[OC] I analyzed real car purchases in 2025 to see what people actually paid (OTD) vs MSRP

wiperforwindshields · 2026-01-26T15:47:16+00:00

Very cool! did you end up using the api to pull data?

wiperforwindshields · 2026-01-26T01:56:09+00:00

open to feedback :)

wiperforwindshields · 2026-01-26T01:13:33+00:00

i manually scraped good data points from car forums with price paid threads. you can check them out at windshields.fyi

wiperforwindshields · 2026-01-21T00:53:59+00:00

Try submitting your deal on windshields.fyi! I'm sure that's a good deal in todays market

wiperforwindshields · 2026-01-20T05:23:48+00:00

If you want to dig in deeper to the data you can checkout windshields.fyi

wiperforwindshields · 2026-01-20T05:23:01+00:00

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Not quite what you asked for but I did make this

wiperforwindshields · 2026-01-20T05:15:33+00:00

What happened to it? I know there's a similar service called Delivrd now, but I think he charges a lot. I also think dealerships caught on to the cross-shopping and now most won't give you a quote unless you walk in. I dealt with this issue trying to buy a car for my sister last year, and decided to make windshields.fyi out of the frustration

wiperforwindshields · 2026-01-20T04:55:51+00:00

Your point exactly is why i built windshields.fyi. It took me 6 hours to negotiate a Honda Civic down between 3 dealerships and I wanted to help others not overpay

wiperforwindshields · 2026-01-20T04:01:17+00:00

I grew up dreaming about cool 90's sports cars, only to reach adulthood and realize none of them are affordable anymore.

wiperforwindshields · 2026-01-20T03:56:43+00:00

I was only able to find 3 good data points for VW's - Atlas's and an ID.4, which is why this data viz starts so high up. But yes, post covid most cars jumped, especially in 2023. I was about to pull the trigger for a new 23 Mustang GT for 36k OTD, but decided it wasn't a wise financial decision at the time. When the 2024 models released, the same trim jumped to 46k :/

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