Hey Veeky Forums, I'm close to launcing a car app that gives users measurements when they want to put on new rims or tires. It would show you how big or small you can go on your car without ruining it.
Is it worth it?
Worth launching car app?
Nicholas Nelson
Nathaniel Wilson
No, people should stick with the recommended factory sizes or have the intelligence to figure out what will work well with their car themselves if they stray from the design.
Robert Flores
Yes. Do it.
Wyatt Kelly
Thats what the companies suggest but there is a huge population that stance their cars or change their tires/rims
Hunter Murphy
There could be serious legal implications for you or your company. Supplying information that contradicts a manufacturers recommendation could leave you open to legal challenges from government agencies. If a consumer uses your information then is injured in any sort of accident, they could sue you for contributing to the accident whether your tire/wheel recommendation was at fault or not. Once you claim to be an expert and you supply information for people to modify their cars away from the manufacturers specification, you then take on the same level of liability as a manufacturer. Now, lots of magazines and tire stores do the same thing. But the liability is shared in an entertainment medium in magazines (and they all have disclaimers on their publishers information page) or for the sale of equipment which pushes the responsibility to the consumer to make the choice from many options. But as a company, you would be making recommendations that a consumer is supposed to trust as an expert recommendation.
These are very litigious times we live in so be sure and consult a qualified attorney before you publish an app that offers "expert" information that contradicts a manufacturers specification.
Lincoln Taylor
If you're close to launching why would you not? Who finishes 99% of a project and then says nah fuck it
Hunter Lee
Why do you need to make it an app? Make a website instead where you can just look up your car. Or just make a table. An app seems too complicated and I don't know if people would need it enough to install it and keep it on their phone.
Landon Torres
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Dominic Garcia
Pretty much this, people don't want to install apps anymore.
Make it a mobile-first site, and if you really want to, just make a cordova build. That way every phone can access your site, not just whatever platform you would've made the native app on.
Jaxon Roberts
Do it please, that would help me out a lot.