GTA-SA--why all the locked cars?

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I've beat the last main story mission and I'm running around taking over
gang territories and getting vehicles for the import/export dock, among
other things-- in connection with this last, I wanted to go get an
Infernus from where it's parked in a driveway in a neighborhood near the
southern end of the "Gant" Bridge (the Golden Gate knockoff). So I make
my way over there only to find that it was locked. I managed to jack
another one driving around in the neighborhood, but still...

And it's not just fancy sports cars either-- at the service station near
the docks in San Fierro there were two Tampas parked, and I grabbed one
of them and promptly destroyed it. When I came back there was the
second Tampa and another car. I tried to steal the second Tampa and
found that it was locked too, grrrr (BTW I love the Tampa for some
reason-- what real-world car is it supposed to be?)

I don't remember this many locked cars in GTA III or VC.

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On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 10:48:55 -0700, José
<papagenoREMOVETHIS@gmail.com> wrote:

>I've beat the last main story mission and I'm running around taking over
>gang territories and getting vehicles for the import/export dock, among
>other things-- in connection with this last, I wanted to go get an
>Infernus from where it's parked in a driveway in a neighborhood near the
>southern end of the "Gant" Bridge (the Golden Gate knockoff). So I make
>my way over there only to find that it was locked. I managed to jack
>another one driving around in the neighborhood, but still...
>
>And it's not just fancy sports cars either-- at the service station near
>the docks in San Fierro there were two Tampas parked, and I grabbed one
>of them and promptly destroyed it. When I came back there was the
>second Tampa and another car. I tried to steal the second Tampa and
>found that it was locked too, grrrr (BTW I love the Tampa for some
>reason-- what real-world car is it supposed to be?)
>
>I don't remember this many locked cars in GTA III or VC.

yup. can't believe the number of regular vehicles that are locked.
even boring station wagons, like the perennial. i believe there were
2 of them at the SF lot by the hotel suite safe house in queens.

strangely and opposite of GTAlll and VC, i finally found an alarm
going off. this was up at mission hill, one of my many bike stunt
spots. the hot dog guy is up there, along with a "coach" bus,
and a pickup truck. ran into it, the alarm went off. in the previous 2
games, alarms went off all the time.

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Cyrus wrote:
> In article <bo036154csj68kh5hab3jntuuqp64aisb8@4ax.com>,
> Luke §ynchronizer <Luke @TheForce.com> wrote:
>
>
>>strangely and opposite of GTAlll and VC, i finally found an alarm
>>going off. this was up at mission hill, one of my many bike stunt
>>spots. the hot dog guy is up there, along with a "coach" bus,
>>and a pickup truck. ran into it, the alarm went off. in the previous 2
>>games, alarms went off all the time.
>>
>
>
> I too have run into very few car alarms. This is definitely a welcome
> change IMO. Thanks R*
>
I prefer having the alarm go off over the doors being locked though
unless R* come up with a way of unlocking locked doors

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Keith H wrote:
>
> Luke §ynchronizer wrote:
> > On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 10:48:55 -0700, José
> > <papagenoREMOVETHIS@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I've beat the last main story mission and I'm running around taking over
> >>gang territories and getting vehicles for the import/export dock, among
> >>other things-- in connection with this last, I wanted to go get an
> >>Infernus from where it's parked in a driveway in a neighborhood near the
> >>southern end of the "Gant" Bridge (the Golden Gate knockoff). So I make
> >>my way over there only to find that it was locked. I managed to jack
> >>another one driving around in the neighborhood, but still...
> >>
> >>And it's not just fancy sports cars either-- at the service station near
> >>the docks in San Fierro there were two Tampas parked, and I grabbed one
> >>of them and promptly destroyed it. When I came back there was the
> >>second Tampa and another car. I tried to steal the second Tampa and
> >>found that it was locked too, grrrr (BTW I love the Tampa for some
> >>reason-- what real-world car is it supposed to be?)
> >>
> >>I don't remember this many locked cars in GTA III or VC.
> >
> >
> > yup. can't believe the number of regular vehicles that are locked.
> > even boring station wagons, like the perennial. i believe there were
> > 2 of them at the SF lot by the hotel suite safe house in queens.
> >
> > strangely and opposite of GTAlll and VC, i finally found an alarm
> > going off. this was up at mission hill, one of my many bike stunt
> > spots. the hot dog guy is up there, along with a "coach" bus,
> > and a pickup truck. ran into it, the alarm went off. in the previous 2
> > games, alarms went off all the time.
> >
>
> In a strange opposite to this, I've never encountered one locked car yet
> in San Andreas outside of those that are intended to be locked for
> game/mission purposes.
>
There's a small used car lot just above to old aerodrome on the way
over to Las venturas. I've stopped there a couple of times when my
cars have been near destroyed but almost always found the stuff there
locked.
--
Paul (That’s what keeps me down)
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