FREMONT, CA - July 20, 2000

Today, MechanicNet, the premier Internet Application Systems Provider (ASP) for the auto repair industry, and ALLDATA LLC, the market leader in automotive business solutions, announced the successful introduction of the Mechanic's Internet Toolkit. Recently released to repair professionals in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Sacramento, the new bundled offering includes Internet connectivity, designed and hosted commerce enabled websites, email accounts, and the new Internet version of ALLDATA's Automotive Repair information products.

"The Mechanic's Internet Toolkit solves the problem of acquiring critical tools to run an effective automotive repair shop while also significantly reducing the resources required to deploy IT solutions in this time constraint environment," said Walt Samuelson, Chief Operating Officer of ALLDATA. "By partnering with MechanicNet, ALLDATA can immediately give our customers Internet driven, business solutions that yield tangible, sustainable benefits," added Samuelson.

"MechanicNet and ALLDATA not only deliver electronic tools that can be deployed immediately to improve communications with customers and vendors, but we also deploy technologies that serve as the digital foundation on which future applications will be delivered," said Steven Liao, President and CEO of MechanicNet.

Prior to the advent of the Internet, the automotive aftermarket often relied on isolated, proprietary technologies that were difficult to integrate with other tools. Many service shops now rely on several IT applications that often require stand alone machines or dedicated electronic access. With the Mechanic's Internet Toolkit, repair shops now have an integrated solution that uses low cost, easy to use Internet technologies to provide large scale efficiencies.

Demonstrating once again the company's technology and industry leadership, ALLDATA has delivered the Mechanic's Internet Toolkit only four (4) weeks after announcing the strategic alliance with MechanicNet. Completed in June 2000, the partnership allows the two companies to collaborate on products that deliver innovative Internet enabled efficiencies to the automotive aftermarket.

About ALLDATA

ALLDATA is the leading provider of Electronic Diagnostic, Repair and Estimating Information to the Professional Automotive Service Industry. ALLDATA's information includes diagnostic and repair articles, factory technical service bulletins and illustrations including original equipment wiring diagrams that improve the efficiency of automotive repair service providers. ALLDATA is located on the Web at www.alldata.com.

About MechanicNet

Headquartered in Fremont, Calif., MechanicNet is a privately held company that provides business-to-business and business-to-consumer services to the automotive aftermarket community. MechanicNet connects mechanics and car owners by providing web presence for mechanics and car care answers for consumers. Affiliated members of the MechanicNet network are provided with branded web sites at www.MechanicNet.com, where car owners can perform an evaluation of their car symptoms, schedule an appointment online and provide feedback on the services received.