vehicle.
https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/time-to-shop-for-a-newish-vehicle-sporty-big-enough-for-a-big-guy-possible-auto-x-fun/184376/page1/
https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/talk-to-me-about-vw-wagons/185482/page1/

I'm not finding much that's really interesting, but part of that is likely Covid pushing everything up past what I really want to pay.  Part of that is I'm only really trolling through Craigslist, FB Marketplace, and sometimes OfferUp.  What else is there?  eBay Motors has a decent range, but the search terms kinda sucks.

I'm still not even sure what I want, damnit.

You don't have a permanent list in your head?

I just look at all the venues and generally find one on the list eventually.

In reply to preach (fs) :

The list I have in my head is too long, and too old and weird to satisfy for a daily driver.

I'm looking for a tool that I can have fun with while DDing.

So you're just generally looking for "a car", not a make/model in particular? I think most of the cars.com type sites have a "search by body style" feature, where you can then narrow down your search by year range, price, transmission, etc. I think that's about the best you're going to get.

In reply to dps214 :

I'm more looking for sites I can use to search for cars.  Like I said, other than the three listed I'm not sure what is the hot ticket anymore.  Carmax.com and carvana have cars outside my price range

Have you tried Cargurus? It's mostly dealers but it's got some private party listings. Worth a shot. 

In reply to dculberson :

Have not, thanks 

Edit: ooo... you can search by manual and it works.

Autotrader 

cargurus

I always use autotempest, it searches cars.com, cargurus, craigslist, autotrader and apparently hemmings and facebook marketplace now too. I hadnt used it since I bought my bike in 2020. They dont list bikes, I just ended up going adifferent direction with cycletrader back when bikes were available.

In reply to gunner (Forum Supporter) :

Sounds real useful, thanks!