We don't actually scrape craigslist listings! That's why we've been able to stay around for so long while so many sites like us (Carsabi, craigsy, etc.) have been shut down. We take a lot of care to ensure that we work within the boundaries set by all the sites we search so we can provide a service that will keep…

Yep! We've got a big list of forums and subsites that we'll be integrating into a separate forum search soon. If certain sites from that separate search turn out to be incredibly popular, we'll look at integrating them into the main site (I have a feeling Hemmings will fall under this category).

As for motorcycles - we…

Hi Damon! Lead designer of SearchTempest and AutoTempest here. Thought I'd just drop a quick line.

This is a really cool site! Very clean and easy to use, two things that SearchTempest hasn't always been known for. We recently redid AutoTempest and are giving SearchTempest the same treatment shortly. I think everyone…

Hi Veronykah!

Sorry, I don't check Kinja often, just got this reply now. Can you send me the address for the page you're getting that message from?

Thanks!
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Give the guy a break. He's knowledgable enough, he's a hell of an entertaining writer, and something can be said about writing from the perspective of someone who's still learning. Hell, everyone's still learning. I'm sorry that you didn't make it as an auto journalist but Raph did, and clearly he's good at it or he…

I kinda like it, but maybe that's just 'cause it looks like this:

HA! HOVAcraft! Took me 4 days to get it.

No worries, none of us were all that upset, at least not as upset as pauljones :P I'm very glad you wrote the piece so that it got me actually thinking about the issue.

F Zero X still might be my #1. I've got two N64s and a box full of games in my parents attic but neither of them work sadly.

Another Gen Y-er here. I shared this article with some friends to get some non-car-folk input, and we all tended to agree with pauljones, though with a significant lack of swearing and blaming our misfortunes on previous generations ;)

I've been in love with this shit since Diddy Kong Racing.

Who needs fuses when your consoles still work fine after an awesome explosion?

Thanks for the #1 ranking guys! We're super stoked that you guys like what we do enough to put us to the top of this. We're always looking to make AutoTempest the best it can be for you guys, so let us know if there's anyway we can to make it better for you.

Super stoked to hear that! Happy car shopping!

Glad you like our site Bethany! Follow us on Twitter or Facebook to keep in touch and let us know if there's anything we can improve!

Not to be spammy, but have you checked out AutoTempest.com? Brings together results from all the sites you mentioned, Cars.com, AutoTrader, eBay Motors, craigslist, and a few others so you don't have to do individual searches at each site.

I bet it comes with it's own film set in the back too.

Weird enough to have an interesting but mysterious back story. Cool enough to be the stoic and powerful leader. 80s enough to pull it all together with flashy visuals and incoherent shouting. Seriously, how does this thing not already have spikey hair and the ability to bend things with its mind?

It was less the car and more the "look at me!" paint job and red leather interior.

I think my hair line is a little too low and my dick a little too big to drive a car like that. That being said... NP