Why is carandclassic.co.uk still so awful?
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Wow, what is the problem with a FREE site that is simple to use? People are never happy unless they are moaning.
I've used it to buy and sell with great success. Depends on what you buy and sell, your advert, price etc.
I was getting an average of 100 views per day for the last car I advertised recently on there, so ultimately it has proved that people are looking, and the rest is then down to me as the advertiser.
Would use again without hesitation.
I've used it to buy and sell with great success. Depends on what you buy and sell, your advert, price etc.
I was getting an average of 100 views per day for the last car I advertised recently on there, so ultimately it has proved that people are looking, and the rest is then down to me as the advertiser.
Would use again without hesitation.
See, I like it because it has that 1990s feel to it.
It's simple, it's not riddled with intrusive ads, and it's not bloated with pointless scripts. As a result it loads quickly, and doesn't consume stloads of data just to load a webpage. And it's easy to navigate!
Contrast that with a modern site like eBay or Autotrader, where everything feels slow and unresponsive.
It's simple, it's not riddled with intrusive ads, and it's not bloated with pointless scripts. As a result it loads quickly, and doesn't consume stloads of data just to load a webpage. And it's easy to navigate!
Contrast that with a modern site like eBay or Autotrader, where everything feels slow and unresponsive.
Doofus said:
It's not mobile responsive, and it's very slow on a tablet.
The owners are then perhaps guilty of not keeping tabs on what their customers are using and then ensuring that works OK with those systems. But I'm intrigued as to why it should be slow on tablets when it is so quick on a PC, even a not very current one. I've just tried www.carandclassic.co.uk on my phone, the page loaded in about 2s with only 1 bar of signal (4G) and it's a different looking version of the site, so I guess it has detected I'm running on a phone.
a8hex said:
The owners are then perhaps guilty of not keeping tabs on what their customers are using and then ensuring that works OK with those systems. But I'm intrigued as to why it should be slow on tablets when it is so quick on a PC, even a not very current one.
I've just tried www.carandclassic.co.uk on my phone, the page loaded in about 2s with only 1 bar of signal (4G) and it's a different looking version of the site, so I guess it has detected I'm running on a phone.
Search works well, but of you select an ad, it takes up to 30 seconds to render the page, and until it's finished, you can't enlarge any of the pictures in the ad itself. I've just tried www.carandclassic.co.uk on my phone, the page loaded in about 2s with only 1 bar of signal (4G) and it's a different looking version of the site, so I guess it has detected I'm running on a phone.
Generally OK on a PC.
Jonny_ said:
It's simple, it's not riddled with intrusive ads, and it's not bloated with pointless scripts. As a result it loads quickly, and doesn't consume stloads of data just to load a webpage. And it's easy to navigate!
Contrast that with a modern site like eBay or Autotrader, where everything feels slow and unresponsive.
This is exactly what I want and what I like about it.Contrast that with a modern site like eBay or Autotrader, where everything feels slow and unresponsive.
Doofus said:
a8hex said:
The owners are then perhaps guilty of not keeping tabs on what their customers are using and then ensuring that works OK with those systems. But I'm intrigued as to why it should be slow on tablets when it is so quick on a PC, even a not very current one.
I've just tried www.carandclassic.co.uk on my phone, the page loaded in about 2s with only 1 bar of signal (4G) and it's a different looking version of the site, so I guess it has detected I'm running on a phone.
Search works well, but of you select an ad, it takes up to 30 seconds to render the page, and until it's finished, you can't enlarge any of the pictures in the ad itself. I've just tried www.carandclassic.co.uk on my phone, the page loaded in about 2s with only 1 bar of signal (4G) and it's a different looking version of the site, so I guess it has detected I'm running on a phone.
Generally OK on a PC.
Doing some random searching and came across this thread.
The site is terrible - but great at the same time. Like when PH used to have the list of models and you searched like that. There are some thing that are dysfunctional, like on the iPad you need to keep scrolling down when you change the photo. BUT - I have had a number of sales with it - over £100k worth - and they have gone to a buyer who has called within 24 hours of the ad going up. An amazing free resource. But it still sucks!
The site is terrible - but great at the same time. Like when PH used to have the list of models and you searched like that. There are some thing that are dysfunctional, like on the iPad you need to keep scrolling down when you change the photo. BUT - I have had a number of sales with it - over £100k worth - and they have gone to a buyer who has called within 24 hours of the ad going up. An amazing free resource. But it still sucks!
In my view Carandclassic is straightforward to use and gets results. If it ain't broke don't fix it. I did find, however, that it was running slower and slower on my iPad mini and eventually started to crash. The problem turned out to be Google! Some apps, Safari for example, allow you to delete saved data etc. Not so for Google; it just gets bigger and bigger and gobbles up the useable memory until it crashes. The solution is simple - delete the app, reload and start again. It worked for me anyway. I shall continue to use it - I browse quite often to keep up with market trends - and I have bought and sold a number of cars and a motorcycle with greate success. Thank you Carandclassic.
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