Car issue

[gandhi's flip flop 6]

So I fixed a car and only removed battery and spark plug when leaving the game we put it in middle of nowhere with our crates next to it. Next day car is gone loot is untouched. Someone said if you remove parts car disappears. Is it true ? or any ideas

[drgullen 597]

I honestly don't know anymore, because I've experienced the opposite of this.

I once had a car going, then had a server lag spike which caused me to hit the wall beyond the turn I was trying to make.  The impact ruined the radiator, but not the car itself and there was an industrial loot area not far away, so I decided to go look for a replacement radiator.

I removed the spark plug and took it with me, but I left the ruined radiator in the car.  I went to the industrial area and found a new radiator in one of the garage-like sheds, but when I returned, the car had vanished.  I was gone less than 15 minutes and encountered no other players in the area.  I've seen this happen to others in streams/videos that I've watched and I always thought it was related to having something ruined attached to or in the car.

You didn't mention anything being ruined, so maybe it is disappearing by simply removing a part.

[Parazight 1607]

In my experience,  Cars go bonkers depending on the surface they're on.  Ever since I started parking on flat ground, away from trees, bushes, and other world objects I haven't had any problems.  Seems like on reset or refresh, they update and when there's something underneath them they totally flip out.