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[Squeegy]

There should be a garage on the outskirts of city that you can sell cars at. Harder-to-find/steal cars net more money.

Some ideas:

• Van: $1,500
• Station Wagon: $1,000
• Sports Car: $2,500
• Bug: $1,500
• Pickup Truck: $1,000
• Police Cruiser: $5,000 (possibility of being ratted out?)
• Taxicab: $7,500
• SUV: $1,000
• Jeep: $3,250

Characters with high business could get better deals, while characters with none could get ripped  off. The store owner could eventually get fed up and refuse to bargain with you anymore. You could also perform raids here, stealing things like wrenches, toolboxes, gasoline (could be used to start fires?), oil, etc.

[mainiac]

It's been suggested before.

But with prices like that, the game would need to be seriously rebalanced to reflect the easy money.  Cause car's are really easy to steal right now.

[Jonathan S. Fox]

I have an entry in my to-do list titled "EuchreJack's Used Sportscars and Salvage" -- it would serve as a chop shop paying weak prices for stolen cars, or would charge you inflated rates for new plates and other amenities to strip heat off your cars. You could also buy legitimate used cars there.

[EuchreJack]

Thanks Jonathan, glad to see you remembered!

In regards to cars, last time I played, it was a lot easier to get $2000 than a car.  But, that was a previous version, and maybe it's just more fun to steal $2000 worth of stuff than constantly unlock doors at the apartments.

[mainiac]

Go out and recruit a thief.  They'll be able to steal a car a day w/ very few failures and much lower chance of death/arrest then site raids.  1000 a day is good work for a single liberal, no?

[Alexhans]

You might sell them the cars... but they have to dismount them and sell their parts separately
or use them for repair jobs... You should get very little money for selling cars... And only be able
to sell few of them only when they need. (Garages are not infinite you know?).  And there must always
be a possibility of falling into a police raid if you keep the flow of stolen cars.

[Neonivek]

It would be rather cool if you could use Taxi cabs to earn money!

[Funk]

It would be rather cool if you could use Taxi cabs to earn money!

why not ?
selling car may be $250-750 based on age and make use in crime

[mainiac]

It would be rather cool if you could use Taxi cabs to earn money!

why not ?
selling car may be $250-750 based on age and make use in crime

Unlicenced taxi's tend to get reported.  Taxi licences are hot commodities.

[beorn080]

Make it a high value, high risk activity. Depending on skill at least $100 a night with a good chance of a high speed chase and a decent amount of heat each time theres a chase.

[Neonivek]

Make it a high value, high risk activity. Depending on skill at least $100 a night with a good chance of a high speed chase and a decent amount of heat each time theres a chase.

It could even be a relatively safe way to increase your driving skill.

Also the Taxi and the police car could have a "Kidnapping" option

[Squeegy]

It could even be a relatively safe way to increase your driving skill.

You get driving skill automatically from driving to sites.