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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / February 2007List of Car problem symptoms needed
Hi, I am the author of a new website www.eautostation.com. My website allows customers to post their car problems and mechanics to bid on them. Any one can register as a mechanic. Here is the problem I dont know much about cars. When a customer posts a car problem they are given a list of car symptoms to choose from, making it easier for the mechanic to bid with confidence. But I dont know many common car symptoms and would realy appreciate it if some one could point me to a list or help me out with a list of car symptoms. To see what I am looking for goto the website and login with the following username = user password = user1 and try to post a car repair problem. If you think you can provide a realy complete list that will be very usefull to my users (provided I pay for it:) ) let me know how much it will cost Thank you > Hi, > I am the author of a new website www.eautostation.com. My website [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Thank you That's got to be the dumbest idea I've heard in a long time. There's no way a tech can bid a job strictly by symptoms, unless he figures the worst case scenario in which case your customers will be wasting a LOT of money. You say anyone can register as a mechanic? What happens when some hacker f.cks up a car? Are you going to pay the damages? Don't laugh, if you bid jobs this way it will be a common occurrence. mirza <babar.ansari@gmail.com> wrote in article <1170254355.891687.203370@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>... > Hi, > I am the author of a new website www.eautostation.com. My website [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Thank you What you are proposing has been tried and failed.... Connect2mechanic.com was set up by an ASE and Ford certified technician with the concept of car owners listing their problems/needs, and a group of technicians bidding for the work. In one year's time he had five people sign up as "mechanics" and one....ONE job come in for bidding. The three "mechanics" that bid on the job came across like a bunch of shade-tree mechanics. Good, professional technicians - the ones who know their own value - are unlikely to participate in such foolishness. So you will only get the shade-tree, backyard, throat-cutters who are willing to work for $5.00-per-hour...........under the table, of course. Even if you were to, somehow, lure the country's top technicians into your scheme, what is the potential of having a technician in close proximity to a customer with a problem? How many people are willing to travel - or pay to have their car towed - 50-100 miles to get their car repaired by one of your people?? The project was eventually dropped. YOU, by your own admission, have little - if any - mechanical knowledge. If an ASE and Ford-certified technician can't make it work, what makes you believe your scheme will? Your potential market wil likely be someone who doesn't have a lot of money, and is shopping for a "deal." Requiring the latest software to access your site is foolish on your part. Your potential customer is less likely to have the latest in computers. I'm still operating quite well on Win 95 and MS Explorer 5....but, if I wanted to see your site, I cannot access it without buying new computer and software. Your potential customer can hardly afford to keep his car on the road, yet you want him to upgrade his computer/software. Yeah.....That's gonna' be one success story......... Hi, First of all ouch! I guess I will try to defend my idea. >Your potential customer is less likely to have the latest in computers. Hmmm computers are very cheap these days. Also in my humble opinion (IMHO) college students are my potential customers who will have access to better computers and newer version of software. > I cannot access it without buying new computer and >Software. Not really. All you have to do is update to IE6 or get Mozila firebox both those options are free >How many people are willing to travel - or pay to have their car towed - >50-100 miles to get their car repaired by one of your people?? Please take a look at the website before commenting. Car Jobs and Mechanics both have to enter zip code and I calculate distances based on those. Soon customers will be able to see how far the bidding mechanics are. Mechanic already choose how far they want their jobs to be >What happens when some hacker f### >Up a car? Customers will rate mechanic. So they have a choice always, to choose a cheap mechanic with no ratings versus a mechanic with lots of ratings and history and possibly a little expensive. >There's no way >A tech can bid a job strictly by symptoms, unless he figures the worst case >Scenario in which case your customers will be wasting a LOT of money Soon mechics will be able to bid with multiple diagnosis and corresponding costs, so the customer know the best and the worst case scenario and accept or deny >lure the country's top technicians into your >scheme This is not a scheme. I am hoping to make money via donations and google ads. So back to original question. Can some one help me out with a list of car symptoms? Thank you > Hi, > First of all ouch! I guess I will try to defend my idea. [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > > Thank you Here's one free starter condition/cause: 'Vehicle won't move/unsafe/ noisy/high emissions -- Car butchered by previous budget hack; haven't learned lesson so returning for round two' Toyota MDT in MO P.S. sorry, but I can't help but naysay this idea. Principle won't even allow me to wish you good luck. mirza2m <babar.ansari@gmail.com> wrote in article <1170473276.341235.69910@v45g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>... > Hi, > First of all ouch! I guess I will try to defend my idea. [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > Thank you You would be surprised at how much your concept reflects that of the failed connect2mechanic. Instead of ME trying to download software for the sole purpose of accessing YOUR site - customer friendliness notwithstanding, YOU ought to hook up to connect2mechanic.com and see a site that is actually lonelier than the Maytag Repairman. |
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