PDQ Motors Offer a Fast & Smart Way to Find Cars for Sale

PDQ Motors is a recently launched american served website that claims to offer a fast and effective search facility for cars of any make currently for sale by internet auction. So how true is the claim? I test drove the site today and I'm delighted to say it was a pleasing experience.

On fist sight I thought it was refreshingly clean layout and a simply yet smart appearance. How to navigate the site was obvious. You simply click one of the car makers names down the left hand side or click one of the descriptive searches like "classic", "vintage", "muscle" or "no reserve" along the top. The home page started with a default BMW search but when I clicked on "Alfa Romeo" it took just a couple of seconds for the entire display to switch over to the available listings for that maker. Impressive.

There is also an effective type in search facility where you can be more exact about your requirements. I typed in "1979 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow" (well I can dream...) and just seconds later I was presented with numerous listings matching exactly that make, model and year. Very impressive.

By now I had realised the site was utilising RSS technology to maintain up to the minute live content and it was pleasing to see just how quick and useful RSS can be compared to the usual slow loading "news headline widgets" so many websites use now. But then I noticed, underneath the auction listings was a section of news content! At least it was offering news relevant to the search I'd done, so I was still impressed.

I spent several minutes browsing various car makes and typing in my own refined searches. I enjoyed looking at the damaged cars almost as much as the restored machines. All the time the site operated flawlessly and I found the simplicity and speed meant I soon forgot what I was doing and became engrossed in the content. This told me the site has achieved its purpose.

Having snapped myself out of the searches, and stopped myself drooling over some of the offerings, I looked at the RSS feed available from the site. I was surprised how effective this was. For every page displayed there is a dedicated RSS feed available. So I repeated my "1979 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow" search and clicked the RSS button. Sure enough an RSS feed popped up for exactly those machines from that year. Very impressed. If I was a collector of classic cars, looking for a wreck to restore or just looking to buy a specific SUV model at some stage in the next few months, a relevant feed from this site would definately go in my Google Newsreader.

So by now I was happy the site did what it says and offers an excellent facility if you're looking to buy a car or research prices. So then I asked myself a the big business question. As no registration was required to use the site and no payments were involved to use the service, how was the site making it's money? The answer is by having an affiliate arrangement with the auction company. Therefore anyone buying as a result of seeing a car on PDQMotors will earn the site a share of the fee paid by the seller. A sensible arrangement in my view and likely to sustain the site longer term.

To sum up; PDQMotors.com is a very good site to find and buy virtually any kind of automobile including rare, vintage, restored and classic models. The site is a breeze to use and the ability to set up tailored RSS feeds means collectors, traders and transport businesses can make profitable, time saving use in addition to casual car buyers.

The author is a moderator at Pheebay Forums.