[DidierSucks]

Everyone else important has made a guide, so I figured it's my turn to make one. I see a fair number of requests for locations of cars on the Import/Export lists, so it seemed a natural oppurtunity...


To unlock the Import/Export list, you must complete the mission "Customs Fast Track", given to you by Cesar. This is the third mission in his series of missions in San Fierro. In this mission, Cesar and CJ head down to the docks to take a car which has arrived on a ship. You must use the large yellow crane to take shipping crates off of the ship. Use to lower the magnet, to raise it. To release the magnet from a car or a box, press . Place the crates on the ground before you release them, or else they may break open and at that point you fail the mission. The car, a Jester, is always in the third crate.

Following this mission, the Import/Export missions will be unlocked. You must "export" cars listed on a wishlist located near the crane and the ship. This is done like the mission "Customs Fast Track" except you take the car off the ground, and put it on a circular red marker on the deck of the ship. The wishlist is located just beyond the crane, near the drydock in which the NRG Challenge takes place. It seems to be a chalkboard. The wishlist has ten cars on it which you must find. After you find the ten cars on the list, the list will be cleared and a new one will appear. Find those ten cars, and yet another list will appear. This is the last list. There are 30 cars total, ten for each of the three lists.

For each vehicle you export, you will receive a cash reward. But you must be careful, because you will lose money proportional to the damage on the vehicle. It should be noted that there is a Pay N' Spray very close to the I/E crane, beside Wang Autos. Make use of this if your car is damaged. The cost of $100 will certainly pay itself off if the vehicle is damaged at all. Be careful driving to the crane. I've found that taking the train tracks is a good way to go, as you can follow the tracks to the I/E crane when you reach the Doherty Train Station. But don't forget, you only have to go around the corner from the Crane to find a Pay N' Spray. The value of the cars decreases quite significantly with damage, so I must stress the importance of repairing them before you export them. Also, do be careful when using the crane and don't smack the vehicle into the ship or drop it onto the deck. Also, you cannot increase your cash reward beyond the starting value by moding it.

Once you have exported a car, it becomes available to import, at a cost. When you import a car, it appears on the deck of the ship. Use the crane to take it off, or I suppose you could drive it down the stairs. A vehicle can only be imported on a certain day of the week. In addition, for every five cars that you export, an extra car will be available to be importing.

To import a car, you must walk up to the wishlist and press , which will bring up a list of days. It will also move the selector (a bold text) to the day it currently is. Press to select a day, and view the cars which are available to import on that day. When the car you want to import is available on your current game day (which you can discover by pressing when not in a vehicle or targeting anyone. It will bring up a box, and the day will be a three letter word in the bottom corner), select it with and it will appear on the deck of the ship where you put a vehicle to export.

The Lists are as follows:

List One

• Patriot
• Sanchez
• Stretch
• Feltzer
• Remington
• Buffalo
• Sentinel
• Infernus
• Camper
• Admiral

List Two

• Slamvan
• Blista Compact
• Stafford
• Sabre
• FCR-900
• Cheetah
• Rancher
• Stallion
• Tanker
• Comet

List Three

• Blade
• Freeway
• Mesa
• ZR-350
• Euros
• Banshee
• Super GT
• Journey
• Huntley
• BF Injection

You also start with the Jester, the Club and the Perennial available for Import. The extra imports are as follows:

• 5 Cars: Monster
• 10 Cars: Windsor
• 15 Cars: Bandito
• 20 Cars: Turismo
• 25 Cars: Vortex
• 30 Cars: Bullet

Before I actually get started, this is roughly where the wishlist is located. The ship is right beside that red line, which also happens to be the tracks that the crane rides on.



Now for the real meat of this guide, the locations.

List One:

Patriot: Here Here Here

Sanchez: Here (These are all over the countryside as well, along with many other parked locations which I may add later)

Stretch: Here (This is by the street races marker thing, between Wang Autos and the Pay N' Spray. This is a somewhat rare spawn, but they can be seen driving all over Rodeo and nearly everywhere in San Fierro. It is also locked sometimes. You can push it into the Doherty garage to unlock it.)

Feltzer: Here (May be locked. Just drive away and come back after a minute)

Remington: Here

Buffalo: Here Here Here

Sentinel: Here

Infernus: Here

Camper: Here Here Here

Admiral: Here









List Two:

Slamvan: Here

Blista Compact: Here

Stafford: Here

Sabre: Here

FCR-900: Here (Requires Silvers in Bike School) Here

Cheetah: Here

Rancher: Here

Stallion: Here

Tanker: Here Here Here Here (In the last link, both vehicles are Tankers. Just the cab is required, not the trailer)

Comet: Here








List Three:

Blade: Here (Both are Blades)

Freeway: Here Here Here (Third location requires bronzes in bike school)

Mesa: Here

ZR-350: Here Here (In the second location, both are ZR-350's)

Euros: Here (This is in the parking lot of the Camel Toe)

Banshee: Here Here

Super GT: Here Here Here

Journey: Here Here Here (In the third location, all four are Journey's)

Huntley: Here

BF Injection: Here Here Here Here Here Here








Questions

Mikerush76 (is there really any use to import and can you get more cars to show up at your autoshop that way?)

~~~As far as the use of importing cars, some cars could be considered "difficult" to find, such as a Monster or a Turismo, and the ability to import them makes finding them slightly easier. Monsters, of course, can be spawned with a cheat. A monster also shows up at Michelle's garage when you date her to 50% (I think) and when you complete the 8-Track in Los Santos. Turismo's drive around The Strip, but I'm not absolutely sure about San Fierro or Los Santos. For the second part of your question, no, the Import/Export missions after Customs Fast Track do not add vehicles to the autoshop.


Cartoon Corpse (import means you buy it right? then what happens? just a way to buy cars? or what?)

~~~ Yes, then it shows up on the deck of the ship where you put the a vehicle if you are exporting it. Yes, it's just a way to buy cars.


thoughtcrime (How do you get the Tanker onto the boat? I assume they mean the trailer you attatch to one of the truck cabs.)

~~~ Nope, it's actually just the cab. Hope that makes it easier. Oh I see, someone beat me to it.

Legoguy (Where exatly are the 'imported' cars found? I'm done with the first list, and it says '1 more car available for import' (sometimes it says 2) each time I delivered one, but where are they? If they're supposed to be on the ship too, they aren't there... )

~~~ Good point, I didn't explain that too well. To import a car, you must walk up to the wishlist and press , which will bring up a list of days. It will also move the selector (a bold text) to the day it currently is. Press to select a day, and view the cars which are available to import on that day. When the car you want to import is available on your current game day (which you can discover by pressing when not in a vehicle or targeting anyone. It will bring up a box, and the day will be a three letter word in the bottom corner), select it with and it will appear on the deck of the ship where you put a vehicle to export.




Yar. This is all for the moment, I have been awake for thirteen and a half hours now and I am starting to tire a little.

This post has been edited by DidierSucks on Monday, Jul 11 2005, 00:28

[Mikerush76]

Nice work, 1 question..is there really any use to import and can you get more cars to show up at your autoshop that way?

[deddeson]

@DidierSucks-
looks nice well done I hope this gets pinned so all the newbies can just click on it instead of making new f*cking topics all the time

@Mikerush76-
the purpose of import and export is to make money you can make heaps! the more cars you import means the more that you can buy.

[Cartoon Corpse]

im guessing once you get to the import/export thing, you finally have arrived financially! if you didn't choose to scam the betting parlors up to that point.

it looks like the first time, to me, i would have had serious cash to dispose of rather than choosing whether to buy a property or some cloths, since most missions up to that point are 1-2K with some 5K and a few 10-15K.

i've done about 4-5 cars from list 1 and i have made over 200K. the work is simple and quick. easy money compared to missions!

import means you buy it right? then what happens? just a way to buy cars? or what?

[simps]

Nice work!

There is another Sanchez that's right across the road from the Doherty Garage. I think it spawns there all the time. It's right next to the train station building.

[Cartoon Corpse]

i've seen it on the mission where you have to follow the train, but never anytime else in my game. (the sanchez)

[simps]

You may be right... My bad

[thoughtcrime]

How do you get the Tanker onto the boat? I assume they mean the trailer you attatch to one of the truck cabs. The magnet won't attatch to the trailer, if I try to pick up the cab the trailer falls off, and I can't drive up the slope. This is the last car I have to do on the 2nd list and I'm stuck.

[kynen]

QUOTE (thoughtcrime @ Jul 8 2005, 21:11)

How do you get the Tanker onto the boat? I assume they mean the trailer you attatch to one of the truck cabs. The magnet won't attatch to the trailer, if I try to pick up the cab the trailer falls off, and I can't drive up the slope. This is the last car I have to do on the 2nd list and I'm stuck.

The trailer isn't necessary, only the truck.

[thoughtcrime]

Muchas gracias

[Legoguy]

Where exatly are the 'imported' cars found? I'm done with the first list, and it says '1 more car available for import' (sometimes it says 2) each time I delivered one, but where are they? If they're supposed to be on the ship too, they aren't there...

[DidierSucks]

There, I got locations up for Lists Two and Three

[Sweets]

QUOTE (Legoguy @ Jul 10 2005, 17:30)

Where exatly are the 'imported' cars found? I'm done with the first list, and it says '1 more car available for import' (sometimes it says 2) each time I delivered one, but where are they? If they're supposed to be on the ship too, they aren't there...

You go to the board that has the list on it and press (triangle)
It will then tell you which cars can be imported on that day, you can also switch through the days to see what other cars can be imported on what other days.

Once you choose the car it will be on the ship, then you bring it down with the crane the same way you deliver them.

[TheRiverBelow]

It's obvious that you put a lot of work in this. Good job mate. Maybe some PC and Xbox users can add to this guide.

[cmbrip]

great guide,
i wish topic pinned

[Legoguy]

QUOTE (SWEETSAPRIK @ Jul 11 2005, 01:31)

QUOTE (Legoguy @ Jul 10 2005, 17:30) Where exatly are the 'imported' cars found? I'm done with the first list, and it says '1 more car available for import' (sometimes it says 2) each time I delivered one, but where are they? If they're supposed to be on the ship too, they aren't there... You go to the board that has the list on it and press (triangle) It will then tell you which cars can be imported on that day, you can also switch through the days to see what other cars can be imported on what other days. Once you choose the car it will be on the ship, then you bring it down with the crane the same way you deliver them.

Thanks, guess that's enough information for me to make it work in the PC version

[Sergeant]

Is this same trick;can get car in this ship,not need get a car in Los santos Las venturas to spawn in ship...?

[DidierSucks]

QUOTE (Sergeant @ Jul 11 2005, 00:31)

Is this same trick;can get car in this ship,not need get a car in Los santos Las venturas to spawn in ship...?

I'm terribly sorry, I don't understand. Could you rephrase that?

[Buttoneer]

I have a tip for this.

Of course you can go to the Pay'n'Spray if you have got yourself a wanring level after stealing the vehicle. However you can get the same effect by parking the car in your Doherty garage, exiting the garage on foot, and letting the car refresh. That way it's completely free and closer to the ship too (marginally but every little helps).

[Rockabilly_Kid]

The Moster spawns in one of the trailerparks. In the town between Los Santos and San Fierro. I found it long before the Monster mission etc. Sorry i forget the name of the township. Thanks for the headsup on import export..alot clearer now!