Game Help:Selling Cars

Selling Cars

Problem

You can't buy cars on a community lot, but are trying to create a car dealership.

Solution

When you visit an owned community lot with a sim, even though you can purchase the "Show My Ride Display," you'll find the category in Buy Mode for cars is greyed out.

Click the Business Build Tools button on the business control panel and then the Toggle Wholesale Mode button. You'll now find you can purchase cars for your lot.

A few things to keep in mind when placing cars for sale:

• You'll notice that you can only place Maxis cars on that ridiculously huge rotating display, but if you use "moveObjects on" you can place them anywhere you like.
• Custom car meshes seem to work just fine in a car dealership, but you won't be able to place them on the rotating display, even with "moveObjects on."
• Patrons will try to stand alongside a car and look at its back left tire to consider purchasing it. Make sure they have access to this area or they'll complain.
• To prevent sims from bumping into one another and clogging up, make sure you leave at least one empty tile of space between each car and the next. This will also make it easier for your employees or played sims to sell to your patrons even if more than one sim is in the aisle between the cars.