🚙Vehicles
This page will provide information on purchasing and maintaining vehicles.
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This page will provide information on purchasing and maintaining vehicles.
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When you're ready to buy a vehicle, you can head to one of the various car dealerships around San Andreas. The more popular of the bunch would be Premium Deluxe Motorsport (PDM), where you're about to, in a sense, self-checkout purchase a vehicle. There you'll be able to find standard cars ranging from sedans to sports cars.
Your next option would be to purchase a used vehicle from the Used Car Lot in Harmony. You'll surely get a better bargain, but is it worth it?
You can only enter and purchase a vehicle at this dealership. Finally, in Vinewood, you can visit the "Luxury Vehicle Shop," where you can buy higher-end and imported vehicles (non-lore based). You can only enter and purchase a car at this dealership if someone is working there.
All gas vehicles can refuel at any gas station located in San Andreas. There are some electric charging stations at select gas stations as well.
Walk up to a gas pump and 3rd Eye the pump to get two options
Grab Nozzle - Used to fuel a close parked vehicle
Purchase Jerry Can - Purchase a jerry can to be used later
To fuel the vehicle at a pump, press Grab Nozzle. Next, walk to the vehicle and use the 3rd Eye around the rear wheel well. Press Insert Nozzle, choose a payment method, how much gas to put in and then confirm the payment and gas will flow. When done, return the nozzle back to the pump.
Electric vehicle has the same process as gas vehicles but they have a charging station like above. These charging stations are not available at all gas stations.
Suppose you're heading to a mechanic shop, and the vehicle completely breaks. In that case, you can utilize a vehicle repair kit to temporarily make the vehicle run to get from you to the closest mechanic shop before it decides to break again. Remember to take it easy when driving that car after it's been mobile repaired.
If there are no mechanics in the state, you can pull into a Repair Shop marked with a wrench Icon and 3rd Eye the workbench while in the car to get the vehicle repaired. The repair comes with a fee; if you can't pay the fee, you cam't repair the car.
Suppose you want to make your car look nice and spiffy. In that case, you can contact one of the mechanics across the city and work with them to make your vehicle go from an ugly off-the-lot car to a beautiful-looking one.
Mechanics can customize your vehicle from the cosmetic side of things and the performance side of things. Doing this with your vehicle will cost a pretty penny, so make sure you're prepared to pay, or you'll face the consequences of the law.
If you're planning to visit a mechanic, it's in your best interest to have a vehicle preview receipt to give to them. Conducting a vehicle preview allows you to fully customize your vehicle, and all the customization details will be saved in a receipt for the mechanic to recreate when you bring your vehicle to them.
Head to any mechanic shop in the state that has a wrench on the map. Once inside, use the command "/preview," and the customization menu will pop up. Customize the vehicle to your liking, and when you're finished, step out of the vehicle. You will be given a preview receipt, which has no monetary value. Just give it to the mechanic, and they will use it to recreate the vehicle you designed.
If you're unable to exit the preview menu, close it using ESC and step out of the vehicle. This should stop the preview and give you the vehicle receipt.
While around and about in San Andreas, you're more than likely to run into vehicle trouble, from some slight cosmetic under-the-hood trouble to a complete piece of destruction. Regardless you'll need to fix it. If you need a vehicle fix, you can head to any Otto's Auto mechanic shop across the state marked with a . If a mechanic is on duty, they'll take your vehicle and return it to new in no time.
