In both the list that Craig provides as well as others, the geographic delineation offered by the site may not match yours, making searches a laborious multiple window effort. If you’re a Craigslist stalker like I am, you know what a boon that is.
Not only does it offer you one stop access to the major general sales web sites, but more importantly, it lets you see them all regardless of geography. That includes the traditional staples of classified ads- Craig’s List and Auto Trader, but also eBay,, CarsDirect and Vehix. It’s like, oh I don’t know, customer service for free! But the main function of AutoTempest to this day is the broad-reach search of cars for sale across multiple online ad sites. In addition to the search results, AutoTempest has along the way included surveys and questionnaires asking what other tools their users might like. One of the cool things about the team behind AutoTempest has been their engagement with the tool’s users, and the fact that they’ve never been tools with their users. Over time, more auto-related sites have been added to the engine, and in October of 2011, a new, revamped search tool was introduced. AutoTempest goes all the way back to 2006 when it debuted as Hank’s Helper and then evolved as a sister site to the more general, Search Tempest. And while some use it only for pørn and 140-character updates on the banality of their existence, the Internet’s really super handy should you want to buy or sell stuff, and should that stuff include a car, there’s an even handier tool to help you do so. Use of the paper’s antiquated ink on greyed cellulose is fine if you’re selling an iron lung or medicine ball, but for a target audience not yelling at the damn kids on their lawn, there’s this thing called the Internet. Whether you are buying or selling a car, truck, or kidney, the traditional advertising channel of the newspaper classifieds is no longer of significant value.