Overview

Vehicles are one of the most important assets in the game. You can own, drive, modify, sell, and manage vehicles. Each player has a limited number of vehicle slots depending on their account status.

Ownership

Vehicles can be owned by players, factions, teams, or alliances. Player-owned vehicles are tied to your account and persist across sessions.

• Player-owned -- full personal control, can sell, scrap, or transfer.
• Faction-owned -- accessible by all faction members; managed by tier 0/1 leadership.
• Team-owned -- accessible by all team members; managed by team leadership.
• Alliance-owned -- shared across allied factions; managed by tier 0/1 leadership.

Buying from Dealerships

There are several dealerships around Los Santos for different vehicle types:

• Budget Dealership (ID: 68)
• General Dealership (ID: 88)
• Luxury Dealership (ID: 58)
• Bike Dealership (ID: 56)
• Aircraft Dealership (ID: 69)
• Heavy Dealership (ID: 89)
• Exclusive Dealership (ID: 145)
• Job Dealership (ID: 90)
• Bicycle Dealership (ID: 347)
• Boat Dealership (ID: 70)

Visit a dealership and browse the available vehicles. When you buy a vehicle, it counts toward your vehicle slot limit. After purchasing, you should immediately park it with /car park or you will need to tow it next time.

Buying from Other Players

Players can put vehicles up for sale at the car selling lot. Use /car buy while sitting in a for-sale vehicle to purchase it. There is a 1% sales tax on vehicles sold for $100,000 or more.

Vehicle Claims

Vehicle claims are an OOC (out of character) item that lets you redeem a vehicle of your choice, priced at approximately $15,000,000. You can check if you have a vehicle claim via /stats or on your profile at sa-mp.im/profile. To redeem a claim, visit sa-mp.im/profile/premium_claim. Claims can be transferred to other players using /give and are also purchasable in trading channels.

Custom Plates

Custom license plates are a fortune spin item. By default, vehicles receive a plate in the format of the owner's name initials followed by the vehicle ID (e.g., "JD 1234"). To apply a custom plate, submit a support post with your desired plate text.

Registration

Vehicles must be registered at a car registration office before they can be repaired or inspected. An unregistered vehicle will display the plate "NOTREG".

• /car register -- register a vehicle (generates a plate based on your name and vehicle ID).
• /car unregister -- remove the registration from a vehicle.

Both require you to be at a car registration business and cost the business entry price.

Fuel System

Every vehicle has a fuel tank with a capacity that depends on the vehicle model. Fuel is consumed while driving. When the tank runs empty, the engine stops.

The fuel capacity shown in /myvehicles is a percentage of the base capacity. Default is 100%, and you can upgrade up to 50% extra (for a total of 150%).

Upgrading Fuel

Use /car upgradefuel at a fuel upgrade business.

Refueling

When your vehicle runs low on fuel, you have several options:

• Gas station -- drive to a gas station and use /refuel to fill up.
• Gas canister -- use a gas canister item to refuel anywhere.
• Mechanic -- use /service mechanic to request a mechanic who can refuel your vehicle on the spot.

Mileage and Inspections

Vehicles track their mileage in kilometers. Regular inspections (servicing) are required to keep your vehicle running properly.

Use /car service at a vehicle inspection business to get your vehicle inspected. You need a valid driver license and the vehicle must be registered.

Lock and Alarm System

Locking

Use /car lock or /cl to toggle the lock on a nearby vehicle you own or have access to. Bikes and certain vehicles cannot be locked.

If a vehicle's lock has been broken into, it cannot be locked until repaired at a Pay N Spray (/car fix).

Alarm System

Vehicles can have an alarm installed and upgraded through /car alarm. There are 3 alarm levels.

Use /car alarm upgrade while in your vehicle to upgrade to the next level.

Hotwire and Break-In

You can break into locked vehicles using a toolkit purchased from a hardware store (/hardware). Use /toolkit near a locked vehicle to attempt a break-in. Successfully breaking in allows you to hotwire and drive the vehicle.

Mechanic Towing

Players with the Mechanic job and 100+ skill points can tow vehicles using a tow truck. Use Left CTRL to hook and unhook vehicles. Members of legal factions can tow vehicles without requiring the mechanic job.

Modifications

You can modify your vehicle at various businesses around Los Santos.

Respray (Color Change)

Use /car respray <color1> <color2> at a Pay N Spray business. Costs the business entry fee divided by 4.

Paintjob

Use /car paintjob <id> at a Pay N Spray business. Only certain vehicle models support paintjobs. Paintjob IDs range from 0 to 2, or -1 to remove.

Body Kit / Tuning

Use /car mod to get directions to the nearest mod shop for your vehicle. After installing mods, save them with /car savemod. Use /car unmod to remove all modifications.

Nitro

Use /car nitro at a nitro garage. Installs 10x nitro. Not all vehicles support nitro.

Hydraulics

Use /car hydraulics at a hydraulics garage. Not all vehicles support hydraulics.

Wheels

Use /car wheels at a wheel mod shop to change your vehicle's rims.

Advanced GPS

Use /car gps while in your vehicle at a GPS shop. Installing an advanced GPS costs the business entry price and allows you to locate your vehicle even when it is occupied (using /car find or /car trace). The GPS is permanent and cannot be removed.

Duplicate Keys

You can give other players a duplicate key to your vehicle, allowing them to lock/unlock and access it.

Use /car dupekeys while in your vehicle to manage duplicate keys. From the menu you can create new keys (by entering the player's full name) or remove existing ones.

Vehicle Selling

Public Sale (Car Lot)

Use /car sell <price> at the car selling lot to put your vehicle up for sale. The vehicle stays on sale and spawned for 72 hours (3 days).

Use /car extendsale to extend the duration. Use /car unsell to take the vehicle off sale.

Private Sale

Use /car psell <Firstname_Lastname> <price> to offer a vehicle directly to another player. They must be nearby (within 8 meters). The buyer accepts with /accept vehicle.

Impound

Law enforcement can impound vehicles at the impound lot using /car impound <fee> <reason>. Maximum impound fee is $250,000.

To unimpound your vehicle, go to the LS Car Impound and use /car unimpound. You will see your impounded vehicles and can pay the fee to release them.

Law enforcement officers (tier 1 or lower) can also browse and unimpound any vehicle at the impound lot.

Towing

Use /car tow to open a dialog where you can select a vehicle to tow back to its parked position. You can also tow all your vehicles at once.

Weapon Storage

Vehicles can hold weapons. You do not need to own the vehicle, but it must be unlocked.

• /storegun -- store the weapon you are holding into a nearby vehicle.
• /storeguns -- store all your weapons into a nearby vehicle.
• /takegun <weapon name> -- take a specific weapon from a nearby vehicle.
• /takeguns -- take all weapons from a nearby vehicle that you are allowed to use.

Use /friskcar to see what weapons and items are stored in a nearby vehicle.

Packer System

A Packer (model 443) can carry up to 6 vehicles for transport.

• /packer load -- while driving a vehicle near your packer, load it into the packer. The vehicle is despawned and tracked by the packer.
• /packer unload <vehicleid> -- unload a vehicle from the packer. It spawns behind the packer at its current location.

Parking

Use /car park while in a vehicle to save its current position as the spawn point.

There are restricted areas where you cannot park, including the bank, car selling lot, impound lot, PD gates, and certain other locations.

Scrapping

Use /car scrap at the Los Santos scrapyard to permanently delete a vehicle. You receive a scrap value depending on the vehicle model.

Factionizing and Alliance Vehicles

• /car factionize -- transfer your personal vehicle to your faction. Costs 100 fpoints for official factions. This is permanent.
• /car alliance -- transfer your personal vehicle to your alliance. Only tier 0/1 members can do this. This is permanent.

Favoriting

Use /car favorite or /car favorite <vehicleid> to toggle a vehicle in your favorites list. Favorited vehicles appear at the top of the /car spawn list.

Toll Stations

When you reach a toll station, use /car paytoll to pay the toll and open the gate. Players under level 3, cargo delivery drivers, government faction members, and on-duty officers pass for free.

Other Features

• /car seat <1-3> -- as a passenger, switch to a different seat.
• /car tog <bonnet/boot/lights/engine/door/alarm/siren/lightbar> -- toggle vehicle parts. Siren and lightbar are for law enforcement only.
• /car find -- locate a spawned vehicle and set a checkpoint to it. If the vehicle is occupied and has no advanced GPS, you cannot find it. As a last resort, you can contact an admin via /irc for help locating a vehicle.
• /car trace <vehicleid> -- real-time tracking of a vehicle on your radar (updates every 5 seconds). Requires an advanced GPS. Use the command again to stop tracing.
• /car autospawn <vehicleid> -- toggle automatic spawning of a vehicle when you connect.
• /car spawnpack <list/toggle> -- manage your spawn package (group of vehicles to spawn together).
• /car forceout <vehicleid> -- force a vehicle out of a house garage to the garage entrance.
• /car division -- bind or unbind a faction vehicle to a division (law enforcement only).
• /stoprespawn -- prevent recently used vehicles from respawning.

Tickets

Law enforcement can issue traffic tickets to vehicles.

• /car ticket <fee> <reason> -- issue a ticket (max $200,000). Cannot re-ticket the same vehicle within 1 hour.
• /car payticket -- pay all unpaid tickets on a nearby vehicle. The money goes to the PD faction bank.
• /car revoketicket -- law enforcement can remove all unpaid tickets from a vehicle.

Commands