Cars.com Adds Inventory Email Alerts

[Bru]

Awww yeah. Finally.

Cars.com Adds Inventory Email Alerts - KickingTires

Are you hunting for that elusive white whale of a car with just the right mileage, transmission and color at a specific price, and you're tired of searching Cars.com's listings over and over again to see if one has just been posted? Hold onto your keyboard — your prayers have been answered!

You can sign up for email alerts directly from a search results page in Cars.com's new- or used-car inventory listings.

How granular can the parameters be? Once you search for a car based on the model name, price and location, you can refine your search to include a variety of factors, including whether it's a certified pre-owned vehicle or if you only want to be alerted to listings from top-rated dealers.

Once you've got the criteria set just the way you want — even if there aren't any matches currently in our inventory — click the Create an Alert button and enter your email address; a confirmation request will soon arrive in your inbox.

You'll only receive email alerts when a car is added to our inventory, and only once a day. You also can unsubscribe at any time.

Now that you know about the new alerts, test them out by searching our listings here.

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[Yaj Yak]

well that's awesome.

have they added trim model or type as a search yet?

like to make searching for cts-v's easier or focus st's or similar situations?

 

[Bru]

Yup, search by trim is there. It's on the left rail called, "Style." Once the style, transmission, mileage and price is selected, you'll be able to get alerts for that specific search.

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

 

[Mike K]

well that's awesome.

have they added trim model or type as a search yet?

like to make searching for cts-v's easier or focus st's or similar situations?

Even if it's not there (auto trader) just search for V8 CTS's and bam: CTS-V's.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Even if it's not there (auto trader) just search for V8 CTS's and bam: CTS-V's.

that works for those, but not things like focus st's or wrx's... and it only works as well if the dealer had half of a brain and entered the vehicle correctly.

or say you want to find a 5.3 powered trailblazer... or a trailblazer ss for that matter... you'll have to weed through the dumb extended ones for days.

 

[Bru]

What's great about Cars.com is that the Ford Focus ST and Subaru WRX are their own YMM drop down.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Even if it's not there (auto trader) just search for V8 CTS's and bam: CTS-V's.

and also too there is a chance of missing vehicles that are listed as V-8 (less common) if you only search V8

 

[Yaj Yak]

Even if it's not there (auto trader) just search for V8 CTS's and bam: CTS-V's.

Or like here... I searched for V8 Trailblazers...

Used Chevrolet TrailBlazer - in 60050 - on Cars.com

inline 6 ones popped up because in their descriptions there is a V somewhere followed by an 8

 

[Mike K]

Nah, I'm talking about choosing how many cylinders in the search, not adding a text search for V8.

But yes, it only works on cars where only the performance model has a certain engine. So it works for the CTS-V because every V is a V8 and it works for say an A8 with the W12 because every W12 is a 12 cylinder. But if you're searching for a vehicle that has several different options for the same cylinder engine then yes, you're screwed.

Thanks for blowing my life hack. I'll be sure to mention you by name in the suicide letter.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Nah, I'm talking about choosing how many cylinders in the search, not adding a text search for V8.

But yes, it only works on cars where only the performance model has a certain engine. So it works for the CTS-V because every V is a V8 and it works for say an A8 with the W12 because every W12 is a 12 cylinder. But if you're searching for a vehicle that has several different options for the same cylinder engine then yes, you're screwed.

Thanks for blowing my life hack. I'll be sure to mention you by name in the suicide letter.

wait... where is the cylinder engine drop down? I know auto trader has it i think but cars.com doesn't.

 

[Bru]

I have a biased opinion, but I truly prefer using Cars.com to AT for searches. It's much easier to search for specific configurations and also read through results without being assaulted by premium ad placement. Plus most dealers list on both. Our SIY inventory is a little weak, though, but everyone uses Craigslist for that anyway.

 

[Mike K]

Autotrader blows since their site change. I like how cars.com just gives me a long list of pictures if I click on one. They seem to have less inventory though. Is that just my perception?

 

[Bru]

It's about equal. Around 4 million total listings in each.

 

[IDAFC21]

This woulda been nice about a week ago. Not so much now I will say cars.com was my main go to while I was shopping tho. And I did appreciate that the ST was blocked off into its own section

 

[Dan00Hawk]

Good to know. We've had an email alert system like that for a few years now at Carmax, and it makes it far more convenient for our customers to find the right vehicle they have been waiting for when it comes in.

It does help to know the best way to enter the search criteria, but it is also only as good as the information that is put in.

 

[Bru]

Agreed. And that's where the world class Cars.com editorial department comes in and helps shoppers narrow down their choices through provoking reviews, research, shopping tools, news and more.

 

[BillyBru]

Agreed. And that's where the world class Cars.com editorial department comes in and helps shoppers narrow down their choices through provoking reviews, research, shopping tools, news and more.

 

[Euro]

That's pretty cool. I found my GS via Cars.com

 

[Yaj Yak]

my gtp came from there too

 

[Turk]

Found my Civic and R8 via cars.com. It's the only site I use when searching for cars. I use both the app and website.

 

[Rebel]

Definitely could have used this when looking for my wrx. probably would have saved me some time. Cars.com was still useful though.

 

[Vogz]

brb, downloading cars.com iphone app....

 

[crooks]

[MENTION=12]Bru[/MENTION]
I cant search for ford raptors. Its the best vehicle ever. Can you add it to the search engine?

 

[Turk]

Yes you can.... F-150. Style: svt raptor