can you sell cars for a profit after you upgrade them?

[IronPig]

can you sell cars for a profit after you upgrade them?

[kiwikev]

Yes, iv'e bought and sold around 7 vehicles so far and am sitting around 1Mil credit now.

[astrofelix59]

Some cars you can make profit just giving them a wash/detail and weld the frame (quick flips), however to be counted in "Restored Cars Sold" stat (start menu > Extras) every part has to be at 100%. Then the "Condition Bonus" is free money.

Buy wisely don't pay over Estimated Market Value at least to much over and it's pretty easy money all the way.

Going the Repair-Junkyard path is a way for max profit but takes a lot of time scrounging for parts, whereas just buying every part new and selling the junk parts makes less profit per car but you will get more done quicker so it balances out.

There are a few cars in the workshop that can make tens of millions profit in one go, however you will need a couple of mil in the bank just to buy a 1% frame at the junk yard.

Need any tips just ask.

[astrofelix59]

A car worth +200K to sell will cost about the same to build as a car worth less than 100k, ergo more profit for same effort, so go to "Car Salon" to view prices and plan for the type of cars you want to look for in junkyard or salvage.
Most of the money in expensive cars is in the panels, engine parts and running gear cost the same no matter end price. So repairing panels is good for profit as are the more costly parts like engine blocks and gearboxes etc. but the rest of the parts you can get by just buying all new.

[sandman_732]

If I paint the cars before selling I don't make any extra profit & I tried everything , So I just don't paint the cars.

[astrofelix59]

Originally posted by sandman_732:

If I paint the cars before selling I don't make any extra profit & I tried everything , So I just don't paint the cars.

You make ~700 on the 1k spent for the paint job, but if car has been driven after painting, the 700 goes until you wash the car. First and last thing you do to a car is wash.
Paint shop best used for our own Keepers, where money is no object and it's just for the feels.

[sandman_732]

Originally posted by astrofelix59:

Originally posted by sandman_732:

If I paint the cars before selling I don't make any extra profit & I tried everything , So I just don't paint the cars.

You make ~700 on the 1k spent for the paint job, but if car has been driven after painting, the 700 goes until you wash the car. First and last thing you do to a car is wash.
Paint shop best used for our own Keepers, where money is no object and it's just for the feels.

Yea I did all that , It's when I restore Mod cars only.

[ULTRA]

Ye, restoration is one of the intended gameplay loops of the game. Really upgrading the cars with salvage so that everything is literally perfect tends to be a money and time trap though. Just fixing up the car and replacing any parts with new and high-performance parts will almost always net you a profit even without the benefit of perks from higher levels.

[sandman_732]

I tried everything , It seems that it's only the mod cars that I'm not making any money from painting them , Painting is always the last step for me after the rebuild.

[astrofelix59]

Originally posted by sandman_732:

I tried everything , It seems that it's only the mod cars that I'm not making any money from painting them , Painting is always the last step for me after the rebuild.

Are they Nexus Mods or Workshop, because I did a couple of workshop mods yesterday and they got the slight bump in price, did the drive and went down again, wash to restore price.
Haven't bothered looking for months, don't really care about the money, maybe it's just some mods, I don't know but seems to be working for me.

[Mardoin69]

Originally posted by astrofelix59:

Originally posted by sandman_732:

I tried everything , It seems that it's only the mod cars that I'm not making any money from painting them , Painting is always the last step for me after the rebuild.

Are they Nexus Mods or Workshop, because I did a couple of workshop mods yesterday and they got the slight bump in price, did the drive and went down again, wash to restore price.
Haven't bothered looking for months, don't really care about the money, maybe it's just some mods, I don't know but seems to be working for me.

I can also confirm the mod cars do get a 'slight' increase in price immediately after painting. But, they lose that little bump once you've driven them... anywhere. I hadn't realized the car wash would restore that little bump in price so, I checked that out and sure enough... cars value went back up that ever so slight increase from the paint job. I have also noticed that paint jobs will NOT give the cars value an increase as much as the paint cost to do. So, it's only worth doing for your collection or if a job order requires it.

[astrofelix59]

Originally posted by Mardoin69:

I can also confirm the mod cars do get a 'slight' increase in price immediately after painting. But, they lose that little bump once you've driven them... anywhere. I hadn't realized the car wash would restore that little bump in price so, I checked that out and sure enough... cars value went back up that ever so slight increase from the paint job. I have also noticed that paint jobs will NOT give the cars value an increase as much as the paint cost to do. So, it's only worth doing for your collection or if a job order requires it.

For "Jobs" you get the full 1k back, so at least it's break even.

[astrofelix59]

Originally posted by Mardoin69:

Originally posted by astrofelix59:

Are they Nexus Mods or Workshop, because I did a couple of workshop mods yesterday and they got the slight bump in price, did the drive and went down again, wash to restore price.
Haven't bothered looking for months, don't really care about the money, maybe it's just some mods, I don't know but seems to be working for me.

I can also confirm the mod cars do get a 'slight' increase in price immediately after painting. But, they lose that little bump once you've driven them... anywhere. I hadn't realized the car wash would restore that little bump in price so, I checked that out and sure enough... cars value went back up that ever so slight increase from the paint job. I have also noticed that paint jobs will NOT give the cars value an increase as much as the paint cost to do. So, it's only worth doing for your collection or if a job order requires it.

Just did a S/C Cobra, paint job added 6k to the value, @2,911,834 after drive, 2,917,834 after wash.
Hadn't really looked at the multi- million credit cars, profit is so extreme I never bothered to quibble over 1k spent on paint.

[Mardoin69]

@astrofelix59
Yeah, I've 'kind of' known those cars in the millions get ridiculous profits on most things. Makes sense it would with Paint jobs I guess. The average cars though... it's more like you pointed out--700 ish... even though it cost us 1k to do. I don't like adding mods that have car values in the mil's though. I feel like the economy is out of balance quite a bit in this game and maybe it's due to whatever economy the Devs are used to dealing with in RL... maybe it just doesn't transfer over to the game well. Or, maybe they just didn't spend too much time grinding out a well balanced economic plan for the game. I've been tempted to go through configs and do it myself at times.

[astrofelix59]

Originally posted by Mardoin69:

@astrofelix59
Yeah, I've 'kind of' known those cars in the millions get ridiculous profits on most things. Makes sense it would with Paint jobs I guess. The average cars though... it's more like you pointed out--700 ish... even though it cost us 1k to do. I don't like adding mods that have car values in the mil's though. I feel like the economy is out of balance quite a bit in this game and maybe it's due to whatever economy the Devs are used to dealing with in RL... maybe it just doesn't transfer over to the game well. Or, maybe they just didn't spend too much time grinding out a well balanced economic plan for the game. I've been tempted to go through configs and do it myself at times.

I's not like there are any kind of money sinks in the game, the economy is pretty lame.
With those high end cars, well you don't HAVE to sell them, so that works as a way to motivate, earn money to buy them. Aside from anything else I've played enough to not have to worry to much what I have to buy and sell, can't pass a bargain though.
Fill parking with McLaren's and Ferrari GTO's, start new game.