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Nobody buys their first car alone.

You find the one. They check it over. You go and see it together on Saturday. Real cars from real people, close to home — free to list, free to look, never a commission.

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The AI here is not a car salesman. It reads every listing and says what the seller won’t. See one →

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The AI here is not a salesman

No AI car salesman.

Theirs

Every other car site’s AI has one job: match you to a sale. It is paid by the dealer or by the lead, so it cannot afford to say don’t buy this one.

Ours

Reads the listing and the photos like a straight-shooting friend. Says what is missing. Says when the price looks high for the miles. Is allowed to say not this one. The seller does not write it, cannot edit it, cannot pay to soften it, and does not see it first.

A real one, from this site, unedited

1976 Ford Pinto Runabout

1976 Ford Pinto Runabout

$1,495

The seller is upfront about the thing everyone asks about, which I like, but the honesty in the text isn't backed up by the photos - twelve identical side-profile line drawings, no interior, no engine bay, no odometer, and none of the rust they say is "photographed." So right now you're buying a description, not a car. Setting price aside, my real concern is the job: a 1976 subcompact has no airbags, no ABS, no crumple structure worth the name, and however well the 1976 tank fix was done, this is not the car I'd hand a new driver who will eventually be hit by someone in an SUV. These are known for rust in the rear quarters and around the shock towers and floors, and the 2.3 is a tough old engine but parts and a mechanic willing to touch it are their own project. If someone in the family loves old cars and wants a weekend thing, fine - as the daily car for a sixteen-year-old, I'd pass.

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No dealer pays us. The assistant is not on commission. How it works →

It takes both of you.

You.

  • 01 You find the one — every car here is close enough to actually go and see.
  • 02 You watch the cold-start video three times.
  • 03 You tap the heart, at 11pm, and they see it in the morning.
  • 04 You ask the assistant anything; it is not paid by the seller.

Them.

  • 01 They get a listing a person has already read.
  • 02 They get the VIN checked against the stolen-and-salvage registry.
  • 03 They see what it costs to insure a new driver, and the real mpg.
  • 04 They get the final word — a parent taps approve before anyone messages a seller.

Then Saturday: the shortlist, the test drive, the handshake.

The mechanic

How Saturday happens.

  1. 01

    Pick

    The new driver taps the heart on the one they want. That is the whole ask.

  2. 02

    Agree

    Two hearts light up together. That is the shortlist.

  3. 03

    Inspect

    A garage we have actually met puts it on a lift. The badge cannot be bought.

  4. 04

    Drive

    Cash, a handshake, a title. The two of you drive it home.

The thing you screenshot

The Saturday shortlist.

Three cars you both said yes to, on one page. Send it to the group chat, stick it on the fridge, drive to all three.

1976 Ford Pinto Runabout Sat 10:00

1976 Ford Pinto Runabout

$1,495

Birmingham, AL

1974 AMC Gremlin X Sat 11:30

1974 AMC Gremlin X

$1,695

Birmingham, AL

1974 MG MGB Roadster Sat 1:00

1974 MG MGB Roadster

$13,500

Birmingham, AL

Free for every household. The kid picks, the parent approves, the hearts turn green.

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Where we stand

We never hold your money.

We never take a cut of the sale.

We never publish a listing nobody has read.

We never let a sixteen-year-old message a stranger without a parent’s say-so.

We never let the seller edit what the AI says about their car.

Independent. No dealer pays us, and the assistant is not on commission.

Selling one?

Free. Two at a time, sixty days, no commission. A person reads it before it goes up.

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