Where's Waldo (JK)? (50mi dealer search)
10-31-2007, 08:48 AM
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Where's Waldo (JK)? (50mi dealer search)
I found a JK that I could live with by searching nearby dealerships every day. It was a pain to keep clicking through the inventory links, so I hacked a quick-and-dirty mashup that'd generates a list of dealers, address (tied to Google Maps directions from my crib), phone, inventory update date/time, and thumbnail from a specified zip. I'd run it a few times a day and it was instrumental in both finding and negotiating my smokin' deal @ Ben Dover Jeep (haha). Its hard-coded for an auto JK Rubi, but could be hacked a bit more to let you pick vehicle, trim, and do directions from your address -- still in the 50mi. radius from given zip. Anybody interested in using it if I throw it up on a hosting account?
Give it a try and let me know how it goes... If you're a real g33k, the augmented XML for the result is appended -- view source to taste...
Give it a try and let me know how it goes... If you're a real g33k, the augmented XML for the result is appended -- view source to taste...
Last edited by dirk; 10-31-2007 at 12:56 PM.
10-31-2007, 12:56 PM
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Yeah...it was a moment of gulibalness. What can I say? It sure would be funny if someone really started a dealership called that. I'd pay good money to see that sign.
11-01-2007, 06:01 AM
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Ben Dover...
Nice to meet you Ben, what you in for?
Molesting a dead horse...
Nothing wrong with that, every man's right...
There is by the way a "Dick Witham Ford" dealership...
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11-19-2007, 05:00 PM
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11-19-2007, 07:30 PM
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I figured that is what he was using. But, you can extend the range on the Jeep website. Basically, you click New Search then Custom Search and then you have an option for the number of miles.