Bulletproof car

[Shooey]

Iv just reached shorseide vale. How do I get a bulletproof vehicle. Is there a cheat or is there a certain mission or am I too far ahead?

[simps]

There's a couple of BP (BulletProof) vehicles in GTA III. One of them, the most obvious, is the Patriot that Ray give you at the end of the mission 'Marked Man' that you do for him. Other special vehicles can be found here. I'm not sure of the exact URL, but search around that site.

[Raindance]

Patriot

 

Location: Staunton Island

Mission: Marked Man

Difficulty: **

Method: To obtain the Patriot, you will need to complete the mission

'Marked Man', given by Ray. Before starting the mission, go back and

obtain any of the other bulletproof cars - it doesn't matter which.

When you start the mission, have Ray get into your bulletproof car and

head for the bridge. Normally the feds up on the bridge would

annihilate you with their M-16s, but you're in a bulletproof car, and

the feds won't come down and bust you. Take Ray over to the airport,

and he'll give you the key to his lockup. Follow your map back to the

lockup, grab all the items, and take the Patriot

 

Cheetah

 

Location: Portland

Mission: Turismo

Difficulty: ***

Method: To get the Cheetah, you'll need two tanks. Use the tank cheat

to get them, since the tanks you get with the cheat do not vanish,

unlike a normal tank. Park the two tanks along the road outside your

hideout, on the far side of the entrance from the intersection just

down the street. Now start the Turismo mission. Go down to the staring

line and tap one of the Cheetahs with your car, starting the race

instantly, then drive back to your hideout as fast as you can. When you

get there, set your view to the top-down view, since it's easier to

keep a Cheetah in your sights in the top-down mode. Get into one of the

tanks and wait.

At around 100 seconds into the race, the three Cheetahs will come

roaring down the road, going the wrong way. They'll plow straight into

the tanks, and at least one will get knocked into your hideout - if

you're lucky, it'll fall onto its back. Once all three have hit the

tanks, drive into your hideout and hit the Cheetah there, causing it to

explode. This is where it gets tricky - using the tank, you have to

push the blown-up Cheetah into your garage. If you have trouble

controlling the tank, you can park a smaller car inside the hideout and

use it as well. Remember this, though: If you have any major part of

the Cheetah inside your garage, DO NOT get out of your vehicle or pull

away. The door will close on the Cheetah, causing it to vanish. You

also cannot let the Cheetah out of your sights or it will vanish.

Either way, once you've gotten the Cheetah in your garage, you'll

probably get a message saying 'You cannot fit more than one car into

this garage' (if you're still in your car when the door closes with the

Cheetah inside). Get out of your car and check in the garage, and

there's your shiny, new Cheetah. The Cheetah is also impervious to fire

and explosions, and after completing all of El Burro's missions, you

can redo Turismo to get more BP Cheetahs. Enjoy!

 

Krys N. sent in this alternate method:

Enter the race just a usuall then wait untill one flips over. (the

cheetas flip over quite frequently) Keep looking at him so he doesn't

unflip. Then wait until the race is over and the drive gets out of the

car. While the car is flipped just push it back to your hideout, unflip

it push it into your garage and save. When you come out it will be

unlocked. (it is easier to push if fliped)

 

2.03 - Securicar

 

Location: Portland

Mission: Van Heist

Difficulty: **

Method: The only problem you might have getting the Securicar is the

mission itself. Ram the Securicar until the driver gets out, but

instead of taking it to the Securicar Cracking garage, head back to

your hideout (thank you to everybody who told me that the Securicar

WILL fit into the Portland garage). Park the Securicar in the garage,

but since the mission is still going on, you'll have to destroy it -

preferably with a method that won't hurl it out of the garage. The

'blow up all cars' cheat does a fine job of this. Once it has blown up

and you get a mission failed notification, leave the garage then enter

again, and you've got a bulletproof Securicar.

 

2.04 - Bobcat

 

Location: Staunton Island

Mission: Evidence Dash

Difficulty: ****

Method: Like the Cheetah, this Bobcat is bulletproof, fireproof, and

explosionproof. To start, you'll need a big, tough truck like a

Barracks OL or a Flatbed. Find the Bobcat carrying the evidence and ram

it to flip it onto its hood. You'll get a notification about this car

being a decoy - don't worry about it.

This part is what's tough. You have to take whatever vehicle you might

be driving and push the Bobcat all the way back across town to your

garage. Let it go offscreen for too long and it's gone, although it can

last longer out of your sights than the elusive Cheetah. Depending on

where you flipped the Bobcat, it could be easy to get or tough to get.

If you wanted, you could use this same trick to get multiple

bulletproof Bobcats from one mission, provided you don't pick up the

evidence packages. And you can still complete the mission after getting

as many Bobcats as you want!

 

2.05 - Barracks OL

 

Location: Staunton Island

Mission: Arms Shortage

Difficulty: *

Method: This bulletproof Barracks OL is parked inside the Army Surplus

Store area during the Arms Shortage mission for Ray - it will only be

bulletproof during that mission, so if you don't take it then, it will

not be bulletproof when you return.

**NOTE**

The Barracks OL glitch, which supposedly corrupted your game save if

you put the truck in your garage, has been proven wrong, thanks to

faithful reader Ivan Chich. Thanks, Ivan!

 

2.06 - Stretch

 

Location: Portland

Mission: Salvatore's Called A Meeting

Difficulty: *

Method: The bulletproof Stretch is flameproof, explosionproof, and

reportedly damage-proof as well. The best part is, it's a slick-looking

jet black Mafia Stretch. It is also quite easy to obtain. After you

leave Toni's, head for Joey's garage, but don't go into the blue

circle. Park a car up against the wall, then enter the faster gameplay

cheat twice (Triangle, Up, Right, Down, Square, L1, L2) and run between

the car and Joey's garage (the Faster Gameplay cheat can be disabled by

entering the Slower Gameplay cheat for each time you entered the Faster

code).

It's a bit tricky to get it right, and hard to explain in writing, but

once you get it, you'll be pushed through the wall and into Joey's

garage. Get into the Stretch waiting there, then back out through the

back wall. You'll fall through 'blue hell' for a few moments, then

you'll pop out on the street behind the garage. Take the Stretch to

Staunton Island via the flying cars cheat over the bridge, then put it

in the garage. You'll then have to find some way to blow it up, which

is tough because the Stretch is bulletproof, flameproof, and

explosionproof. My reccomendation is to use the Blow Up All Cars cheat.

I have also been informed by several people that setting yourself on

fire then getting into the car will cause it to set on fire and

eventually explode.

 

2.07 - Trashmaster

 

Location: Portland

Mission: Blow Fish

Difficulty: ****

Method: Well, the old Trashmaster method was a load of unnesscessary bunk,

thanks to reader Maritza Frixione, who kindly informed me last month of this

new method. I finally tested it, and I am glad to say it works. One

difficult part still remains, but two other barriers have been blown down.

As always, take the Trashmaster, but instead of driving to the bridge, head

through the Porter Tunnel (you'll probably recognize it as the tunnel with

the four Molotov Cocktail junkies). It's behind and to the left of the

Trashmaster's starting point. Drive through the tunnel and take a tricky

left past the barrier and out onto the beach.

Keep your finger ready on the brakes as you slowly inch your Trashmaster

into the water. The purpose of this is to disable the Trashmaster's bomb

timer and fragility. Keep going into the water until you get a Mission

Failed notification, and the timer will disappear.

Now that two of your biggest enemies are removed, head back through the

tunnel, or drive back through the streets, whatever. Just head for the

Callahan Bridge. When you arrive, input the Jumping Cars and Flying Cars

cheats. Hop the barrier - I still prefer going over one of the smaller side

partitions, as the Trashmaster is no Olympic long jumper.

Feel sorry for your X button. It's time to jump the bridge. Jam it

mercilessly down into the analog pad in hopes that somewhere the Trashmaster

will find a bit of speed. Align the Trashmaster perfectly straight before

you go, because turning causes speed loss. As with before, you have to jump

at the EXACT RIGHT moment as the Trashmaster descends the bend at the bottom

of the bridge and picks up speed to make this hellishly asinine jump. As the

Trashmaster breaks roughly mid-arc between the two bridges, haul back on the

analog stick to bring up the Trashmaster's nose. If it starts coming up into

a vertical position on its tail, STOP, because it will stall and you will

plummet.

If, after this, the Trashmaster is far enough up on the bridge that its weak

engine can pull you up - congratulations, you've done it! Take your

admittedly slow prize to your Staunton garage and pat yourself on the back.