brolot
Learn the cars. Set what you want. Find one. Ask. Then go look.
01 · Learn
The four cars. Tap a model, then a year band.
Small, cheap to keep — if the engine block and the rust check out. A first-car Civic is only a deal if those two things are clean.
Old. Fine as a beater if a shop signs off on rust and the timing belt.
Grade A–B
Known facts look good. Text them. Still pay for a shop look.
Grade C
The ad is quiet, or a known year problem is in play. Ask first.
Grade D–F
Known dealbreaker. Don’t drive out for it.
02 · Set
Target vs stretch shapes Grade. Cares drive Score.
$5,000–$7,000 · under 160k mi · clean title · private party
Score is how complete your cares are. Grade A–F moves as answers land.
03 · Find
The lot is the workbench. Saved is just a folder.
Scan
Scroll the list. Score and Grade on the card. Hide and Save on the right.
Filter
Make, model, title, owners, records. Filter and Sort stay separate.
Sort
Score, newest, closest, price, miles.
Swipe and Map are other views of the same lot. Right-swipe keeps a car on Saved so you can compare later — it is not the next beat.
Pulling the lot…
04 · Ask
A quiet ad has gaps. You text. Then Score and Grade can move.
How many owners?
How many people have owned this car. A one-owner car sitting at a reseller for three weeks is not the same as someone who kept it 11 years — that’s the next question.
On a car page these become copy-ready texts. Gaps live there — not on Saved.
05 · Buy
You go look. The app does not buy the car for you.
1
Meet in daylight
Public place. ID matches the title. VIN matches dash, door, paper.
2
Walk + drive
Cold start, underside, highway and stops. A parking-lot loop is not a test.
3
Shop on a lift
About $150 at an independent Honda/Toyota shop. A good Grade still means this.
4
Paper
Clean title in their name, bill of sale, then the BMV — not cash in a lot at night.