Carzone - Classics section?

Anan1

Has the facility for searching classics on carzone disappeared, or am I just doing something stupid?

mike65

The site is a total dogs breakfast, cant see a direct link.

Mike

Blue850

The best you can do now is use the old search facility here and set "newest year" to 1993
http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/

carchaeologist

Anan1 wrote: »

Has the facility for searching classics on carzone disappeared, or am I just doing something stupid?

its them that are stupid,why did they have to overcomplicate the site,it was fine as it was

mike65

I used to browse every few days, I've stopped.

They really are killing the whole online experience.

Mike

Anan1

Blue850 wrote: »

The best you can do now is use the old search facility here and set "newest year" to 1993
http://www.driving.ie/usedcars/

I tried this, but it's not showing a load of older cars that were there last time I searched under 'classics'. Might give them a call tomorrow to ask where they've gone.

brosnadog

mike65 wrote: »

I used to browse every few days, I've stopped.

They really are killing the whole online experience.

Mike

+1. i gave up on it too :mad:

junkyard

I e-mailed them and told them the site was crap, needless to say I'm still waiting for a reply. I doubt I'll bother advertising classic stuff with them in future or any cars for that matter, every single person I've spoken to regarding the site has commented on how bad they've made what was a great site. If cbg had any sense they'd make a move but then again they had it good too and threw it all away.

Gary ITR

Agh I'm in the market for something at the moment and carzone is frying my jaysis brain

niceirishfella

carchaeologist wrote: »

its them that are stupid,why did they have to overcomplicate the site,it was fine as it was

+1 - the site is now DREADFULL

Corega

Couldn't agree more they've made a balls of that redesign.

www.classiccarsales.ie is still reasonably user friendly.

carchaeologist

Onkle wrote: »

Agh I'm in the market for something at the moment and carzone is frying my jaysis brain

What are you thinking of getting?:)

Gary ITR

carchaeologist wrote: »

What are you thinking of getting?:)

Oh it's not even nearly a classic... Just couldn't pass up the chance to bash carzone.
I'm after a mk4 Gti now or a mk3 vr6 if I can get an unabused example. My mk2 was telling me she was feeling lonely so I need to get something to keep her company

spidersonmars

I was waiting for someone to say how crap the carzone site is now!! I used to love browsing the site. Now I can't stand it. I sold the odd classic on the site in the past, can't say that I'll use it in the future. What's the best site to look for or sell classics in Ireland?:eek:

mike65

Depending on what you have it might be best to join a fansite for that make/model and advertise there.

Mike

carchaeologist

Onkle wrote: »

Oh it's not even nearly a classic... Just couldn't pass up the chance to bash carzone.
I'm after a mk4 Gti now or a mk3 vr6 if I can get an unabused example. My mk2 was telling me she was feeling lonely so I need to get something to keep her company

Nice move,cars have a habit of multiplying!!:DId go for the VR6 if i was buying myself,the MK4 GTi never got good press,they are a bit of a heavy lazy car,the MK5 is a far better car,though a much better price too:P!!

Dusty1609

Anan1 wrote: »

I tried this, but it's not showing a load of older cars that were there last time I searched under 'classics'. Might give them a call tomorrow to ask where they've gone.

I'd say the fact that they now charge €25 every four weeks to keep your ad on the site has had a lot to do with it. I'd guess that people are simply not renewing the ads.

As a bit of a plug you can list your classic car over on ClassicCar.ie for free and its renewable until sold. You'll need to register but once that's done you can also edit your ad if you want to change the details. There is also the option to go for a Premium ad which allows more pictures, text and appears at the top of a search. But there is a once off cost for those ads.

Cheers
Jon

mike65

Just had a look at site stats on alexa.com

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/carzone.ie

Down 10% in last 3 months. Prolly the recession rather than site useability.

Mike