I don't think I would take the time to input things about my car. (not to say that is a general case, as I'm sure there are people who care about their cars more) But even in my case if the oil change or tune up place i went to gave me a url for my car's history and an email alert for next oil change/maintenance, it would make me more loyal to that place. even better if they shared history like on your site. I dunno, that may be an angle that would work with me in particular.
I think this especially helps with older cars. For example my truck has 110K miles on it and I just had some major work done (timing belt and new radiator). As life goes on, I need an easy place to remember what I did so some scammy mechanic doesn't try to lay one on me.
It'd be cool if I could just text in the things that I get done on my car. Example: #OilChange at Jiffy Lube on 3/1/1 at 75,000 Miles; and then I could get a reminder text 3 months down the road about how it's time for me to get another oil change...you could also have a local car company sponsor that reminder. Good luck!
You should have a field for adding "where i repaired my car?? which shop and location?"(maybe with map or link).This would be very useful for search. people who wants to do a repair or buy a part at certain budget and at certain location can search for it and find a link to the shop so they can do it for their car. it would be nice if you collect all the list of car service shops so it would be easy for people to add it to their notes.You can build a comprehensive car maintenance service. Good luck!!
There are special types of tags with additional information - address, name, rating. We call them "Places". You can attach a "place" to the note. Users can create their own places and share.
You just gave me a eureka moment. I really like how simple and clear your homepage is. It instantly made me realise what I am doing wrong with the homepage of http://www.mightycv.com which is my first startup. So I just wanted to say thanks.
I had better get to work and start rethinking, redesigning and restructuring things. Great idea by the way, good luck I hope it takes off!
Pretty good job at first glance. It's got definite utility, though I do have doubts about it's potential users. Either way though, best of luck. You might want to check it at 1024x768 - the design is thin enough to fit on that resolution, but due to some padding on either side you end up with a horizontal scrollbar before you can actually see the page.
Just an idea - can you integrate what the recommended changes for vehicles are at various mileages? That would be killer and a heck of a way to plan in advance. I know the info is out there, every time I go to get my oil changed they pull up a program for every car and review the recommended updates...
Yes, we will be adding that info gradually and hopefully community will help us. But there is a fun part. Once we get enough amount of actual info, we can show some interesting statistics. For example how much does it cost to own particular model or how often particular problem happens, etc.
Just some critical advice - you might want to redo your screencast. Not b/c it wasn't informative, but b/c it had no energy. I felt sort of like I watching a coding screencast and wasn't excited to take any action. Just a thought...
You've got a minor css issue on your frontpage with the 'shdtxt' class positioning for your text shadow effect, where the shadows appear misaligned/flow differently than the callout text. Maybe try using text-shadow instead?
Awesome idea dude. I'm going to buy my first car and was going to record all my repairs, inspections, MOTs etc in an excel spreadsheet. Might use your app instead. Good luck!
I don't think that is the point. I signed up anyway, but I did feel like you were not respecting my time and interest, by asking me to check out something I cannot check out until you invite me...
