RacingComputers
RacingComputers GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
7/13/24 4:38 p.m.

What tool are you using to locate that Unicorn Vehicle you absolutely have to buy?

 

Asking for a friend

 

Thanks

 

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/13/24 5:42 p.m.

Depending on what kind of vehicle you're looking for there there may be specific places you should focus on, possibly even word-of-mouth networks for some rare classics. But in general, you'll just want to use a good web search engine to cast the widest net.

For general searching I use DDG or Startpage most of the time, and if those don't turn up what I'm looking for, I try Dogpile. If that doesn't find it, it's either not online or it's blocked through robots.txt.

John Welsh
John Welsh Mod Squad
7/13/24 5:43 p.m.

All of them. It wouldn't be a unicorn if you could find one easily.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
7/13/24 7:32 p.m.

Autotempest.

RacingComputers
RacingComputers GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
7/13/24 8:00 p.m.

Thank you

Indy - Guy
Indy - Guy UltimaDork
7/13/24 8:14 p.m.

Try using the image search function on Startpage.com

 

I'm always surprised by the number of for sale listings it brings in when I'm looking for a specific car/model year/ color 

RacingComputers
RacingComputers GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
7/13/24 9:36 p.m.

TY

OHSCrifle
OHSCrifle GRM+ Memberand UberDork
7/13/24 10:58 p.m.

In reply to GameboyRMH :

I haven't seen a dogpile.com reference since around 2002. Color me stunned. 

Pete. (l33t FS)
Pete. (l33t FS) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/14/24 7:40 a.m.
John Welsh said:

All of them. It wouldn't be a unicorn if you could find one easily.

This.  All of them, including eBay, and finding forums and manually searching their for-sale ads.

 

SV reX
SV reX MegaDork
7/14/24 8:28 a.m.
OHSCrifle said:

In reply to GameboyRMH :

I haven't seen a dogpile.com reference since around 2002. Color me stunned. 

Really. I had no idea it was still around. 

Pete. (l33t FS)
Pete. (l33t FS) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/14/24 10:37 a.m.
Indy - Guy said:

Try using the image search function on Startpage.com

 

I'm always surprised by the number of for sale listings it brings in when I'm looking for a specific car/model year/ color 

That's an interesting way to game the algorithm.

OHSCrifle
OHSCrifle GRM+ Memberand UberDork
7/14/24 2:55 p.m.

I'd post what unicorn you are looking for on GRM forum. I'll bet you see links within the hour. 

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