Grand Theft Auto V
78 Achievements
Live a Little
GTA Online: Spend a total of $8,000,000 purchasing vehicles included as part of The Heists Update.
How to unlock the Live a Little achievement in Grand Theft Auto V - Definitive Guide
After completing all the Heists once, you will have earned roughly around $2,000,000. If you are playing with a dedicated group of players and each person hosts every mission once, you might earn close to $8,000,000 in that time. However, there are ways to exploit money to get the trophy quicker, but Rockstar keeps patching the exploits so I won’t post any specific tips here, but keep checking the other threads on the forum to see if any new exploits are found.
You can buy a car and sell it right away and it will still count toward the trophy, but only if the vehicle is labeled as "Part of the Heists update" on the vehicle websites. You don't need to only purchase cars, the planes and helicopters that are from the same update will also count, however you are unable to sell those vehicles.
Note this trophy has been reported to pop a few minutes after reaching the $8,000,000 spent. Some people have reported it taking over 30 minutes to unlock. For me the trophy popped instantly, about 10 seconds after buying my last vehicle.
Another way to make some easy money would be to buy a GTA cash card with real money. Most people will not want to do this, but for those who just want to get the trophy as fast as possible, there is no faster way than to buy GTA $ and using that to buy the vehicles.
Through the Heist Update, several vehicles have been added to the game, including armored sedans, fighter jets, and even prison buses. Take note that for this achievement, players must spend a minimum of $8 million on the vehicles included in this update, not their upgrades/modifications.
Generally, most of the new vehicles are rather expensive, so players with a small pool of money will need to complete various jobs and heists in order to amass $8 million. Also, please take note that the vehicles are not all available right away. Instead, you will need to complete the heists in order to unlock them one by one. Below, there is a complete checklist of all the new vehicles included in the update with the website you can find them on through your in-game phone. Pick and choose whichever vehicles you’d like to own and the achievement should be yours in no time.
Elitas Travel
- Velum 5-Seater - $995,000
Legendary Motorsport
- Casco - $680,000
- Lectro - $750,000
Warstock Cache and Carry
- Insurgent Pick-Up - $1,350,000
- Insurgent - $675,000
- Hydra - $3,000,000
- Valkyrie - $2,850,000
- Technical - $950,000
- Mule - $32,000
- Savage - $1,950,000
- Mesa - $87,000
- Prison Bus - $550,000
Dock Tease
- Dingy -$125,000
Southern San Andreas Super Autos
- Vapid Guardian - $375,000
- Dinka Enduro - $48,000
- Declasse Gang Burrito - $65,000
- Karin Kuruma - $95,000
- Karin Kuruma (Armored) - $525,000
- Canis Seminole - $30,000
- Bravado Rumpo - $13,000
- Ocelot Jackal - $60,000
- Ubermacht Oracle XS - $82,000
- Benefactor Schafter - $65,000
- Cheval Surge - $38,000
- Bravado Gresley - $29,000
- Dundreary Landstalker - $58,000
- Principe Nemesis - $12,000
If amassing $8 million seems a little daunting, there is a workaround for this achievement that only requires players to have at a bare minimum, $3.4 million.
To begin, complete the tutorial heist entitled, “The Fleeca Job,” as it will unlock the Karin Kuruma (Armored) for purchase. Now buy the car off the auto website for $525,000 and wait for the in-game text message that indicates the vehicle has been delivered to your garage. Go to your apartment, get inside the Kuruma, and exit the garage. Now head to the nearest Los Santos Customs and you will be able to sell the vehicle for $315,000 provided you did not damage the car on your way to the mod shop. This essentially translates to a minimal net loss of only $210,000.
From here, you will automatically exit Los Santos Customs. Open up your in-game phone and purchase another Kuruma, wait for it to be delivered to your garage, then repeat the process detailed above. You will want to continue cycling through this method exactly 16 times in order to obtain the achievement. For the math involved, 16 purchases of the Kuruma, which costs $525,000, equals $8,400,000. As to why this method only requires a minimum of $3.4 million; 16 purchases multiplied by the net loss of $210,000 equals $3,360,000.
Despite your preferred method in working towards this, once you have successfully purchased a total of $8 million worth of Heist Update vehicles, this achievement will finally unlock.
Adjustments to the sale price of personal vehicles are valid for 18 hours from the date of the last sale, after which the sale price returns to normal.
First car - 100% of the sale price
Second car - 50% of the sale price
Third car - 20% of the sale price
Fourth and subsequent cars - 5% of the sale price
This may interfere with obtaining a trophy when selling kurum
ELITAS
Velum = $995,000
LEGENDARY
Casco = $680,000
WARSTOCK
Mule = $32,500
Boxville = $45,000
Mesa = $87,000
Paddy wagon = $550,000
Insurgent = $675,000
Technical = $950,000
Insurgent (pickup) = $1,350,000
Savage = $1,950,000
Valkyrie = $2,850,000
Hydra = $3,000,000
DOCK
Inflatable boat = $125,000
SUPERAUTOS
Principe Nemesis (motorcycles) = $12,000
Bravado Gresley (elite) = $29,000
Dundreary Landstalker (Elite) = $58,000
Cheval Surge (four-door) = $38,000
Ocelot Jackal (four-door) = $60,000
Benefactor Schafter (four-door) = $65,000
Ubermacht Oracle XS (four-door) = $82,000
Bravado Rumpo (SUVs) = $13,000
Canis Seminole (SUVs) = $30,000
Dinka Enduro (exclusive batch) = $48,000
Declasse Gang Burrito (exclusive batch) = $65,000
Karin Kuruma (exclusive batch) = $95,000
Vapid Guardian (exclusive batch) = $375,000
Karin Kuruma booked. (exclusive batch) = $525,000
Lectro (exclusive batch) = $750,000
TOTAL: $ 15 , 469 , 500
It is necessary to purchase only this vehicle marked “ ROBTERY ” for a total amount of $8,000,000 ( eight million dollars).
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It is possible to get this achievement with a little more than $3,517,000 ( three million five hundred seventeen thousand dollars) in your account. To do this you need:
1. Complete the THIRD preparatory task Schedule in the SECOND "robbery" Prison Break (it does NOT matter if you are a leader or a mercenary) to unlock the opportunity to purchase a Casco car.
2. Buy Casco - $680,000 (bank = $2,837,000)
3. Sell Casco + $408,000 (bank $3,245,000)
4. Buy Casco - $680,000 (bank = $2,565,000)
5. Sell Casco + $408,000 (bank $2,973,000)
6. Buy Casco - $680,000 (bank = $2,293,000)
7. Sell Casco + $408,000 (bank $2,701,000)
8. Buy Casco - $680,000 (bank = $2,021,000)
9. Sell Casco + $408,000 (bank $2,429,000)
10. Buy Casco - $680,000 (bank = $1,749,000)
11. Sell Casco + $408,000 (bank $2,157,000)
12. Buy Casco - $680,000 (bank = $1,477,000)
13. Sell Casco + $408,000 (bank $1,885,000)
14. Buy Casco - $680,000 (bank = $1,205,000)
15. Sell Casco + $408,000 (bank $1,613,000)
16. Buy Casco - $680,000 (bank = $933,000)
17. Sell Casco + $408,000 (bank $1,341,000)
18. Buy Casco - $680,000 (bank = $661,000)
19. Sell Casco + $408,000 (bank $1,069,000)
20. Buy Casco - $680,000 (bank = $389,000)
21. Sell Casco + $408,000 (bank $797,000)
22. Buy Casco - $680,000 (bank = $117,000)
23. Sell Casco + $408,000 (bank $525,000)
22. Buy Karin Kuruma armor. - $525,000 (bank = $0)
Total amount spent: $8,005,000 with $3,517,000 in account
PS in August 2021, buying and selling is still working.
Sold 15 times, currently working...
there should be something around 3,800,000 in the account