Tardis Mobiles

[ResFu]

Well how to start... Oh yes.
I was playing beta before but this company is my first after release.

I started in 1900's in London with company named Tardis Mobiles

Generally it was a company to refresh knowledge i have gained during beta and from this community board. I didnt thought ill be so happy and keen to share my story (ongoing).

Long, long ago, behind forests, nehind mountains, behind seven rivers ...
Whoops wrong forum ;P But seriously, here will be lotsa languistic failures because im not "native" (or "born" whatever your fancy) english speaker... I want to write shortly dropping insignificant facts of gameplay but ill put always info about my cars on end (infos like selling, production costs and how long they were produced). By the way how to remove cars from production list in factory? Is it possible? Ill like it clear)

My first step was investing $5k/m into lobbying and i tried the automatic designing of parts because i wanted to check it out. As said this is my first game after release.

In 1901 first car was send to factories to sell in branches (sedan called 1900's Arrow). In 1901 first factory retool occured also. When i was sitting on around $500k i expanded to two closest cities to London. My first $2M was put in bank (with mind of Great War in 12 years). In the meantime i designed new parts and in 1902 new car has arrived in dealerships called Auriga Max 1902 (phaeton)

Soon enough when GDP got a rise ive started selling many more "Arrows" and for first time $2M were put in to expanding of factory. After checking demands and shares on market i started thinking about expanding into MiniCar market to beat up my UK competitor so in 1904 ive made Seagull MiniMine (i like those MiniCoopers All microcars will have trim "MiniMine"). Seagull in 1904 was not selling so much but he messed with market in 1905 after changing price. Seagull was much better in years 1911-1913 after that he was pushed on side by other companies. In 1905 my flotilla of cars welcomed a new baby - or rather black sheep in herd - sedan Boline M105 (was designed to replace Arrow... but it was too expensive) i dont like this particular car. In the same year i have set up branches in last two cities on islands of UK (Irish ones)

In 1906 i introduced Chester RR-105 (roadster) which also was too expensive and did not sell very well.

When 1907 came i started selling DeFrail (touring) after 3 years of pause and sitting on cash (and putting some dollars to bank) I spent circa $7,8M expandind my London factory. As you probably calculated i spent sum of around $10M down the sink on factory(not counting retools). Why down the sink? We are getting closer...

But before the harsh time of surviving Great War and the years after...

In 1910 i made Mark 911 Duke which was not a hit in beginning - but he started shining in years 1913-1914 and one extra year after war.

From this year also i started stock operations... Mainly buying shares of competitors to possibly take them out - right now im holding 85% of my company shares so im assured no one will buyout me or do a takeover - about mergers and takeovers - how it works?

Continuing. 2 years later ive expanded to Paris and started selling landaulet Provence T13 which in beginnings was quite a hit. To be honest I thought that it will be a failure similar to Boline M105. I was quite surprised by that fact that my pessimism was not met.

Year 1914 witnessed the emergence of two vehicles which are now very well established and I still didnt met the demand for them - and these are Kea MiniMine and Wombat RR-113 (if you read all this wall of text you know which types of car these are ).

Than the great war came... I was hoping ill survive firing all staff and disabling marketing but i was forced to close my factory... I was loosing $2,3M a month after closing factory $400k - $500k... Why? Because i forgot about R&D and after doing that designs it was $-180k/m.

I was grateful that there were around $9M in my vault in bank. It helped me survive Great War without loans and setting up new factory based in Scotland. In preparations to great war i have piled around 15k of cars which were sold like hotcakes after the war and helped me with expanding factory in Scotland to 10 production lines (which is only a half of that what was London factory).

In years after i didnt do much - i'm still slowly getting out from the recession, earning an average of $250k/m.

But year 1923 will see more Tardis Mobiles cars. Those are Sedan M23 (sedan) and Bristol 1923 (shooting brake) both with cutting edge designs of Tardis Mobiles including 4x4 Frame and V8 engine. Gearbox is good new-old standard Manual 6 with Acceleration (those were the designs of Great War - Frame with 4x4 setup, engine and the gearbox. I know that is probably too early for those but im hoping those new cars will help me get out of recession).

The only thing is...1900's Arrow saw his end in 1922. He was on market for 21 years (including Great War stall).

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And here is my stock stuff:
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About stock... How work mergers and takeovers. Oh and small curio - during Great War two big guys bankrupted - americans! GMT and American something.

Now into my cars:

1900's Arrow 1901-1922
Units sold: 122'750 Production Costs for 1922: $244
Top speed: 56 km/h 23m/h Engine: 2146cc 14HP

Auriga Max 1902 1902-1920
Units sold: 25'508 Production Costs for 1922: $660
Top speed: 107 km/h 66 m/h Engine: 5532cc 37HP

Seagull MiniMine 1904-1914
Units sold: 8'630 Production Costs for 1922: $902
Top speed: 84 km/h 52 m/h Engine: 3052cc 20HP

Boline M105 1905-1919
Units sold: 5'498 Production Costs for 1922: $2198
Top speed: 103 km/h 64 m/h Engine: 2146cc 14HP

Chester RR-105 1906-1914
Units sold: 1'199 Production Costs for 1922: $2416
Top speed: 154 km/h 95 m/h Engine: 6790cc 83HP

Defrail 1907->
Units sold: 5'431 Production Costs for 1922: $718
Top speed: 78 km/h 48 m/h Engine: 3354cc 17HP

Mark 911 Duke 1910->
Units sold: 19'060 Production Costs for 1922: $694
Top speed: 151 km/h 93 m/h Engine: 8764cc 97HP

Provence T13 1912->
Units sold: 2'302 Production Costs for 1922: $871
Top speed: 86 km/h 53 m/h Engine: 3959cc 42HP

Kea MiniMine 1914 ->
Units sold: 12'640 Production Costs for 1922: $434
Top speed: 97 km/h 60 m/h Engine: 2267cc 21HP

Wombat RR-113 1914 ->
Units sold: 5'606 Production Costs for 1922: $800
Top speed: 124 km/h 77 m/h Engine: 4566cc 58HP

After looking at building cost/prices ratio my first step will be lowering all prices for - probably -25%.

Now questions for you (besides those earlier about stock exchange operations). Im thinking about taking big loan to expand my factory - as I said she is not fullfilling demand. What do you think guys?
Second question when to start getting into races?

Edit: No spoiler BB code here? Or im doing it wrong?

[Eric.B]

Nope, no spoiler on mybb without adding a mod.

How many AI are you playing against?

Looks like you're doing good, but remember, there are big economic events right around the corner! Be careful!

[ResFu]

Yes i know about "Black Friday" and such - because of that im asking about that factory expansion via loan. I took Random 50 for good starting point after quite a brake. BTW if Great War plumetted my $ per share from around 190 to $12 im afraid about II WW... and mentioned Black Friday... And how the mergers and takeovers? This thing is also interesting me.

[Eric.B]

Select what you want to buy, hit takeover, adjust the sliders to what you're willing to pay and if the shareholders approve, it's yours.

[ResFu]

I dont know but i think i found an issue (or maybe I'm just too impatient)... I have spent $32M on expansion of factory in 12.1926 and im in 1. 1929 - and i wtill dont have 31 production lines (but only 14).

But... My Tardis Mobiles company and my gameplay story.

Ill stop writing wall of text for less history in more compressed form...

In first few turns i just was amassing funds to do something with them, i was watching bankruptcy news without much attention until 1.1923 when Axcell bankrupted - if you guys remmber they were my target to takeover - guess i was too slow. Few months/turns later the same fate befell Hubber (also my target).
In 6.1923 i took $5M loan to expand my factory to 14 production lines.
8.1923 - ive designed Mark 823 Duke ("Duke" trim for phaetons), Metropolis Wagon (town car) and VM1923 (full sized Van)
Three months later in 11.1923 I've stopped selling DeFrail - which rounded to 8'886 total lifetime sales
Two months later in 1.1924 The same with Boline M105 - lifetime total sales 6'158 and i payed back loan (around $3M remaining - because ive started gaining around $1M per month by 8.1923 and still gaining)
7.1924 - saw Metropolis Wagon completed and ready to go to factories
10. 1924 - VM1923 completed
11.1924 - Mark 911 Duke replaced by Mark 823 Duke
In beginning of 1925 ive setup new branch in Bordeaux so i designed Bordeaux T26 (landaulet) with mind to replace old Provence T13. Ive decided also to change prices for remaining cars. Sedan M23 2500$, Bristol 1923 2500$, Kea MiniMine 925$, Wombat RR-113 1650$ and finally Provence T13 1750$. By doing that i got nice extra cash in next 2 months (from stockpiled cars)
Beginning of 1926 - first cars of Bordeaux T26 were builded. Provence T13 was withdrawn from sale
In 12.1926 - after sitting on cash i spent whole $32,9M on expansion for my factory in scotland, It is now 1.1929 and im worried that my cash is gone...

Oh BTW - you can sell cars without tires - I was in such hurry that the Bordeaux T26 is selling without tires - only with axles ;P.

Ill update this with car stats and screens but for now - i made an appointment with my friends on TS to play some CoOp