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Car Thefts is a side mission in Grand Theft Auto IV involving the theft of 30 road vehicles for Stevie.

Description

Stevie's Car Thefts are available after the player has opened up the Alderney Safehouse and completed Brucie's Car Thefts, Smackdown and No. 1. Niko Bellic will first receive a call from Brucie and, shortly afterwards, a text message from Brucie's friend Stevie. He needs some cars (30 total) that Niko will need to find across Liberty City and deliver to S&M Auto Sales. It is similar to Brucie's Exotic Exports (email cars), except the cars are always parked and are not indicated on the map or guarded by the owner. In addition, Stevie pays much more for these cars when they're in good condition than Brucie does. Just like stealing any car, if police witness a car theft, the player receives a one star wanted level. Occasionally the cars have alarms.

If the player finds the right vehicle, the game shows a message saying, "You've found the vehicle Stevie is looking for." The player then needs to drive the car to Stevie's garage in Bohan; no message is given about this destination in-game but the garage appears on the map so it may be manually entered into the GPS. Even though you have to smash a window to steal a car, all vehicles still are in perfect condition, so it is not necessary to visit a Pay 'n' Spray if driven carefully enough. Even with some additional damages, if they are minor (barely noticeable scratches, etc.), the vehicle is considered as in perfect condition by the garage, so you will receive the maximum price. Only serious damages (broken headlights, deformations, etc) will significantly reduce your prize, so if you don't want to lose some time it's not necessary to repair the vehicle for every single scratch. Strangely, minor scratches will increase the value.

The player can have the vehicles destroyed or keep the vehicles at the parking spaces, as the vehicle will be respawned at the original location as long as the vehicle is not delivered; in addition, the vehicles Stevie wants will only appear between the first contact with him to the last, and will not appear outside that time.

The condition of the vehicle determines how much money the player receives. Taking the car to a Pay 'n' Spray helps restore its value if the car is damaged. However, as there are no Pay 'n' Sprays in Bohan, it is difficult to reach the garage without damage unless you are using a console or a PC with a controller, giving you precise speed control, which a PC with a keyboard doesn't. Another way of repairing the vehicle is by parking the requested car in a safehouse parking space, then driving or running a block or two before returning.

If a player wishes to complete these thefts quickly, it is recommended either that they save the game repeatedly at the nearby safehouse in Bohan, or repeatedly use a Pay 'n' Spray until they receive a text. These methods advance the time, which means Stevie will send a text in a matter of minutes after delivering a vehicle, instead of hours. The player can view the amount of vehicles stolen under "Cars Sold to Stevie" in the Score section of the Stats in the pause menu.

The only incentive for storing the vehicles is their unique body colors, which are otherwise unavailable in other parts of the game; the vehicles are also otherwise similar in the range of accessories it may include; as is the case with the Rancher, Dukes and the DF8-90. Interestingly, the cars will not lose their unique colors even after resprays at Pay 'n' Spray, but motorbikes do lose their colors, which Stevie's garage might reject, in which case you'll have to retrieve another copy. Therefore, it is recommended that you carefully drive these bikes straight to the garage.

Once all 30 cars are delivered, the player can make some extra cash by bringing in any vehicle they want, at varying prices depending on model and condition, much like the original missions. In addition, these prices can reduce if the same model is regularly sold. Some of the most valuable cars that can be sold are the Infernus and Turismo $10,000, the Super GT at $10,500, and if you call for Roman's car service, and set a waypoint on the garage as the destination and steal the car upon arrival you can make $21,000.

The player also earns the achievement You Got The Message for delivering all 30 vehicles.

List of vehicle requests

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Map of the locations of cars posted by Stevie himself

Vehicle Image Location Highest value[1]
Banshee Banshee-GTA4-Stevie-front Across the road from Randolf Art Center, Galveston Ave, Middle Park West, Algonquin. $26,400
Bobcat Bobcat-GTA4-Stevie-front Rooftop of the multistory parking lot, Francis International Airport, Dukes. $8,250
Buccaneer Bucanneer-GTA4-Stevie-front Near the warehouse off Lompoc Ave(the one from Hostlie Negotation) , Bohan Industrial, Bohan. $5,940
Cavalcade Cavalcade-GTA4-Stevie-front In a driveway north of the corner where Long John Ave meets Manzano Rd (just north of the Westdyke Memorial Hospital), Leftwood, Alderney. $23,100
Cognoscenti Cognoscenti-GTA4-Stevie-front In a corner alley where Boyden Ave meets the east end of Lyndon Ave, Alderney City, Alderney. $29,700
Comet Comet-GTA4-Stevie-front Golden Pier parking lot, Westminster, Algonquin. $19,800
Contender Contender-GTA4-Stevie-front In the Twitchin' Sugar factory compound, Creek Street, BOABO, Broker. $8,250
Coquette Coquette-GTA4-Stevie-front In front of the Suffolk church, Liberty Lane, Suffolk, Algonquin. $13,530
DF8-90 DF890-GTA4-Stevie-front Underneath Hove Beach station, Crocket Ave, Hove Beach, Broker. $5,940
Dilettante Dilettante-GTA4-Stevie-front Across the street (Saratoga Ave) from Big Willis Mall, Carrollton Street, Saratoga Ave, Willis, Dukes. $6,600
Dukes Dukes-GTA4-Stevie-front Vauxite Street (across the intersection from Modo), East Holland, Algonquin. $7,260
Faggio Faggio-GTA4-Stevie-front Across the street from Dragon Heart Plaza, Diamond Street, Chinatown, Algonquin. $2,310
Freeway Freeway-GTA4-Stevie-front In front of the Willis Wash and Lube, Saratoga Avenue, Willis, Dukes. $6,600
Huntley Sport HuntleySport-GTA4-Stevie-front Next to the Bohan LCPD station (attached to the Bohan Medical & Dental Center), Leavenworth Ave. Northern Gardens, Bohan. $13,200
Infernus Infernus-GTA4-Stevie-front On the corner of Montauk Ave and Earp Street (east), Downtown, Broker. $33,000
Intruder Intruder-GTA4-Stevie-front On the southern end of the pedestrian promenade, Asparagus Ave. Rotterdam Hill, Broker. $8,250
Manana Manana-GTA4-Stevie-front Car park next to a closed Burger Shot, Thornton Street, Cerveza Heights, Dukes. $3,960
Moonbeam Moonbeam-GTA4-Stevie-front Parking lot just north of the water treatment plant in Charge Island. $7,260
NRG 900 NRG900-GTA4-Stevie-front On the corner of Bismarck Ave and Topaz Street, Lancaster, Algonquin. $8,250
Patriot Patriot-GTA4-Stevie-front In front of a glass clad tower (connected to another tower via a skyway), South Parkway, The Exchange, Algonquin. $16,500
PMP 600 PMP600-GTA4-Stevie-front Behind the New York Stock Exchange-like replica (in an alley next to Bank of Liberty), Amsterdam Lane, The Exchange, Algonquin. $10,560
Rancher Rancher-GTA4-Stevie-front Parked behind a trailer in Roebuck Road, Port Tudor, Alderney. $8,250
Rebla Rebla-GTA4-Stevie-front In front of the Colonnade Row replica (Fanny Crabs restaurant), Columbus Ave, Easton, Algonquin. $11,550
Sabre GT SabreGT-GTA4-Stevie-front On a driveway of a house at Tudor Street, Meadow Hills, Dukes $8,250
Sentinel Sentinel-GTA4-Stevie-front In a car park outside the Port Tudor gated entrance, Roebuck Road Normandy, Alderney $8,250
Sultan Sultan-GTA4-Stevie-front On the driveway of a house at Aspidin Drive, Berchem, Alderney. $11,550
Super GT SuperGT-GTA4-Stevie-front In front of Exchange 69, Calcium Street, Chinatown, Algonquin. $36,300
Turismo Turismo-GTA4-Stevie-front On a driveway of a mansion at Owl Creek Ave, Westdyke, Alderney. $36,300
Voodoo Voodoo-GTA4-Stevie-front In front of the LC24 Tower at Bunker Hill Ave, East Island City, Dukes. $6,600
Washington Washington-GTA4-Stevie-front In front of Steinway Park, Franklin Street Steinway, Dukes. $7,260

Post-completion vehicle values

This table shows the maximum value of any vehicle delivered after completing all requests.

*Some or all versions don't fit
Vehicle Maximum Value ($)
Admiral 2000
Banshee 7500
Benson 4000
Biff 3500
Blista Compact 1000
Bobcat 2000
Boxville 1300
Buccaneer 1300
Burrito 1700
Bus 3500
Cavalcade 6500
Cavalcade FXT 5000
Cavalcade (Roman's taxi) 7000
Cavalcade (Spanish Lords) 7000
Chavos 1500
Cognoscenti 8500
Comet 5500
Contender 1500
Coquette 13530
DF8-90 1300
Dilettante 1500
Dukes 1700
Emperor 2000
Esperanto 1300
Faction 1300
Faggio 700
Feltzer 2500
Feroci 1300
Flatbed* N/A
Forklift 2000
Fortune 1100
Freeway 1500
Futo 900
Habanero 2700
Hakumai 1000
Hellfury 2000
Huntley Sport 3500
Infernus 10000
Ingot 0
Intruder 2000
Laundromat ?
Lokus 800
Manana 700
Marbelle 1000
Merit 1300
Minivan 1500
Moonbeam 1700
Mr. Tasty 1700
Mule* 2500
NRG-900F 2000
NRG-900RR 2500
Oracle 2000
Packer* 4000
Patriot 4500
PCJ 600 1500
Perennial 1700
Peyote 2000
Phantom 4000
Pinnacle 1500
PMP 600 2700
Pony 1800
Premier 1800
Presidente 2000
Primo 1300
Rancher 2000
Rebla 3000
Ripley 2000
Romero 2200
Ruiner 1400
Sabre 1500
Sabre GT 2000
Sanchez 1200
Schafter 2000
Securicar 3500
Sentinel 2000
Solair 1500
Speedo 1500
Stallion 1700
Steed 1700
Stratum 1300
Stretch 2000
Sultan 2000
Sultan RS 3000
Sultan TT 2500
SuperGT 10500
Trashmaster 1700
Turismo 10500
Uranus 1000
Vincent 1300
Virgo 1500
Voodoo 1500
Washington 1700
Willard 1800
Yankee* N/A
Zombie 2000

See also

Reference

  1. BradyGames' Grand Theft Auto IV Signature Series Guide

External link

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