When Niko enters the Comrades Bar, Vlad is talking to Mallorie over the phone and promptly hangs up when he sees that Niko have arrived. Once again, Vlad wants Niko to remind another borrower, a laundromat's owner Vlad calls a "Muscovski jerk", to pay his loan.
Mission Objectives[]
In order to complete the mission, the player must:
Go to the laundromat.
Chase the shopkeeper.
Ram the shopkeeper's van until he stops.
Walkthrough[]
After the cutscene is over, Niko drives around the block to the laundromat. He heads into the front and a cutscene ensues showing the laundromat's owner tosses a basket full of clothes at Niko as a means of hampering his pursuit.
The owner runs out the back and flees in a Laundromat van. Niko chases him on foot and then steals a car to chase him. He then drives after the laundromat owner and rams into his van until he pulls over and gives up the fight. Niko confirms that Vlad will soon get his money. The mission is passed with a phone call to Vlad.
Transcript[]
Comrades Bar
As Niko enters Comrades Bar, we see an inspector in an argument with Mickey.
He throws a basket of laundry at Niko and escapes through the back door. Niko chases him.
Chase
Niko Bellic chases the laundromat owner. [These lines play at random]
Niko:
Pull over your van.
Niko:
Come on, man. Just pull the hell up.
Niko:
Okay, you want me to ram you? I'll ram you off the road.
Niko:
Stop your van already.
Niko:
Pull up, chump!
Niko:
I'll ram you off the road.
Niko:
Shit, you're starting to piss me off.
Niko:
You enjoying yourself, asshole?
Niko:
You're making this harder for both of us.
Chase End Cutscene
The laundromat owner's van is eventually stopped. Niko confronts the owner.
Laundromat Owner:
You got me. You got me, okay?
Niko:
Why have you no paid Vlad the money you owe him?
Laundromat Owner:
I'm going to, I have just been having the trouble getting it together. Vlad is impatient man.
Niko:
You will be getting the money to him soon, or your wife shall be using your washing machines to get blood out of your clothes. Do you understand? I do not ask twice for a favor.
Laundromat Owner:
I understand. I will get it to him. I thought this country was different.
The owner drives away.
Post-Mission Phone Call
Niko calls Vlad.
Niko:
I spoke to the Laundromat owner. He gets the message. He will pay you now.
Vlad:
I like your style. You can be an intimidating guy. It's a shame everybody knows what a stupid yokel you are when you open your mouth, eh? Come back to the bar soon.
I hope you didn't kill him, I hope he choked on some detergent or something? Stupid peasant, think about it. Dead men can't pay me money. Now your cousin's going to have to owe me for this as well.
Niko calls Vlad.
Niko:
Vlad, I couldn't catch your friend.
Vlad:
Fucking yokel, you were meant to teach him a lesson. He's going to be the problem buzzing in my ears now. Dipshit!
Video Walkthrough[]
GTA 4 - Mission 9 - Hung Out to Dry (1080p)
Glitches[]
If the player blocks the back door with a vehicle, the laundromat owner will somehow get through the vehicle.
Sometimes, if the player destroys the Laundromat Van at the same time the screen cuts to the loading screen when the owner gives up running, the loading screen may load forever with no end. This has been reported on PC versions.
Trivia[]
Stealing or damaging the Laundromat van parked behind the laundromat, which would have been used by the laundromat owner to flee, would result in the player failing the mission, as the laundromat owner has been "spooked and escaped out the front". This is one of the only two ways of acquiring the van.
Another way to obtain the laundromat van is to shoot the laundromat owner during the chase, failing the mission. The van will be locked, meaning the player will have to move the van to their safehouse parking spot to save it and gain access.
The player can return to the laundromat at any time he/she wants to and can open the cash register, getting from $10 to $200.
The laundromat owner would later appear drinking beside Vlad at the beginning of the cutscene for Clean Getaway.
This mission is one of the two missions in which the Laundromat van appears, the other being Meltdown.
The player will still get a wanted level for opening the cash register in this mission.
Shooting the door of the Laundromat while in a car will make things go faster because this will skip the cutscene of getting in the Laundromat and having to hot wire a car.
If the mission is failed, Niko will call Vlad and tell him that he couldn't catch the shopkeeper, which will make Vlad angry.
The title of this mission, "hung out to dry", is an idiom which means to either leave someone in a difficult, dangerous, or vulnerable situation or allow someone to be punished, criticized, or made to suffer in an unfair way.
