Boompa: Your Garage Online

There are roughly two cars for every person in the United States. To some, these vehicles represent simple transports - efficient means to get from point A to point B. But to others, cars are objects worthy of fanatical attention. The new web startup Boompa is for that latter set. Car enthusiasts have a big presence online. As demonstrated by the existence of smaller forums for the Toyota Matrix, such as CNET employees Ethan Lance and Dave Snider, who constructed Boompa, hope to harness that demographic with a MySpace-like setup. Users can enter information about (and pictures of) cars they own or want to own, and can comment on and tag each other's vehicles. The site caters to individuals who "mod," or modify, their cars, inviting users to "find parts and guides to improve them." The owners also exhibit enormous ambition in the form of the Del.icio.us") | Yahoo! My Web Technorati: Doug is a staff writer for Murdok for the latest eBusiness news.