How do cars work?

On Cars you steal rides, manage garages and ship cars to another city. On Marketplace you buy and sell. Your best car counts toward defense; a second gives no extra defense. The Arsenal car in the shop is different: you buy it with street cash for fight power.

There are six steal options. The first five cost 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 energy. The heaviest costs 45 energy and steals from a random player in your city — you need a free garage spot. Victims in jail or hospital can be robbed too. Per-model odds stay vague.

Your rank adds chance, up to 50%. The chosen option grows fully; the others grow at half their own step. After 2 days without an attempt, chance drops by 1 percentage point per day. Between attempts you wait five minutes. Sometimes the game asks for a captcha. A failed attempt can land you in jail, or you just manage to escape.

Each city has its own garage. You can upgrade for more spots, never downgrade. A guard makes theft via the heaviest option from that garage harder. Damage falls in three looks (light, medium, heavy) and does not rise over time. Repair costs time and cash. Scrapping pays residual value: value times one minus damage.

Transport costs the same as a train ticket and takes 2 times as long. On the way there is a 5% chance of confiscation. A car in transport cannot be stolen. Marketplace takes a 10% fee. A listing lasts until sale, theft or the owner's death. The buyer needs a free spot in the car's city but need not be there. Cars for sale or in repair can be stolen. The seller gets a notice on sale.

In hospital or on the train you only view cars — steal, sell, buy, repair, scrap, ship and upgrade stay frozen. In jail you cannot open Cars or Marketplace at all.

The chop shop in the Arsenal opens at rank Associate and takes Arsenal cars. You get 45% of the purchase price back and 5 heat. Even your last Arsenal car can go in; after that that bonus is gone.