New cars come from player-owned franchise dealerships, and second-hand cars from used car firms. This guide covers buying a car, owning a dealership, running a used car lot, and how scrapping and mileage affect what a car is worth.
The franchise dealerships are the main new-car sellers of the county, so they can't be started from scratch like a firm. Staff set them up, and when one has no owner you apply with /dealerapply. An admin reviews the applications and picks an owner. You can own one dealership at a time.
/dealership, and every sale pays the full sticker price into your dealership bank./dealerorder at the dealership to buy more of a model at 70% of its sticker price, paid from the dealership bank. You can hold up to 10 of any one model./dealerbank withdraw to take your earnings out as cash.A used car firm is a normal firm (see the firm guide) that buys second-hand cars and sells them on (the full used car firm guide is with the firm guides). Register one at the Red County Administration Building front desk with /firmcreate usedcars [abbrev] [name]. It needs no license, costs $85,000 and has room for 15 cars on the lot.
/usedcar price [amount]. It is parked where it stands, stays there after restarts, and gets a green FOR SALE label showing the price and mileage./dl to see its vehicle id and then /buyusedcar [vehicle id], so there is no mistaking which car they are buying when two are parked close together. They need the cash and a free vehicle slot. The money goes into your firm bank and the car becomes theirs, doors locked.Your odometer counts the distance you actually drive, so 60 mph for an hour adds 60 miles. Every car starts at zero. It is the number shown on your speedometer and on the label of a car for sale.
The scrapyard pays you a share of the car's new price, and the more miles it has done the less it is worth. For a car that cost $40,000 new:
| Miles driven | Share of the new price | Scrap value |
|---|---|---|
| Up to 100 | 50% | $20,000 |
| 1,000 | about 44% | about $17,600 |
| 2,000 | about 36% | about $14,400 |
| 3,000 | about 28% | about $11,200 |
| 4,000 or more | 20% | $8,000 |
/carscrap while driving it at a scrapyard. Cars, boats and aircraft each have their own yard./carsell, or to a used car firm./dealerapplyLists the dealerships that are looking for an owner./dealerapply [id] [message]Applies for a vacant dealership. The message is for the admins reviewing it./dealerinfoYour stock levels, the wholesale price of every model and your dealership bank./dealerorderAt your dealership: pick a model and how many to order from the manufacturer. Paid from the dealership bank./dealerbankAt your dealership: shows the balance. /dealerbank deposit [amount] and /dealerbank withdraw [amount] move cash in and out./dealerresignGives the dealership up. The bank is paid into your bank account./firmcreate usedcars [abbrev] [name]At the Red County Administration Building front desk: registers a used car firm. No license needed./usedpoolAt a scrapyard: browse the scrapped cars waiting there and buy one for the firm./carsell [player] [price]Sell your own car. If the buyer is a used car firm member they choose whether it is for the firm or for themselves./usedcar price [amount]In a firm car you are driving: puts it on sale at that asking price and parks it where it is./usedcar unlistTakes the car you are driving off sale./usedcar parkSaves where the car is parked, so it is still there after a restart./usedcar listEvery car your firm owns, with mileage and asking price./buyusedcar [vehicle id]Customers: stand next to a car with a FOR SALE label, use /dl to see its vehicle id, then buy it./firmbankThe firm bank balance. Purchases come out of it and sales go into it.