Bid.cars Toolbox

Rate, take notes, filter, and track vehicle listings on bid.cars with custom interest tags, mileage badges, and a saved dashboard.

Bid.cars Toolbox adds rating, tracking, and evaluation tools directly to bid.cars vehicle listings. Key Features: - Interest Ratings: Rate listings as Hot 🔥, Maybe 🤔, or Skip 🛑 directly on search results and detail pages. - Native Sync: Clicking the native bid.cars favorite button automatically marks the lot as Hot in the toolbox. - Custom Notes: Attach text notes to any lot to track damage details, repair estimates, or bid limits. - Odometer Heatmap: Highlights mileage in color for rapid wear assessment (0–30k km green, 30–60k km yellow, 60–90k km orange, 90k+ km red). - Advanced VIN Decoders: Shows hidden vehicle specs directly on listings: - Tesla Model 3/Y: Hardware version (HW3/HW4), battery chemistry (LFP), drive layout, and structural gigacasting risk. - Volkswagen ID.4: Battery capacity, motor configuration, and assembly plant. - Subaru Forester: Model generation and powertrain type (gas or hybrid). - Segmented Filter Bar: Filter search pages to show All, Not Skipped, Not Reviewed, or Not Viewed lots. - Saved Lots Dashboard: Open a dedicated dashboard to search, sort, and organize your saved active and archived lots. - Watchlist Pagination Protection: Automatically enforces pagination parameters on watchlist pages to ensure all saved lots are visible. How to Use: 1. Browse vehicle listings on bid.cars. 2. Use the toolbox overlay on any listing card to rate interest or add a note. 3. Use the filter bar at the top of search pages to filter listings by your ratings. 4. Click the extension icon to view your saved collection. --- What's New: v1.3.0: - Options & Preferences Page: Configure your preferred odometer unit (miles or kilometers) and default search filter mode. Changes apply immediately across all open tabs. - Evaluation Auto-View Tracking: Rating a vehicle lot or adding a note immediately marks the listing as viewed. - UI Contrast & Divider Refinements: Polished segmented control borders, button focus styling, and header filter bar spacing. - Odometer Number Parsing: Added support for European distance formats with spaces and dot thousand separators. v1.2.0: - Volkswagen & Subaru VIN Decoders: Decodes Volkswagen ID.4 and Subaru Forester VINs to show exact model generation, battery capacity or powertrain type, motor configuration, and assembly plant on listings. - Tesla Model Y Decoder Updates: Adds hardware version detection (HW3 vs HW4) and gigacasting structural repair risk indicators based on assembly plant and model year. - Watchlist Pagination Enforcement: Automatically enforces pagination URL parameters on watchlist views to ensure all saved lots are visible. - Enhanced Filter Bar: Replaces basic filter toggles with a segmented mode selector (`All`, `Not Skipped`, `Not Reviewed`, `Not Viewed`) to streamline listing views. v1.1.0: - Tesla Model 3 VIN Decoder: Decodes Tesla Model 3 VINs to show drive layout (`RWD`, `AWD`), battery range (`Standard Range`, `Long Range`), and battery type badges (`LFP`, `LFP M3P`) directly on search listing cards and detail page headers. - In-App Version History: View changelog updates directly from the Saved Lots dashboard footer with a notification badge for new releases. - Feedback Link: Easily submit feature requests and feedback via a dedicated link in the Saved Lots dashboard footer. - Dark Mode Improvements: Enhanced button contrast and readability in dark mode. Privacy Commitment: All data (ratings, notes, viewed history) is saved 100% locally in your browser via chrome.storage. No user tracking, external servers, or data collection.