Drive Motors

Buy new cars directly online from local dealerships

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Buy new cars directly online from local dealerships

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What is a good zip code I can enter with some known pre-registered dealerships? I'm outside your beta area in Portland, but i'd like to poke around a bit.

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10yr ago

@johannbenedikt I got 94010 to work.

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10yr ago

MagicBus

@johannbenedikt 95136 works, too. The UX is great, is this how it feels like to buy a Tesla? cc @akrane

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10yr ago

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Maker

@raywu @johannbenedikt similar to tesla ecommerce concept, but actual UI closer to buying an iPhone on Apple's website.

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10yr ago

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Maker

@johannbenedikt the zip code in San Francisco is 94115. We want to meet Portland dealers if you know any!

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10yr ago

I like the concept. This is good for people that know what car they want. I didn't see an option to schedule a test drive. It would be amazing if they brought the car out to the customers location for them to test drive/check out before they commit to the purchase. Is that something you plan on incorporating in the future?

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10yr ago

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Maker

@aamerjomaa that's a great suggestion. currently, we are focused on nailing the purchase experience, because dealerships do a pretty good job with test drives. However, scheduling test drives seems like a no-brainer feature to add soon!

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10yr ago

Smart Voice Offline

@aamerjomaa my initial thoughts, getting the car to the customer might be "too much". But thinking about how customers buy, i would be very interested on seeing how that would affect sales. The fact that the customers would see the car they're thinking about all the time, on their driveway would probably give them a big push.

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10yr ago

Love Letters

As a former car salesman, I always knew there was a better way to the car buying process. Most customers know what they're looking for. I dabbled in another solution but this does it. If you guys want to launch in Canada, happy to help. Congrats @akrane!

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10yr ago

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Maker

@sluu thank you for the support, always good to get reinforcement from industry experts.

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10yr ago

I am finding dead "more info" links, the back button takes me back to the start and clears my zip code, etc. Otherwise seems no better/worse than speccing out a car anywhere else. Maybe the buying transaction is the value here, but up to that point, not sure yet.

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10yr ago

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Maker

@dswiese thanks for pointing out those bugs, they will be fixed immediately. to your other point, the primary value here is the buying (or "checkout") flow; that's the focus for the time being. if you want to give me more feedback, I'd love to chat directly!

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10yr ago

@akrane Great concept, congrats. Im a BIG car guy. When I bought my first brand new car (Jeep Wrangler), I was actually looking forward to go to the local dealer, to see all the jeeps they have, and for the whole experience of picking up and bringing home a new car. I was also "blessed" to be able to buy a brand new Rolls Royce last year and again the experience of going to their store was absolutely amazing! However I can see myself using the website for saving 3-5 hours of processing paperwork. Would be great if you have an option to pick up the car yourself. I also would like to be able see lots of BIG pictures of the car, not just a stock photo! Every car has a character. For example you can see different lines in the car when you looking at white or black Dodge Charger, I will also want to see how the wheels look like.. etc So having pictures of the actual car will def help me make with my choice! All the best. Nik

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10yr ago

Great concept. For some reason the idea of going to a car dealership seems really intimidating to me, especially when I know the car that I want. So I admire the transparency.

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10yr ago

Just bought a car and the process was a nighmare, it's waste of time where the sales men is using all the trick that everybody know. On top, when you have kids, it's even worst. Next time, i will go first here for sure.

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10yr ago

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