Craigslist Car Finder

Searching for a used car on craigslist can sometimes be a pain - there's sometimes just too much junk. I was trying to buy a used car recently and found myself wasting 2-3 hours every day sifting through craigslist postings looking for good deals. So I wrote a PERL script to automatically parse craigslist car ads and show me only the ones that may be of interest to me.

The script has the following features:

• Allows you to look for only specific car models.
• Allows you to ignore coupes.
• Allows you to specify price and year range.
• Allows you to ignore manual transmission cars.
• Compares the price of the vehicle with the Edmunds True Market Value price and highlights good deals.
• Highlights car with low miles.

Here is the script: craigslist.tar.gz.

This script helped me find a great deal. Hope it is useful to you too.

If you find the script useful or find bugs, please do send me an email.