Hi HN! I wanted to share something I've been working on after an interesting pivot. Last year I built a vehicle search tool that ran into legal issues with major listing sites. That experience led me to tackle a different problem - making the entire car ownership experience more accessible and data-driven.<p>Ended up building an AI interface that helps research any vehicle, access documentation, and manage ownership - think having a car expert, market analyst, and personal assistant rolled into one. Core features:<p>- Natural language interface to research any vehicle, parse manuals, and search relevant web/YouTube content (think perplexity for cars)
- Monitor market values and listings across North America
- Track maintenance, service records, registration dates for your garage
- Store ownership documents, recall info, service bulletins<p>Live demo: <a href="https://cardog.ai" rel="nofollow">https://cardog.ai</a> | Example: Ask about reliability ratings for the latest SUVs or "What should I look for when buying a used Model 3?"<p>Would love to hear what aspects of car ownership you find most frustrating.
It seems that there are currently no SUVs available for under $45,000 in your area (Toronto, ON) within a 50 km radius.<p>If you're open to expanding your search criteria, such as increasing the price range or considering different body styles, please let me know, and I can assist you further!<p>Great first impression with design but you lost me after 1 search
Hey, is not accesible :<p>500: INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR Code: MIDDLEWARE_INVOCATION_FAILED ID: cdg1::c6j9r-1740442231005-18f5698b5887<p>Could you ask what legal issues you had with other listings?
As far as I know, scraping publicly available information is legal.
I want to develop something similar for another category.
Thanks!
this feels like a feature of claude.ai or chat.deepseek.com not a stand alone product. I can already get what you are selling for "premium" for free with deepseek search toggle.