Car repair worth it?

[Paulo2400]

I found a good Dash Bulldriver (Ranger), but after some use the car is degrading a bit. I'm at Mechanics level 5 and I repair or maintain parts such as the hood and battery. But now my engine is starting to deteriorate. It's at 57% now. When I repair it with 1 spare part it gets to 58%. Does this mean that I have to collect 42 spare parts to get it to 100%?

Or in other words: is it worth to repair this car or should I just look for a new one?

[Quill]

Yes. As you get more levels into mechanics your engine repairs get more efficent and your harvesting results in more parts

as for if its worth it Yes and No. Depends upon context

If it's just any ol' pickup you can baby it and keep a full repair kit in your truck until you find one in good health to replace or while on the road stop now and then to gut cars for more parts to keep it running

However if it's a modded vehicle that is tough, rare, etc and you want then you wanna heavily invest into maintenance into that vehicle

[Beltneck]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Mechanics
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Metalworking
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Vehicle_maintenance
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Vehicle

Totally worth fixing up a car if you find one with a 100% quality engine. It skips the condition check and only has a 1% chance of failing to start.

Also the better the parts on your vehicle, the more performance you get out of it.

[bonggang2bong2]

I upgrade my vehicles to look like mad max cars so i worry less with my car parts.

[rizzlii]

not worth it

[Armagenesis]

You should always have a few backup vehicles, but maintaining one main vehicle is also necessary. Especially if you find one with engine quality (not condition) above 80.

Like Beltneck said above, higher quality means easier ignition.

[Paulo2400]

Thanks guys for your replies. But one question remains:

My engine is at 57% now. I repaired it (level 5 mechanics) with 1 spare part and it only gained 1% to 58%. Does this mean that I have to collect 42 spare parts to get it to 100%?

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by Paulo2400:

Thanks guys for your replies. But one question remains:

My engine is at 57% now. I repaired it (level 5 mechanics) with 1 spare part and it only gained 1% to 58%. Does this mean that I have to collect 42 spare parts to get it to 100%?

No. If you are lucky they repair 2%. So you have to find 21-42 spare parts. So as an average arond 30-31:P

[Beltneck]

Originally posted by Paulo2400:

Thanks guys for your replies. But one question remains:

My engine is at 57% now. I repaired it (level 5 mechanics) with 1 spare part and it only gained 1% to 58%. Does this mean that I have to collect 42 spare parts to get it to 100%?

Engine Condition and Engine Quality are not the same thing though.

You really don't want to waste time and material fixing Engine Condition on a low quality engine, because even if you do fix it's Condition to 100% it will still have a higher chance of failing to start. 85% Quality is the minimum I look for, but I save all my performance parts for ones with 100% Quality engine.

[Paulo2400]

Originally posted by Nordil(Hun):

Originally posted by Paulo2400:

Thanks guys for your replies. But one question remains:

My engine is at 57% now. I repaired it (level 5 mechanics) with 1 spare part and it only gained 1% to 58%. Does this mean that I have to collect 42 spare parts to get it to 100%?

No. If you are lucky they repair 2%. So you have to find 21-42 spare parts. So as an average arond 30-31:P

LOL. That's a lot of spare parts. But good to know. Thanks.

Originally posted by Beltneck:

Originally posted by Paulo2400:

Thanks guys for your replies. But one question remains:

My engine is at 57% now. I repaired it (level 5 mechanics) with 1 spare part and it only gained 1% to 58%. Does this mean that I have to collect 42 spare parts to get it to 100%?

Engine Condition and Engine Quality are not the same thing though.

You really don't want to waste time and material fixing Engine Condition on a low quality engine, because even if you do fix it's Condition to 100% it will still have a higher chance of failing to start. 85% Quality is the minimum I look for, but I save all my performance parts for ones with 100% Quality engine.

Thanks for your reply.

When I press V and open the Vehicle Mechanics of my car engine I see two numbers:

In Vehicle Mechanics - category 'Under Hood': Engine (58%)
In the rectangular frame above: Engine Quality: 78%

So if I understand you correctly, 'Engine (58%)' is my engine's condition, and I can repair it with spare parts up to 100%? But I can't improve the engine quality above 78%, right?

[Armagenesis]

Originally posted by Paulo2400:

Thanks guys for your replies. But one question remains:

My engine is at 57% now. I repaired it (level 5 mechanics) with 1 spare part and it only gained 1% to 58%. Does this mean that I have to collect 42 spare parts to get it to 100%?

You can always disassemble another car's engine. You should get around 5-8 spare parts from a 50% condition engine. And you don't really need 100% condition tbh. Somewhere in the 70s is enough to prevent the car from stalling.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by Armagenesis:

Originally posted by Paulo2400:

Thanks guys for your replies. But one question remains:

My engine is at 57% now. I repaired it (level 5 mechanics) with 1 spare part and it only gained 1% to 58%. Does this mean that I have to collect 42 spare parts to get it to 100%?

You can always disassemble another car's engine. You should get around 5-8 spare parts from a 50% condition engine. And you don't really need 100% condition tbh. Somewhere in the 70s is enough to prevent the car from stalling.

Engine quality also affects a few things regarding stalling and the like, but mostly ignition.
I once found a 90%+ everything car in the wreckers(well a van technically), but with engine quality 1. It never started. EVER. Took me a while to figure it out, even the that time community manager/moderator/attendant forgot about this little thingie.:D

[nbkx]

its all about drehmoment ^^
(just kidding)

[Armagenesis]

Originally posted by Nordil(Hun):

Originally posted by Armagenesis:

You can always disassemble another car's engine. You should get around 5-8 spare parts from a 50% condition engine. And you don't really need 100% condition tbh. Somewhere in the 70s is enough to prevent the car from stalling.

Engine quality also affects a few things regarding stalling and the like, but mostly ignition.
I once found a 90%+ everything car in the wreckers(well a van technically), but with engine quality 1. It never started. EVER. Took me a while to figure it out, even the that time community manager/moderator/attendant forgot about this little thingie.:D

Yes, quality affects the chance of the car not starting.
But condition affects the chance of the car stalling/shutting down on its own.
They work separately as described in the wiki
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Engine

Also, I wonder if the wiki is wrong in regards to the chance of stalling. I swear I had my vehicle stalled at 40-ish condition. Sometimes even at the 50s.

[Beltneck]

Originally posted by Paulo2400:

Originally posted by Nordil(Hun):

No. If you are lucky they repair 2%. So you have to find 21-42 spare parts. So as an average arond 30-31:P

LOL. That's a lot of spare parts. But good to know. Thanks.

Originally posted by Beltneck:

Engine Condition and Engine Quality are not the same thing though.

You really don't want to waste time and material fixing Engine Condition on a low quality engine, because even if you do fix it's Condition to 100% it will still have a higher chance of failing to start. 85% Quality is the minimum I look for, but I save all my performance parts for ones with 100% Quality engine.

Thanks for your reply.

When I press V and open the Vehicle Mechanics of my car engine I see two numbers:

In Vehicle Mechanics - category 'Under Hood': Engine (58%)
In the rectangular frame above: Engine Quality: 78%

So if I understand you correctly, 'Engine (58%)' is my engine's condition, and I can repair it with spare parts up to 100%? But I can't improve the engine quality above 78%, right?

Thats right, Quality is a fixed number. So use the car if its all you got, but don't really invest in it or depend on it working right when you need it. Save the good stuff for a better car. Even if all its other parts are shot, they can be fixed or replaced, but it's engine quality is there forever.

A higher mechanical skill returns more engine parts when scrapping too. So if you don't have very many cars to pull from, just level mechanics first by taking off and putting back parts that have no risk of being destroyed. You can use the same vehicle and parts every 24 hours and still get xp.

[Boe Jiden]

There's not really any point in repairing any car that isn't a step-van, valuline, bulldriver, or cossette. Basically only the rare cars and heavy-storage vehicles. It is however easier to repair cars that are more common, since you can simply steal the parts from the other cars of the same type. I suggest you just try not to ram into zombies if you can. Your car wont take any damage from zombie collisions if you're going under 30.