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Hello, I'm Alfred Van Kuik, and today, I'd like to tell you all about my vision
of social networking, for true car enthusiasts
If you're anything like me, you see cars as a lot more than just transportation
To us, they're even more than a hobby
They've become a part of our life we couldn't live without anymore
Well, maybe we could. But it would be pretty damn boring
I know I'm not alone in this
I meet these car enthusiasts all the time when I'm on the road
We wave, give eachothers cars thumbs up or flash our lights in greeting
I wanted to create a platform where I could meet these people
The idea of AutoSocial was born
Hello I'm Joost Zaal and I respresent the AutoSocial network
when you register on AutoSocial
you create a driver's profile. You can fill in a few details about yourself but
that's not our key feature
When your Driver Profile is filled out it's time to add your car to your virtual
garage.
Fill in the details, add pictures, and your car now has it's own page
Everytime you change something to your car, which can be something small like new
spark plugs, or something large like a complete engine conversion
You can add it to the profile the site will keep track of everything
and thus create a complete history of your ride
this makes it easy to see when you did certain things and when you might want
to do them again. You can add pictures and small descriptions to every change
or leave them blank. All these changes can be shared with your friends or kept private
This can be very convenient for yourself or for when the sad day comes that
you have to sell your car
Friends?
Well yeah! What is a social network without friends?
Of course you can add your already existing friends. But what we really want to focus on
making some new ones. AutoSocial will use an algorithm to find people that will
fit you. The car they drive,
location, age, and other hobbies can all play a part in this. Look at each other's
cars online. Then go out to meet eachother. Go cruising together
or help each other fix car related issues
for this you can use the support layer of the website which will allow you to read
and write tutorials of any kind
this user created database will grow over time, and will be nicely organized by
category, and if needed, by make and model
If the tutorials can't help you, you can ask a question to the community
said question will pop up on the homepage of everybody that has the same car
so you're bound to get a quick reply. We have some big plans for the support page
but this is the basic idea so far
There is one last function of AutoSocial I want to tell you about
remember how we want to encourage you making new friends are just as car-crazy
as you? Well, what better way to do that than through car events?
Drives, conventions, it can be anything
with a few clicks you can create an event
and everybody with the cars you selected will be invited
What about a sunday ride for just any car
or a meeting only for maza roadsters?
And AutoSocial will make sure you're not the only one there
Afterwards, you can still add pics, see who was there to add them to your friends list
talk about the event
these are just three of the basic functions we want to add to AutoSocial
we have huge plans but unfortunately, not all of them can make it at this point
we need your money to even get this far. We will spend it wisely and make sure
that you get the best experience possible
If we get more than our initial goal, we will make sure to put in as much features as possible
To see what you'd get in return for your funding, please take a look below
We're thankful for every penny, but remember IndieGoGo only lets you donate one dollar or more
Thanks in advance from EVERYBODY at AutoSocial!