New Classifieds - How Are They Looking?!

[Digger]

Hi Chaps. Any progress or have they been put on the backburner?

Ta.

[Switch]

They're looking great
Keep your eyes peeled

[Digger]

Excellent.

Got a rough ETA?

[Shaw Tarse]

Soon

[0a]

Or are we not supposed to talk about them?

[Stuart]

Coming soon. We've been testing them in the background with a reasonable sized group of PHers, and then we'll be opening up the site to everyone soon. We won't be switching off the old site for a while yet, so the new site will be running in "beta" for a few weeks at least.

[Digger]

I'm up for beta-testing if that's any help.

[Shaw Tarse]

Digger said:

I'm up for beta-testing if that's any help.

Send the boss a pm.he may give you a link to use

[Digger]

Didnt even have to do that. What a lovely fella!

[Shaw Tarse]

So what do you think so far?


Or are you too busy "testing" to reply?

[pincher]

I'm after specific car with an Auto box, in one of two specific colours at the moment - will the new Classifieds be able to search on that?

[Shaw Tarse]

pincher said:

I'm after specific car with an Auto box, in one of two specific colours at the moment - will the new Classifieds be able to search on that?

I can try it for you, or if Stuart is around he may give you chance to try yourself?

[Stuart]

pincher said:

I'm after specific car with an Auto box, in one of two specific colours at the moment - will the new Classifieds be able to search on that?

Yes.

Basically we're using an external provider to add data about the car taken from a VRM (reg plate) look up. So if DVLA records the car as being a black M3 coupe with auto, then we'll be able to let you search using those criteria. The caveats (and it can never be a 100% precise science) are if a different reg plate is supplied in error, or perhaps if the car is coming off a private plate and DVLA hasn't yet caught up.

Our data is VERY accurate for cars <3 years old. Older than that and there will be gaps, but sellers of cars have the ability to very easily change or fill in the gaps, so it should be good enough to give you what you need.

[Digger]

Shaw Tarse said:

pincher said:

I'm after specific car with an Auto box, in one of two specific colours at the moment - will the new Classifieds be able to search on that?

I can try it for you, or if Stuart is around he may give you chance to try yourself?

After a quick play I do believe you can, although i am not sure you can pin it down to a specific variant in colour eg Melbourne and/or Imola shades of red for example. I guess a keyword search comes in handy in that scenario? I need to have a proper rummage to check though.


ETA - just seen Stuart's reply.

[Stuart]

Yes, so the colour classification comes from SMMT and is an aggregation of what the various different manufacturers might have under, for example, "silver" as a general description.

However as you say there's a keyword search as well, so if the seller has included the precise variant then you can use that.

[pincher]

Cool - I'm looking for white or grey and you can't do with with the AT website I don't think - you have to keep refining your search which is a PITA.

[Shaw Tarse]

pincher said:

Cool - I'm looking for white or grey and you can't do with with the AT website I don't think - you have to keep refining your search which is a PITA.

What car are you after?

[pincher]

My wife is finally going to learn to drive but she only wants to do it if she can have an auto box so I am after a Mini Cooper, on a 07, 57 or 08 plate in Pepper White or that dark Grey (not sure on the official name), preferably with Chilli Pack and possibly Visibility Pack as well.

[Stuart]

As of right now, there are 8413 cars against which we have a colour recorded as grey. Not many of them pre-date the year 2000, which just goes to show that we're going to do better at finding a grey E90 M3 than we will an E30, but that's just a limitation of the available data, rather than the site.

[pincher]

I think an E90 M3 is a bit much for a first car, even by PH standards


Yes, I know you won't have seen my reply before you posted yours,