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TheMechanic is a supporting character inGrand Theft Auto Online. The mechanic repairs theonline player's vehicles and delivers the vehicles to them when requested.
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Background[]
The mechanic is a man hired by the player upon their first purchase of agarage or ahouse or apartment that has one. The mechanic's purpose is to repair any vehicles that the player drives in to the garage.
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Once employed, the mechanic appears in the player'sphone contacts with a picture depicting theLos Santos Customs logo, indicating that is where he works.
The player can call the mechanic to deliver anyPersonal Vehicles to the player's current location, as long as they are near a road. The mechanic must be paid $10 ($50 prior toThe Contract) per day per owned property with a garage to keep him employed. If the player has insufficientcash orMaze Bank funds the mechanic will suspend his services until he can be paid.
In theEnhanced Version there is a cool-down of two minutes between deliveries and the mechanic will not deliver a different vehicle if the player already has one nearby (approx 200 yard limit). The cool-down was reduced from five minutes to two minutes in theGTA Online: Arena War update but remained at five minutes in the original PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions until their access was removed on December 16th,2021.
If a garage contains vehicles in storage (i.e. after a player trades down from a larger garage), the mechanic is the only way to retrieve the stored vehicles.
The mechanic will not deliver during certainJobs inGTA Online such asSurvivals and severalHeists. The mechanic will not answer the player's call and states that he is "otherwise occupied".
He originally would not deliverbicycles, until this ability was added in theLos Santos Drug Wars update.
There are "road" paths in theLS Storm Drain so if the player calls the mechanic to deliver a vehicle while there, he will drop off the vehicle in the water.
The mechanic will often be unable to deliver vehicles, either because the player is in an inaccessible location or due to AI code bugs.
- He had a tendency to crash or otherwise damage the player's vehicles while delivering them.
- He tended to drive away when there was a fight going on.
- Sometimes, the mechanic would go past the player and drive off with the vehicle, requiring them to kill the mechanic in some way or chase after him in order to retrieve the vehicle.
Due to the bugs with the delivery function, as ofTitle Update 1.10, the mechanic no longer delivers the player's vehicle in person, instead, after the update, if the player asks for a vehicle to be delivered, it will spawn outside the player's field of view after a few seconds.
- A glitch may still occur after patch 1.10 where if the player calls the mechanic after their personal vehicle has been destroyed, the wrecked vehicle will spawn instead of the requested one.
- If facing the nearest road and a large-enough NPC vehicle were to pass by at the moment of delivery, it's possible for the personal vehicle to spawn behind that vehicle as that space was momentarily out of the player's field of view, creating an interesting 'slight of hand' effect.
Appearance[]
After speaking with the mechanic the dialogue tab shows a unique contact picture showing his true appearance which is also used for the mechanic in a 10 car garage in the openingGTA Online cutscene. This is a common pedestrian "mechanic" NPC model available inDirector Mode asLaborers>LS Customs.
The character model actually used in-game may be a randomNPC model but the mechanic always wears a grey shirt and black shorts. Between Patch 1.10 and 1.57, the mechanic was an unseen character inGTA Online.
Despite each one having different physical appearances, every mechanic has the same voice.
NPC mechanics in identical uniforms can be found inGrand Theft Auto V, though the player cannot interact with them. The shirt is monogrammed with the generic name J.Jones Mechanic.
In theGTA Online: Los Santos Tuners update, the character physically returns in the opening cutscene of theLS Car Meet and he can regularly be found attending the meet with his modifiedFuto with acustom plateONDASPOT.
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Even though the mechanic is employed by the player, he would act in a hostile manner if bumped or pulled from a vehicle by them, as if he were a randompedestrian.
The player could kill the mechanic when arriving with a vehicle, and loot his dropped cash, but he would always be available afterwards.
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See Also
- Hao -Street racer and mechanic who also works atLSIALos Santos Customs inGrand Theft Auto V andGrand Theft Auto Online.
- Los Santos Customs Mechanic - Mechanic who appears in mostLos Santos Customs branches inGTA Online.
- G. James - Random NPC mechanic appearing inGTA V.
- J. Donner - Random NPC mechanic appearing inGTA V.
- Benny - Owner ofBenny's Original Motor Works and vehicle customization mechanic inGTA Online.
- Zach - Motorcycle mechanic who appears inside theClubhouse Bike Shop inGTA Online.
- Office Mechanic - Mechanic who appears in offices if aCustom Auto Shop is added inGTA Online.
- Warehouse Mechanic - Mechanic who appears inside theVehicle Warehouse inGTA Online.
- Charlie Reed - Aircraft mechanic who appears inside theHangar Workshop inGTA Online.
- Chester McCoy - The weaponized vehicle mechanic and weapon modification technician inBunkers,Facilities,Arena Workshop,Mobile Operations Centers andAvengers inGTA Online.
- Sacha Yetarian - The Arena vehicle mechanic in theArena Workshop inGTA Online.
- Benny's OMW Mechanic - The lowrider vehicle mechanic in theArena Workshop inGTA Online.