Niko Bellic enters Comrades Bar to discover a joyful clamor of drunken bargeoers which include Vlad, Mel and Muscovski. Vlad walks over to Niko and suggests that they walk to his car parked nearby, which Niko accepts. He accompanies an extremely disagreeable Vlad pushing and cursing at bystanders on the way to his car, a Marbelle parked in the Crockett Avenue Car Park. When Niko and Vlad get in, the latter takes out some cocaine (said to be mixed with laxatives) which he got from Mikhail Faustin. Vlad orders Niko to steal a silver Blista Compact parked at the Steinway Projects in Dukes, which belongs to one of Mikhail's overdue debtors. When Niko asks if they're driving there, Vlad retorts that he should take the subway, and says with irony "You think I wanna be in a car with a peasant?". He then reveals that he's going on a date. Niko leaves the car as Vlad laughs sardonically and mutters "dickhead" when he drives off.
Mission Objectives[]
In order to complete the mission, the player must:
Go to the subway station.
Go up to the station platform.
Wait for the train to arrive.
Find and take the silver Blista Compact.
Take Jimmy's car to the car wash.
Now take Jimmy's car to the lockup.
Walkthrough[]
The player must take the marked train at Hove Beach station bound for Dukes Boulevard station; upon arriving, the player must exit the station and steal the silver Blista Compact parked nearby. If the player gets the chance, he/she can hit Jimmy with a stun punch by surprise and take his car, prompting one of Jimmy's friends to chase the player.
Dialogue will differ whether the player chooses to stun punch Jimmy, simply take the car and drive away, or kill him.
"He's a little bruised, but he gave it up easy enough" if the player stun punched him.
"It was easy, I didn't even have to hurt the guy" if the player drove away without hurting Jimmy.
"He was reluctant. He's dead now" if the player killed him.
Likewise, Vlad's reaction to whether Jimmy is alive or dead will also be affected accordingly.
"Good, dead guys can't pay interest, you're learning" if Jimmy survived.
"Stupid bastard, at least I got my money" if Jimmy is dead.
Once in the car, Niko calls Vlad, advising him that the car is dirty. Vlad orders Niko to take it to the Car Wash and Lube in Beechwood City, then take it back to his lockup.
Aftermath[]
Vlad will call Niko after the mission, regarding "a hot date" (presumably with Mallorie) where he drives the Blista Compact which Niko has just stolen. Depending on the condition of the car, Vlad's call will differ:
If the car is delivered undamaged, Vlad will mention that Niko did well "for a peasant" and will also say that the car should impress his date. Niko will return that she would not be impressed by his appearance, so the car would help.
If the car is delivered damaged (i.e. broken windows, flat tires, engine producing dark grey/black smoke) before parking it, Vlad will call Niko complaining that the car "was a piece of shit". Niko will retort that "the car was clean, wasn't it?" and hang up.
Transcript[]
This section/page depicts all cutscenes and dialogues in the mission "Clean Getaway" in Grand Theft Auto IV.
Vlad and Niko exit together, and walk toward the Hove Beach subway station. Vlad shoves other people out of his way.
Niko:
Where are we going?
Vlad:
To my car.
Niko:
Why?
Vlad:
Because of your cousin owing me a lot of money and until he pays me, your fresh off the boat yokel ass is mine. What the fuck you mean why?
Niko:
Hey, you're a pretty relaxed guy, huh Vlad?
Vlad:
Come on. Move, you old hag. Come on, yokel.
Niko:
What's wrong with you? You gonna jump me?
Vlad:
No... I had a late night last night. Spent it with Mikhail.
Niko:
Great.
Vlad:
Yeah... wild.
Niko:
So who the hell is Mikhail?
Vlad:
Mikhail's the man... shit my nose is bleeding. Is my nose bleeding?
Niko:
No. Not yet.
Vlad:
Fuck face. Come on. Wait!
As they cross a street, a taxi stops short near them.
Vlad:
I'm walking here. Let's go.
They get to a parking lot under the station. A vagrant is leaning on one of its columns.
Vlad:
Damn city always trying to run you down, huh?
Vagrant:
Hey man, can I borrow a dollar...?
Vlad:
Get a job, you deadbeat crack head.
Vagrant:
Gimme... Just a little change, man.
Vlad moves to kick the vagrant, who gets out of the way and runs off.
Vlad:
Man, where do these people get off? Like I'm gonna pay for their drug habits? Well say something... you're so fucking laid back. Moron! Come on.
Niko and Vlad enter Vlad's car. He snorts.
Vlad:
Want some?
Niko holds his hand as if to refuse the offer.
Vlad:
Good.
Niko:
We walked all the way over here so you could snort coke?
Vlad:
No... listen, aaah, that's better... agh that's better. Man, Mikhail gets the good stuff... it's got some laxative in it, though... give you stomach problems.
Niko:
Nice detail.
Vlad:
Yeah, listen, ah... where were we?
Niko:
I don't know.
Vlad:
Oh yeah... so, I need you to head up to Dukes and get a car for me. It's a silver Blista, and it's parked in the projects by E.I.C. subway station, okay?
Niko:
Sure. You got keys?
Vlad:
Errr, no, yokel, I need you to take the car. Asshole owes Mikhail some money. Take his car instead, eh?
Niko:
We gonna drive over there?
Vlad:
What?
Niko:
Are we going to drive over there?
Vlad:
No, you're going to take the train, buddy. You think I wanna be in a car with a peasant? Come on, I'm gonna go meet somebody... have a little party...
It belongs to Vlad now. You should pay your debts.
Jimmy:
You that fat Russian's bitch? Just try and take.
Niko Bellic steals Jimmy's car. [These lines will play at random]
Gang Member:
That's Jimmy's car.
Gang Member:
Jimmy ain't being punked by a bitch like you.
Gang Member:
You ain't gonna jack Jimmy's car off him, son.
Phone Call
Once Niko has the car, he calls Vlad.
Niko:
I have your new car, Vlad. It's not pretty though, real dirty.
Vlad:
Dirty? I can't sell a dirty car. I know your cousins like them dirty. Maybe your whole yokel family drive around in their dirty cars but it's not the way over here. Fucking peasants don't do nothing right.
Niko:
Hey, I could fuck this car up worse than a little dirt.
Vlad:
Relax man. You should lose your edge. There's a carwash over on Saratoga Avenue. Just take it over there and then to my lockup just off Mohawk. Did they give the car up easy?
Hey, Vlad. The car you wanted, it's... how you say? Fucked.
Vlad:
You're going to be fucked when I'm done with you, yokel. Come back to see me.
Niko:
I hope you going to buy dinner first, Vlad. I'm not that easy.
Video Walkthrough[]
Trivia[]
In the first cutscene, there's a reference to the movie Midnight Cowboy where Vlad yells at the taxi "I'm walkin' here!". The part of the movie can be seen here.
One of the purposes of this mission is to teach the player controls for the stun punch, except the on-screen instructions might not appear until after Niko has left the scene (and either dealt with Jimmy physically, or ignored him and just driven away).
Curiously, the train Niko rides as part of this mission drops him off at the Dukes Boulevard station, which is supposedly closed for maintenance. At no other point in the game will a train stop at or even pass through this station. Neither will the player see the train actually stopping at the station, as the game cuts off from the cinematic sequence of the train moving towards Schottler station and switches to the player simply being at the station. Coincidentally or not, signs and construction equipment can be found at Dukes Boulevard Station once the mission is completed.
This is also the first and only mission that directs the player to take the train, even though the player can take the train at any time during game-play, including most story missions.
While the game prompts the player to head to the Hove Beach station, it is actually not necessary to take the train; alternatively, players may simply drive or take a taxi to the Steinway Projects, to which point the game will pinpoint the location of the car. However, as the game does not originally point out where the Blista Compact is parked, first-time players may not know of the car's location and will naturally take the train instead as instructed.
The mission is one of the only places in the game where the stun punch works. The player can also punch the bouncers at Perestroika with the stun punch.
After stealing the car, the player can do whatever they please with the car, so long as it is clean and is not destroyed (which leads to mission failure). This means that the player can choose to deliver the car clean and undamaged, or even present it as a clean but damaged wreck.
Although Vlad tells the player to wash the Blista Compact at the car wash in Beechwood City, players may use any car wash in the city (a second car wash location will appear on the map to the north of Beechwood). Alternatively, players can have the car resprayed at a Pay 'n' Spray for the same effect which may be worth considering if Niko has attained a wanted level.
A hidden anti-piracy measure exists in this mission, after getting into Jimmy's car, Niko will not call Vlad and the garage door won't open so the mission cannot be completed. Sometimes if the player uses patch 1.2, this anti-piracy will still be triggered even with a legitimate version of the game. To resolve this problem, re-install the game.
In the video on the GTA IV website for Vlad, it shows part of the cutscene for this mission. He walks in the street and yells at the driver of a unique black taxi. This could mean that the taxis were originally meant to be black or were black in the beta version.
After the mission is completed, a message on the top left of the screen will properly inform the player of the SIXAXIS Tutorial, available via the cell phone (PS3 version only).
A pedestrian who appears at the beginning of the opening cutscene (as the camera cuts to the outside scene) appears to be the inspiration for Seymour Cockburn's character design.
