I’ve been thinking, “what do the readers want?”  Do they want to hear me talk about cars on Craigslist, or do they want to actually look at cars.  I’ve created a search engine to search for used cars, but it seems like the search is quite defunct.  So I’ve decided to take another direction with this site.

If you have a used car that you want to sell and are tired of getting rejected on Craigslist, then you can use my site to post your car.  All you need to do is create a new post with your car specs (car make, model, year, and any other information that is useful to sell your car), I will review the post, and accept or reject it.  You will also need to send a picture of your car to Craigscarsforsale@hotmail.com so I can add it to your post.

Lastly, how does this benefit you?  I have over 1000 targeted users that come to my site everyday on organic searches from Google looking for Craigslist cars.  This means your post will be front and center and will attract hundreds of new leads for car sales.

To post go to http://craigscarsforsale.net/wp-login.php

type in

admin:craigslistcarposter
password:craigslistpo$t

In order to post, all you need to do is login.  Click on “Add New”, fill in your car information and click the blue “Post for Review” button on the right hand corner of the screen.  I will add a picture of your car to the post and publish it on this website for everyone to see.  Your post will be featured and viewed by at least 600 people per day.  This is FREE advertising at it’s best!

Hi guys, my traffic has dropped considerably due to an update from Google, which leads me to ask you, what can I do better to make this site more user-friendly?

Has anyone used the used cars search engine?  Do you even know that I have one on my site?

If there’s any that I can do to make this site better, please tell me.  I look forward to hearing your requests and constructive criticism.

Do you live in Albuquerque, New Mexico and want to search for a car online?  In my opinion, one of the best ways to search for cars within Albuquerque is to use Craigslist.  In this post, I will show you exactly how to find a great used car for under $4000.

First, you will need to go to Craigslist Albuquerque.  You can find the site here — http://albuquerque.craigslist.org/.  Now, you will need to click on “cars + trucks” under the “for sale” sub-section.  Here is a picture of where you should click.

Now, this part is very important. Make sure to only click on the link “BY-OWNER ONLY” on the left side of the screen.  The reason why this is important is that it will only search for cars that are sold by private parties.  The results will exclude cars sold from dealers.  The reason why you want to do this is because you will be able to find more used cars for less than $4000 from private sellers.

Now that we have established this, it’s time to search for a used car.  Type in 4000 as the maximum you want to pay in the “price” field. This will limit your search to cars under 4000 dollars.  Now, if you do not type in anything in the “search-for” field, you will end up with thousands of results for a variety of used cars.  In this example, I will search for Mitsubishi Lancer’s as these cars are quite reliable and well within the 4000 dollar range. Type in Mitsubishi Lancer in the “search-for” field.  This is what your search should look like now.

As you can see, there are 4 listings for Lancer’s under 4000.  Now I will show you what you need to look out for before purchasing cheap cars on Craigslist.  The first thing is to make sure that the car actually runs.  In my example, the first listing says that the car is priced at $1500, but has a blown motor.

The 2nd and 4th listings are from the same owner and lists the car at $3600.  The car has 128,000 miles and is stated as being in great condition.  According to the Blue Book value, the car could be listed at $5400.  However, most people just use this as a guideline and the buyer can negotiate a price well below the Blue Book value.  If I were looking for a car in Albuquerque around the $4000 price range, I would probably want to start by looking at this car.

This took me about 5 minutes to find this car and if you are looking for cheap cars in Albuquerque, then this is the way to go.  Seriously, you won’t find locals cars like this on larger car search engines!

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This post will describe how to make $1000 or more selling your junk car on Craigslist.  There are many junk cars for sale on Craigslist and there are plenty of buyers who will give you cold hard cash for your car.  For example,  when I used to live in Seattle, I had a Toyota Tercel.  One day it broke down on the interstate and I had to have it towed to my house.  I was told that the drive belt was broken and that it would cost me about $300 to replace.  However, at that time I just started a new job and was planning to purchase a new car.  So instead of fixing the car, I decided to sell the car as junk.

I went on Craigslist cars and searched for people in Seattle who were looking to buy junk cars.  I have made it easy for people to sell junk cars online through my Craigslist search engine. I will give you an example of how you can sell your car.  First go to this page http://craigscarsforsale.net/search-craigslist-cars.php and type in “Junk Cars” into the make portion of the search field.

Then click on your locations were you want to sell your car — for better results, click on all locations.  Next, for focused results type in “1000″ into the search field.  If your car really is junk, then you shouldn’t expect to receive much for your car.  This means you can expect anywhere from $500-$2000 for your junker.  I received $600 for my Tercel.  However, the good thing about this is that I only paid $1200 for the car and used the car all throughout high school and college.  This means, that the car only cost me $600 for 6 years of use.  Not bad at all!  Here are the results that I got for my search.

As you can see, there are many people who want to buy junk cars online.  This is a great time to list your car, or talk to a buyer of junk cars.  Let’s look at a few ads.  Here’s the first ad.

As you can see, there is a buyer who wants your junk car.  They are wiling to pay up to $1000 for your junker and they will even pick the car up for you.  To me, this is a win-win situation.  You can finally get rid of the car that’s been sitting on your property forever and you don’t have to pay someone to tow your car to the junkyard.  Call the person ahead of time to make sure that the terms are clear and legit.  Also, make sure to become familiar with title transfer for your state as the rules may be different depending on the state you’re in.

Here is a link to each states DMW — http://www.dmvnv.com/50_state_dmv_list.html

So if you have a broken down car sitting in your drive, you might want to consider selling it for some fast cash by using Craigslist.

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I will explain to you in this short post about why you need to use Craigslist Fresno cars in order to find a used vehicle.  Of course, this post is directed towards people who live in Fresno, or it’s surrounding areas (don’t worry other cities! I’ll get to you guys in a moment).

Did you know that car listings on Craigslist Fresno VASTLY outnumbers the listings on Autotrader.com?  The reason for this is because most people who want to sell their cars privately do not want to pay a fee to list their cars on popular car websites such as Autotrader.com.  Furthermore,  Autotrader is mainly used for car dealerships that want to sell new cars.  However, the problem with this is that people in California are currently BROKE and we cannot afford to buy brand spanking new cars.

Therefore, most people who live in the Fresno area will go to the Craigslist to buy and sell their used cars.  According to Google’s Keyword Research Tool, there are over 880 exact searches for the term “Craigslist Fresno cars” per month.  Along with other related search terms, the total amount of people who are searching for this term a month exceeds 110,000.  This means that a large amount of the population in Fresno use Craigslist to search for cars.

If you are a resident of Fresno and want to search for a car, I strongly suggest that you use my Craigs’s Cars for Sale search engine to search for cars within Fresno, and its surrounding areas.  Do not use other used cars search engines such as Autotrader.com because you won’t get as many used car results.  If finding cars on Craigslist wasn’t effective, then why would over 100,000 people in Fresno use Craigslist used cars per month? Furthermore, I will show you proof that there is a larger selection of cars using Craigslist Fresno compared to Autotrader.com.

First go to http://craigscarsforsale.net/search-craigslist-cars.php and you will be redirected to my awesome search engine.  Next, I’ll search for a common car such as a Honda Civic.  Make sure to click on Fresno and your search city and click “Find Cars”.  As you can see, as of today there are over 514 search results for Honda Civics within Fresno and its surrounding areas.

Now if I search for Honda Civics in Fresno and its surrounding areas using Autotrader.com, I will get very few results.  The results that I received for Honda Civics from Autotrader’s listings was 72.  This is taking into consideration that I included cars within a 70 mile radius of Fresno.  This is disconcerting in part that I do not have a variety of cars to choose from, hence I am basically forced to buy a car from a car dealership and do not get a variety of cheap car choices.  Of course, a large variety of choices indicates that I can get a better deal on the car price (it’s simple economics!).  Here is a screen print of the Autotrader.com Fresno listings.

Notice that there are only 72 results for cars for sale within Fresno.  Now it doesn’t take a genius to figure out which search engine to use to search for cars within Fresno.  If you are ready to look for a used car in Fresno, then check out my search engine.

Do you live in Seattle and want to learn how to use the Craig’s Cars Search Engine to find Craigslist Seattle Cars?  This post will walk you through how to search for CHEAP vehicles within Seattle and it’s surrounding areas on my free Craigslist search engine.

First of all,  I want to give you an example of why using Craigslist cars is so powerful and why the common folk should ONLY use Craigslist to search for cars online.  One of my friends who lives in Seattle just recently got fired from her job as a nanny because the bread winner in their family just got laid off from a six figure job.  She asked me if she could borrow my car as she had lined up a job with a new family with one stipulation – they wanted her to have a car to commute to work.  I felt extremely uncomfortable with lending her my car, but I immediately came up with a solution.

My solution was that I would help her buy a car and would lend her $1,000 to purchase a car until she could find better transportation.  She was a little confused as she never heard of someone purchasing a used car for just $1000; however, I have used my search engine so often that I knew that there were plenty of 1000 dollar cars within Seattle and its surrounding areas.  We ended up purchasing a car for about $1,200 after taxes and my friend is still using that car today.

I will show you guys how I found a $1000 car for my friend and how you can also search for extremely cheap cars using the Craigslist Seattle site as well as my Craigslist cars search engine.

Now there are two ways that you can search for cars on Craigslist.  The first way is to actually go to Craigslist Seattle and use their cars and trucks section.  However, if you want to be more sophisticated and want the ability to search for more cities around the Seattle area, then use my search engine.  So this is what I did to find a car for around 1000 dollars within the Seattle city limits.

First go to my search engine that is located at the tab that says “Craigslist Custom Car Search”.  Once you’re there, type in a make of the car that you want.  Typically, what I’ve noticed is that your best bet for finding an extremely cheap car is by searching for used Toyotas and Hondas.  In my friends case, we searched for a used Toyota as I’ve had great experiences with these cars in the past.

Type in “Toyota” into the make field and type “1000″ into the keyword field.  What this does is command the search engine to look for all Toyota cars with the keyword “1000″ located within the text of the ad.  Also, if you want to search for more cars in the surrounding areas of Seattle, then click on each city where you want to search for cars.  In this case, I’m going to search for cars in Seattle, Pullman, Wenatchee, and Bellingham.  You can just search for cars within Seattle, but your results will be limited.  This is what everything should look like what you have inputted the fields and have clicked on the appropriate cities.

Next, you will click “Find Cars” and it will take you to a screen where you need to copy and paste the search string.  Here are the results that I got (click on the link).

Cars for $1000 in Seattle Results

Lastly, a lot of the results may be expired, but be patient because there are tons of cheap cars out there  As of this post, there were 67 results for Toyota cars with the keyword “1000″ located within the text of the ad.  Now, this is the magical part of this search engine as you will NOT be able to find a car for this cheap on the public market.  When was the last time you found a car on Autotrader.com for $1000?  It’s near impossible, but on Craigslist people are willing to part with their old vehicles for a reasonable price.

Here are some results that I found as of today.  One of these cars is a fixer upper and the other is drivable, which would be perfect for my friends situation.  Basically, these cars are going to be drivable, but that’s it.  They might have huge dents, cosmetic problems, or parts that need to be fixed in the future, but they will work when you’re in a bind.

As you can see, this car needs a new muffler, but it’s drivable.  This is perfect for beginning driver’s as well as people who cannot afford a car, but need a car to get to work. This car is located in Silverdale, WA.

As for this car, this car is perfect for mechanics who want a fixer upper that can be resold for a decent profit. This car is located in Lynden, which is kind of a drive from Seattle, but you could negotiate with the seller to deliver the car to Sea

Both of these examples are perfect reasons why you should start looking on Craigslist for cars.  Remember, that you don’t have to just search for Toyotas.  Your search possibilities are unlimited!  So if you are searching for a cheap car in Seattle, I strongly suggest that you try out the Craigslist cars and use my search engine.

Here is the link to go to my custom cars search engine - http://craigscarsforsale.net/search-craigslist-cars.php

Do you live in Alabama and want a way to conveniently search for a used car?  Have you tried my new search engine that easily searches all of Craigslist Alabama cars?  People who live in Alabama now have an easy way to search all of Craigslist cars for a cheap used vehicles.

Searching for a used car can be VERY annoying. Most used car websites use the same paid for car database, and each used cars search engines all have the same results.  However, Craigslist has become one of the best used car search engines in the nation due to the fact that they constantly update their database.  The car database is updated because of Craigslist users.  This means that their is a constant stream of people uploading their used cars for sale.  A traditional car search engine does not have the capacity for private car sellers to sell their own vehicles online.

According to http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/01000.html, there are over 4.5 million residence who live in Alabama.  This means that there are a whole lot of used cars on the market.  Now, if you are not familiar with Craigslist, then you should know that Craigslist sells cars specifically in the Alabama area.  You can go to Craigslist Alabama by clicking this link http://geo.craigslist.org/iso/us/al.  However, one of the downsides of going directly to Craigslist is that you can only search for cars one city at a time.  This gets rather annoying as you need to constantly back out of each city, click on a new city and redo your search.  However, I have provided users with a convenient way to search ALL of Craigslist Alabama cars.

My Craigs Cars for Sale search engine, which is located here can search for all most of the cars located in the Craigslist Alabama database.  This means you will save time when performing your car search as all used car results for cars located within the state of Alabama will show up all at once.  Let me take you throw an example.

Let’s say we are searching for a “Ford Mustang”.  I will will simply type in “Ford” and “Mustang” into the make and model fields.  Next click on Alabama and click on all the cities you want to search in.  For this example, I will click on all the cities located within the Craigs Cars for Sale database.  Currently, user’s can search in Auburn, Birmingham, Dothan, Florence, Gadsden-Anniston, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, and Tucaloosa. Now remember, this database only pulls information from the largest cities in Alabama.  Here is a screen print of the results you should come up with.

Notice that there are 519 results.  If you used a traditional used car search engine, I will guarantee that you won’t find this many results for a Ford Mustang located within Alabama.  Now, 519 results are way too many and would take hours to search through.  The next step is to narrow down your search results through keywords.  Let’s say I am looking to buy a Ford Mustang – Rousch Edition. Simply type of “Rousch” as the keyword.  This will make the search engine search for all Ford Mustangs AND Rousch Mustangs. 

Perfect! Now we only have 9 results.  Lastly, click on the links to make sure that the car is available.  In this case, I found a Ford Mustang – Rousch Edition for around $7000 with 100,000+ miles.  Here is the final car result. At this point I would talk with the seller to take a test drive or ask additional questions.

In my opinion, this is the best way to search for Craigslist Alabama cars and used cars within the state of Alabama.  Please bookmark or “like” this post if you’ve found it useful.

Do you live in Sioux City or the surrounding area?  If you are looking for a used car in Sioux City, Iowa and don’t want the hassle of going to the car dealerships, then you should use the Craigslist Sioux City Cars search engine.  The search engine pulls information straight from Craigslist cars and will search for multiple cities at once. Let’s say you are looking for a Honda Civic in Sioux City.  All you need to do is type in “Toyota” in the “Make” search field and type in “Camry” in the “Model” field.  You will also need to click on “Sioux City” as the city where you want to search for cars.  If you want to search for cars in the surrounding area, then click on the other cities that surround Sioux City.  This is one of the special features of this search engine as you will only be able to search for cars one city at a time at Craigslist.  Here is a screen print of what your search should look like.

Remember that you can search for more than one city at once.  This is recommended as you will have a wider selection to choose from.  Remember, you can only do this in my search engine because Craigslist doesn’t allow multiple city searches at once.  Once you click search, here are the search results that you may find.

Now let’s say you want to narrow down the search and look for specific accessories in your used vehicle.  If you are looking for Toyota Camry’s that have CD players, then type in “CD Player” into the “Keyword” attribute.  Here’s what your search should look like.

And here are the results that you will receive.  Notice that there were 121 original results for the search term “Toyota Camry”.  However, narrowing down the search with “CD Player” results in 4 search results.  These narrowed down results will make it much easier to narrow down the car that you want to buy.  Here is what the results should look like.

If you are from Iowa, go ahead and take the search engine for a spin.  You will find it easy to use and will use the Craigslist cars for sale search over and over.  Make sure to bookmark the page at http://craigscarsforsale.net/search-results.php if you find it useful.

Ask and you shall receive.  I have been playing around with the idea of creating a Craigslist cars search engine for my site and what better time to introduce it then the new year?  If you click on the “Craigslist Cars Custom Search Tab“, you will see the search engine function.

You will be able to search for used cars listed on the Craigslist website within multiple cities.  One of the really annoying things about Craigslist is that you can only search for cars in one city.  If you want to find cars in another city, then you have to click on another cities link and restart your search using the same keywords.  However, with my search engine, all you need to do is click on the cities where you want to search for your used car and click “find car”.

Basically, you are saving a lot of time if you use my new Craigslist used cars for sale search engine.  If you are unfamiliar with how to search for cars, simply type in the make, model, year, and click on the cities where you want to search under.  One of the most important factors is to  use the keyword function.  If you use this function correctly, you will be able narrow down your search significantly.  For example, one important factor when searching for a car is the color.  If you are searching for a red Toyota Prius.  Type in all the key factors and type in “red” as the keyword.  You can add as many keywords as you want.  Hope you guys use the heck out of this awesome new feature!