These Boots Are Made for Walkin'

These Boots Are Made for Walkin' is a side job only available to players who choose the Nomad Lifepath. The quest features V regaining their car from the prologue.

Walkthrough
V is surprised by a message from their old car "Thorton Galena 80845", revealing its geolocation in the badlands. Amidst the trash heap near Medeski Fuel Station, V finds his old ride which broke down during the prologue.

Lifting the hood of the car, V discovers that the vehicle has been tinkered and the engine is still warm-- someone clearly rode the vehicle recently. Just when V was about to enter the vehicle, Lana, a woman with violet and silvery hair shows up, surprised and annoyed by V who touched "her" car.

Upon asking, Lana reveals that she is desperate to leave the country, and has had enough of the wastelands, littered with trash and all. The ride is the only hope for her to start a new life.

At this point V can choose to either:


 * Threaten her to leave
 * Pay 100 eddies to buy the car
 * Give the car to Lana

You can take back your vehicle without a fight if you threaten her, and she leaves while saying how much of an asshole you are. Getting into the ride, even Johnny is baffled by V's actions, to which V says that is how it works for Nomads. If you pay Lana for the ride, V will tell her to get herself a vehicle with the money. Lana thanks V and leaves. You can also choose to give the car to Lana, which she is immensely grateful for, and this impresses Johnny as well.

Trivia
Lana is voiced and modeled after Alanah Pearce, a former Australian game journalist and currently a writer at Santa Monica Studios under Sony. Pearce has stated that she did not have her face scanned, but rather provided photographs of her face to be modeled after.