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Bulletproof Car FAQ v1.3
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This FAQ is copyright 2002 by Azure Edge (blitzkrieg28@hotmail.com). It may not be copied without consent of the author, and all sections including this copyright must remain in their full, unaltered content.
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Sections
1.0 – Introduction
-Version History
-Introduction
2.0 – The Cars
-Patriot
-Cheetah
-Securicar
-Bobcat 
-Barracks OL
-Stretch
3.0 - Closing
-Frequently Asked Questions
-Contact
-Credits

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1.0 – Introduction
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Version History
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1.3 – Added the Frequently Asked Questions section. Changed the ‘Credits, Etc.’ section to ‘Closing’. Added the Stretch to the Cars section. Added Slash5493 to the Credits section. Updated the Contact section.
1.2 – Added new information to the contact section. Added Jamie Magic Pants to the Credits section.
1.1 – Added a new method of obtain the bulletproof Cheetah. Confirmed the falsity of the Barracks OL glitch. Fixed errors in the introduction, Cheetah section, and Barracks OL section. Added hosting list. Added Coyote Mystro, Ivan Chich, and Krys M. to the Credits section. 
1.0 – First version. Original content placed.

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Introduction
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This guide is dedicated to getting those elusive bulletproof cars scattered about Liberty City. Out of the five I know of, only one are you *supposed* to get. The others require a bit of ingenuity and a bit of luck to obtain. All of the bulletproof cars that can be resprayed can do so without losing their special endowments, so if you dislike your bulletproof car’s color, you can cruise on over to the Pay ‘N Spray and change it. Best of luck to you!

Each of the cars will be shown in a simple data sheet. Here’s how it will look…

Location: The city where the car can be obtained.
Mission: The mission you can get the car in.
Difficulty: The difficulty of obtaining the car. It will be rated from one to five stars.
Method: The method of obtaining the car.

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2.0 – The Cars
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Patriot
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Location: Staunton Island
Mission: Marked Man
Difficulty: *
Method: This is, by far, the easiest bulletproof car to obtain. The mission before it, Marked Man, can be tricky, but to obtain the car all you have to do is cruise over to Ray’s lockup and take the Patriot. 

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Cheetah
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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. 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)


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Securicar
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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 – I don’t know if it will fit into the Portland garage, so if it doesn’t, use the flying car cheat or the jumping car cheat to hop the broken bridge to Staunton as I did. 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. 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.

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Bobcat
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Location: Staunton Island
Mission: Evidence Dash
Difficulty: ****
Method: By far the toughest bulletproof car to get. Like the Cheetah, this Bobcat is bulletproof, fireproof, and explosionproof, but very tough to get. 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. 

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Barracks OL
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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 has been proven wrong, thanks to faithful reader Ivan Chich. Thanks, Ivan!

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Stretch
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Location: Portland
Mission: Salvatore’s Called A Meeting
Difficulty: *
Method: Just when I thought all the BP cars had been discovered, here I am proved wrong. 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 just yet. 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. It’s a bit tricky to get it right, but once you do, 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. Instant bulletproof Stretch. You don’t even have to redo the mission; you can go right back to Joey’s and get the ‘real’ Stretch.


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3.0 – Closing
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Frequently Asked Questions
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1.) Where is Ray’s lockup? I want the bulletproof Patriot!
-You cannot access Ray’s lockup until the mission ‘Marked Man’. After you finish Ray’s first few missions, he will vanish for a while, then he will reappear after you open Shoreside Vale. That is when you can do Marked Man.

2.) Your information is wrong. I can’t get that car that way.
-I assure you, the methods used in this FAQ are tried and true. Every single one works. It is your own folly if you are not getting the car.

3.) I’ve found another bulletproof car!
-Highly unlikely. Almost every possible bulletproof car has been looked into.

4.) Can I put your FAQ on my site?
-Of course, providing that all content remains intact and unaltered.

5.) ach dis mssion si gving em a hedache! HEP!!11!
-Please, if you’re going to ask me a question, make it legible.

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Contact
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Contact me at blitzkrieg28@hotmail.com if you have information about any more bulletproof cars, possible or confirmed, or have noticed any errors in my FAQ. However, these are the only emails I will accept. I am no longer answering any questions about the bulletproof cars: This FAQ should be plenty. I will not reply to any questions about the cars.

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Credits
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-King Vinsfield, for discovering the method to obtain the bulletproof Cheetah
-Coyote Mystro, Jamie Magic Pants, and ZildjianSoldier/ash147, for discovering the method to obtain the bulletproof Bobcat at different times and at different places
-thekosmicfool, for informing me of how to get the Securicar, Barracks OL, and Bobcat
-Krys N., for submitting an alternate method of getting the bulletproof Cheetah
-Ivan Chich, for testing the Barracks OL glitch
-Slash5493, for telling me how to get the bulletproof Stretch.
-The webmasters hosting this FAQ, ‘cause I’m an annoying little wretch and they happen to like my writing ^_^