They're trying to turn Google Shopping/Froogle and Ebay into the same site. I hate it. Lots. I rarely get into old school demon flame-master(20+ years of experience online) mode, but this made me go off on them in their forums.
we need loads and loads of quick to access raw data.
As for cars, limit the searches to 20 or 50 miles or whatever is "close" to you. Never bid on anything you don't see and drive first, because most of Ebay is people trying to dump their garbage that they can't get rid of locally.