Garages
There are several types of vehicle garages in Grand Theft Auto games.
Types
Vehicle storage
The first is a place for storing vehicles, almost exclusively attached to a safehouse. In GTA San Andreas, a maximum of four vehicles will be saved in any of the garages though fewer or more may actually fit inside, depending on the size of the garage as well as the vehicle. A variation on this is the large hangar at the Verdant Meadows airstrip, in which larger vehicles including planes can be stored. In Grand Theft Auto IV, garages were replaced with parking spaces outlined in yellow outside any safehouse marked with 'Residents Parking Only'. Though more may fit inside the outline, these spaces will save up to two vehicles.
Vehicle repair
- Main article: Spray Shop
The second type is a public vehicle repair business. Pay 'n' Spray garages exist in all GTA III Era cities and in GTA IV, and will repair any non-public vehicle, as well as repainting it and replacing the engine to put the police off its trail, and remove a wanted level.
Vehicle customization
- Main article: Mod Garages
The third type is a customization shop. TransFender, Loco Low Co., and Wheel Arch Angels are public garages in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas from which Car Modifications can be purchased, such as new wheels, spoilers, nitrous, or hydraulics.
Bomb shops
- Main article: Car Bomb
Garages like 8-Ball Autos in all GTA III Era games and Welding & Weddings in GTA San Andreas allow you to attach a bomb to car, to blow up it later if necessary. Sometimes their services will be required for specific missions, in other time they can be useful just for fun.
Vehicle sale/purchase
Garages of the given type accept vehicles from the certain list for a payment. Examples are Import/Export garages in Grand Theft Auto III and Sunshine Autos Import Garage in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Once the list is finished, cars from it become available for purchasing in garage or other bonuses appears.
Miscellaneous garages
- Dummy garages are also occasionally available, some only active during specific missions.
- The southeastern-most hangar at Las Venturas Airport is only used for spawning the AT-400 passenger plane.
Trivia
In GTA IV, after the Broker Safehouse becomes unavailable after the mission Roman's Sorrow, but for some reason the player can still save vehicles in the parking space. It is unknown if this was intended by the designers or not. This also applies for GTA IV's downloadable content, in which The Lost MC Clubhouse is burned down in the last mission but the parking space is still available for saving vehicles.
In GTA San Andreas, the Ganton Garage, Doherty Garage, and the Verdant Meadows Hangar, can be used by the player to store cars in before the player even owns them. Quite useful when storing special vehicles in them.
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