Well I've continued to play with the units to see if I could learn more about any possible differences, but I haven't found anything. In the meantime, however, I've already used 2 of the 1x3 park-a-lot units in my region, they drive bus stop use way up at a couple busy junctions.
I'm not concerned about them not being perfect, I'm just curious as hell what could be causing the difference. That 1x3 park-a-lot is like a giant sim car magnet, whereas the others are much more ordinary, more like the game default parking garage. Is it possible the 1x3 park-a-lot has an extra transit-enabled point or something?
It's a great unit, but I am very curious about something. I did some testing, with both the 1x3 and 1x6 parking sets. I found that the 1x3 park-a-lot was somehow much more attractive to the sims than any other version, in identical locations. In fact, it was far more attractive than the default Maxis parking garage. How can you account for this? What could possibly be different about them?
I really like this unit, it looks nice. I was wondering, does anyone know anything about the maze park depicted next to it? What's that lot called and where can I get it?