Comments on: RepairPal, It’s Like Google Health for Your Car

By: Morgan Chase Jones

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:07:37 +0000

What about BrakeQuotes.com…this site actually gets you bids from freelance mechanics, repair shops, and/or dealerships…the avg. of 3-5 quotes will tell you the fair market value of a repair job. Online bidding creates competition….

By: peliportti.com

peliportti.com — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:28:19 +0000

Car Maintenance is not a big technical job, and a novice with minimal car-related knowledge can also do it easily

By: Dan Gower

Dan Gower — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:49:07 +0000

We have something a *little* like this in the UK…

What do you get when you cross comparethemarket.com with repairpal.com?

WiseBlueFox.com – the new online search and comparison site for car owners. Search and compare prices for standard car servicing, get quotes for repairs online AND book direct. Linking thousands of independent garages with millions of car owners.

By: demircioÄ�lu oto

demircioÄ�lu oto — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:50:33 +0000

thanks

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Car Repairs « TeCheap — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:11:30 +0000

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By: Michael Karesh

Michael Karesh — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:20:04 +0000

RepairPal’s data is much more accurate and complete than DriverSide’s.

Can’t say about FairRepair (previous comment) because unlike the others it’s a paid service.

I’ve been talking a bit with David, CEO of RepairPal, and really like the thorough approach he’s taking.

I’m in a slightly different business than the others here, collecting and providing reliability information at http://www.truedelta.com .

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:40:48 +0000

Have a look at http://www.FairRepair.com. Our service will generate an accurate estimate (No ranges) giving you the exact labor time with average labor rates in your area calculated from a 65K record repair facility. Our service also lists out the exact OEM Part # & Price. Our Parts & Labor Data, along with a majority of all repair facilities estimating software is licensed through MOTOR Information Systems. If you want an accurate vehicle repair estimate, check us out.

By: Kolarela

Kolarela — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:26:23 +0000

wow

By: RepairPal Finds You an Honest Mechanic [Cars] · TechBlogger

RepairPal Finds You an Honest Mechanic [Cars] · TechBlogger — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:17:14 +0000

[...] Web site RepairPal provides independent repair estimates to help you decide if your mechanic is ripping you off. Just take your mechanic’s quote and compare it to RepairPal’s encyclopedia of repair estimates by specific make and model—RepairPal will even factor in your location and provide you with a breakdown of parts and labor estimates. The site also offers a review tool for finding trusted mechanics in your area, offers advice for common problems with your make and model, and can track all of your car’s service and repair information. RepairPal [via TechCrunch] [...]

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:36:09 +0000

This is hardly a new idea. Repair cost estimates have been around for ages on Edmunds.com – http://www.edmu...partner=edmunds and other sites. While RepairPal does have a pretty interface, all it takes to compete in that space is a simple license agreement with MOTOR, Autodata Solutions or Alldata, all of which supply this information. Also, do they actually have a business model? I don’t see any advertising (perhaps because it’s beta?) and I doubt that service facilities would direct potential customers to this site or it would destroy their margins. And for logging service information, there is already Ownersite, ServiceBeacon, myCarPage, etc, etc.

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TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » マイカーのGoogle Health「RepairPal」で車修理の相見積もりがさらに進化 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:30:04 +0000

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By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:55:23 +0000

They’re missing a few cars, too. I couldn’t find a Ford Aerostar or a Geo or Chevy Metro.

They should have someone go through the list of makes & models at http://kbb.com/ – make sure they have them all.

By: Chris Yeh

Chris Yeh — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:49:37 +0000

I’m an investor in RepairPal, and it’s really exciting to see the site launch.

David and his team are tackling a difficult but valuable problem. Just a few weeks ago, I needed a brake job, and I wished that the service was available!

By: Brittany Creamer

Brittany Creamer — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:34:49 +0000

I love this idea! I’m not sure about it’s viability in the market, but I think any tool like this has great potential to empower women, in this case those needing car repairs. Better educated consumers get taken advantage of less, no? I wish I had had this last year when I got an estimate I thought was too high but didn’t feel like I had the time or physical capability to find a better shop (it’s hard to shop around when your car is broken down…) And I would have loved to pay the small price of $9 to ask a mechanic-besides the one trying to bill me-if the recommended services were necessary or just up-sells. Genius!

By: PLUMBING

PLUMBING — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:27:42 +0000

All industries could benefit. Even for Finding a Plumber you can trust.

By: Car Video

Car Video — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:23:33 +0000

Great service. Video might help improve the service

By: Shawn

Shawn — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:17:20 +0000

See also http://www.servicebeacon.com which has been up and running for a while now that does many of the same things.

By: Tim L. Walker

Tim L. Walker — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:04:26 +0000

Too bad it’s only for the US… we drive cars up here in Canada, too.

By: Peter Urban

Peter Urban — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:04:09 +0000

hahah “…in the low millions…” love that phrase. It’ll certainly help me to learn about about the quirks of North-American cars…. hm, maybe I shouldn’t put all my $$ into my startup…. ?

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:57:42 +0000

What did they gank the logo from the MySQL site??? Geez it looks eerily familiar…

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:54:09 +0000

good service, but I’m going to guess that they’ll fail. Their prices are way off. And they seem to have way too many employees(experts), so they’ll probably run out of cash before they can get a foothold

By: used cars

used cars — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:57:52 +0000

Maybe I can work this service into my free used car classifieds website. If you can’t fix it, sell it! =)

By: ImageCo

ImageCo — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:12:11 +0000

@everybody – is today national bad grammar day? I feel like I need a translator to read these comments.

By: Nat

Nat — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:07:54 +0000

xcelent idea, catchy name, easy to remember , domain name is really important when building a website. i’m pretty sure this site will go all the way long for good.

Nat
http://www.workersinc.com

By: Larry Velez

Larry Velez — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:05:13 +0000

Grahm,

Great suggestions, I would gladly hand over all car repair receipts to a site that would track it for me and further more spot trends in repairs. Like the exploding heater core on my 1991 GTI 16V which is almost guaranteed to happen on these cars. This is valuable data that they can then sell as market research.

I also think they should trust their community to expand out the models and years. Like the semantic startups, they can let people add and vote for new model lines and it wouldn’t be unreasonable to ask that any new data be verifiable via footnotes. I bet they would quickly attract a hungry community of car enthusiasts that would be stepping over each other to enter accurate data about their beloved rare car.

Another feature suggestion is to have a set of lists of common repair scenarios and how the community thinks they should be handled:
- the car has been sitting for over a year
- flood damage
- vandalism
- fender benders
- planning a long trip
- maintaining a commuter car (lots of short stop and go trips)