Second Hand Vehicles

[tmesisbob]

Howdy,

Not sure if anyone has come up with this concept before.

When a newish vehicle is sold, perhaps due to a surplus of requirements, it could be placed on the 'second hand' market. That way compnaies can purchase several older, but less reliable, vehicles at cut cost in order to cheaply set up an operation. You could use such cheap and cheerful vehicles to start a rivalry with someone, or to 'test the water' for a new potentail service upgrading if required later.

This concept mainly applies to road vehicles, but could be extended to the others.

Ideas and comments welcome!

[Wolf01]

and how it works? like the tavern in Warcraft 3 where an hero is generated randomly and you hire it?
in single player the AI when buy a vehicle, use that vehicle until it dies under a train or the game ends and in multiplayer it isn't a good idea to wait the competitor that renew all his vehicles

[fantux]

IMHO making money in TTD is so easy, that there is no need for cheaper vehicles. Personally, I have never had any problem to buy the most expensive most state-of-the-art vehicle available.

[DjArcas]

IMHO making money in TTD is so easy, that there is no need for cheaper vehicles. Personally, I have never had any problem to buy the most expensive most state-of-the-art vehicle available.

If the 'new' vehicles started off horrendeously expensive, and dropped over 5-10 years to a sensible price, that would make second hand loco's much more attractive. As it is, by the time the TMI comes around, I just upgrade every loco I have to it, without even seeing a dent in my bank balance.