By Ryan Porter

IN-N-OUT Editor

Yep, we’ve heard what everyone has to say and we agree that the ratings system isn’t running 100% so we’ll be testing out some new parts and air to fuel mixtures to see what we can do.

To start, this means that we’re taking out the View Ratings area from the ride page.  One thing we found was that when we opened up this data for everyone to see we saw an instant polarity change in the way you all rated each other.  Gone were your true feelings and out came unanimous five star ratings to every dang car.  In turn this has really thrown things off and we’re not seeing legitimate ratings so we’re going to give it another shot.

Glasses up to the first shot of the night

By Ryan Porter

IN-N-OUT Editor

If you were logged in a couple weeks ago you might have seen something pretty interesting and very different in your member lobby, but it was only there for a few hours. Well, now it’s time to share what we’ve been working on. So without further ado, have a look at the new CarDomain Member Lobby!

-Stay up to date on what your friends are doing to their rides
-See who’s commenting and what they’re saying
-Interact with updates from your friends
-Participate in a new realm of discussion for the CarDomain community

Check it out and let us know what you think!

By Ryan Porter

IN-N-OUT Editor

I’m sad to announce that we are planning to remove Groups from CarDomain in June. We released Groups in 2007, but it never really caught with the community. There have been a few popular groups, some clever groups and number of off-topic and random groups, but none of them are very active. So we had a choice to make. Do we invest considerable time and energy to try to make this feature a success, or do we continue to focus on our core strength—ride pages and member functionality? We chose the latter. We’re sorry that we have to take away a cool product, but we hope that this step will lead to a better overall experience for all of our members. Stay tuned for more cool features, and of course, we always welcome your input and feedback.

By Ryan Porter

IN-N-OUT Editor

For a long time there have been about 5 pages involved in managing your guestbook so we’ve decided to go ahead and simplify this. From now on you will manage your guestbook from the ride page. If you someone left a rude comment all you have to do is click the delete button.

Let us know what you think.

By Ryan Porter

IN-N-OUT Editor

You may have noticed that we changed the way we display ride page images last week. Several members have asked us some great questions, so I thought I would bring them up for everyone here.  Check out the QA I’ve created after the jump.

Continue reading "Ride Page Image Browsing: Look In My Lightbox" »

By Ryan Porter

IN-N-OUT Editor

With all the free sticker requests coming in, it’s apparent that we need to explain what a SASE is.  Look at all these envelopes we’ve received without a SASE!

Full tutorial after the jump!

Continue reading "How To: Self Addressed Stamped Envelope" »

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Hi guys, we’re doing some work on the blog today. We’re ripping out the crappy Lucas wiring, reflashing the ECU and installing canards. We’re also gonna take the restrictor plate off to give the red dragon some more juice. But let’s keep that on the down low, cause it’s not exactly street legal.

So is the blog working for you right now? Leave a comment and let us know!

I don’t know about you guys, but I browse cars for sale about every day. I hit eBay and Craigslist looking at Porsche 911′s even when it’s a unrealistic car for me. The fact is I love browsing cars that are for sale, but there is something funny about these two sites—I’ve never bought a car from either one. 

Out of all the cars I’ve bought used, I end up finding them on AutoTrader.com. I don’t really know what it is, but I prefer Craigslist for my browsing pleasure because of the free-form layout.  I don’t really look at a car for sale unless it has images, and I prefer to contact members by e-mail.

When it comes to part shopping, I find most of my items on model specific auto forums like AudiWorld or Smart Car of America and sometimes eBay.  But what about everyone here at CarDomain, what type of car parts and vehicle marketplaces do you prefer? The more feedback and insight the better!

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

People keep hitting me up for CarDomain stickers. Want ‘em? Then just send us a SASE! That stands for Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope (which means you mail us an envelope with your address and a fresh new $.42 stamp if you’re in the United States). And yes they are free. And no you don’t get my new GTX Hot Wheels!

Send to:

CarDomain Stickers
1633 Westlake Ave. North
Suite 100
Seattle, WA 98109

Update: Ryan just wrote a nice SASE tutorial. Please read it!

You guys have been asking for this forever. So here it is! The bulk uploader supports bmp, gif, jpg, jpeg, png and tif. If you have a ton of photos already uploaded, you may see some blank images on your tray while all the old images load. But try it out and let us know what you think!