Aronado from www.startuplucky.com featured and interviewed Tyler Elliston, CEO of Carsala this week about how Carsala started, personal experiences of his venture into the start-up world and where Carsala is headed. They have titled the interview:

#Startup focused on a saving money, Carsala.com. We like!

Yep! All of that in under 15 minutes! Tyler got to speak a little via Skype Video about the official launch that began with a contest last week and Aronado and Oz Sultan enjoyed beverages at their location du jour, the Roger Smith Hotel.

From a Lotus slamming into a herd of cows to a sad story of a dream car purchase turning out to be a lemon, the Carsala Contest is underway and will be giving away prizes to the entry with the highest votes!

Last  Monday, Carsala launched a contest inviting consumers to describe their worst used car buying experiences.  Contestants should go to www.carsala.com/contest to enter the competition.

To celebrate its official launch, Carsala is offering  a SIRIUS - Sportster 5 Dock & Play Satellite Radio Receiver with Vehicle Kit + 1yr SIRIUS Everything Subscription for the contestant who receives the most votes for telling his or her worst true used car buying experience. 2nd and 3rd prize winners will receive a 125 GPS Portable Navigation System from TomTom but the goodies don’t stop there! The first additional 25 contestants to reach one hundred votes will receive a Carsala zip hoodie. The next additional 25 contestants to first reach 25 votes will get a Carsala t-shirt.

Everyone is eligible and individuals are invited to register by email on the Carsala web site at www.carsala.com and submit either a text story of up to 300 words, or a YouTube video to which visitors can link from the voting page.

Carsala will screen the stories and post or link them to the web site, where anyone can see them and vote, for their favorite submission. Voters can vote for more than one story, but cannot vote for each story more than once. Contestants are encouraged to promote their entries on Facebook, Twitter and via other social or traditional media, and to ask their family, friends and acquaintances to sign up and vote for their particular entry.

Carsala will blog and Twitter (#carsala) throughout the contest and add regular updates to the Carsala Fan Page on Facebook. The winners and their stories will also be featured on the Carsala web site and in a You Tube video about the competition.

The contest began Monday, July 27th, and will last eight weeks, through Sunday evening, September 27, 2009, at 11:59 pm pacific time.

So, c’mon! I know there are some funny stories out there! Share them and win a prize!