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I’m always on the lookout for a new daily game I can play on my phone because, quite honestly, I’ll do just about anything to delay getting out of bed for just a few more minutes in the morning. If you’re into games like Wordle<\/a> but are looking for an interesting new twist, here’s a pitch:<\/p>\n

Wordle, but it’s about pricing used cars <\/em><\/p>\n

Congratulations on your new job at The Daily Lowball<\/a>, a used car lot where you have to prove to your boss that you know how much second-hand vehicles are worth. Each day in the puzzle, you’re served up five real cars complete with photos and stats: the make and model, what year it’s from, how many miles it’s got on it, and how much it sold for when it was new. <\/p>\n

Then you enter a guess how much you think each used car was sold for on the date shown. You’re graded from A-F on your guesses by your virtual boss, and if you want to keep your daily streak intact, you’d better be accurate. Perform poorly enough on any given day, or string a few bad days together, and you’re fired\u2014you’ll have to start your streak over.<\/p>\n

It’s an easy game to grasp but boy, we here at PC Gamer sure stink at it. My first day on the lot wasn’t so smooth after I completely misjudged the resale price of a 2014 Audi Allroad Quattro and utterly biffed my guess on a cherry red 2005 Dodge Neon SRT-4. I did a little better on the 2008 Mercury Grand Marquis and the 2001 Porsche Boxter, and actually nailed the 2001 GMC Yukon. That gave me a C average for the day, so at least my streak has begun.<\/p>\n

The other members of PC Gamer I sent the puzzle to didn’t fare that well, either. I won’t name and shame but there were two Ds and one F among my coworkers. If I’m the lone car guy at PCG, we’re all in trouble.<\/p>\n

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Turns out it’s fun to peer at used cars and try to figure out what they’re worth, or at least what some real-world person thought<\/em> they were worth when they bought them. And questions abound while I played a few more past puzzles, like “How does someone only have 8,000 miles on their 1985 Mazda RX-7? What, do they live in a walkable city or something? Insanity.”<\/p>\n

The site has a few other daily car-based games, like “Steal or Bad Deal” where you judge whether someone paid an acceptable amount for a used car or got ripped off, “Higher or Lower” where you’re presented with two cars and have to guess which is more expensive, and a licence plate slot machine game where you try to roll a rare plate every day. Check out The Daily Lowball<\/a> for yourself, and feel free to share your results in the comments.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n

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I’m always on the lookout for a new daily game I can play on my phone because, quite honestly, I’ll do just about anything to delay getting out of bed for just a few more minutes in the morning. If you’re into games like Wordle but are looking for an interesting new twist, here’s a pitch: Wordle, but it’s about pricing used cars Congratulations on your new job at The Daily Lowball, a used car lot where you have to prove to your boss that you know how much second-hand vehicles are worth. Each day in the puzzle, you’re served up five real cars complete with photos and stats: the make and model, what year it’s from, how many miles it’s got on it, and…<\/p>\n

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